The Sleeper (Spooks)

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Spooks episode
The Sleeper
Writer Howard Brenton
Director Jonny Campbell
Producer Andrew Woodhead
Executive producer(s) Gareth Neame
Series 3
Episode 2
Length 59 minutes
Preceded by Project Friendly Fire
Followed by Who Guards The Guards?
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The character Tom Quinn was replaced here by Adam Carter, since Tom messed up on Operation Flytrap, an operation to attempt to stop the construction of a nuclear bomb in London by a terrorist equivalent of MI5. Tom began to sympathise with Professor Fred Chambers (played by Ian McDiarmid), and attempted to abort the operation in a misguided attempt to reconcile the professor with his family. Quinn left MI5, retiring with a large pension.