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Press News following the end of the series
26 Oct 2011 Stylist magazine and online version
23 Oct 2011 Telegraph, ‘Spooks – the spies who are the good guys’
Press News and Reviews for Spooks series 9
18 May 2011 Herald Sun review of episode 8
17 May 2011 Sydney Morning Herald review of episode 8
12 May 2011 Herald Sun review of episode 7
06 May 2011 thewest.co.au, review of episode 6: TV Highlights for Saturday 7 May
05 May 2011 The Age Green Guide review of episode 6
02 May 2011 Australian TV Week Guide review of episode 6
02 May 2011 Sydney Morning Herald TV Supplement review of episode 6
18 Apr 2011 Australian TV Week Guide review of episode 4
13 Apr 2011 Herald Sun review of episode 3
30 Mar 2011 Herald Sun review of episode 1
29 Mar 2011 Australian TV Week Guide review of episode 1
28 Mar 2011 Sydney Morning Herald review of episode 1
07 Mar 2011 Will Martin from Cultbox has interviewed the lead writers of Spooks series 9, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, to ask them about writing for Spooks and specifically about the exit storyline for Lucas. “Giving Lucas a heroic exit would have been the safer thing to do, and Kudos are admirably rigorous about not taking the easy option.”
07 Nov 2010 Sunday Express S magazine SPOILERS
06 Nov 2010 Daily Mail Weekend magazine SPOILERS
05 Nov 2010 Daily Mail Interview with Richard – SPOILER ABOUT END OF SERIES 9
Online version: Interview with’ Richard Armitage
02 Nov 2010 What’s on TV magazine Spoilers for the series finale
26 Oct 2010 What’s On TV magazine – WARNING: Massive spoiler about Lucas and episode 7
25 Oct 2010 The Mirror Spooks episode 6 preview
25 Oct 2010 The Guardian Spooks episode 6 preview
23 Oct 2010 Daily Mail Weekend magazine (spoilers for episode 6)
21 Oct 2010 What’s on TV magazine (spoilers for episode 6)
16 Oct 2010 Leicester Mercury
19 Oct 2010 Radio Times magazine (spoilers for episode 6)
19 Oct 2010 Reviews of Episode 5
- Den of Geek – ‘For all its tense situation, race against time and fast-paced action, this episode was essentially a filler‘
- Vicky Frost in the Guardian – ‘it’s a Spooks twist I totally didn’t see coming, and one that makes next week’s episode look pretty exciting’
- Metro – ‘it retains all the gloss and thrill that makes it so watchable’
- Independent – ‘it is done with terrific verve, and…there is at least a kernel of realism in the storylines’
- Pauseliveaction – ‘The episode benefited hugely from not having too much of the Lucas/John stuff in it’
- Daemon’s TV – ‘Overall, a good episode, if a little confusing yet predictable. The highlight of the entire thing had to be the end’
12 Oct 2010 What’s on TV magazine episode 5 synopsis (spoilers) and Letters page
12 Oct 2010 Reviews of Episode 4
- Pauseliveaction – ‘This was just the kind of Spooks epsiode I like’
- Vicky Frost in the Guardian – ‘I suspect this instalment will get a rather better reception’
- Daily Express – ‘it’s impossible to watch Spooks without hoping that at least one of them is going to cop it’
- Daemon’s TV – ‘Lucas North, how little we know thee.’
- Unpopcult – ‘this eventually turned into a thrilling and, at times, unexpectedly hilarious episode of Spooks’
08 Oct 2010 Best magazine MASSIVE SPOILER!
07 Oct 2010 Woman’s Own Interviews with Richard, Laila and Max
05 Oct 2010 Radio Times – preview for episode 4
05 Oct 2010 What’s On TV magazine – viewing figures for episode 1 and a preview for episode 4
05 Oct 2010 Reviews of Episode 3
- Pauseliveaction – ‘It’s time Lucas changed his route home, as Vaughn seems to be able to pop up with alarming regularity’
- Daemon’s TV – ‘a decent enough episode but nowhere near the greatness of episodes 1 and 2’
- Den of Geek – ‘once again, gripping stuff‘
- Vicky Frost in the Guardian – ‘This week’s Spooks hits the perfect balance of action, suspense and Harry pursing his lips – no wonder David Cameron’s a fan’
- Metro.co.uk – ‘Spooks insulted our intelligence’
28 Sep 2010 Preview of Spooks 9 episode 3 on Ian Wylie’s Life of Wylie blog. Mild spoilers.
28 Sep 2010 Reviews of Episode 2
- Daemon’s TV – ‘this episode was fast, tight and a thrill to watch’
- Den of Geek – ‘Once again this was a tense, cracking episode that continues with the plots within plots we have come to expect’
- Vicky Frost in the Guardian – ‘Life on the Grid gets complicated’
- Metro.co.uk – Spooks remains as over-the-top, dramatic and exciting as ever’
- Unpopcult – ‘punchy, entertaining, and largely compelling stuff’
- Mirror.co.uk – preview of episode 2 before the show was broadcast
26 Sep 2010 Guardian online reviews of Lost Land of the Tiger (no mention of the narration!) and a good review of Spooks
26 Sep 2010 Mirror online an interview with Laila Rouass. At the end of the interview she talks about working with Richard in Spooks.
Here is a scan of the Spooks bit of the article (click to enlarge):
25 Sep 2010 Daily Mail Weekend magazine
24 Sep 2010 Daily Mail
22 Sep 2010 Ian Wylie’s Life of Wylie blog – preview of Episode 2
22 Sep 2010 What’s On TV – preview of Episode 2
21 Sep 2010 Reviews of Episode 1
- Daemon’s TV – a very strong and enjoyable episode
- Guardian – John Crace – still as compellingly watchable and implausible as ever. I say implausible, but then you never really know…
- Guardian – ‘By the end of last season, Spooks was looking a bit lacklustre. Now it seems to have raised its game.’
- Telegraph – ‘Spooks remains as tight, gripping and exceptionally watchable as it was in series one’
- theartsdesk – ‘Section D’s Heathcliffean operative, Lucas North’
- Metro – ‘Spooks has got its hooks in again.’
- TV.com – ‘series 9 will mix plenty of intrigue with the standard compelling drama aspects that Spooks is known for’
- Unpopcult – ‘Lucas rocked it all the way through’
- Independent – ‘the entire episode…required a sustained suspension of disbelief, but it was very slickly done, with a few smart nods to reality’
20 Sep 2010 Tellyspotting Hey, UK – Are you ready for some Spooks (MI5)?
With news that PBS may show Spooks 9 in April 2011
20 Sep 2010 Metro.co.uk
Online version: Spooks’ Richard Armitage: Fans send me underpants to wear
20 Sep 2010 Digital Spy ‘Armitage not worried about typecasting’
20 Sep 2010 Previews of Spooks 9 episode 1:
19 Sep 2010 Sunday Express or online version (with free audio extract)
19 Sep 2010 Mail on Sunday – from the ‘You’ magazine and ‘Live’ magazine supplements
18 Sep 2010 Daily Mail Online (online version of the article above)
18 Sep 2010 Daily Mail Weekend Magazine (spoilers)
18 Sep 2010 Daily Express Saturday Magazine (spoilers)
18 Sep 2010 Guardian Online preview of episode 1 by Stuart Heritage (spoilers)
16 Sep 2010 AOL TV Interview with Richard – Spooks spoilers
14 Sep 2010 Digital Spy Interview with Richard – Spooks spoilers.
TV Magazines 14 September 2010 (Spoilers aplenty!)
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02 Sep 2010 The BBC Press Office Interview with Richard (some spoilers)
11 Aug 2010 Interview with Laila Rouass & mention of Lucas North
Laila Rouass has been speaking on BBC Asian Network radio about her character’s relationship with Lucas North in Spooks. She doesn’t give much away but it’s still food for thought. You can listen her via this mp3 recording. (Right-click the link – Ctrl-click on a Mac – to download it).
28 June 2010 Digital Spy (contains spoilers for series 9) Spooks star confirms…
Richard: “Basically, Lucas isn’t who you think he is. It’s always been hovering there, whether or not he’s a double agent”.
28 May 2010 Woman’s Own
17 May 2010 Have I mentioned MI-5 is better than 24 recently? on the Tellyspotting website for the KERA/Dallas PBS channel
05 May 2010 Interview with Richard on DigitalSpy’s website about Spooks and Strike Back.
- He hopes Spooks will go on to a 10th and 11th series: “It’s good to know that the show will go on despite a single character and I’m sure when it’s Lucas’s turn, he’ll go out in style.”
- Working with Laila Rouass: “She’s playing a character called Maya who is an old flame of Lucas’s, possibly his first love, so that’s been really interesting…Lucas isn’t quite who you think he is and she’s part of that story, so there’s a whole other character that’s contained within Maya.”
- A new plot thread known as ‘Albany’: “I’m chasing this file called ‘Albany’ and I still don’t know what’s in it yet. I think it’s something to do with genetics, but they won’t tell me. It’s sort of top secret.”
- On Lucas’s behaviour in series 9: “He does have to go off the radar quite a lot this series, but I think he’s made a habit of doing that so it doesn’t raise too many eyebrows. It’s just the way he operates. But it’s quite a good way of concealing your tracks. If you’re used to being a maverick, then people don’t get surprised when you start acting strangely. And he does behave quite strangely this year.”
28 Apr 2010 Speaking to Spooks, by Helen Childs of TV Choice
20 Apr 2010 Armitage: Less action for Lucas, Digital Spy and TV.com
31 Mar 2010 Spooks star Rich on the run, The Sun
which included this picture (click to enlarge):
19 Mar 10 Sophia’s ready to be Spooked, Daily Mail (scroll down the page)
19 Mar 10 Spooks: Drama Ahead On The Grid, on Ian Wylie’s blog Life of Wylie
Press Reviews for Spooks series 8
18 Nov 2010 Spooks series 8 episode 4 review from Melbourne’s Age newspaper ‘Green Guide’
27 Oct 2010 Spooks series 8 episode 1 review from Australia’s Herald Sun
24 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 review, Pauseliveaction
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 review, Sam Wollaston of The Guardian
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 review, Vicky Frost of The Guardian
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 review, Unpopcult
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 review, AOL TV
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 preview, Times Online
23 Dec 09 Spooks episode 8 preview, The Telegraph
20 Dec 09 Daily Mail Weekend Magazine (spoilers)
20 Dec 09 Sunday Mirror magazine (spoilers)
17 Dec 09 Spooks: Tears In The Wind, by Ian Wylie on his blog ‘Life of Wylie’. Including a very funny audio clip of Hermione Norris talking about what it’s like on set sometimes.
17 Dec 09 Spooks episode seven review, Vicky Frost of The Guardian (being slightly unfair if you ask us, we think the episode was one of the best this series)
17 Dec 09 Spooks episode seven review, Den of Geek
17 Dec 09 Spooks episode seven review, Unpopcult
12 Dec 09 What’s on TV 19 Dec – 1 Jan
11 Dec 09 Is ice-cold Ros facing the Spookiest death of all? Mail Online, featuring quotes from Hermione Norris and Richard Armitage
10 Dec 09 Spooks episode six review, Den of Geek
10 Dec 09 Spooks episode six review, Alice Jones of The Independent
10 Dec 09 Spooks episode six review, Vicky Frost of The Guardian
10 Dec 09 Spooks episode six review, Unpopcult
10 Dec 09 Spooks: Pawns in the Game, Ian Wylie previews episode seven in his blog ‘Life of Wylie’
07 Dec 09 Evening Standard
03 Dec 09 Spooks: The One Where Ros Screams, Ian Wylie previews episode six in his blog ‘Life of Wylie’
03 Dec 09 Spooks episode five review, Den of Geek
03 Dec 09 Spooks episode five review, Vicky Frost of The Guardian
01 Dec 09 Spooks looking a bit spooked, by Mark Wright of The Stage
27 Nov 09 Ian Wylie – Spooks: Farewell Ros? Interview with Hermione Norris with some brief quotes from Richard
26 Nov 09 What’s On TV 28 Nov – 4 Dec
26 Nov 09 TV Choice 28 Nov – 4 Dec
26 Nov 09 Ian Wylie’s amusing blog about episode 5 and some cakes.
26 Nov 09 Den of Geek review of Episode 4.
26 Nov 09 Spooks ep 4 review: The Guardian, another amusing article from Vicky Frost
24 Nov 09 Radio Times ‘Today’s Choice’ for Weds 2 Dec
22 Nov 09 Spooks ep 3 review, Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury
21 Nov 09 Daily Express ‘S’ magazine
21 Nov 09 Daily Mail Weekend magazine
21 Nov 09 Sun magazine
20 Nov 09 TV Preview: Spooks ep 4 BBC3, thisisstaffordshire.co.uk (spoilers)
19 Nov 09 Spooks: The Picture of Lucas North, ep4 review by Ian Wylie (mild spoilers)
19 Nov 09 Spying on Spooks, Smashing Skulls – interesting blog commenting on Spooks’ fans ability to route out information while they are filming the series
19 Nov 09 Spooks ep 3 review: The Guardian, an entertaining article but with spoilers from Vicky Frost
17 Nov 09 What’s On TV magazine 21 – 27 Nov 09 (spoiler warning)
17 Nov 09 Film review have a short article and small gallery from Episode 4 (spoiler warning)
17 Nov 09 Radio Times ‘Today’s Choice’ for Weds 25 Nov
12 Nov 09 Spooks: Ask the Audience, Ian Wylie on his ‘Life of Wylie’ blog
12 Nov 09 Spooks ep2 review: The Guardian, Lucy Mangan
11 Nov 09 Spooks ep 2 review: The Guardian, another amusing article from Vicky Frost
09 Nov 09 Watch Out 007… Spooks Is The Top Spy Game Around, coventrytelegraph.net
08 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Independent on Sunday, Tim Walker
07 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: Liverpool Echo, Paddy Shennan
06 Nov 09 Must Watch Friday – Spooks, Pink Heart Society
06 Nov 09 Richard Armitage: Spooks 8 is darker and intense, whatsontv.com
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: On the Box, Sean Marland
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Guardian TV Blog, Vicky Frost (with tongue firmly in cheek)
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Independent, Tom Sutcliffe
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: Den of Geek, Robert McLaughlin
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Scotsman, Andrea Mullaney
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Telegraph, Gerard O’Donovan
05 Nov 09 Spooks ep 1 review: The Arts Desk, Adam Sweeting
04 Nov 09 Spooks: Send in the Clowns, Ian Wylie’s blog (spoilers for episode 1 & 2)
04 Nov 09 What’s on TV 7 – 13 Nov 09 (Episode 2 information below – spoiler warning)
04 Nov 09 Spooks: overblown nonsense or top TV? The Guardian
04 Nov 09 Spooks, BBC1, 9pm, Daily Mirror online
04 Nov 09 Spooks: Behind the scenes on the new series, Daily Record (the interview with Richard is below, see 24 Oct 09)
04 Nov 09 Spooks Series 8: Review, Sky TV
03 Nov 09 Radio Times, Wednesday’s Choice
03 Nov 09 Spooks: A drama that sees the future, James Rampton of The Independent
02 Nov 09 More lives than 007: Spooks returns for an eighth series, Telegraph.co.uk
02 Nov 09 Leicestershire and Rutland Life (with thanks to agenoria from C19)
01 Nov 09 Spooks Reunited, WalesOnline.co.uk
01 Nov 09 Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
31 Oct 09 CoventryTelegraph (with thanks to Millhand)
31 Oct 09 Daily Star (with thanks to Millhand)
31 Oct 09 Eastern Daily Press (thanks to Koolkat)
30 Oct 09 Time Out magazine
29 Oct 09 Two interviews from Ian Wylie of the Manchester Evening News: first interview and Spooks: Richard Armitage Extras
Print version of first interview below.
27 Oct 09 Interview with Richard Armitage, Hermione Norris and also Peter Firth on TV Choice.co.uk
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26 Oct 09 What’s on TV, Spooks’ Richard Armitage: I almost gave up acting using quotes from the Daily Record article on 24 Oct (see below).
26 Oct 09 Candis magazine
24 Oct 09 Daily Record online article or print version below.
23 Oct 09 Woman magazine
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21 Oct 09 Star magazine
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17 Oct 09 Daily Express magazine
| 17 Oct 09 | The Appeal of ‘Spooks by John Lloyd of FT.com |
15 Oct 09 Shortlist newspaper
14 Oct 09 Closer magazine
| 10 Oct 09 | Me, a sex god? Spooks star Richard Armitage on his army of female fans, by Allison Pearson of Mail Online |
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25 Sep 09 Film Star magazine
18 Aug 09 Leicester Mercury or online article Leicestershire actor is in demand.
15 Jul 09 Woman’s Own
| 27 Apr 09 | Scott Matthewman from The Stage interviewed Peter Firth and Miranda Raison about the forthcoming series when he met them at the BAFTA TV Awards ceremony on 26 April. Read it here. |
| 27 Apr 09 | BBC Press Office,Top BBC spy drama, Spooks, is back in action… But who will make it back to The Grid? |
Press Reviews for Spooks series 7
08 Oct 09 Spooks 7 DVD Press Release
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