Good Spy TV series

[VoidWanderer]

Hey guys,

I am in the process of writing a spy book series but am beginning to run low on things to write about and want some inspiration. Chuck is almost too close to 'home' but seems kind of convoluted for my purpose.

Thanks

 

[ShadowStar42]

Burn Notice is an obvious choice, Alias and La Femme Nikita are good too (haven't seen the new Nikita but the old one was solid). Hustle if you want a more con artisty spy take. Depends on what sort of spy book you're trying to write.

 

[MercurySteam]

There's always Burn Notice, as long as you don't get bored by the plot constantly going round in circles in the newest episodes. I think they've run out of ways to screw up Michael's life even more to keep the plot going.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

Alias. The most complicated and crazy awesome spy series ever. If you can't get ideas from this then you never will.

 

[Tanakh]

Homeland is off to a good start. Not amazing, but enough to keep me interested and give it a chance.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Define "good". Most popular spy shows make very sure to avoid anything remotely resembling the real world.

I liked "Spyforce", very old Australian show set in WW2, but more about special forces than spies as such, and the stories I've seen tended not to glamourise things.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

I'm gonna have to say burn notice and alias again.

 

[octafish]

Scarecrow and Mrs. King. I kid, I kid.

See if you can get the BBC production of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from 1979 and Smiley's People from 1982. There has never been a better spy story on television.

 

[Togs]

Spooks as well- its a British tv show based around the operations of MI5, it used ot be brilliant but has kinda lost the plot recently.
The 1st 2 series are the best but fair warning- it subscribes heavily to the same line of thinking that George R. R. Martin does, main characters die frequently and often brutally.

 

[xochiquetzal]

call me old fashioned but anything with Roger moore is good inspiration.

if you can get past the date stamp then the saint is always good for a clever laugh.