How did you get into watching Spooks?

[A Cousin]

Back story: I was vaguely aware of it through some friends at a on-line Jane Austen forum. I was drawn to the actors in it - PF, MM, RPJ, RA, Keeley Hawes, Gemma Jones, Anna Chancellor and Robert Glenister to be specific - all of whom I was aware of from various TV/film adaptations of novels I like. Many of them had Spooks on their wish list at NetFlix but were experiencing long waits for it, so I just never did it.

I really have Philip Glenister to thank for the final impetus. I started checking out (the UK) Life on Mars on YouTube while I was waiting for the (American) LoM to self destruct so the rights for the original would be released for American viewership. Through a combination of Philip => Robert Glenister, finding out that both LoM and Spooks are produced by Kudos, and my previous awareness of it, one led me to the other. My Public Broadcasting Station started running it from S1E1 in January of 2009.

Ta-Dah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!