from: BBC Warner
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051277725
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 09, 2007
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 12896
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 2003
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Editorial Review:
Description:
As the fourth season of MI-5 begins the stories are more relevant than ever before. The series has always been fast-paced and hard-hitting but now the battleground of national security provides an even more dramatic backdrop to the challenges facing the team from MI-5. The group were left reeling after the shocking death of Danny at the hands of hostage-takers as the last season concluded. Now Adam, Harry, Ruth, Fiona and rising star Zafar set out to become even stronger in their battle to safeguard the nation.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentaries:Two-part documentary about the making of Series 4 of MI-5, including interviews with cast members, episode clips and extensive behind-the-scenes footage from both the set and location
Interviews:Exclusive interview with MI-5 director Julian Simpson Peter Firth (Harry) Interview
Other:Spy drama is at an all time high on TV with the success of Alias and 24.
Amazon.com:
British intelligence unit MI-5 has survived terrorists, assassins, political intrigue, and American interference, but can it withstand the loss of some of its main characters? In fact it can! Rupert Penry-Jones, as wily agent Adam Carter (intoduced last season), comfortably takes the lead while some fresh faces (like Anna Chancellor, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) fill out the solid continuing supporting cast. The show's strengths are uninterrupted: Zippy exposition that crams a season's worth of plot into a single episode; cunningly intertwined plot threads and compelling twists; clever use of gadgetry and surveillance devices; and sterling guest stars, including Martine McCutcheon (Love Actually), Rupert Graves (Different for Girls), and Douglas Hodge (The Way We Live Now).
All ten episodes of the fourth series of MI-5 (known as Spooks in the U.K.) mix high-tension plots with thorny political debate--is torture justifiable to save lives? Can dirty tricks be used for democratic ends? Naturally, since our heroes are the agency, the show comes down on their side...but enough shades of gray exist to give the show some intelligent bite. When it turns out an innocent man has been imprisoned for two years, has his imprisonment turned him into the terrorist he didn't used to be? Combine this with crisp dialogue, tense performances, and moments of inspired direction (like the gripping gunfight lit almost exclusively by muzzle flashes) and you've got a top-notch spy series. The extras are few but include interviews with actors, directors, and producers. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - MI-5 season 4
It was quite good but I'm getting tired of all the main characters leaving or getting killed off. Is it really necessary?
Rating:  - Great Spooks
We love MI-5. Can't believe we have to wait almost a year for next season.
Great writing, really good acting. Totally rocks.
One thing that really sets this series apart is their willingness to kill off regulars
Rating: - Great season
As always, MI-5 does not offer cheap thrills or gauranteed success of "good" over "evil". Almost all episodes remain complex and often morally ambiguous, with everybody paying the price.
Rating: - Helluva finish!
Season 4 did not disappoint...
Like a lot of other fans, we first caught MI-5 on A&E and BBC America, but couldn't watch it consistently. DVD Boxsets are a God-send. My wife and I blazed through the first 3 seasons between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and just finished Series 4 a couple days ago. Thank goodness Series 5 will be out next week, because I don't think we could wait too long to see how the cliff-hanger gets resolved.
I'm a huge fan of the way the show tackles all the thorny issues that go hand-in-hand with fighting enemies, who have declared to the world that your destruction is their reason for being.
The themes that run through Series 4, are all too real -- Abuse of power, misuse of intelligence agencies for political purposes, controlling/manipulating the media, disillusioned officers, etc., etc., etc..
The episodes are written in a fast-paced manner, and the emotional impact of each crisis on the officers' humanity, as well as on the victims and conspirators is always obvious. This isn't a show where violence is gratuitously presented; it's always the honest, realistic result of the circumstances leading up to it.
There are moments where we are reminded that spooks are a breed-apart, and dispite the temptation to romanticize them, there's a great deal of pain (physcial and psychological) that goes with the territory. Spooks lie for a living, but they also have to be singularly brilliant to get the best of fanatics, psychopathic ... Read More
Rating: - Another great MI-5
This is a great series: Well-written, great presentations, strong acting and very intelligent. Many controversial issues involved in the world of counterintelligence or the so-called "War on Terror" are addressed thoughtfully and with more balance than in shows heavy in propaganda (e.g. "24").
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