From 24 to Danger Mouse: it’s TV’s all-time top spies!

Real-time tension … Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar

With Tom Hiddleston up to his old racy tricks in The Night Manager – not to be confused with Netflix hit The Night Agent, which also returns in February – espionage thrillers are all over our TVs. Anyone would think we lived in unstable times with growing public distrust of governments.

So who is the all-time top small-screen spook? We’ve rated the Top 20. Just make sure you destroy this list after reading …