My Spy Family

Plot synopsis

The Bannon family is at the heart of this series, with each member having deep spy connections. Parents Dirk and Talia were once enemy agents who fell in love and married. Their three children, Spike, Elle, and Boris, grew up learning spy skills as normal. Spike’s friend Travis often appears. The story mainly takes place in three spots: the Bannon home, the kids’ school, and a local café run by Des, Dirk’s former gadget master.

Characters

Dirk Bannon (portrayed by Milo Twomey) is a British former spy. He is married to his former arch-rival, Talia, a Russian spy. Dirk is usually a pushover to his wife and is somewhat more incompetent at being a spy than she is. Together, they have three children: Spike, Elle, and Boris.

He is best friends with Des, his former personal ordnance officer (gadget master). He is rarely seen wearing something other than a tuxedo. Talia Bannon (portrayed by Natasha Beaumont) is the Russian arch-rival of Dirk, who later fell in love and married him, before retiring. As seen in a few episodes she has better fighting techniques as well as better spying techniques than her husband.

She also tends to add the suffix "-sky" to words she says, such as referring to herself as "Mumsky." She is also a master of disguise. In "The Back in Batley Affair," she introduces herself as Natalia Alexandrina Vladimir Knockemoff-Bannon after being put in charge of the Intelligence Agency Cafe after Des, the owner, is written out of Series 3. Spike Bannon (portrayed by Joe Tracini) is the eldest offspring of Dirk and Talia.

Spike is an expert at creating various spy gadgets. Many times, it is shown that he, along with his best friend, Travis, tries to sabotage any plans or simply make a fool of his geography teacher, Mr. Vong, with whom he does not get along well due to Spike's schemes. Elle Bannon (portrayed by Alice Connor) is the middle child of Dirk and Talia. Like her mother, she also has very good combat skills and spy techniques.

She is often seen hanging out with her friends Donna and Marcy at school and is often at odds with her brother Spike. Talia says there is a 7% chance that she is heir to the throne of Russia. Boris Bannon (portrayed by Ignat Pakhotin) is the youngest offspring of Dirk and Talia. He is an expert in setting booby traps and hiding.

Though he is a member of the family, he is treated as the most unnoticeable character in the show. He is not often shown and rarely speaks, but when he does, it is in Russian, which no one seems to understand except Talia. He is written out of series 3 in the opener, "The Back in Batley Affair," which describes him as ruling Russia as he looks like the former ruler, which makes Talia proud. However, he eventually returns in "The Boris Bounces Back Affair."