The BBC's espionage drama Spooks is reportedly supporting to increase interest in working for protection company MI5.

In accordance to The Daily Mail, the amount of visits to the MI5 site triples from an typical of 500 to one,500 in the course of the Monday night time slot when Spooks is on BBC One particular.

While the programme is on-air, 7 of the best ten phrases utilised in lookup engines to locate the site are relevant to work, which includes 'MI5 careers', 'MI5 jobs', and 'How to join MI5'.

Even so, the Support is understood to be concerned that the violent and bloody storylines in Spooks could deter female candidates from joining.

MI5 has launched a recruitment drive particularly aimed at attracting much more female intelligence officers, as 59% of its staff are currently male.

A senior Whitehall source mentioned: "Spooks is a great Television present, but the violence can place ladies off applying for careers atMI5.

"A job in the Company is about brain, not brawn - cautiously piecing collectively essential intelligence to protect the Uk and its men and women."

Spooks, which is one of the BBC's longest-operating dramas, reaches the climax of sequence nine tonight with the hunt for renegade operative Lucas North.