The return of another well loved series was on our screens last night in the form of Spooks, which to be honest, I’ve never been that big a fan of. I can’t seem to get ‘into’ it, but last night’s new series opener did, I must admit, have me on the edge of my seat a few times.

It’s been nearly a year since it was last on our screens so die hard fans will have been wondering all that time what was to become of Harry, played lovingly by Peter Firth. And it was obviously a bit of a downer that the head of MI5 had been bundled into a Russian’s boot…

Leading me to ask, what chance the rest of us if the man largely responsible for our security is so compromised? It’s a sticky wicket… Read more & comment »

Spooks is back in production, for a fantastic, high octane eighth series and is set to return to BBC One this autumn.

The critically-acclaimed last series saw the appointment of ice cold Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) to Head of Section D and the release of Lucas North (Richard Armitage) after eight years in a Russian prison.

Harry Pearce’s (Peter Firth) elite team of spies were forced to quickly adapt to their new dynamic following the death of Adam Carter, but there was no time to mourn their colleague as the Russians descended on London and a mole within Section D was discovered.

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Spooks is moving to America!

A deal between BBC Worldwide America and U.S. public broadcasters BBC means that the British series will be getting public airing in America, where the show is currently known as MI-5.

The sundication of the show to public (free) channels represents the largest upfront syndication deal to date for BBC Worldwide America, with 26 episodes from the first three seasons available.

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Consistently hailed as a benchmark for modern drama, compelling spy series Spooks is to return next year, the BBC announced today.

The hit drama from Kudos Film and Television has been recommissioned for an eighth series while it currently enjoys its most critically-acclaimed series ever.

This series witnessed the arrival of Robin Hood star Richard Armitage as Lucas North, the return of Hermione Norris as Ros Myers, the shattering discovery of Connie James as the MI5 mole and the shocking murder of Ben Kaplan by one of his own.

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BBC bosses have hired a real life spy to join the show and make it a bit more realistic.

Former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington has been brought on as a consultant after the show came under fire for featuring far fetched and unbelievable storylines.

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Miranda Raison has said that if her character in Spooks is killed off, she would like it to be in the line of fire.

Miranda plays junior case officer Jo Portman on the show and told MSN:

“It’d have to be taking a bullet for Harry [Section D boss, played by Peter Firth], that’d be the ultimate, wouldn’t it?” she said.

“Leaping in front of him and taking multiple bullets, that’s how I’d like to go,” she said.

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The year is 2013. Thames House is gone and regional MI5 Field Offices have sprung up in its place. Are six young new recruits tough, moral and clever enough to protect Britain’s future…? Spooks: Code 9 is a new six-part drama for BBC Three, due to be broadcast in August 2008.

London has been evacuated following a nuclear bomb and the country’s power base has shifted north. In the wake of the attack, MI5 must completely restructure and establish field offices across the UK, working to gather intelligence from the very heart of local communities. Read more & comment »

BBC Three is to launch a new spin off show from its hit drama, Spooks called Spooks: Code 9.

2013. Thames House is gone and regional MI5 Field Offices have sprung up in its place. Are six young new recruits tough, moral and clever enough to protect Britain’s future…? Filming commenced in Bradford this month on Spooks: Code 9, a new drama for BBC Three from Kudos Film and Television, the producers behind Spooks and Life On Mars.

The year is 2013. London has been evacuated following a nuclear bomb and the country’s power base has shifted north. In the wake of the attack, MI5 must completely restructure and establish field offices across the UK, working to gather intelligence from the very heart of local communities. They need young, new officers on the ground, and fast.

Luckily, Britain’s youth is more than up to the challenge and is fighting back from the attack with a new sense of patriotism, combined with the hedonism that comes from being face to face with their own mortality. It is members of this new generation of patriots who help make up MI5’s new Field Office 19. Read more & comment »

The UK’s favourite team of spies are gaining a new member in the form of Richard Armitage, who joins Rupert Penry-Jones, Hermione Norris and Peter Firth on the Grid for series seven of Spooks on BBC One, which began filming in and around London earlier this month.

Richard’s continuing role as the dastardly Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood, not to mention a string of starring roles in such hit shows as The Vicar Of Dibley, Marie Lloyd and North & South, have made him a firm favourite among viewers and he is sure to win a new legion of fans in his role as MI5 officer Lucas North.

Having spent the past eight years in a Russian prison, Lucas is welcomed back by MI5 supremo and old friend Harry Pearce, who was instrumental in finally securing his release. Read more & comment »

Spooks actress Miranda Raison has told BBC news that she always worries that she will be the next character to get killed of on the hit TV show.

Raison told BBC News: “It’s not quite as bad as reading the scripts and wondering if it’s you going to be you next. I’ve heard that you get a call from a producer saying, ‘can I come over?’

“You can pretty much guarantee that it’s not going not be good news. I’ll just try and stay friends with everybody and suck up.”

MI5, not 9 to 5

The UK’s favourite spies go global as the complex relationship between the UK, Iran and the US is put under the spotlight … but who can really be trusted under this new world order?

Award-winning spy drama Spooks returns to BBC One this autumn in an exciting new format.

Over the course of 10 hour-long episodes, Adam, Harry and the team are immersed in their most intricate operation to date.

Audiences can expect an exhilarating, high-octane journey with an abundance of dramatic twists and turns as the distinction between friend and foe becomes ever more blurred. Read more & comment »