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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Smoke and Mirrors
    9.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E10

    Tom ignores Harry's demands to end his relationship with CIA officer Christine Dale. Christine hands Tom a secure communication which she has accidentally received from high up in the CIA. It says that an American assassin has come to the UK for a hit and that the CIA are going to take him out, without informing Five or any of the security services. Tom can't tell Harry what he knows so enlists Danny and Zoe to help him. However, things start to go wrong and tonight's episode is all 'Smoke and Mirrors'. Will the truth be uncovered before something goes terribly wrong? Has Tom gone bad?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Project Friendly Fire
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    S3:E1

    Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss Harry Pearce. He also stands accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Oliver Mace uses this a pretext to launch a punitive investigation of MI5. Zoe, Danny and the team must prove Tom innocent and save the service from government takeover.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Road Trip
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    S4:E4

    Adam infiltrates a truck carrying illegal immigrants across Europe in order to stop a would-be terrorist.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Diana
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    S4:E10

    A former officer is convinced that MI5 killed Princess Diana and is determined to force the team to prove it.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Nest of Angels
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    S2:E2

    A fellow agent informs Tom that young boys and men from a mosque in Birmingham are being trained as suicide bombers. They need an undercover spook, but who should or can go?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - The Sleeper
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    S3:E2

    Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists, Tom has a crisis of conscience which could jeopardise his career.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Celebrity
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    S3:E8

    The baby of a celebrity couple is kidnapped and they call in MI5. Fiona goes in undercover to gather more information about the couple against Adam's wishes.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - The Russian
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    S4:E8

    An old British traitor is called in to infiltrate a Russian firm suspected of stealing secrets from GCHQ.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Lesser of Two Evils
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E6

    Patrick McCann, an IRA leader claims to have information about a nuclear attack on the UK mainland, can MI5 trust the IRA enough to give them what they want in return; 36 hours free of surveillance, free to do whatever they wish?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - I Spy Apocalypse
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S2:E5

    Tom's skills as leader are tested to their extremes when they take part in an Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise (EERIE) to test their response to nuclear, chemical or biological act in central London, but when the power in the grid is cut and Harry starts to feel ill, they soon begin to suspect it's for real.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Rose Bed Memoirs
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    S1:E5

    Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder has written memoirs with the power to destroy the government, what's more an old KGB agent is trying to smuggle illegal arms into and out of the country, besmirching the good name of the Prime Minister's right hand man.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Traitor's Gate
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    S1:E4

    MI5's best officer, Peter Salter, seems to be joining the enemy. President Bush is scheduled to visit and it seems as though Salter is trying to stop the peace, is this all part of his mission or is he in fact a triple-agent?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Blood and Money
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E4

    After stealing a large amount of money from a bank, a man is found crucified on the moors. The Treasury call in the team to investigate, but when Harry decides to take the mission further Danny's life is put in danger.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Who Guards the Guards?
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    S3:E3

    Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Howard Brenton

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Howard Brenton Ratings Summary

"Smoke and Mirrors" is the best rated episode written by Howard Brenton. It scored 9.2/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 8/11/2003 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Project Friendly Fire".