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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Queen and Country (Comic Book)|Queen and Country]]''
* Alfred Pennyworth, butler to [[Batman]] is usually depicted as having been an [[MI 6]] agent in his backstory.
** Except in [[The Dark Knight Trilogy]], where it appears that he was a member of the [[Brits With Battleships|Special Air Service]]...which abbreviates to S''A''S.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[James Bond]]'' in all his various incarnations.
* The film version of ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Filmfilm)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Alex Rider (Literature)|Alex Rider]]''
* The works of [[John Le Carre]]. As matters were still classified when he wrote, he changed some things, such as using "Control" rather than "C" and having [[MI 6]] nicknamed "the Circus" because its headquarters were said to be on Cambridge Circus (in reality it wasn't).
** A real-life ex-SIS officer too.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Sandbaggers]]''
* It is not certain, but it is usually assumed that Number 6 from ''[[The Prisoner (TV)|The Prisoner]]'' is a former [[MI 6]] agent.
* ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'': Cal Lightman is former [[MI 6]], as we find out in "Secret Santa", and was in the Yugoslavia Wars.
* ''[[Spooks]]'' is about [[MI 5]], but many episodes also include [[MI 6]].
** In fact, Adam, Fiona, Zaf and Ros all came over from [[MI 6]].
* ''[[Danger Man (TV)|Danger Man]]''
* ''[[The Piglet Files]]'' is a comedy about [[MI 5]].
 
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* ''Blake Stone'', a futuristic FPS series of games by Apogee.
* An expository loading screen in ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'' has MI6, MI5, and the SAS working in tandem to stop a suspected terrorist plot in London.
* [[The Federation|The Republic's]] [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Strategic Information Service]] in ''[[Star WarstheWars: The Old Republic]]'' is almost certainly a reference to [[MI 6]].
 
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