In this opening episode, twenty bombs go astray between Ireland and the UK, and a family planning doctor is killed by a car bomb.

Violent race riots are becoming a national problem and MI5 is convinced Essex businessman, Robert Osborne, is responsible.

Zoe finds herself in the middle of a siege situation whilst undercover on a lunch date/routine check at the State Consulate of Turkey.

Anti-capitalist demonstrations are growing in intensity, as President Bush prepares to visit the UK.

Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs, written whilst in prison, could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government -and now the manuscript has gone missing.

Irish splinter group leader, Patrick McCann, promises Tom information on a planned Middle-Eastern terrorist attack on a British nuclear power station.