Colin Wells
Date of Birth: Unknown
First episode: Series 1, Episode 2 Last episode: Series 5, Episode 1 Job: MI5 Technician and Data Analyst Status: Dead (Hung) Portrayed by: Rory MacGregor Colin Wells, who joined the Section D some time before December 1999, was the technical wizard of the team, also known as "The Geek!". Although he'd have loved to, Colin never had the style and flair of Tom or Danny. However, he was a vital support for the front-line Spooks. He was a master at using all the gadgets and tools of his trade. He could find ways around the most sophisticated of security systems. While Colin's private life is not explored, he is shown to have great camaraderie with his older colleague and fellow technician Malcolm. Like Malcolm, Colin works primarily on "The Grid," Section D's offices in Thames House, rather than in the field, with the exception of occasions when he participates in surveillance activities such as bugging rooms or manning a surveillance van. |
Colin was brutally murdered during an attempted terror attack on Britain (specifically by Michael Collingwood's cronies; who caught Colin's attempts to defeat the coup instigated by Collingwood and Sir Jocelyn Myers, and so hanged him from a tree). This left the whole team distraught, especially Ruth and Malcolm, with whom he worked very closely.
A poll issued in January 2010 by the entertainment website LastBroadcast asked viewers to vote for the Spooks character with "the most shocking death scene"; over the course of the eight series that had by then been broadcast, nine employees of Section D had met violent ends. Colin Wells's death by hanging in series 5, episode 1 was voted second only to the death of Helen Flynn in series 1, episode 2.
A poll issued in January 2010 by the entertainment website LastBroadcast asked viewers to vote for the Spooks character with "the most shocking death scene"; over the course of the eight series that had by then been broadcast, nine employees of Section D had met violent ends. Colin Wells's death by hanging in series 5, episode 1 was voted second only to the death of Helen Flynn in series 1, episode 2.