10 Most Shocking Moments In Spooks

10. Zafar's Fate

Raza Jaffrey's Zafar Younis was an MI6 colleague of Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) who was drafted into the Security Service to assist Adam in leading MI5's Section D.

Zaf was an uplifting presence on The Grid, taking a lighter hearted approach to matters and developing a close bond with fellow case officer, Jo Portman (Miranda Raison, to whom Jaffrey was briefly married) and teasing intelligence officer, Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker).

Tragically, Zaf's time in Spooks was cut short. Zafar was abducted by a group known as the Redbacks in the first episode of Series 6. For most of the series, his colleagues tried to unravel what had happened to him, whilst fearing the worst. When his body was discovered in Pakistan, they learned that Zafar had been tortured for information, sold to other torturers and ultimately killed. The Redbacks then turned their attention to Jo, allowing Jaffrey's departure to serve a broader purpose in the overarching plot for Series 6.

Jaffrey has continued playing "spooks" in shows such as Homeland and The Enemy Within.