Watch I'm Watching Now: MI-5
Posted by Dianne Brooks on Thursday, August 18, 2011
So probably 75% of what I discuss on this blog will involve British accents as I have an obsession with BritTV. It all started with Monty Python and Masterpiece Theater and it's just expanded thanks to Netflix which seems to have almost any Brit TV thing you'd like. I stumbled upon Doctor Who, Catherine Tate, IT Crowd and I could go on and on.
Right now it's MI-5 which I just heard is finally going to wind up it's run with this yet to be broadcast season. Why? I started watching it because I like Matthew MacFayden (sort of ) and Keeley Hawes (definitely!) and it's about spies. But if there is anything glamourous about spies or being a domestic spy (our version of the FBI) you the viewer will be disabused. This particular unit Section D is run by Peter Firth (long ago of TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES) and the Officers come and go, and when I say go, that usually means up in an explosion or down in a hail of bullets.
I'm on Season 8 which means I've seen MacFayden's character retire, and Hawes character packed off to Chile. In addition to Firth there is always a male lead and female lead who take turns being the Senior Officer. MacFayden's replacement was the lovely Rupert Penry-Jones who is no longer with us, replaced by Richard Armitage. I'm missing RPJ but I've looked elsewhere and found him in 2 very interesting programs to be discussed later. Anyway almost every episode of MI-5 gets to the 10 minutes left with a bomb to diffuse, so it can be anxiety producing. But I'm almost done.
Right now it's MI-5 which I just heard is finally going to wind up it's run with this yet to be broadcast season. Why? I started watching it because I like Matthew MacFayden (sort of ) and Keeley Hawes (definitely!) and it's about spies. But if there is anything glamourous about spies or being a domestic spy (our version of the FBI) you the viewer will be disabused. This particular unit Section D is run by Peter Firth (long ago of TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES) and the Officers come and go, and when I say go, that usually means up in an explosion or down in a hail of bullets.
I'm on Season 8 which means I've seen MacFayden's character retire, and Hawes character packed off to Chile. In addition to Firth there is always a male lead and female lead who take turns being the Senior Officer. MacFayden's replacement was the lovely Rupert Penry-Jones who is no longer with us, replaced by Richard Armitage. I'm missing RPJ but I've looked elsewhere and found him in 2 very interesting programs to be discussed later. Anyway almost every episode of MI-5 gets to the 10 minutes left with a bomb to diffuse, so it can be anxiety producing. But I'm almost done.
