How did you get into watching Spooks?

[Naivety]

I have watched Spooks from the very beginning and have never missed an episode. Back when the first series started, nothing like it had ever been screened. It was new, edgy, intelligent drama and it has never lost that. It was the first time a programme used the split screen as far as I can remember and the focus was on plot rather than characters. Sadly, I think that the characters are becoming more important than the storylines now, but it has still managed to not become 'soapy'.