Spooks (TV series)
Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. It is notable for various stylistic touches, and its use of popular guest actors. In the United States, the show is broadcast under the title "MI-5". In Canada, the programme originally aired as "MI5" but now airs on BBC Canada as "Spooks".
Spooks (series 3)
The third series was filmed across five blocks of two episodes, with a director in each block. Filming began in London in January 2004, and took up to 140 days spanning seven months. Each filming day typically lasted eleven hours. Scheduling was often tight throughout the shoot; sometimes the production crew had to "double up" on locations, and the cast often had to learn six pages of dialogue a day. The majority of cameras were handheld, and the filming crew used a variety of lenses, including long-focus lenses, fisheye lenses, and swing and tilt lenses. The first two series was shot with a Fujifilm stock. The third series saw a switch to a new type of Kodak stock, becoming the first television series to use this model.