Section D Mi5
The operations missions and other efforts of this team to protect great britain are the focus of the series.
Section d mi5. The security service also known as mi5 military intelligence section 5 is the united kingdom s domestic counter intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the secret intelligence service mi6 government communications headquarters gchq and defence intelligence di. North is portrayed by british actor richard armitage. Having been trained for martyrdom in prison one of the released convicts ashur mohali is an mi5 asset who s been made a promise that if he had spent two years in prison gathering information to help stop a terrorist attack he and his daughter will be given uk citizenship.
He was played by peter firth during the whole run of the series from 2002 to 2011 and reprised for the 2015 film spooks. Section d is the code name given to the counter terrorism department of mi 5. Sir henry james harry pearce kbe born 1 november 1953 is a fictional character head of the counter terrorism department section d of mi5 as featured in the british television series spooks.
Section d are facing a suicide bomb threat when two prisoners are released.