Looking After Our Own

rdf:langString Looking After Our Own

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rdf:langString Colin Green

rdf:langString List of Spooks episodes

rdf:langString *Lisa Faulkner as Helen Flynn *Kevin McNally as Robert Osbourne *Debra Stephenson as Claire Osbourne *Daniel Chenery as Sammy Osbourne *Shane Attwooll as Bryan Lyndon *Tom Goodman-Hill as Nick Thomas/Kieran Harvey *Jasper Jacob as Bill Watson *Rod Hallett as Andrew Dorland *Dominic Kinnaird as Burglar Two *Jonathan Lomas as Burglar Three *Tonya Kerins as Runner *Rory MacGregor as Colin Wells *Eleanor McCready as Rosie *Julian Wadham as Derek Morris

rdf:langString Simon Crawford Collins

rdf:langString "I really wanted to make sure that the audience got the message that the world of Spooks isn't the world where the cavalry always arrive, because in reality these people [MI5] do risk their lives on our behalf and they do get into sticky situations with genuinely nasty people."

rdf:langString Spooks

rdf:langString Series creator David Wolstencroft

rdf:langString "Looking After Our Own" is the second episode of the British espionage television series Spooks. It first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2002. The episode was written by series creator David Wolstencroft, and directed by Bharat Nalluri. The episode focuses on MI5's efforts in bringing down right-wing leader Robert Osbourne (Kevin McNally), who is believed to be planning a series of race riots across the UK. The storyline was originally slated for the finale of the first series, but was pushed forward when the producers were pressured to deliver the story to the BBC. Filming took two weeks, around December 2001. After its original broadcast, the episode was viewed by over eight million Britons, a decline of one million from the first episode, but was still the strongest performer in its time slot. The episode marked the death of a main character, Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner), which was met with considerable controversy due to its perceived violence; at 250 complaints, it marked the highest number of complaints for a television programme in 2002.