I’ve directed four episodes of Spooks for Kudos/BBC; Season 4 episodes 9 and 10 and Season 5 episodes 3 and 8 (I also wrote the latter).

This first clip is from Season 4 episode 10, written by Howard Brenton. The story concerns a rogue MI5 agent who has taken the team hostage and is trying to get them to admit that MI5 murdered Princess Diana. In this scene, the team are working up a plausible, though fictional, version of how MI5 could have assassinated the Princess…