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- The topical impressionist's move from the BBC to Channel 4 begins with this new year's special, casting back over the many voices of 1992.
- One of the most entertaining, unconventional, series about fishing has to be Nick Fisher's primetime Channel 4 show, Screaming Reels
- Blackly comical fake game show designed to raise awareness of homelessness through humour.
- A man dreams of becoming lost on the way to the station.
- The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
- The team uncover connections between racist ring-leaders, politicians and mass killings of immigrants, and are forced to go undercover in order to investigate.
- Patrick McCann, the leader of an Irish splinter group, walks into a safe house armed with a grenade, and demands to speak to someone at MI5 about some crucial information he has on a Middle-Eastern terrorist group called Asabiyah.
- Zoe is caught in the middle of a siege on the Turkish embassy, while Tessa is stunned and confused when she sees a man from her past.
- Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government.
- An abortion doctor is executed by an American pro-life terrorist; Mary Kane. An informant reveals that this is just the tip of the iceberg as Mary has 20 more bombs and plans on using them.
- Ellie questions whether she can cope with dating a spy, and Zoe discovers Tessa is up to something. Meanwhile, Tom's mentor is working undercover at an anti-Bush rally when his methods start to appear dangerously unconventional.
- After stealing a large amount of money from a bank a man is found Crucified on the moors. The treasury call in the team to investigate but when Harry decides to take the mission further, Danny's life is put in danger.
- The French Intelligence Service wants to work in partnership with MI5 to catch an arms expert they suspect of selling Eurofighter technology to the highest bidder.
- The team believe they are undergoing an Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise, a practise run for a national emergency - until evidence indicates that the threat of a VX nerve gas attack in Parliament Square is real.
- The team at MI-5 believe that a revenge campaign by a Bosnian war criminal may be underway.
- Police uncover a large scale fraud at a mosque in Birmingham, where one of the leaders is believed to be redirecting charitable funds into bank accounts for his own use, and where suicide bombers are being trained.
- Tom ignores Harry's demands to end his relationship with CIA officer Christine Dale. Christine hands Tom a secure communication which she has accidentally received from high up in the CIA.
- As Britain is hit by a wave of strikes, Tom is sent undercover to investigate a decorated British Army Major suspected of plotting a mutiny. He soon discovers a plan involving turning stolen radioactive waste into a dirty bomb.
- MI5 come up against the Chala Cartel, Colombia's biggest drug traffickers, when eight customs and excise officers are murdered. Surveillance reveals a link between the cartel and one of Britain's leading oil companies.
- When the American president makes an unexpected visit to the UK, Tom is thrown together with a CIA agent named Christine, and it soon appears there's more to their relationship than just work.
- A motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.
- Comfortably Numb shows us Jake's struggle to overcome his alcoholism in a rehab center, Promis. After early difficulties, he starts to make progress when he forms a relationship with a fellow patient, Emma. But they are forbidden to see each other after Jake is confronted about his "sex and love" addiction in a group counselling session. This creates more problems, as Jake doesn't understand that his dependence on the relationship with Emma is actually a barrier to his rehabilitation. A night of excess sparked by drugs makes things get out of hand. Jake decides to leave the center and fight his addiction on his own terms. But almost immediately he goes into a pub. It seems as though Jake will fall back into being an alcoholic, but as the film ends, we see that he has returned to Promis, and is determined to make a full recovery this time.
- In London, two teams are formed and prepare their operations, destined as adversaries. Michael 'Mickey Bricks' Stone is out of jail after two years for an unrelated offense; everybody knows he will do at least once more what he's good in, in fact the best in Britain: the intricate 'long con', always prepared by his American associate Albert Stroller, who finds and gains the confidence of a wealthy mark; their other known cahoots are Ash Morgan and Stacie Monroe. Meanwhile in the police force, a new man is stepping in as new head of the task force to catch them; his failed predecessor, DS Terri Hodges, fills him in on the findings, and Mickey's correctly presumed next target: businessman Peter Williams. The scam this time is to pretend a computer delay of under a second allows the 'investors' to earn a fortune on oil company Vestron's stock just before it rises as a consequence of its annual report, then pull the plug and run with the 'seed money'. A surprise element, however spotted by the police, is young short con- artist Danny Blue, who skilfully forces his way into Mickey's team after being refused a cut when he just asked for a chance to learn from the masters. The police already has a case against him, and offers him his freedom if he stays in the scam to spy and testify afterward. Things work out differently, because of another scam...
- Albert Stroller is severely beaten by a vicious casino owner, Frank Gorley, after being caught cheating at cards. The team decide to get their revenge by scamming Gorely for a load of money. Finding Gorley's weakness - he's a film buff who particularly likes old black and white movies from the '40s and '50s -the team sets up an elaborate quick-money scheme for him to invest in a film. They also let Danny play the lead in their elaborate charade, a first for him in a long con.
- The team focus on the art world and specifically Meredith Gates, an art collector and dealer who is an expert on the works of Mondrian. The plan is to produce a forged Mondrian that would show he experimented with cubism long before Picasso. Having found their forger, they must now provide him with period-specific materials while at the same time setting the trap for Gates. What they do not realize is that they too are being set up and may end up with nothing.
- Mickey Stone find himself being blackmailed by Victor Maher into helping him catch a bank robber. Maher has an old videotape of Danny Blue involved in a robbery and unless Mickey agrees to help, he will turn it over to the police. Maher spent his career in the fraud squad and is now head of security for Moores Bank. He knows that Sam Richards will soon try to rob the their main London Branch and want Mickey to get a member of his team in on the robbery. Albert Stroller, who has had dealings with Maher in the past, warns Mickey that the ex-cop is very good at what he does and that Mickey himself is as much the prize as Richards. Left on the sidelines, Danny and Stacie spend a good deal of time together with Danny starting to fall for her.
- The con artists set their sights on Katherine Winterbourne a very rich woman, now divorced, whose nasty reputation is well deserved. In her ongoing battle with her now ex-husband, she even killed his dogs. The team's plan is to use her hatred of her ex against her. They set themselves up as investors planning to build a luxury hotel that would compete directly with that of her ex-husband's. Her desire for further revenge is such that she insists on investing in the scheme. As Mickey gets to know her however, he comes to believe that they are scamming an honest person and wants to stop the con.
- The mark is Anthony Reeves who has just received a controversial half-million pound payout on being fired from his most recent job. Reeves loves the horses so the team set him up for The Wire - convince him that they are getting race information before it's being made available publicly thereby ensuring a win. The scam works well until one of their previous victims decides he wants his money back. Meanwhile, Danny has an amusing crisis of confidence when a new receptionist refuses to go out with him.
- A diplomat is killed while attending the latest round of Middle East talks, and MI5 suspect a link with a shadowy group known as the November Committee.
- MI-5's suspicions are aroused when a known mercenary, Robert Morgan, is seen visiting a top-secret disused Soviet arms dump.
- Whilst on the trail of a rogue scientist, Zoe is accused of letting her relationship with Will interfere with her work.
- Zoe is put on trial for using sex to entrap a suspect.
- The team must find out if Tom is really a traitor, and whether he shot the Chief of the Defence Staff.
- Sleeper agent Fred Roberts is activated in order to infiltrate a terrorist group.
- When Danny and Fiona are taken hostage, it sets off a deadly chain of events for the team at MI-5.
- When the team investigate the attempted assassination of a famous novelist, they discover he may not have been the target after all.
- Back from their holiday, the team learns that an old friend and con artist, has been sent to prison. He tried to con businessman Howard Jennings in a stock deal but unfortunately for him, Jennings knew the game too well. Danny is very keen to take this fellow on and now has to devise a plan for the most difficult of marks: conning someone without them ever knowing they have ever been conned. So, they try to convince Jennings that there is possibly a gold mine in the heart of London.
- When Albert doesn't show up for a planned scam the scheme falls through but he has already staked out another target. Johnny Keyes is now a successful London restaurant owner with a violent and nasty past. Keyes' son disappeared long ago and would give anything to find him and help him out in life. The plan is simple: have Danny impersonate the boy and tug on Keyes heart strings to the point where he will be just begging to give him money. When the plan falters, they go to their backup plan which proves to be a bit more successful.
- The team set their sights on a former African despot, Anthony Mgube, who now lives in Switzerland. Mgube collects old banknotes and very much wants to get his hands on a 19th century US $1000 note. All is going well until Danny shows up with a new friend, Trevor Speed, who wants in on the long con. The team is reluctant to take him on, but eventually give in to Danny's ultimatum to trust him or he'll quit. Meanwhile, Stacie is upset that her bank has charged her £85 for a very minor overage on her account and she enlists Albie to help her get even. In the end, nothing is as it seems. Mickey has a bit of fun with bar owner Eddie who thinks the team are always taking advantage of him.
- The con artists have to deal with a bent copper when she arrests Mickey and Danny in Eddie's bar in the middle of scamming someone. The police Officer, DI Sam Phillips, makes it quite clear that she expects 50% of the proceeds but also half of their next scam, involving original artwork for a 1930's comic book. The idea is to put the original up for auction and then swap it for a forgery once the sale is complete. The real question however is how will the con artists get away with their scheme and get rid of the pesky police officer at the same time?
- The team's next victim is Jake Henry, Stacie Monroe's husband. He walked out on her five years previously and cleaned out her bank account leaving her, as she says, a cactus, a Phil Collins CD and a stale piece of cheese. Henry fancies himself a top poker player so the plan is to scam him in a game of Texas Holdem. There may be cause for concern however when Stacie apparently starts to re-connect with Henry and he in turn wants them to renew their relationship.
- When an American extremist group sets off a bomb in London, promising more attacks if their demands aren't met, the team must act fast to prevent any more casualties.
- Ruth is visited by his partner Angela, an ex-MI5 officer, who asks Ruth for help in proving that MI5 killed Lady Diana. When Ruth refuses to help her, Angela takes matters into her own hands, visiting the Grid with a deadly proposition.