The makers of Spooks: The Greater Good have today announced the movie’s release date.

The big screen spin-off of BBC One’s spy drama series will arrive in UK cinemas on 8 May 2015.

The movie stars Spooks regular Peter Firth as MI5 chief Harry Pearce alongside Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Tuppence Middleton (Sinbad), Elyes Gabel (World War Z), Eleanor Matsuura (Utopia) and Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice).

Spooks: The Greater Good is written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent and sees terrorist Adam Qasim escape from MI5 custody during a handover to the head of counter-terrorism. When Harry Pearce vanishes, his protégé Will Crombie (Harington) must find out what happened as the clock ticks down to an attack on London.

The final episode of Spooks aired on BBC One in October 2011.

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