Items10The creator’s order
  1. 1Patriot (2015)Patriot (2015) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 3 Nov 2015An intelligence officer needs an industrial-piping job to make his cover plausible, and the supposed administrative detail becomes an obstacle course of its own. The deadpan comedy understands the misery of being given a mission whose supporting arrangements barely work. Its practical mishaps and…0
  2. 2Rubicon (2010)Rubicon (2010) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Jun 2010An intelligence analyst notices patterns that begin making his own workplace difficult to trust. Much of the suspense lives in reading, discussion and the uncertainty of deciding whether a detail matters. The office has its own peculiar rhythms, without a Jackson Lamb to turn impatience into…0
  3. 3The Game (2014)The Game (2014) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 5 Nov 2014A small MI5 committee in 1972 London tries to interpret a Soviet defector's warning while its members bring competing loyalties into the room. Brian Cox's department head and Paul Ritter's prickly colleague give the institutional hierarchy real personality. The 2014 miniseries is more reserved than…0
  4. 4Berlin Station (2016)Berlin Station (2016) 7.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 16 Oct 2016A new arrival at the CIA's Berlin office is tasked with tracing a leak, making colleagues both his working partners and possible subjects of suspicion. Richard Armitage, Michelle Forbes and Leland Orser give the bureaucracy different styles of self-protection. The action is more conventional than…0
  5. 5Condor (2018)Condor (2018) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Jun 2018A young CIA analyst is forced out of a world of information and into immediate danger, without acquiring a field operative's instincts overnight. The chase format is faster and straighter than Slow Horses, but keeps the cost of an institution's decisions close to someone expected to trust it. Max…0
  6. 6Black Doves (2024)Black Doves (2024) 7.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 5 Dec 2024A spy's complicated London life becomes even less manageable when an old friend is brought in to protect her. Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw give the pair's shorthand and mutual concern as much weight as the surrounding violence. The humour is sharper and the city glossier than Slough House, but…0
  7. 7Spooks (2002)Spooks (2002) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 May 2002The British series, also known as MI-5 in the US, follows a counterterrorism team whose professional closeness never removes the consequences of a bad decision. Operations and recurring office relationships share the workload across a long run. It is more earnest and more conventionally heroic than…0
  8. 8Down Cemetery Road (2025)Down Cemetery Road (2025) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 29 Oct 2025A woman investigating a disappearance hires a private detective whose manner does little to reassure the people around her. Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson carry this 2025 Mick Herron adaptation through an increasingly dangerous inquiry. The link to Slow Horses is most useful in the abrasive…0
  9. 9The Bureau (2015)The Bureau (2015) 8.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 27 Apr 2015An officer returning to France has to resume life inside an intelligence service after years spent maintaining another identity. Training, reporting and carefully managed relationships make the organisation tangible before the stakes widen. The French drama is far less comic than Slow Horses. It is…0
  10. 10The Sleepers (2019)The Sleepers (2019) 7.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 17 Nov 2019A couple return to Czechoslovakia in 1989, then a disappearance turns an apparent homecoming into an encounter with competing intelligence interests. The six-part Czech drama gives a civilian's uncertainty space alongside the professionals' manoeuvring. It offers a colder view of institutional…0