M.I. High

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M.I. High is a British action television series produced by Kudos for CBBC and created by Keith Brumpton. The series focused on a team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who had to balance their school life with their jobs as secret agents. The line-up of spies was altered between the show's seven series.

The series premiered on 8 January 2007 and originally ended on 21 March 2011 after five series, before being revived for a further two series that were broadcast between 7 January 2013 and 31 March 2014.

Premise

The series follows the adventures of secondary school pupils who work as undercover spies. The spies are led by an MI9 agent (first by Lenny Bicknall, later by Frank London) whose cover job is a school caretaker. The team must constantly save the world from domination by a variety of villains, whilst hiding their spy identities from their teachers and peers, and completing their school work. The identity of the overarching villains the Grand Master (Series 1–5) and the Mastermind (Series 6–7) remains a mystery within the show.

Cast

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Series one and two cast from left: Rose, Blane and Daisy.

Main

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Series three to five cast from left: Carrie, Oscar and Rose.

M.I. High agents

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Series seven cast from left Keri, Dan, Aneisha & Tom
M.I. High agents
Character Portrayed by Series
Daisy Millar Bel Powley 1–2
Blane Whittaker Moustafa Palazli 1–2
Rose Gupta Rachel Petladwala 1–5
Oscar Cole Ben Kerfoot 3–5
Carrie Stewart Charlene Osuagwu 3–5
Aneisha Jones Oyiza Momoh 6–7
Dan Morgan Sam Strike 6–7
Tom Tupper Oscar Jacques 6–7
Zoe Natasha Watson 6
Keri Summers Julia Brown 7
  • Lenny Bicknall (Danny John-Jules), the team's MI9 handler working undercover as the school's caretaker (Series 1–2).
  • Frank London (Jonny Freeman), who replaces Lenny as the team's MI9 handler working undercover as the school's caretaker (Series 3–7).

Supporting

Saint Hope's/Saint Heart's School Staff

  • Kenneth Flatley (Chris Stanton), the Headmaster of Saint Hope's (Series 1–5) and of Saint Heart's (Series 6–7). He is unaware of the spying activities along with much else that happens in the school.
  • Hermione King (Chanelle Owen), the Deputy Headmistress of Saint Hope's (Series 3–5) and of Saint Heart's (Series 7), who often undermines Mr. Flatley resulting in him seemingly being afraid of her.

Antagonists

  • The Grand Master (voiced by Kerry Shale (Series 1), played and voiced by Julian Bleach (Series 2–6)), the head of the Super Kriminal Underworld League (SKUL). Owns a white rabbit which he refers to as General Flopsy.
  • The Mastermind (voiced by Brian Cox (Series 6), Gavin Mitchell (Series 7)), the dictatorial head of KORPS, whose consciousness was digitally uploaded to cheat death.
  • The Crime Minister (Pollyanna McIntosh), The Mastermind's second-in-command. She is generally seen in command of KORPS due to the Mastermind's condition.

Episodes

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Season Episodes Original air dates
Series premiere Series finale
1 10 8 January 2007 5 March 2007
2 13 7 January 2008 24 March 2008
3 13 5 January 2009 30 March 2009
4 13 4 January 2010 15 March 2010
5 13 10 January 2011 21 March 2011
6 13 7 January 2013 25 March 2013
7 13 13 January 2014 31 March 2014

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Outcome Notes
2008 Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama Won [1]
2009 Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama Nomination [2]

Merchandise

Books

Books have been released including three novels, a survival handbook and a 2012 annual.

  • M. I. High: A New Generation (31 January 2008, 978-0-14-132361-9, Puffin Books)
  • M. I. High: Secrets & Spies (31 January 2008, 978-0-14-132362-6, Puffin Books)
  • MI High: Spy Survival Handbook (31 January 2008, 978-0-14-132363-3, Puffin Books)
  • M.I. High Annual 2012 (1 August 2011, 978-1-4052-5972-9, Egmont Books Ltd)

A further novel, M.I. High: The Midas Machine, was cancelled.[3]

Comic

M.I. High comics
Release name Release date Author Publisher Notes Ref
Totally... M.I. High 27 January 2011(UK) Caryn Jenner Titan Magazines Included free poster, UV Pen and Notepad.[4] [5]

DVD release

The first series of M.I. High was scheduled to be released on DVD in two five-episode installments by the Contender Entertainment Group, under license from the BBC. The first of which was released on 21 January 2008 and the second which would complete the first season was to follow on 31 March 2008 but was cancelled indefinitely with no reason given, and the rest of the show has not seen a DVD release yet.[6][7] The first DVD includes a documentary about the series (which is made up of various short clips shown during the series on CBBC Extra).

M.I. High DVD releases
DVD release name Episodes Years of series UK release date
(Region 2) 		Australian release date
(Region 4)
M.I High: Series 1 Vol 1 S1 Ep. 1–5 2007 21 January 2008[8] 2 March 2010[9]

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External links

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