Kudos kills off 'Spooks'

LONDON -- Brit spy skein "Spooks," known as "MI5" in the U.S., will exit this fall following the end of its 10th series. Spooks" bowed on local web BBC1 in 2002 and has since aired in more than 200 territories. In the U.S, it has played on BBC America, PBS and A&E. Show was hailed as the first of a new generation of U.K. TV dramas to deliberately copy the slick, almost cinematic-style of U.S. crime shows. It feels like now is the time for 'Spooks' to bow out and make way for new spy dramas that reflect the changing world around us," said Jane Featherstone, chief exec of Kudos Film & Television, the shingle which created the drama. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com