28th July

1. It seems Richard has recorded quite a few of those Sky Sports HD radio adverts. There are now four on the 2010 Adverts page to listen to.

2. We still haven’t had official confirmation of a second series of Strike Back, but the Mirror is reporting on possible locations for series 2 according to ‘an insider’ : Mirror site.

27th July

1. I’ve put up some more John Porter artwork with kind permission from Teena today. Lots and lots of John Porter icons and 2 new John Porter signatures with matching icons. If you’d like to use any of these in forums, please help yourself but give credit to Teena. Thanks.

2. Richard has recorded a couple of new adverts for Sky Sports HD which are playing on many different local radio stations around the UK. I’ve captured one of them so far – link on the 2010 Adverts page.

3. More John Porter artwork thanks to Rossella. Three wallpapers just added to the John Porter wallpapers page.

26th July

1. Spooks 7 in Sweden: series 7 is starting on 12th August at CET 9.00pm showing both episodes 1 and 2 back to back. The Kanal9 site has more information. Thanks Sara for the email.

2. Thanks to Jessie for creating an excellent wallpaper from the Strike Back viral clip (see news 21 July). You can see it on the John Porter wallpapers page.

3. Four more John Porter wallpapers have been added courtesy of Teena. See them on the John Porter wallpapers page. Thanks T.

25th July

1. The documentary Too Poor For Posh School which Richard narrates, will be shown in New Zealand on TV1 in New Zealand at 9.25pm. Details about the programme are on the TVNZ site. Thanks Kiri for the email.

2. A reminder to Australians that Cold Feet series 5, which featured Richard as lifeguard Lee, will start at 9.30pm on ABC2. You can also watch the episode on ABC iView.

23rd July

Lady_t_220 has created some fantastic artwork from the Strike Back viral (see news 21 July). A white pencil drawing on black paper which you can see on the Artwork page (click to enlarge it) and 15 icons which are on the John Porter icons page.

22nd July

1. I couldn’t resist taking some screencaps of the Strike Back viral that appeared yesterday. View them here in the gallery.

2. The last part of Homes from Hell, which Richard narrates, is on ITV1 and ITV1hd tonight at 9pm.

21st July

A previously unseen clip of Richard has appeared on Vimeo, the video site, to promote Strike Back. It looks similar to the Sky advert promoting their HD box, which is the 3rd clip on the Strike Back downloads page. If you are a member of Vimeo (which is free to join) you can download a copy of the video, scroll down the page for a download link.

20th July

1. Marguerita has kindly shared a photograph that she took on Sunday while meeting Richard at Wandsworth Town Hall (see yesterday’s news). Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. Many thanks M!

This picture was taken during a break in filming later in the afternoon. They were filming a flashback scene to 1995.

2. Richard has provided the voiceover for another Sky Sports HD advert featuring Eric Cantona. You can watch or download from the 2010 Adverts page.

3. All June 2010 news items have been archived here.

19th July

1. Spooks filming yesterday: Richard was filming Spooks at Wandsworth Town Hall yesterday and met some fans who had patiently waited for a sighting. More than one crew member confirmed that Spooks series 10 has been commissioned and will start filming in February 2011.

RA’s next project: rumours are abound that Richard’s next project will be on the forthcoming Captain America film which is due to start filming in South Wales in September and will be released next summer. The information came from a crew member at yesterday’s Spooks shoot. WalesOnline confirms filming location.

Many thanks to Marguerita of the C19 forum for allowing me to post the above information.

2. Cold Feet in Australia: thanks to Sue for the email to confirm that Cold Feet series 5, in which Richard appeared, is now showing on Sundays at 9pm on ABC2.

3. Some new lovely icons have been put on the site, with thanks to Enough4, as follows:

• 1 Strike Back icon
• 7 North & South icons
• 7 Richard Armitage icons
• 12 Guy icons

16th July

There is very little news at the moment as it seems that Richard is just finishing off filming Spooks and there is no confirmation of what’s coming next…so while we wait, I’ve changed the poll to see which RA character is your favourite. The last time this question was asked we hadn’t encountered John Porter, so previously John Thornton and Guy of Gisborne came joint first with 42% of the votes each. Let’s see if John Porter has any impact on the results. Thanks for voting!

14th July

1. Thanks to Ann for sending us a scan of the latest review of Robin Hood in Australia’s Herald Sun. Episode 12 of series 3 will be shown this Saturday on ABC2.

2. A new Guy wallpaper has been added to the Gisborne wallpapers page thanks to Lady Enigma.

12th July

1. The Sun Online have a photo gallery of Richard which includes some pictures from the past that you may not have seen before. Scroll down the page and click on the picture of Richard.

#1 John Porter; #2 BAFTA 2007; #3&4 Spooks series 7; #5 attending Carrie’s War press night June 2009; #6 as Philip Durrant in Miss Marple 2007; #7 from a 2005 photoshoot; #8 as Alec Track from The Golden Hour 2005; #9 John Thornton; #10 Lucas North Spooks series 7

2. Added Miss Marple and Vicar of Dibley promotional pictures to the Richard Promo gallery.

3. A clip from Homes from Hell episode 2, which Richard narrated, can be viewed or downloaded from the Homes from Hell career page.

11th July

Three wallpapers of Gisborne added today and two of Lucas North, with many thanks to Rossella.

9th July

Some more artwork put on the site today, with thanks to Jessie, Kiteflier and Bee:

• A Strike Back signature from Jessie (see #4, predominantly John P, although Lucas is there too!)
• Two Richard Armitage wallpapers from Kiteflier (scroll to the end)
• Three Richard Armitage wallpapers from Bee (modified from KF’s design, scroll to the end)

8th July

1. The poll has changed again today as the last poll was pretty conclusive. 71% of you would rather Lucas does not leave Spooks and that there is a series 10. Please vote on the left in our new poll.

2. Richard is narrating the 2nd part of Homes from Hell tonight on ITV1 and ITV1 HD at 9pm.

3. There is now a Spooks series 9 career page on this site where all the latest news, press articles and pics from the set will be displayed.

6th July

For those living in the US, The Convenient Marriage audiobook is $10 cheaper at Barnes and Noble than if you buy through Amazon.com. Thanks Bandia53 for the email.

5th July

Updated the RA on DVD page with latest prices and availability for DVDs and Audiobooks. New info as follows:

• The Convenient Marriage audiobook can be pre-ordered from Amazon UK, Amazon US and The Book Depository. It’s released on 2nd August, at which time you will also be able to download a digital copy from Naxos Audiobooks. The audiobook will also include the full interview with Richard. Sample chapters and excerpt from the interview are on The Convenient Marriage career page.
• A Complete series 1-3 Robin Hood DVD has been released by Amazon UK (via marketplace sellers) and will be available on Amazon US on 14 September 2010.
• Read the text at the top of the RA on DVD page for information about earning commission for charity.

4th July

Robin Hood in Russia: Series 3 of Robin Hood will be shown on the Russian channel “Culture” (“tvkultura”) starting tomorrow (5 July) at 10.30am, showing episodes 1 and 2. Here’s a translation of the Robin Hood page into English for those who can’t read Russian Thanks to Nadia for the email, who says that TV3 will stop showing Robin Hood 3 after episode 8 – TV3′s showing of Robin Hood was mentioned in the news on 10 June.

3rd July

1. Richard has provided the voiceover to an advert promoting the five Sky Sports HD channels. Listen or download it on the 2010 Adverts page.

2. Richard has not revealed whether this autumn’s series of Spooks will be his last, although he has said that “Lucas isn’t who you think he is”, Sunday Mirror 30 May 2010. But do you think this should be Richard’s last series of Spooks? Vote in our poll on the left-hand side of the home page. Thank you!

2nd July

1. The opening clip of last night’s Homes from Hell, which Richard narrated, can be viewed or downloaded from the Homes from Hell career page.

2. Naxos have created a page for the audiobook of Georgette Heyer’s The Convenient Marriage which includes a longer extract from chapter one, the same extract from Richard’s interview that was sent to us on 22 June and also an analysis of Heyer’s novels. As a special treat, they have contacted me today with the complete audio for chapters one and two, which you can listen to on The Convenient Marriage career page – go to the section titled “Special Excerpt”. Thank you Naxos!

3. The picture of the day archive for June 2010 has been added to the menu on the left-hand side. You can view it and download all the individual pictures here.

4. You can now pre-order The Convenient Marriage audiobook from Amazon.com for US$28.98 or Amazon.ca for CDN$21.99. It will be released between 1st and 3rd August.

1st July

1. Richard is narrating the first in the new series of Homes from Hell on ITV1 and ITV1 HD at 9pm this evening. I’ll put some clips on the career page tomorrow.

2. Spooks filming news on Twitter: “Spooks filming on Bermondsey St / Mon 12th Jul : There will be imitation firearms on display for filming + real police presence #dontpanic” View the tweet here

30th June

1. The creator of Spooks, David Wolstencroft, has written an article in the Guardian about the recent alleged Russian spy ring and writing espionage fiction. There’s a picture of Ros and Lucas too.

2. Another lovely Spooks signature from Jessie has been added to the Spooks signatures page.

29th June

You may remember voting for Richard, Spooks and/or Strike Back in the TV Choice Awards long list. Unfortunately neither he nor those 2 shows made it to the short list: TV Choice short list voting.

28th June

1. Strike Back in Australia: BBC Worldwide Australia, who own the distribution rights for Strike Back, have arranged the sale of Strike Back to ABC TV. Details here on Mumbrella.com. The series will be shown later this year.

2. Thanks to Jessie for some fantastic graphics which she has sent to us, as follows:

• 3 Strike Back signatures
• 1 Spooks signature
• 2 Spooks wallpapers
• 1 Ricky Deeming wallpaper
• 1 Guy Wallpaper

3. Richard has narrated a new series of Homes from Hell, according to the TVguide.co.uk site. This is a four part documentary series telling the stories of those who have had disastrous house buying/building experiences in the UK and abroad. The series will be in four parts, and the first will be shown on Thursday 1st July 9.00 – 10.00 on ITV1 and ITV1 HD and then repeated on Monday 5th July at 8pm on ITV2. According to the ITV Press Centre, the first episode will focus on dream homes in Dubai. The second episode will concentrate on Dream Developments, self-built homes in the UK. Details of the other episodes have not yet been released, but will be added to the Homes from Hell career page when we have more news.

4. While channel hopping this evening, I caught a new Santander advert on the GOLD channel with another voiceover from Richard. You can view or download it from the 2010 Adverts page.

5. Quotes from Richard in Digital Spy today – click for link but be warned about Spooks spoilers.

27th June

It’s one year ago today that we watched Sir Guy of Gisborne’s sad demise on British TV and the finale of Robin Hood, the TV series. Here’s our last screencap of this wonderful character to commemorate that fact and also because without Sir Guy, my online friends and I would not have met and neither perhaps would this site exist.

Any chance of a resurrection and a spin off series…please?

25th June

A few journalists interviewed Richard today to talk about Spooks at the PPRTV offices. David Stephenson, TV editor for the Sunday Express, announced this on twitter so there will be audio to listen to soon. Also TV.com posted this on twitter yesterday and many questions have already been submitted. TV.com have announced that the interview cannot be posted until September, however the lady that conducted the interview has posted a picture of Richard which is in this tweet and also here:

This is the Richard Armitage page on TV.com where the interview will appear (and also on their Spooks page).

23rd June

Screencaps from the Strike Back DVD Extras are now in the Strike Back gallery.

22nd June

1. A trailer for the Strike Back DVD has appeared on Amazon UK and Play.com and Bccmee has uploaded it to youtube and given us permission to link to it. Go to the Strike Back downloads page to view the video.

2. Strike Back in Canada: Strike Back will air on Friday 12th November at 10pm ET/PT on the Showcase channel. Thanks to cesta for finding this link. The TV schedule however, shows that it will be broadcast at 11am and 5pm. It seems that 2 episodes will be shown back to back, just as it was broadcast in the UK, so Strike Back will be on for 3 weeks in total.

3. Thank you to Naxos Audiobooks for sending us a 4 minute extract from the beginning of The Convenient Marriage audiobook by Georgette Heyer and also part of their interview with Richard. You can listen or download on The Convenient Marriage career page.

21st June

1. There’s a new Strike Back Promotional Pics gallery which contains all the promotional pictures and wallpapers for Strike Back, credited to the Sky site. Thanks to Bccmee for finding the first 2 pictures on the revamped Left Back Productions site. The last picture is courtesy of Daniel Kennedy and was reported in the news on this site on 26th April here.

2. Thanks to Bee for finding this page which details when the remaining parts of North and South will air on BBC Entertainment in Germany. Scroll down to news on 9th June for information about when North and South is broadcast across Europe and Asia on the BBC Entertainment channel.

3. Just caught this alert from Helen James on Twitter, who has interviewed Richard today for the Spooks series 9 DVD extra features. There is more information on the Spooks page of her website.

17th June

1. Ann has sent us another scan of a review of Robin Hood series 3 episode 8 in The Age’s Green Guide, read it on the Robin Hood Reviews page. A positive review although they have Toby Stephens mixed up with another actor! Thanks Ann.

2. Several more galleries have been added to the ‘Richard’ gallery which includes appearances and interviews over the last few years.

3. New artwork on the site today thanks to Rossella who has created some signatures and icons for John Porter, Lucas North and Alec Track.

4. Behind the Scenes pictures have been added to the Strike Back gallery, sourced from the Sky mini-site. Click here for the gallery.

16th June

A favourable review of Robin Hood series 3 episode 8 in today’s Herald Sun newspaper which airs this Saturday in Australia on ABC2. You can read it on the Robin Hood Reviews page. Thanks to Ann for the scan.

15th June

1. UK viewers: Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall in which Richard played Percy Courtenay is on BBC4 tonight at 10.25pm.

2. Our Sparkhouse gallery has been revamped. It’s now more extensive and seperated into each episode of the drama. Thanks to Jen for taking all the screencaps – much appreciated!

3. Thank you to June for our first BAFTA themed wallpaper. You can see it on the Richard Armitage wallpapers page. Also thanks to Rossella for 2 new Lucas wallpapers. See them at the end of the Lucas North wallpapers page.

4. The TV.com site has a lovely picture of Richard and Miranda Raison which is slightly different to the one I’ve seen before. I’ve added to the BAFTA 2010 screencap gallery.

14th June

Thanks to Laure for finding a short video of Richard talking to the press at the BAFTAs on the Getty site. I can’t lip read so I’ve no idea what he’s saying! The other videos on that page are from the Strike Back Premiere held on 15 April 2010.

13th June

1. 13 more pictures from the red carpet have been put up this morning donated kindly to our site. You can see them at the end of the 2010 Candid BAFTA gallery plus a video from youtube added to the 2010 BAFTA downloads page.

2. 2 high resolution pictures of Guy from Robin Hood series 2 episode 13 have been added to the Robin Hood Promotional Gallery courtesy of Jonia. The new ones can be enlarged and are as follows: this one and this one.

12th June

1. Six more press pictures of Richard on the red carpet have been added to the end of the BAFTA 2010 screencap gallery, thanks to Cesta.

2. Voting in the long list for the TV Choice awards has now closed. The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 29 June when we will be able to vote again. I’ll put up the link when the voting opens.

3. If you live in the UK or Ireland you can try your luck in a competition to win one of two Blu-ray copies of Strike Back, details are on the site cheapbluraymovies.co.uk. The closing date is 26 June.

4. I’ve disabled the registration system on this site as it’s no longer necessary, hence the Log In form on the left-hand side has been removed. All material on this site is freely available to all.

5. Thanks for voting in the Strike Back character poll. Layla was the most popular character with 31% of the vote and Katie came second with 19%. Our new poll is asking whether you have ever written to Richard or sent him anything in the post. You can write to Richard at his agent’s address which you can find at the bottom of the FAQ page.

10th June

1. Ann has sent us two scans from Australia with reviews of series 3 episode 7 of Robin Hood which you can read on the Robin Hood Reviews page. The Age is a lot more complimentary than the Herald Sun as you will see. Thanks Ann.

2. Thanks to Nadia for the email about Robin Hood series 1 which is currently being shown in Russia on the TV3 channel. Each Friday, three episodes are shown – here is the schedule for Friday 11 June. This is the same page translated into English using Google Translate as our Russian is a little rusty You can click on ‘Robin Hood’ to read more and see a clip.

3. Eight more pictures added to the 2010 Candid BAFTA gallery courtesy of Ady, many thanks to him for sharing with us.

9th June

1. The BBC Entertainment channel is showing North and South episode 1 today at 5.05pm in many countries across Europe and the Middle East. Check the schedule and select your country from the Time Zone box to see if it’s showing for you. The rest of the series will be shown each Wednesday at 5pm in most countries. Thanks to Rosie for the email.

2. All news for May 2010 has been archived here.

8th June

1. All BAFTA red carpet candid photos have been put into a new 2010 gallery. Many thanks to Tony, Siouxsie Sioux and JJ who generously gave their pictures, including Koolkat whose pictures I have just received. These ones are extra large and fantastic quality!

2. More pics in the 2010 Candid BAFTA gallery from Kiteflier. Thanks so much KF they are brilliant!

3. There’s now an edited version of the This Morning clip which shows mostly RA with Sharon Marshall, thanks to TEHI for editing the clip. View it on the 2010 BAFTAs page.

4. Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall in which Richard played Percy Courtenay, is being repeated on BBC4 next Tuesday 15 June at 10.25pm. More details on the BBC4 site or our Marie Lloyd career page.

5. Richard has recorded an advertisement for Platinum jewellery which you can listen to/download on the 2010 Adverts page or on the Sounds page (press the ‘play’ button to listen). Thank you Camila for recording this for us.

6. A couple more pictures added to the 2010 Candid BAFTA gallery from Sadie – thank you!

7th June

1. Thanks to TEHI for editing my clip (I’m still learning how to do this!) – the extended third clip of the BAFTAs has been edited to remove the nomination clips so it’s just Richard in the video now. Thanks also to Siouxsie Sioux for allowing me to post her candid shot of Richard on the red carpet yesterday. You can find all of this on the 2010 BAFTAs page and more pics will be added later today.

2. More pictures added to the BAFTA 2010 gallery, including bow tie-less pictures Thanks to cesta for the red carpet pictures.

3. Bccmee has created a lovely BAFTA signature & icon set. See it here.

4. JJ has written a BAFTA report telling us about her experience on the red carpet yesterday. It’s now in the main menu on the left or click here.

5. The ITV show This Morning had a report from the BAFTAs earlier today in which Richard appears several times. You can view it from the ITV.com website. Apparently this is not available outside the UK but there is a download and a couple of screencaps on the 2010 BAFTAs page. The download is taken from the website so the video quality is not the best.

6th June

1. You can download three clips of Richard at the BAFTAs on the 2010 BAFTAs page. Also many thanks to JJ for emailing me her pictures from the red carpet, apparently there are more to follow! I’m pleased to say that JJ  has agreed to write a BAFTA report for the site to tell us what happened when she met Richard earlier today. Watch this space.

2. There’s a picture of Richard on the red carpet on the BAFTA site. Picture #24. Click here.

3. Screencaps from the BAFTA awards shown on BBC1 this evening are in the gallery.

4. Unfortunately Spooks did not win in the category of Best Drama Series, that award went to the E4 show Misfits.

5. Photo of Richard on the WENN press site.

5th June

1. Hedgey has found her photoshop muse and created a gorgeous John Porter wallpaper – see it here.

2. IndieLondon has reviewed the entire series of Strike Back to coincide with the DVD release: ‘Armitage brought convincing muscular energy and wore the haunted look of a troubled but efficient killing machine in his portrayal of Porter…’. All reviews are on the Strike Back Reviews page.

4th June

1. David Stephenson, TV editor for the Sunday Express has published his full audio interview with Richard. Read More

2. It’s confirmed that Richard will attend the BAFTA TV awards on Sunday 6 June at the London Palladium and he will be presenting an award. An email from BAFTA has confirmed this, many thanks Patty for finding out.

3. The new Gisborne picture found on the Studio Canal site yesterday has been put into the Robin Hood Promo pics gallery. You can see it here and also a close up pic which I also found on the site here.

4. The pic of the day archive for May 2010 has been added to the menu on the left-hand side. You can view it and download all the individual pictures here.

5. A scan of the interview that appeared in last Sunday’s Mirror Celebs magazine has now been added to the Interviews page (sorry, better late than never…)

3rd June

The Robin Hood series 3 DVD boxset is released today in France and Studio Canal has released some new promotional pictures of the cast to coincide with this release. There is a picture of Gisborne with his sword that is new to us, and I will add it to the RH promo gallery when I return from holiday tomorrow (my internet access is somewhat limited). Click here then scroll through the picture list on the right and see if you can spot the ‘new’ picture. Many thanks to Céline for the email.

30th May

There’s a really good interview with Richard in the Mirror today, which sounds like it was conducted at the Strike Back premiere. You can read the online version and print version here.

29th May

1. David Stephenson, TV editor for the Sunday Express has released more audio from his interview with Richard a few weeks ago. You can listen and download it here.

2. The documentary Too Poor For Posh School, narrated by Richard will be repeated on More4 on Sunday 6th June at 10.10pm and again on 7th June at 3.05am. TV listings here. Many thanks Vicki for finding out for us.

28th May

1. A short piece with a nice picture in this week’s Woman’s Own magazine, scan courtesy of Ladyjuliana. When you see the title, it might be relevant to mention that Richard Arnold refers to RA as ‘Dickie’ on occasion. He once sent a private message to our twitter account thinking that we were in fact RA not a fan site, and the message started ‘Hi Dickie’.

2. The audiobook of Georgette Heyer’s Venetia read by Richard is now available to buy from iTunes at a cost of £5.95 or $9.95. All Richard’s DVDs and audiobooks are listed on the RA on DVD page.

3. Sorry just discovered the guestbook wasn’t displaying the code correctly since I upgraded it a few days ago, but it’s all working now.

27th May

1. A fantastic new John Porter wallpaper has been added here, thanks to Angelfish69. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.

2. Episode 5 of Robin Hood series 3 will be shown this Saturday in Australia and Ann has sent us a positive review of the episode in the Green Guide. Read it on the Robin Hood Reviews page. Thanks Ann.

3. Thanks for voting in the last poll. 68.1% of you thought it was either excellent or very good, 9.1% didn’t like it, 2.1% thought it was OK and 20.6% hadn’t seen it. There’s a new poll on the left asking who your favourite SB character was , not including John Porter obviously!

26th May

1. The WATCH channel in the UK is to start showing series 7 of Spooks from Tuesday 22 June according to the UK TV Guide. You’ll have to stay up late or record it however, as they will be showing most episodes at midnight.

2. Many different icons have been added to the site today courtesy of Teena and Grendel. Thanks ladies. Please credit the designer if you use any of these icons. The icons menu is here.

25th May

The first episode of George Gently co-starring Richard will be shown in British Columbia, Canada on Sunday 30 May at 9pm on the Knowledge Network. More details and a video clip here. Thank you Audrey for the email.

24th May

A glowing review of the whole series of Strike Back on the Monsters and Critics site. Read it here. And Dan Owen gives the latest storyline 3.5/5 stars, you can read his review on Dan’s Media Digest.

23rd May

There’s a very positive review of Strike Back in Richard’s local paper The Coventry Telegraph. You can read the online article here.

21st May

1. The full set of regular sized screencaps for episodes 5 and 6 of Strike Back are now available to download from the Strike Back downloads page.

2. Episode 5 and 6 pictures have appeared on Sky’s Strike Back page. These stills are sometimes different from the images we can capture from the episodes so they are worth a look, for example #2 in the episode 6 stills.

20th May

1. “it’s been pretty entertaining, and, for pity’s sake, Richard Armitage was magnificent” so says Unpopcult in their review of Strike Back episodes 5 and 6. Well, we can’t argue with that!

2. There’s a brief mention of Richard as Guy and a picture in a review about the new Robin Hood film on the FlickFilosopher site. Thanks Lynn for the email.

3. Episode 5 and 6 screencaps plus HD images are now in the Strike Back gallery.

4. Another review added to the Strike Back Reviews page from the indielondon site.

19th May

1. US Spooks/MI-5 viewers: here is a review for Spooks/MI-5 season 7 which is currently being shown at 9pm on Thursdays on the KERA Dallas PBS station. Episode 3 will be shown tomorrow. To view the TV schedule for your local PBS station visit this site: http://www.pbs.org/. Thanks to Lynn for the explanation of the PBS network!

2. Thanks to Bccmee for more John Porter signatures which have been added here. If you like us to display your artwork please send an email to admin@richardarmitagenet.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

3. If you’ve noticed anything different, you’ll see we have a fantastic new banner thanks to Hedgeypig as I felt that John Porter needed adding.

4. Thanks to GizTheGunslinger for 2 new drawings – Guy and the Sheriff and John Mulligan. You can see them here. She has also passed on the excellent news that all 3 series of Robin Hood will be shown in Russia on the TV3 channel starting Friday 21st May at 7pm. More information and a clip on the TV3 site.

5. You can now vote in the TV Choice awards long list. Strike Back and Spooks are listed in 2 different categories and Richard is up for Best Actor (Strike Back). The short list will be announced on Tuesday 29th June.  You can vote in the long list until Friday 11th June and you can only vote once. Thanks KK for the alert.

17th May

1. Thanks to Juicy Fruit who contacted Annette on RAOnline recently, we became aware of an advert Richard has been doing for a Bedford jewellers on Heart local radio. That’s my local radio station, so with luck I managd to capture it. You can download it on the 2010 Adverts page or you can listen now on the Sounds page. Press the play button to hear it.

2. The Sky Strike Back page now has pictures for each episode shown so far. Scroll down the main page to see the links.

16th May

A reveiw of episodes 3 & 4 in IndieLondon and 3 preview scans in the weekend newspapers for the last 2 episodes of Strike Back, all added to the Strike Back Reviews page. Thanks Jen for 2 of the scans.

15th May

1. An excellent review for Strike Back on the website seenit.co.uk. I’ve added it to the Strike Back Reviews page.

2. Robin Hood series 3 DVD can be ordered from ezydvd.co.au in Australia as well as the ABC shop as mentioned previously. Same release date for both – 1st July. Thanks to Michelle for the email.

3. The trailer for Strike Back episodes 5 and 6 can now be downloaded in HD or a smaller high quality version from the Strike Back downloads page.

14th May

1. Strike Back episode 3 and 4 screencaps are in the gallery plus high definition images. Thanks to Hedgey for doing episode 4 caps. You can download the full set of regular sized caps from the Strike Back downloads page.

2. Many thanks to Mulubinba for the scan from the Australian paper The Herald promoting Robin Hood series 3 with some quotes from Richard. The quotes were from the original BBC press release which you can read on the Interviews page or click here.

3. Dan Owen has reviewed Strike Back episodes 3 & 4 on his Media Digest, a pretty good review I think.

4. Some new signatures added today from Bccmee for Spooks, Strike Back, Vicar of Dibley and a Richard signature using the images from the Sky interactive magazine. Thanks B!

5. There’s a link on the Sky Strike Back page to the Strike Back forum where you can leave your comments about the show. I may be mistaken, but I don’t think that link was there before.

13th May

Two reviews of Strike Back episodes 3 & 4 so far: Unpopcult’s blog and a small article in the London newspaper The Metro. Some criticism but with positive comments too. Read them on the Strike Back Reviews page.

12th May

1. Press articles today as follows. Read all the articles on the Strike Back Reviews page.

• The Mirror gives a preview of tonight’s episodes of Strike Back but there are some spoilers.
• There is a fascinating interview with Chris Ryan in the Daily Record today, in which he says ‘I was chuffed when I saw the cast. I thought Richard Armitage was very good. It was very well done, right across the board. I’m thrilled with it.’
• The Daily Mail has chosen Strike Back as it’s Satellite Choice for today. Thanks to Jen for the scan.

2. Sky are currently advertising their HD box on the Sky1 HD channel, which shows a slow motion clip of John Porter dripping wet. Download it in HD (or smaller HQ version) on the Strike Back downloads page. Four screencaps from this advert can be seen in our HD trailers gallery. Click on ‘original image’ when viewing one of the pictures to see the full size.

11th May

1. Sky is offering the chance to win one of twenty copies of Chris Ryan’s novel Strike Back signed by the author. Competition closes 24th May. Click here to enter.

2. The Radio Times have chosen Strike Back as one of ‘today’s choices’ for Weds 19 May. Read the article on the Strike Back Reviews page.

10th May

1. Spooks has been nominated in the Drama Series category for the 2010 BAFTA Television Awards which take place on Sunday 6th June. Full list of nominees here.

2. Lots of new wallpapers have been added to the site in the last few days. Click on the character names under the Wallpaper menu on the left-hand side to see them. Thank you to Daisy, Bccmee, Teena, Rossella and IslaJane.

3. All news for April 2010 has been archived here.

9th May

1. Three reviews added to the Strike Back Reviews page today, from The Independent, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. Surprisingly the normally acerbic AA Gill of the Times is the most complimentary of the three: ‘if this is a genre you like, then it’s pretty damn good’.

2. Two small previews appeared in The Mirror and Daily Mail magazines yesterday for the next episodes of Strike Back, and one today in the Sunday Mail. Read them on the Strike Back Reviews page. Many thanks to Jen for the scans.

3. New poll on the left to see how you have taken to Strike Back. Thanks for voting!

8th May

1. A brief but complimentary review in the Financial Times today in which Richard is described as ‘one of the best action men on television, with actorly reserves enough to bring to life private griefs as well as public derring-do’. Read the full article on the Strike Back Reviews page.

2. The last two episodes of The Vicar of Dibley co-starring Richard will be shown in Australia on the UKTV channel soon. Part 1 is on Monday 24th May at 8.30pm and part 2 is on the following Monday at the same time. UKTV info here. Richard’s appearance in George Gently can be seen on the UKTV channel on Sunday 16th May at 8.30pm.

3. The Great Sperm Race narrated by Richard will be on UK television again on Tuesday 25th May 2.30am on Channel 4 and Channel 4 HD. A bit early in the morning perhaps, so set the recorders if you didn’t see it before.

4. The trailer for Strike Back episodes 3 & 4 can be downloaded now from the Strike Back downloads page.

7th May

1. There is an interview in the Daily Mail today with Richard (scan on our Interviews page) and there are four more reviews on the Strike Back Reviews page, one of which (the Guardian) lists the ratings for episodes 1 & 2 of Strike Back in which “Both episodes more than tripled Sky1′s average audience share in their slots over the past three months.”

2. A detailed interview in The Stage was published yesterday in which Richard discusses his preparation for the role of John Porter and gives more information about how he trained as an actor. Thank you Orpheus of C19 for the scan – read it on the Interviews page.

3. Finally…the HD caps are done. Strike Back screencaps in HD can be viewed in our Strike Back gallery as well as regular sized caps (of which there are considerably more). The regular sized caps can be downloaded from the Strike Back downloads page.

4. An amusing review of Robin Hood series 3 episode 2 in The Green Guide, before it is broadcast in Australia tomorrow night. Read it in Robin Hood Reviews.

6th May

1. Strike Back reviews are being added here as I find them, so far there are reviews from the Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the London Metro, the SundaySun blog, Pauseliveaction’s blog and Unpopcult’s blog. The Independent is a tad harsh but Metro are more generous. The Times review is very positive apart from one daft comment and Unpopcult’s blog is positively glowing!

However, for what it’s worth, I thought it was entertaining, exciting and I loved it! If you’d like to leave your own review, please put your comment in our guestbook. We’d love to know what you think.

2. Screencaps for episodes 1 and 2 of Strike Back will be on the site tomorrow, including High Definition images. Apologies for the delay as I had hope to upload today but real life events took over.

3. The Robin Hood series 3 DVD is available to pre-order from the Australian ABC online shop here. It’s released on 1st July 2010. Thanks Michele for the email.

5th May

1. Pictures of Richard leaving the Radio 1 studio yesterday have surfaced on the Wenn photo library. Click on a picture to enlarge. Thanks to Luna for alerting me. We’ve now found copies with a less obtrusive watermark on the Contact Music site (thanks colinfever!)

2. Lots of press articles today, you can find them on the Strike Back Reviews page:

• I’ve scanned in a copy of this week’s Radio Times which has an article about the quality of British TV drama. There is a lovely picture of Richard plus comments about the types of roles he likes to play. Read the full article on the Interviews page. Also there is a short but positive preview of episodes 3 and 4 of Strike Back in the Radio Times plus a new picture. Read them on the Strike Back Reviews page.
• An interview with Andrew Lincoln in The Sun, a preview of Strike Back in the Express online and 2 scans from the Daily Mirror.
• A tiny mention in the Daily Mail’s Satellite choice for today (scan on Strike Back Reviews page).
• A review from onthebox.com
• Small article in the Daily Express
• Digital Spy have published an interview with Richard with some new information about Spooks. Read it here. AND he says he’d do a Gisborne spin off – quick someone write it!
• Vicky Frost of The Guardian has published her interview with Richard, which you can read here.

3. Sky have released what appears to be the opening 6 minutes of Strike Back on their website! Click here and then on the large Strike Back picture in the centre.

4. The webcast of Richard’s interview with Richard Bacon from Radio 5 Live is now available as a single file (and a smaller combined file size) rather than two separate downloads. Download it from the Strike Back downloads page.

5. There’s a lovely picture of Richard and Scott Mills now on Radio 1.

6. Heathra has produced two brilliant photoshop manipulations to remove the text from the pictures that appeared in TV & Satellite Week magazine on 27 April (see the article here). We’ve put them on our Artwork page, scroll down to Heathra’s art. Thanks H!

7. Details of the extra features on the Strike Back DVD here on 2Entertain’s site plus confirmation that the DVD and Blu-ray DVD will be released on 7 June 2010. Thanks Vicki for the alert.

4th May

1. Richard was on Lorraine Kelly’s sofa on GMTV at 9.15am. A download of the interview is available on the Strike Back downloads page. You can see screencaps from this interview in the Richard/GMTV gallery.

2. Interview with Andrew Lincoln about Strike Back in the free London newspaper the Metro today, online version here.

3. Amusing but brief preview of Strike Back on Unpopcult’s blog today. Thanks Lynn for the email.

4. Richard appeared on the following radio stations today:

• BBC5live with Richard Bacon at 2pm (live webcam footage has been captured plus audio)
• TalkSport with Hawksbee & Jacobs at 3pm
• Radio1 with Scott Mills at 4.30pm

He is also being interviewed by DigitalSpy, the Guardian and Sky News Radio. Thanks to Colin Watkins, Sky PR for letting us know on Twitter.

5. Just heard Richard on the radio advertising Sky’s coverage of the General Election. Download on the 2010 Adverts page.

6. All of the downloads from today’s broadcast interviews are now on the Strike Back downloads page. Wow that was a busy day – enjoy!

7. A very good preview of Strike Back on TV Guide’s blog. Thanks Lynn for the email.

3rd May

The pic of the day archive for April 2010 has been added to the menu on the left-hand side. You can view it and download all the individual pictures here.

2nd May

1. An audio interview with Richard about working on Strike Back by David Stephenson of the Sunday Express has been released on twitter. Listen to it and download it here. Right-mouse click (Ctrl-click on a Mac) on the ‘Download’ button and Save Link as… to download your own copy of this audio. Thanks to Camila for the email.

2. Want to see Richard straightening his tie and looking rather Bond-esque? Sky magazine interactive have a moving cover clip of Richard and more inside. More details here.

3. David Stephenson of the Sunday Express has told the site via twitter that there is an interview with Richard in the newspaper today. Scan on the Strike Back Reviews page.

4. There’s an interesting interview with Orla Brady today in the California Chronicle talking about Strike Back: “I thought Richard would play the sensitivity of that and wouldn’t just be some macho guy sliding around the place with a machine gun.”

5. Article in The Mail on Sunday’s Live magazine. Read it on the Strike Back Reviews page.

6. As reported on 30 April, Richard will appear on GMTV on Tuesday. However this page on the GMTV site is more specific, and it confirms that he will be interviewed by Lorraine Kelly between 8.30 and 9.25am. Those in the UK – set those recorders now!

7. Article about Strike Back in the midlands-based newspaper The Sunday Mercury.

1st May

1. A gallery has been added to this site, containing several screencaps from the behind the scenes videos on the Sky Strike Back website. You can view them all here.

2. Another video has surfaced from the Strike Back premiere. Brief interviews with Richard, Andrew Lincoln, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn plus new clips not previously seen – spoiler warning! View the video on talktalk.co.uk

3. Thanks to Annette for discovering this interesting preview of Strike Back by Frost magazine.

4. There are links to all 5 behind the scenes videos on our Strike Back page, it’s not easy to find the John Porter video on the Sky site, but it’s still there.

5. Scans from two Saturday magazines are on the Strike Back Reviews page: the Daily Express S magazine (thanks to Jen) and the Sun TV magazine.

6. More John Porter icons added here thanks to Teena and Hedgey and two more signatures by Teena on the John Porter signatures page. Thanks ladies.

7. Promotion for Strike Back has even spread to a fitness website! MotleyHeath.com has an article talking about the regime he had to follow to get fit for Strike Back. Thanks Lynn for the email.

David Stephenson, TV editor for the Sunday Express has published the full audio interview with Richard Armitage that led to this print interview in the Sunday Times:

David has written an introduction on his blog with a link to the audio file of the interview underneath.

The audio is a compilation of the audio interviews mentioned in the news on 29th May and 2nd May however, there are a few extra bits now that the interview can be heard in full.

David has given me permission to convert the file into an mp3 format which may be easier to access than the original format. Right-mouse click here and choose ‘Save Link as’ to download it (Ctrl-click on a Mac).

Enjoy!

30th April

1. The full interview with Richard in the printed edition of the Reader’s Digest is now available to view on the Interviews page.

2. GMTV have confirmed that Richard will be appearing on their sofas on Tuesday. I will be all set to record it! GMTV is ITV’s breakfast show and Richard has appeared on there a few times before: on 25 March 2009 (gallery of pictures and download here), during a Spooks on set visit on 4 Nov 2009 which can be downloaded here and 3 October 2007 when he was interviewed by GMTV’s Lorraine Kelly about Robin Hood series 2 (download here).

3. A new interview on the AOL TV site has just appeared, again Richard is promoting Strike Back on the set of Spooks. Apparently this site cannot be viewed by all, so I’ve taken screencaptures and uploaded to the Strike Back Reviews page.

4. Following on from her interview on 28 April, Heather Hughes has written a glowing reivew of Strike Back on TV.com’s site. Both articles are also listed on the Strike Back Reviews page.

29th April

1. Two reviews today, in the Shortlist newspaper and Time Out magazine, with thanks to Stef and Orpheus respectively for the scans. Read them on the Strike Back Reviews page.

2. Excellent interview by Emily Phillips of Screenrush.co.uk just out. Lots of questions and very interesting answers. Play next year possibly, and he still plays the cello! Read it here.

3. Richard appears on the front cover of the May edition of Reader’s Digest, with a long interview inside. There is an online edition here and more in the printed copy which I will post later. Scroll through to page 4 and the interview continues to page 7. Thanks to jh of the C19 forum for spotting it.

4. We are accumulating some artwork for Strike Back which you can see on the John Porter signatures page, JP icons and JP wallpapers. Thanks to all the ladies who have contributed so far. If you would like to contribute your own artwork to this site, please email Ali at admin@richardarmitagenet.com

5. There’s an article in FHM magazine which you can see in Strike Back Reviews from their June issue. The text is very similar to articles in the recent TV magazines, but there is an excellent full page picture of John Porter and a summary of some of Chris Ryan’s other novels.

6. Five BRAND NEW videos on the Sky Strike Back website, interviews with Richard and the cast, new clips from the shows: click here for John Porter page and five new videos main page is here.

7. Amazon have changed the release date on the Strike Back DVD back to 7th June – thanks Vicki for letting me know.

28th April

1. Hood series 3 starts in Australia on Saturday 1st May at 7.30pm on the ABC2 channel. Thanks to Ann for the scan of the Herald Sun showing a picture of Guy of Gisborne, which you can read on the Robin Hood Reviews page.

Also it appears that George Gently will be shown on Australian UKTV at 8.30pm on Sunday 16th May, however it is not yet confirmed if this is Richard’s episode.

2. Chris Ryan is interviewed in today’s Telegraph about his experiences in the SAS and its relevance to his novel Strike Back. Read it online here.

3. Colin Watkins, who is a publicist for Sky1 has told us via twitter that Richard will be doing some broadcast press next Tuesday. Richard on TV and/or radio next week then! You can follow us on twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/RAnetdotcom

4. New interview with Richard on TV.com’s website: 10 minutes with Strike Back‘s Richard Armitage which is linked to this article: Richard Armitage plans Prequel to The Tudors.

5. TV Choice have alerted us to their blog entitled ‘Speaking to Spooks’ which has just been posted. ‘Big surprises in store for his character Lucas North’ apparently and there are other interesting tidbits of information about other members of the cast including Sophia Myles and Max Brown. Read the article here.

27th April

1. Many of this week’s television magazines have articles about Strike Back and interviews with Richard. Read them on the Strike Back Reviews page.

2. There’s an interesting interview with Richard in The Times’ Body & Soul section today. Read it on the Interviews page.

3. Added the Daily Mail October 2009 tuxedo picture without cropping or text overlay – in the 2009 Promo gallery.

26th April

1. Daniel Kennedy has posted a news item on his site about photographing Richard and Orla for the cover of Sky magazine. Read More

2. New poll on left-hand side. Please vote!

25th April

1. A new Strike Back trailer aired on Sky1 this evening, downloads and pics available. Read More

2. Billboards of Richard as John Porter in Strike Back are popping up all over the country. I saw one in London today and Koolkat took a pic of one in another part of the country. She’s shared her pics with us which you can find at the end of the Strike Back page.

24th April

1. OK TV have released video interviews with all the cast from the Strike Back premiere which can be found on the Daily Express website. The music is a bit loud and distracting to say the least, but it’s great to get another new interview.

2. There’s a full page article in the Daily Express magazine today with an interview with Richard. See the Strike Back Reviews page. Thanks to LadyJ for the scan.

23rd April

There are now behind the scenes pictures on the Sky Strike Back site here and larger versions of the wallpapers here.

22nd April

1. In the latest copy of The Stage, Richard has expressed his interest in returning to the stage soon with a preference for doing comedy. One of the options he’s considering is Aphra Benn’s The Rover. Thank you to Annette of RAOnline for the printed version on our Interviews page or there is an online version here. Thanks to Orpheus of the C19 forum for discovering this for us.

2. Another advert for tonight’s Leaders’ Debate heard on Classic FM today. Download on the 2010 Adverts page.

21st April

Richard Armitage and Orla Brady are on the front cover of this month’s Sky magazine, and there is a 3 page article inside in which Richard and Orla answer questions about the characters they play in Strike Back. There is also a tiny picture of Richard as John Porter in the TV Planner section of the magazine. All scans are in Strike Back Reviews, click on the images to enlarge.

20th April

1. There’s a full page advert for Strike Back in this week’s Radio Times showing Richard, he looks quite different I think. See it here (click on the image to enlarge).

2. Thank you so much to those who attended the Strike Back screening last night and who are leaving comments on our site. Could I ask that you leave your comments on our guest book please so that all the reactions can be found in one place? For those who already left comments in the news pages, I will copy your comments to the guest book. Cheers!

3. I’ve just found this page on WireImage which has captions under pictures of all the cast. It gives an idea of what Richard was discussing during the Strike Back premiere last Thursday. Unfortunately this is a press site so we cannot view the video, but it might be a taster of what will appear in the press soon.

• UPDATE: Richard’s video interviews can be viewed (with watermark) on the Getty site. Many thanks to colinfever for emailing the link.
• Other interesting interviews: Orla Brady (you can press the arrow top right to move directly to the next video)
• Andrew Lincoln
• Dhafer L’abidine
• Ewan Bremner
• Andy Harries

4. New interview with Richard today in the Mirror.co.uk and all the local news sites are now starting to print the same interview, e.g. here and here – article originates from The Press Association.

5. Another extra large picture of Guy added to our Promotional Pics gallery. Click here and then click ‘original image’ to fill the screen. Thank you Jonia for the picture.

6. Amazon UK and Amazon.com have updated their Georgette Heyer: Convenient Marriage audiobook page to show what the cover will look like. Does this mean it’s a bodice ripper? It’s come down in price too.

7. ANOTHER new interview, in which Richard reveals that Lucas North will be much less physical in series 9 than he has been in the past. Click here for the Press Association.

8. Richard was heard today advertising the General Election Leaders’ Debates on local radio around the country – thank you to those who contacted me about it. I’ve made an mp3 download which is available on the 2010 Adverts page.

19th April

The Sky Strike Back page is taking shape with a lot more content: an interview with Richard and other cast members, production facts, wallpapers, cast biographies, details of the story and photos (with spoilers). All banners can be found on this  news page. Thanks to Lynn for alerting me. More info on our news page.

Sorry I keep updating the news page above, but they keep adding information!

18th April

Short but very positive article in the Mirror online today about Strike Back, see Strike Back Reviews

17th April

1. There are now some very large pictures at the end of the Strike Back Premiere gallery, with thanks to Jonia for finding them. Click on ‘original image’, then you may need to click again so that the image fills the screen. Extra close ups!

2. Screencap gallery for Malice Aforethought has been added to the site.

3. Very short clip of Strike Back shown during the BBC entertainment news show E24 on the Strike Back downloads page.

16th April

1. The Strike Back Premiere took place in the Vue West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square last night. Yesterday’s news link. Unwatermarked pictures are now appearing on news sites all over the web so I’ve created a Strike Back premiere gallery and will add to this as more pictures surface. Enjoy!

2. Click here for a video of last night’s premiere arrivals including an interview with Richard. Screencaps are in the Strike Back Premiere gallery.

3. Thanks to Cami for leaving a comment on the site about this article in GQ online magazine. I’ve added it to the Strike Back Reviews page.

4. RichardArmitageCentral found this clip on youtube today, it’s an interview with co-star of Strike Back Dhafer L’Abidine at last night’s premiere and there are clips of Richard at the start. Thanks ladies!

5. There is also an interview with Andrew Lincoln on youtube with a couple of nice mentions of Richard and a tiny view of him at 4mins 50seconds.

6. Links to all downloads and screencaps for Strike Back are on the Strike Back page.

15th April

1. Sky have released programme information for week beginning 8th May which reveals that they will show episodes 3 and 4 back to back at 9pm on Wednesday 12th May. It’s repeated on Thursdays starting at 9pm on Sky2, Fridays starting at 10pm on Sky1, then again on Saturdays starting at 9pm on Sky1. So if you have Sky – you won’t miss it!

2. More Strike Back pics found on the Sky website. Thanks to Maike for discovering the extra ones today. See them all here.

3. News and press pictures of Richard at the Sky TV press premiere of Strike Back tonight. Read More

14th April

1. New Strike Back trailer on the SkyMedia.com site here, some clips are familiar but there are lots of new clips too. Thanks Debs for the email.

2. Sorry that the latest news item about a photo in May’s Sky magazine has been taken down. It’ll be back up when the Sky magazine has been published.

3. Sky have put some page markers on their website for all the Strike Back info. No content yet, but fantastic banners….read more

13th April

1. Repeats of Strike Back: the first 2 episodes will be shown first on Weds 5 May starting 9pm and then repeated on Sky2 on Thursday 6th May from 9pm – 11pm, then again on Sky1 and Sky1 HD on Friday 7th May starting 10pm.

2. Strike Back article in the The Sun TV magazine. Although this article has appeared on many sites already, Annette from RAOnline has generously given me a copy of her scan to add to the Strike Back Reviews page. Thanks Annette.

3. The Alibi channel in the UK will be showing Richard’s episode of George Gently again on Monday 10th May at 8pm.

12th April

The Book Depository has copies of the Venetia audiobook read by Richard back in stock, according to an email sent to me this morning. Click here to order which will earn commission for charity.

9th April

1. All news items for March have been archived here: March 2010 news archive

2. Robin Hood in Australia: confirmation that series 3 will start on Saturday 1st May 7.30pm on ABC2 has appeared on the ABC website. Thanks Mulubinba for the email.

8th April

1. Finally got my head around this HD malarky – trailer download and screencaps here.

2. Air date for Strike Back! It will start Wednesday 5 May 9.00pm until 11.00pm on Sky1 and Sky1 HD so that’s the first two episodes back to back then. Thanks Luna for the email.

3. Amazon UK have changed the release date of the Strike Back DVD, putting it back one week to 14 June 2010 instead of 7 June according to Play.com (perhaps Play haven’t updated their site yet?).

7th April

1. New poll on the left asking if you’ve read Strike Back by Chris Ryan. Thanks for voting!

2. HD caps of the Strike Back trailer have been added to the Strike Back gallery. You can click on ‘original image’ to see the HD full size. Screencaps are for personal use but if you share them then I’d appreciate a credit back to RichardArmitageNet, many thanks.

Update: I’ve taken this gallery down as I’ve realised I can get even better quality pictures, which I’ll put up tomorrow. Sorry – got ahead of myself there!

6th April

1. Sky showed a shorter version of the Strike Back trailer yesterday, but there’s nothing new. However you can download it along with the longer version here.

2. Robin Hood showing in France and Belgium: The Canal+ Family channel will be showing series 3 at 8.45pm on Fridays and the first 2 episodes start this Friday, 9th April. The DVD boxset for series 3 will be released on June 3rd and can be ordered from Amazon France. In Belgium, the La Deux channel will show Robin Hood series 2 at 5.00pm starting Saturday, 17th April. Thanks to Céline for this information.

3. You can now play the longer version of the Strike Back trailer directly from this site on the Strike Back career page.

5th April

Added mpg download of the new trailer which should be better quality, especially for those who use Quicktime.

4th April

1. Sky showed a new Strike Back trailer tonight, downloads and screencaps available here.

2. Thanks to Jonia for finding and allowing us to display the new larger Robin Hood promotional pictures in our gallery. Note huge version of this and a new one here of Guy and Marian in their final moments. Click on ‘original image’ in the bottom right corner and then click again for ginormous size.

3. A moderator on the ABC TV (Australia) messageboard has stated that Robin Hood series 3 will begin on May 1st at 7.30pm on the ABC2 channel.

4. If you receive ITV4 in the UK, you may be interested to know that Richard makes his first appearance in Ultimate Force tonight at 9pm, in the second episode of series 2 called ‘Mad Dogs’. Our screencap gallery is here.

5. You can now listen again to Clarissa episode 4 here.

2nd April

1. The pic of the day archive for March 2010 has now been added to the menu on the left-hand side. You can view it and download all the individual pictures here.

2. Just been listening to Feedback on Radio 4, in which they were reading letters from listeners about Clarissa and there was a short interview with the director Marilyn Imrie. The programme is repeated again on Sunday at 8pm but you can listen again using BBC iPlayer here. It starts at 18mins 25s. Alternatively, a download of the Clarissa discussion can be found in the Clips section at the bottom of our Clarissa page.

Richard features predominantly in May’s issue of Sky magazine interactive. There is a moving image of him straightening his tie on the front cover, a 50 second clip of Richard explaining how to use the interactive guide – click in the centre of pages 2 and 3 where you can see the large Sky logo – and a double page feature on pages 4 and 5 where you can read parts of the interview with Richard and Orla Brady by clicking on the various headings.

I’ve saved the clips of Richard which you can download here:

• Sky front cover clip 3Mb avi download
• Sky front cover clip 4.5Mb mpg download
• Richard voicing the interactive guide 8.6Mb avi download
• Richard voicing the interactive guide 26Mb mpg download

Any problems with opening these downloads? You might want to use VLC mediaplayer, it’s free for Mac and PC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

On Sky’s accessibility site, there is a PDF version of the cover of Sky magazine’s May issue featuring Richard and Orla. You can listen to a reading of the full interview with Richard and Orla on this page of the accessibility site, and click on the track TK05 Chris Ryan’s Strike Back.

Photographer Daniel Kennedy has taken a picture of Richard Armitage and Orla Brady on behalf of Sky magazine for the forthcoming Strike Back production, but the two actors were 5000 miles apart. In his blog he shows the individual photographs and the combined result, which you can also see below.

The May 2010 edition of Sky magazine has this photo on the cover and an article about Strike Back which you can read here.

A new trailer for Strike Back aired on Sky1 on 25 April, incorporating new clips in amongst clips we have seen in other trailers.

You can download a copy of this trailer here:

• 20Mb mp4 download
• 14.8Mb avi download

Please credit RichardArmitageNet if these files are shared.

These downloads have also been added to our Strike Back page.

New screencaps from the trailer have been added to the end of the Strike Back trailer gallery.

Here’s a sample:

The Strike Back page on Sky1′s website is now taking shape, with detailed pages as follows:

• About the Show: The Story
• Characters
  
• Meet the Cast
• Photos page (warning, the photos show spoilers). Now increased to 43 photos
• Production Facts page which reveals how much care was taken to avoid dehydration during filming.
• Pictures from the Strike Back Premiere
• Wallpapers
• Videos there is 1 trailer on that page at the moment, which shows scenes we have seen in previous trailers

Richard on John Porter page: In Richard’s interview, he describes the character of John Porter as ‘a kind of killing machine who’s discovered quite a serious flaw whereby compassion kicks in and he allows his heart to rule his head’

He also discusses why he took the role, what was involved in the training, his competitive nature, and he reveals that he wasn’t allowed to do the cliff jump despite performing many of the other stunts as it was too dangerous – presumably this is the jump that we’ve seen in the trailers.

In the interview with Shelley Conn, we discover that Danni’s relationship with John Porter is fairly ambiguous. She says ‘I think it’ll be interesting for the audience because they’ll be seeing it more from Porter’s point of view than anybody else’s, so they won’t necessarily know how much is real.’

In Orla Brady’s interview she says that this is a story ‘of people and how they cope with and how they survive moments in life when things go very badly wrong. There’s also something very beautiful about the idea of a man who’s made a terrible mistake and then has the chance to set it right.’

And when discussing Richard she gives high praise indeed. ‘Very few actors could carry off this part, in that very few actors have the physique to be believable as a big SAS guy, yet have a deep sensitivity. He has both these things and that’s a very powerful combination.’

What do you think of the Sky Strike Back website? Please leave your comments below.

I’ve found a 2 minute video taken at the Strike Back premiere last night, including an interview with Richard and a couple of previously unseen clips from the first episode of Strike Back. Click on the link below.

Strike Back Premiere video

The Independent are also showing the video which can also be enlarged, but it appears that this one is better quality: click here

Here’s a download of the video clip: 43Mb avi download and screencaps are in the Strike Back Premiere gallery.

Sky1Insider on twitter posted the following at about 3pm on 15 April:

Sky1 is preparing for tonight’s premiere of Chris Ryan’s Strike Back. Richard Armitage, Andrew Lincoln, Orla Brady & many more attending.

This event is taking place at the Vue West End cinema which is in Leicester Square, London.

• WireImage.com are now showing photographs from this event – here
• Also at Life.com – here
• GettyImages – here
• Pic from AFP – here

Strike Back Premiere gallery added 16 April – open here

Samples from the gallery here:

There’s no content on the Sky1 website yet, but the banners are there and they’re looking good.

No news – just pics!

Update 15 April: 5 more pics found on the Sky site which have been added below.

Update 19 April: the first 4 banners below have been added to the Sky site today

31st March

There is a small article in The Sun today confirming that Spooks will be shown in the autumn and is currently filming in London. A new picture of Lucas too – see Spooks Press Reviews.

29th March

1. Yesterday in Radio 4′s Open Book programme, Mariella Frostrup interviewed Marilyn Imrie, the director of Clarissa and talked about the task of adapting the huge novel. You can listen again to BBC iPlayer here (12.5 minutes in) or download the interview here.

2. Many thanks to Grendel who has allowed us to display many of her icons on our Icons page. We’ve split up the pages into Richard’s different characters to make it easier to view them all and Emerald designed a nifty banner for us too.

28th March

1. Clarissa episode 3 is now available to listen to again on BBC iPlayer – Radio 4 link.

2. More pictures and larger images have been added to the Spooks Promotional Gallery click the button to view – and yes I’ve been fiddling about with the gallery today.

27th March

1. The Inspector Lynley episode ‘In Divine Proportion’ will be shown in Germany on the ZDF-Neo channel this Monday, 29 March at 9pm. More details on their site here.

2. A reminder, particularly for those not living in the UK who wish to listen to Clarissa on Radio 4 tomorrow, that the UK changes to British Summer Time tonight which means the clocks go forward one hour. Clarissa will be broadcast at 3pm British Summer Time, so non-UK residents will need to listen an hour earlier.

3. New poll on the left-hand side. We’d like to find out how you rate Clarissa. Thanks for voting!

4. Added some more pictures and some larger pictures to the Robin Hood Promotional Gallery. Enjoy! Here’s one huge example, thanks to a Czech TV site (thanks Jonia for the link): Guy and Marian. Click again on the image to enlarge to its full size.

5. There is a new cover for Chris Ryan’s novel Strike Back, featuring a certain someone: book cover. The Amazon link is here.

26th March

BAFTA will be screening the first 2 episodes of Strike Back on 19th April and you can buy tickets. Read More

25th March

Richard’s voiceover page on the United Agents website has been updated with some new soundbites, specifically the ‘Harrow School documentary extract’ and the ‘Times commercial’ which I believe are new additions. Listen to them here.

22nd March

1. Sky have issued a press release about Strike Back, with an air date, sort of… Read More

2. Strike Back page updated with new information from the press release issued today.

3. The Frozen gallery has been re-capped today, with lots more images.

4. The Stage has reviewed Clarissa today, see link under Press Reviews on the Clarissa page.

21st March

1. Like to hear Richard/Lovelace singing again? Here you go:  mp3 download and it’s been added to the Sounds page so you can play it directly from this website.

2. You can now listen again to Clarissa episode 2 on the BBC Radio 4 Clarissa page.

19th March

1. The Daily Mail has confirmed that Sophia Myles and Max Brown have joined Richard in Spooks series 9 which is filming now. Scroll down to article with pic of Sophia: Daily Mail online.

2. New poll on left-hand side. Please tell us how you first came across Richard.

3. Apologies for making changes to our Strike Back gallery, as the promo clip has had to be removed from public display.

4. Ian Wylie has published an official production press release for Spooks on his blog. There are five new actors joining as series regulars. Read more on Ian’s blog ‘Life of Wylie’.

17th March

Richard Armitage will be on UK television tonight at 7.55pm in Miss Marple: Ordeal by Innocence on ITV3, playing Philip Durrant.

16th March

Another excellent review of Clarissa in an otherwise slightly depressing article about BBC radio drama cutbacks. See Press Reviews on the Clarissa page.

15th March

1. An excellent review of Clarissa episode one in today’s Guardian… ‘everything you could possibly want from Sunday afternoon radio drama’. This review and other articles on the Clarissa page.

2. BBC iplayer is currently showing a very nice picture of John Thornton at the dinner party, which stays put when you listen to episode one of Clarissa. iPlayer link

14th March

1. You can now listen again to Clarissa on BBC iplayer on the Classic Serial drama web page.

2. Clarissa episode one will be broadcast at 3pm GMT on Radio 4 today. Those living outside the UK can listen live. The Classic Serial webpage has more details and a ‘listen live’ button in the top right corner.

3. Thanks to Vicki for letting us know that Too Poor for Posh School? the documentary that Richard narrated, will be repeated on More4 in late spring – no exact date confirmed yet.

4. Teena has created a huge version of the Strike Back cover for all to enjoy, it’s on our Strike Back page towards the bottom. Click to enlarge! Thanks Teena.

5. There was a small scan in the Daily Mail weekend magazine out yesterday which you can read on the Clarissa page. Many thanks to Jen for the scan.

6. All news items in February have been archived here: February 2010 news archive

13th March

1. The Convenient Marriage audiobook is now available to pre-order from Amazon UK at a cost of £16.99. If you click through to Amazon after visiting RAOnline you will earn commission for charity.

2. Inspired by the volume of audio work Richard has provided lately, Alice has sent us a poem entitled ‘Voice?’ which is now in the Artwork section. Thank you Alice.

3. Strike Back DVD updates: Amazon UK have brought the price of the Strike Back DVD down a few pounds to £15.93 and also amended the release date by bringing it forward by one week to 7 June 2010. You can pre-order your copy now, further details are on our Richard on DVD page. There is also a Blu-ray edition available to pre-order. Amazon UK are offering this at £17.99. A nice birthday treat for me then!

12th March

1. Richard Armitage narrated the Channel 4 documentary Too Poor for Posh School? at 9pm on Thursday 11 March. You can view a clip on the Channel 4 site or on youtube. Those living in the UK and the Republic of Ireland can view the entire programme on 4oD on youtube or from 4oD on the Channel 4 site.  On the Channel 4 site you can read feedback from viewers and further information about the documentary.

2. Richard appears to have read another Georgette Heyer novel – The Convenient Marriage. Link to Amazon UK and link to Amazon US. Thanks to Olga for the email. There is a date of 2 Aug 2010 mentioned on the Amazon page, which appears to be the release date.

3. So far we have heard 3 clips from Episode One of Clarissa to be broadcast on Sunday 14 March. All 3 clips can be downloaded from our Clarissa page. Thank you to AnnetteG for kindly sharing clips 2 and 3.

4. The latest audio clips from the adverts and the Clarissa clips are now available on our Sounds page in case you would like to listen without needing to download.

11th March

Mike Ogden, the producer of the film Charlie, announced on the film forum last night that Richard is no longer involved in the project due to other commitments in his schedule.

10th March

1. A short clip of Clarissa was played this morning on Radio 4 just before the Today programme. Thank you to Nell on C19 for the heads-up. Here’s an mp3 download of the clip. Episode one will air on Sunday at 3pm, Radio 4.

2. According to Mike Ogden’s latest post on twitter, Richard is no longer playing the part of Charlie in the film of the same name. Clickie for tweet.

9th March

1. The Radio Times has made Clarissa one of ‘Today’s Choices’ for Sunday 14 March. You can read the article on our Clarissa page.

2. The Book Depository have informed me that the audiobook of Venetia has been released from the publisher and will be sent in the next few days. Apparently Amazon UK are saying a similar thing. So if you want to order Venetia now, you will not have long to wait.

3. Thank you to Librarygirl for finding new Spooks filming pictures taken a few days ago. Read More

8th March

1. The Robin Hood Promotional Gallery has been updated with all the latest pictures, many of which are now available in large format and are courtesy of Shootastic who have given us permission to display these in our gallery. When you click on a picture to view it, you will see an ‘original image’ button in the bottom right corner which you can click to see the image in its full size glory. Here’s some examples of the larger images: Guy from series 2 and Guy and Isabella. Click again if the magnifying glass is on your cursor to view in full size. If you have viewed this gallery recently and cannot see the larger images, press Ctrl+F5 (PC) or Apple key+F5 (Mac) to refresh the page. Enjoy!

2. Thank you to Maichi for three brilliant wallpapers which you can find in Richard Armitage wallpapers and Lucas North wallpapers. Newest wallpapers are at the end of the page.

3. New poll about 2010 projects on the left-hand side. Thanks for voting!

6th March

Amazon UK and Play.com have updated their Strike Back DVD pages to show the cover art for the DVD. Amazon link and Play.com link

4th March

1. The BBC Entertainment channel is showing Robin Hood series 1 starting 15 March at 5pm (CET). They have some great information, pics and clips on their Robin Hood and Spooks web pages. Read More

2. Richard will narrate Forest Elephants: Rumbles in the Jungle tonight at 8pm on BBC2 and BBC HD. More info here.

3rd March

1. The picture of the day archive for February 2010 has been added to the menu on the left-hand side, or click here.

2. Moving On: Drowning Not Waving is repeated tonight at 7.15pm on the BBC HD channel.

2nd March

1. New interview on the Naxos Audiobooks Venetia page. Thank you Luna for the email. Read More

2. There are lots more clips of the Forest Elephants programme to be broadcast this Thursday on the BBC2 Natural World site, however these can only be viewed by UK residents, sorry.

3. Richard has provided a voiceover for another Santander advert promoting ISAs on ITV. You can download it or just the audio from our 2010 Adverts page. I think his voice sounds a bit croaky!

4. There’s a new Clarissa career page where we will be posting all news and information about the production leading up to and during the broadcast dates.

I’ve managed to make a high definition version of the long Strike Back trailer, with grateful thanks to Elvira of C19 for all her advice and assistance.

The HD version will play in VLC Player, DivX Player and Quicktime providing your PC or Mac has the correct software and codecs and is able to play high def vids. If not, there is a High Quality version which should work for you.

HD screencaps have been put in the Strike Back gallery. View the full HD size by clicking ‘original image’ and then click again to fill the screen!

• Strike Back long trailer High Definition 50.6Mb this vid will fill the screen up to display resolution 1920 x 1080
• Strike Back long trailer High Quality 32.52Mb

Please credit this site if these files are shared, many thanks.

Sky1 showed a new trailer for Strike Back this evening and here are some downloads:

• 22Mb mpg download (16:9 ratio for quicktime and better quality)
• 24Mb mp4 download
• 16Mb avi download this format should work in Quicktime but may be reduced in quality

UPDATE 6TH APRIL:

Sky showed a shorter version of this trailer earlier today (no new images or dialogue): mp4 download

If you cannot view these downloads, it would be advisable to get a copy of VLC Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) which is free and cross-platform.

I’ve added pictures to the Strike Back screencap gallery from this trailer, here’s a sample:

BAFTA will be showing the first two episodes of Strike Back at the Princess Anne Theatre in London at 6.15pm on Monday 19 April.

After the screening, there will be a Q&A with the Director Dan Percival and Executive Producers Elaine Pyke, Head of Drama at Sky, and Andy Harries of Left Bank Pictures.

Full details are here where you can also purchase tickets.

Sky have issued a press release for Strike Back, which confirms that the series will air during the week 1 – 7 May 2010 on Sky1 and Sky HD. There will be 6 x 1 hour episodes, although each pair of episodes tells a separate story.

There is also a detailed episode synopsis further down the press release, but be warned this contains many spoilers for the show.

Richard is quoted as saying: “It’s an ambitious project for television. We’ve made three feature films on a TV budget and schedule. But the advantage of that is that these three feature films are linked together so you get a really interesting character arc through all episodes. American television is being brave and doing that at the moment, and this is stepping into that area.”

28th February

The BBC2 programme Something for the Weekend showed a short clip of the Forest Elephants programme that Richard narrated, to be shown on 4th March. You can download this clip here.

27th February

1. Updated the Clarissa news page with further information. Read More

2. Some new pics and other high quality pics for Robin Hood series 1 and 2 have been found today on a Czech TV site. Thanks Jonia. Read More

3. Two lovely new Guy wallpapers added here. Many thanks Teena.

26th February

1. The DVD of Strike Back will be out 14 June 2010. You can pre-order it now. Read More

2. New poll on left-hand side to ask if you will be buying the Strike Back DVD. Thanks for voting.

3. Richard to star in a Radio 4 dramatisation of Clarissa. Thank you Luna for emailing us. Read More

25th February

1. According to Richard’s UA page, he is now shooting Spooks 9. Yay!

2. Further to the news posted on 20th February about Richard’s involvement in The Natural World programme on 4th March, the BBC2 Natural World page has confirmed Richard will be narrating. Although they are calling him a ‘participant’ – not quite sure what they mean by that!

3. Richard on UK television: apart from Robin Hood series 2 at the weekends on WATCH, Richard can also be seen in Moving On and George Gently in March, as follows:

• Moving On: 3rd March 7.15pm on BBC HD
• George Gently: 5th March 11.45pm on Alibi and 6th March 9pm also on Alibi.

4. Two more brilliant Guy wallpapers by Teena have been added to the end of this page.

24th February

1. Angelfish has created a Richard-as-vampire wallpaper, which might be popular with those of you who chose ‘vampire’ in our last poll. Browse and download from this wallpaper page.

2. You can now download large scale versions of many of the Robin Hood promotional pictures here. Thank you to Shootastic for allowing us to share these.

23rd February

A new BBC Winter Olympics advert has been captured, advertising access to the BBC’s coverage on your mobile phone. Go to the 2010 Adverts page to download.

22nd February

Radio 4 played another clip to advertise the BBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics today, with thanks to Annette for the alert. Download today’s clip from the 2010 Adverts page.

20th February

Richard will be narrating The Natural World on BBC2 and BBC HD on March 4th. Thanks to 30rock on C19 for finding out. Read More

17th February

1. New poll on the left-hand side for you to choose your favourite actress from the list of Richard’s co-stars. ‘Vampire’ was your chosen winner of the last poll with 20% of the vote – Poll results here.

2. Added 5 amazing pencil drawings by GizTheGunslinger to the Artwork page. Art listed in alphabetical order by artist. You may comment at the bottom of the Artwork page if you wish.

16th February

1. Strike Back and Spooks series 8 and 9 will be promoted at next week’s Showcase event held in Brighton. Will Richard attend as he did last year? Read More

2. Another Olympics advert played on BBC radio this morning. Download it from the 2010 Adverts page. Thanks Annette for pointing this out.

15th February

1. News for January 2010 has been archived here.

2. Some excellent wallpapers have been given to us from Teena, click on the following links: 1 Guy of Gisborne, 3 Richard Armitage and 7 Lucas North wallpapers. Many thanks Teena.

14th February

You can now download a copy of the new advert for the BBC Winter Olympics website, which includes a voiceover from Richard. All downloads are here. Many thanks to Annette from RAOnline for providing this clip.

13th February

Richard has provided a voiceover for the Alfa Romeo Mito advertisement which has been put on youtube here.

An audio of the Alfa ad is now available here. Thanks Luna for the audio.

12th February

1. The Santander advert has been added to Richard’s United Agents Voiceover page. You can download an mp3 version from here without the pauses that are part of the television advert. Right-click  (Ctrl-click on a Mac) the down arrow and choose Save Link as.

2. Slightly different voiceover for the Olympics ad today, since the games start tomorrow. Download here if you’re so inclined.

11th February

Another radio broadcast, this one about ski jumping. You can download all the ads here.

9th February

1. We’ve captured two more radio broadcasts advertising different sports at the Winter Olympics, Skeleton Bob and Snowboarding which you can download here.

2. Tiny little snippet in What’s on TV magazine this week about Strike Back. You can read it here. Thanks Jen for the scan.

7th February

Added a new downloads page for the Santander advert and the BBC Winter Olympics advert that Richard has provided voiceovers for this year: 2010 Advertisements. This now includes the ad that appeared on BBC1 today.

6th February

Richard was heard on Radio Wales this morning advertising the BBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics which starts next Saturday. Here’s a download of the advert: mp3 download. Many thanks to welshvalley for finding this snippet.

5th February

The website for the film Charlie has been updated: http://www.charliefilm.co.uk/

4th February
1. 20 signatures for various RA characters added to the site today courtesy of Daisy and Grendel, plus 6 Spooks wallpapers created by Grendel. Many thanks ladies.
2. Areyouscreening.com has given the Robin Hood season 3 DVD a favourable review and they are running a competition to win a copy of the DVD, although the competition is only open to U.S. residents. The winner will be chosen on 1st March 2010. Click here to enter.

3rd February

Spooks series 8 can be ordered from Play.com at a cost of £29.99 or pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk although no price has been set by Amazon yet. The DVD will be released on 11 October 2010. Update 17 Feb: Amazon price is £29.98.

All prices have been updated today on our Richard on DVD page. Many prices have gone up, although there are still some bargains. The following DVDs are available for less than six pounds each from UK sellers: the Vicar of Dibley, North and South, all Robin Hood series 1 audiobooks, The Golden Hour, Frozen, Ultimate Force series 2, Cold Feet series 5, Sparkhouse, This Year’s Love, Shakespeare Retold.

2nd February

1. New poll on left-hand side for a bit of fun.

2. The pic of the day archive for January 2010 has been added to the menu on the left-hand side, or click here.

1st February

Heathra has allowed us to display her fantastic picture of Richard which is now in our Artwork section. Art is sorted alphabetically by artist. There is a space to comment at the bottom of the page if you wish to.

The Foxhills Hotel Facebook page has posted pictures of Spooks filming in their grounds last week. Thanks to Librarygirl of RichardArmitageCentral for finding these.

Click here to view the pictures – you do not have to be a member of Facebook to see them.

There are 10 photos in total and we can spot Richard in 2 of them.

Here are the 2 photos that show Richard:

The BBC Entertainment channel which can be received via satellite or cable across Europe is showing Robin Hood series 1 starting 15 March at 5pm (CET). More details on the BBC Entertainment website.

BBC Prime relaunched as BBC Entertainment on 11 November, 2009. This channel is also available in Asia although they are not showing Robin Hood at this time. However the Asia website has a Robin Hood series 1 page and a series 2 page that you may enjoy – there are a few short clips of Gisborne.

The Spooks page has a photograph of Lucas and Ros that is slightly different from one we’ve seen before on the ‘Spooks Facts’ page.

There is also a bit of a tough quiz about Spooks on the ‘Quiz’ page. You have to be a real fan of the show to get some of those questions correct.

(Ali got 15/20 and is amazed she got that many!)

Series 7 of Spooks is currently being shown on Sunday evenings on BBC Entertainment Asia.

Richard has been interviewed by Naxos Audiobooks regarding his recording of Venetia by Georgette Heyer. The 11 minute audio clip consists of an interview followed by an excerpt from the audio book.

You can listen and download the mp3 audio interview on the Naxos Venetia page.

The interview reveals many interesting things including… (perhaps you would like to listen first before I reveal too much):

• How long he has been working on audio books
• Listening to radio plays as a child
• Challenge of creating a world, characters, where the voices might come from
• What he thinks of Georgette Heyer and her writing, the comedy in the writing
• What he reads, how his reading is affected by his job and the authors he prefers to read
• Strike Back – there is the possibility for another series
• He still hopes to create the Richard III drama, and it’s picking up interest now.

Brilliant news I’m sure you’ll agree.

Thanks to Jonia at the C19 forum for finding some new and some seen before but better quality pictures from Robin Hood series 1 and series 2. They were found on this Czech TV website.

Here are some examples of pictures we haven’t seen before:

Full size images of these and more can be seen in our Robin Hood Promotional Pics Gallery.

You can download a copy of all of the images from the Czech site here:

2.4Mb Zip Download

Enjoy!

Richard is to play Robert Lovelace in the Radio 4 dramatisation of Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, serialised in four parts and starting on Sunday 14 March 3.00 – 4.00pm.

There is more information on the BBC Press Office webpage.

This drama is part of Radio 4′s ‘Classic Serial’ programmes, defined as ‘Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status’. More information is here on the Classic Serial webpage. Further details for this adaptation of Clarissa will appear on this page nearer to its air date.

The Classic Serials are broadcast first from 3:00-4:00pm on Sunday, then repeated on 9:00-10:00pm the following Saturday.

Update 27th Feb:

More information from the production company on their website here: Catherine Bailey Limited. This site also confirms that it will be retransmitted on Saturday evenings.

Radio broadcasts are available to listen to outside of the UK, unlike BBC television programmes. The BBC’s ‘Listen Live’ service will be available on the Classic Serial webpage during the broadcast of each episode of Clarissa, or you can listen again with BBC iplayer after each episode is broadcast.

Update 2nd March:

There is now a Clarissa career page on our website, where full information about the programme will be listed.

The DVD of Strike Back is now available to pre-order from Play.com or from Amazon.co.uk. Note: although the price is cheaper through Play, if you order from Amazon UK via the RAOnline website then commission will be given to charity.

The DVD is due to be released on 14 June 2010.

Update 8 March 2010:

Cover art for the DVD has now been published:

Richard will be providing the voiceover for The Natural World programme ‘Forest Elephants: Rumble in the Jungle’ shown on BBC2 and BBC HD. This programme will air on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 from 8:00pm to 9:00pm

The Locate TV website gives further details here.

Here’s a description of the programme:

Over the last 20 years, Andrea Turkalo has been studying the complex social lives and unique vocalisations of the Central Africa’s Forest Elephants, getting to know over 4,000 intimately. As new acoustic research sheds light on the many mysteries that still surround forest elephant society, will these endangered elephants finally speak out and tell Andrea what it is they need to survive?

There is more information about Andrea Turkalo’s elephant research on therevealed.wildlifedirect.org website.

Update 25 Feb:

Programme details can be found on the BBC2 Natural World webpage and further clips are available to view, but unfortunately only for those who live in the UK.

The Television Business International (TBI) Vision website has announced that Strike Back and Spooks series 8 and 9 will be promoted at next week’s Showcase event held in Brighton. Last year Richard attended this event to promote Spooks.

A download clip of Richard last February can be found here and pictures in our gallery here, which include the pic below:

Will Richard attend again perhaps?

According to the Left Bank Productions website, the BBC have the international distribution rights for Strike Back, hence why this production will be promoted in Brighton at the BBC Showcase next week along with Spooks.

More details of this event at the BBC Showcase website.

BBC Worldwide Press Release about the event.

News will be archived from our main news page each month.

22nd January

Spooks series 8 has just started on BBC Canada, showing on Thursday evenings. Episode 1 has already aired, apologies for only just discovering this.

21st January

Digital Spy is reporting that the BBC has denied that Spooks is facing the axe. Click here for the full article. Maybe there will be a series 10 after all?

20th January
1. The Daily Mail is reporting that Spooks is going to be axed here. However the last sentence of the article appears to contradict the headline. Possibly they mean that series 9 will be the last. The BBC has not confirmed however.

2. If further confirmation was needed that Spooks 9 will be shown this year, this is it: Read More

3. News for December 2009 has been archived here.

14th January
1. Ian Wylie, freelance journalist who writes the Life of Wylie blog, has just announced on twitter that the BBC have commissioned series 9 of Spooks, but there are no more details at present.

2. Another lovely Spooks signature & avatar set added here thanks to Bccmee.

3. Some excellent John Standring artwork added today, courtesy of AmandaJane. Icons are here, wallpapers here and signatures here. Thanks AJ! Our John S artwork is looking a bit lonely, so if you have any Sparkhouse artwork you’d like to share please email Ali & Wendy at admin@richardarmitagenet.com

12th January
1. The Robin Hood season 3 DVD is released in the US today. Amazon US are selling it for $38.99 (click here). The boxset comes with 5 discs and several special features:

- A Legend Reborn (behind the scenes feature)
- A New Look (behind the scenes look at costuming)
- Trebuchet: Creating Chaos
- Character Profiles
- Video Diaries

2. According to the Grantham Journal, Richard has sent a letter of congratulations to Robert Miles Infant School, in Bingham, for its 100 year old birthday. The school has also received notes from other actors, authors, sports men & women and the Prime Minister.

11th January

Richard’s voice can be heard on the latest Santander advert which was broadcast on ITV and Channel 4 in the UK this evening. Here’s the advert on the Guardian online: click here or here on youtube. Thank you to djonia on C19 for finding this.

8th January

The Times is reporting that Spooks will be back on TV this autumn, even though the BBC Press Office still haven’t formally announced that another series has been commissioned. Here’s the article on Times Online. Thanks to Jennie for the info.

6th January
1. Richard attended the gala performance of Varekai by the Cirque du Soleil on Tuesday evening. Read More

2. Cold Feet series 1 is currently being shown on ABC2 in Australia on Sundays at 8.30pm, so hopefully they will run through to series 5 and the episodes that Richard appeared in. However, you can buy series 5 from the ABC shop for $34.95. Click here for the ABC shop. Thanks to Sandy for this info.

3. FHM magazine has a full page pic of RA as John Porter in Strike Back and a short article previewing the series. Click here and click on the pic to enlarge.

5th January

You may remember this news item when we voted for Richard and Spooks in the longlist for the National TV Awards. The shortlist has been announced but unfortunately neither Richard nor Spooks made the cut. You can vote here.

4th January
1. Picture of the Day archive for December 2009 is now available to view or download. See menu under ‘Pic of the Day Archive’ or click here.

2. Three new amazing Guy pictures have been added to our Artwork page courtesy of Rinter. Scroll down the page to view, artwork is in alphabetical order by artist’s name.

3rd January

Downloads of the five children’s stories read by Richard on CBeebies are now available here courtesy of Yorkshirewench.

2nd January

1. There are awards from Unpopcult for both Hermione Norris and Richard Armitage

2. New promo clip for Strike Back. Read More

1st January

Interview with Frances Tempest the costume designer of Robin Hood here

News will be archived from our main news page each month.

29th December

1. Sky magazine has a little anecdote from the set of Strike Back involving deadly snakes. Read more here.

2. Viewing figures for episode eight of Spooks have been revealed by Digital Spy. A very good result!

28th December
1. We found this via bccmee who found it via jonia. Very quick Strike Back promo on youtube.We will endeavour to get some screencaps up of this soon but Hedgey’s laptop and all its whizzy software is currently only any use as a doorstop. We’ve also loaded the youtube vid on to the Strike Back career page.
2. Some technical jiggery pokery and much swearing later – Caps from the promo.
3. More Spooks episode 8 reviews added here.

24th December

1. Spooks episode 8 reviews are being added here.

2. Screencaps from Episode 8 of Spooks are now in the gallery

3. The zip file for these caps can be found here

23rd December

1.Two articles in the newspapers are listed in Spooks reviews, previewing Spooks episode eight which will be shown tonight on BBC1 at 9pm. Warning – spoilers.

2. Richard has sent a Christmas message to RAonline. You can read it here.

22nd December

The Vicar of Dibley ‘The Handsome Stranger’ episode will be shown on Dutch TV tonight at 23.35 hrs on the Ned2 channel. ‘The Vicar in White’, the last VoD episode, will be shown on the 29th December at 23.45. Thanks to Tessa for this info.

21st December
1. Two new scans previewing Spooks episode 8 have been added to Spooks Reviews. Thanks to Jen for the scans.
2. The biography has been updated.
3. The first picture of RA as John Porter has been released. Read More

20th December
1. Added a scan previewing episode 8 of Spooks from the Sunday Mirror to Spooks Reviews, courtesy of JJ.
2. Alice has sent us a Christmassy poem about Little Guy which is in our Artwork section. Thanks Alice.
3. The Interviews page has been updated today and archive interviews with Richard will be added as we find them. This list contains print and online interviews, all general articles and reviews are in Press Reviews.

19th December
1. Ben Richards and Richard McBrien, two writers for Spooks were interviewed on Radio 4′s Front Row last night and suggested that Spooks had been recommissioned for a 9th series. You can listen here (suspect it may not be available outside the UK). Thanks to Scoop on C19 for the tip off.
2. There have been a few comments about James Bond in our guestbook lately, so we thought we’d ask the rest of you what you think. The new poll is on the main page, left-hand side, thanks for your votes.

17th December
1. Spooks reviews for episode seven are here. I couldn’t resist that comment regarding Vicky Frost’s review, a tad unfair in my (Ali’s) opinion. And how do you back up an encrypted drive when you don’t know the encryption code asks Hedgey.
2. The Charlie page has updated following a chat given on the Charlie forum by Mike Ogden. Thanks to Mike and Bccmee on that forum.
3. Caps from Spooks episode 7 can be found here.
4. and a download of said caps can be found here. Didn’t forget this week.
5. Ian Wylie has given us a preview of Spooks episode eight, mild spoilers and a very amusing audio clip of Hermione talking about a particular day on set.

16th December

I was reminded that I hadn’t done this so here is the zip file of Episode 6 caps here. Enjoy

13th December
1.Added two small scans from the latest What’s on TV magazine to Spooks Reviews, courtesy of Jen. These articles contain spoilers.
2. Some new digital artwork added thanks to Sammy. Click here and scroll down to ‘Art by Sammy’ to see her Guy and Allan art.
3. News from November has been archived here.
4. The prices on the Richard on DVD page have been updated, plus Venetia is now available from The Book Depository at a cheaper price than Amazon. Click on our Book Depository link next to the Venetia picture and if you make a purchase from that link, commission will be made for charity and collected by RAOnline.

11th December
1. There’s an article in the Mail Online today with quotes from Hermione Norris and Richard here.

2. BBC America will show Richard’s Vicar of Dibley episodes over Christmas. Read More

10th December

1. Ian Wylie is teasing us again with a preview of episode seven of Spooks on his blog.

2. More Spooks episode six reviews are being added here as we find them.

3. Danielle has given us another lovely Harry Kennedy wallpaper which you can see here. Thanks Danielle.

4. Episode six caps are now up here. Be warned they are very spoilery toward the end.

5. New poll on the main page, left-hand side, tell us what you think of Spooks 8.

6. Added two new sound files of Lucas as the Russian oligarch – files are called Dogs and Wait.

9th December
1. Pam has sent us an amusing little article that appeared in the Evening Standard on Monday. We’ve added it to Spooks Reviews, or you can click here. Thanks Pam.
2. Danielle has given us a much needed Harry Kennedy wallpaper which you can find here. We are a bit thin on the ground for Harry wallpapers, please email admin@richardarmitagenet.com if you’d like us to display your artwork, whether Harry, Lucas, Guy, etc.

8th December

We’ve put up three calendars for 2010. One RA Character, one Lucas North and one Gizzy calendar. They can be found off the artwork menu and here

6th December

Added The Stage podcast interview with Richard Armitage and Robert Glenister to Spooks Publicity Downloads that took place on 27 February this year. Thanks to JJ for the reminder that it was missing

5th December

Film Review have a synopsis and pics from Spooks Episode 7. Spoilers ahoy of course but some great Lucas action pics. Edit: the pics have now been moved to the episode 8 synopsis here

The new pictures are now in our Spooks Promo gallery.

3rd December

1. Two reviews of Spooks episode five added to Spooks Reviews and a preview of episode six from Ian Wylie.

2. Picture of the Day archive for November has been added here and can be downloaded.

3. Caps of Spooks Episode 5 are now up in the gallery.

4. Zippy dippy file of the Ep5 Lucasy tattooed goodness here.

1st December
1. AnnetteG over at RAonline has found this little snippet where Peter Firth confirmed to a blogger at Collectormania that Spooks series 9 had been recommissioned and was due to start filming in February. There’s no official confirmation though.
2. A critical review of Spooks so far, although praise is given to Richard: Mark Wright of The Stage

Premier PR, a company that represents and promotes Kudos productions including Spooks, has confirmed on Twitter that there will be a series 9 of Spooks and that it will be broadcast later this year.

On Weds 20 Jan they issued the following tweet:

‘Just to clarify for all you Spooks fans – series 9 will be back later this year. No one can get rid of the mighty Harry Pierce that easily!’

(Oops they spelt ‘Pierce’ wrong.)

You can read this for yourself on their Twitter page:

http://twitter.com/pprtvteam

Richard attended the Varekai Gala performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Tues 5 Jan and some video was taken of people arriving at the event.

You can see Richard at approx. 4:32 on this youtube video – click here

Varekai is the latest production from the Cirque du Soleil. You can read more about the production HERE.

Pictures of Richard on the red carpet can also be seen on various photo agency websites. Thanks to Emerald for finding these.

Wenn Photo library – 1 picture

Rex Features – 3 pictures

Isifa – 4 pictures

Famous.uk.com – 2 pictures

There’s some new clips of Strike Back, mostly showing clips of Richard as John Porter on the Sky magazine online edition. We have captured the clip here.

To view the whole Sky1 drama promotion go to Sky magazine online, then click in the corner of the page to turn through the magazine to page 11. Click on the ‘Drama’ box and Strike Back is the second drama mentioned. Although the clips are short, it’s well worth viewing.

Here’s a couple of screencaps and the rest are in our Strike Back gallery here. Apologies about the quality, that’s the best we could get off the sky page. But I think it’s worth it

An article has appeared on the Sky website advertising Strike Back, starring Richard Armitage as John Porter. You can read the full article here. Scroll down the page to read the full article under the heading ‘Chris Ryan’s Strike Back’.

A larger picture can be seen the in Sky gallery, but we’ve also posted it here:

News will be archived from our main news page each month.

30th November
Moving On will be shown on South African TV in December. Read More

29th November
Spooks Episode 4 caps download in zip file. Apologies for lateness. My excuse is that – I forgot. Sorry.

28th November
Film Review Online has pictures from episode six of Spooks. There’s only one of Lucas North, which is now in our Spooks 8 Promo gallery. The text is taken from the BBC Press office and contains spoilers.

27th November
Ian Wylie has interviewed Hermione Norris about episode five which is due to be shown on BBC3 tonight at 9pm. There are some mild spoilers about the episode and a brief quote from Richard.

26th November
1. Ian Wylie’s preview of Episode 5 with some bizarre references to cake and spoilers.
2. Den of Geek review of Episode 4
3. Vicky Frost’s amusing take on Episode 4
4. We’ve gone a bit mad with the caps. There are 420 from Episode 4 of Spooks. I blame Alicat.
5. Two previews of episode five in TV choice and What’s on TV magazines in Spooks Reviews. Thanks Jen for the scans.

24th November
1. More pictures added to our screencap gallery:

• More pics added to the Victoria & Albert museum promotional shoot gallery
• Screencaps from the BBC RH website interview with Richard, prior to series 2 of Robin Hood
• Screencaps from the BBC America interview with Richard, June 2008

2. Scan from this week’s Radio Times with a new pic of Ros and Lucas added to Spooks Reviews
3. Film Review online has more promo pics, which have been put into the Spooks 8 Promo gallery The text is taken from the recent BBC Press Release (spoilers).
4. Lots of new signature and avatar sets added today from Kiteflier and Bccmee, for Lucas, John Thornton, Guy and Richard. All signature sets can be viewed here Thanks ladies!

23rd November
Details of Spooks episode eight at the BBC Press Office

2. Previews of Spooks episode four (to be shown on Wednesday BBC1) from the Saturday magazines of the Daily Mail and Daily Express have been added to Spooks Reviews Thanks to Jen for these.

21st November
1. A short interview with Richard discussing Lucas’s relationship with Sarah in the Sun magazine has been added to here
2. Episode three caps can be downloaded in a zip file here

19th November
Three articles added to Spooks Reviews today:
- Another entertaining review by Vicky Frost of the Guardian (spoiler warning)
- An interesting blog entitled ‘Spying on Spooks’ with clips from fans who have caught moments of the crew filming Spooks in London
- Ian Wylie’s blog on episode 4: ‘this is Richard Armitage’s episode’. Shown first on BBC3 9pm tomorrow.

17th November
1. Radio Times has picked Spooks episode four as its TV choice for Weds 25 November. Short article and pic of RA in Spooks Reviews
2. New picture of Lucas from Spooks episode four here.
4. More articles from the press added to Spooks Reviews here. No mention of Lucas but there are spoilers.

13th November
1. We’ve added to our high quality Gisborne image gallery, lots more added. When viewing each image, click on ‘original image’ for larger size.
2. Added some promotional pics to The Golden Hour gallery.

12th November
1. A short article about the filming location for Strike Back has been posted in Strike Back Reviews and Articles
2. Episode two viewing figures released here. Figures are down but it was first shown on BBC3 last Friday of course.
3. New high quality pics added to the Spooks Promo gallery for episode two images. Click icon in bottom right corner for original larger size.
4. Screencaps for Episode 2 can be found here
5. You can download the screen caps in a 10Mb zip file here
6. It’s the swimming pool fight this Friday on BBC3 – a preview of episode three in Ian Wylie’s blog here.

11th November
1. Press office information about Spooks episode six is here. Spoiler warning.
2. Vicky Frost from the Guardian has released another amusing review of Spooks, this time episode two. Listed in Spooks Reviews. Spoiler warning if you haven’t seen it yet.

BBC America will be showing the Vicar of Dibley Christmas episodes back to back, where Harry met and married Geraldine. These episodes will be shown twice  on Christmas Eve at 8am (ET) and 2pm (ET).

You can view the BBC America television schedule here.

Moving On will be shown on the South African M-Net channel in December, starting with the episode that starred Richard Armitage, ‘Drowning Not Waving’, on Monday 7 December at 8.30pm.

There is a brief article here on the TVSA website followed by a more detailed ‘mini site’ here.

The website FilmReviewOnline.com has published a preview of episode 4 with some new pictures of Lucas, Sarah Caulfield and Lucas’s former interrogator Oleg Darshavin. The text is taken from the BBC Press release, so it is full of spoilers. Article here

Here is the new picture of Lucas.

This picture has been added to our Spooks Promo gallery which you can find here. You can see each picture at its largest size by clicking on the ‘original image’ button when viewing each image.

Early viewing figures are very strong for episode 1 of Spooks, totalling 6.01m (24.8%) for the 9pm showing on BBC1.

More here according to Digital Spy.

Another article, this time from The Guardian, has a report on last night’s ratings here.

Richard Arnold of GMTV visited the Spooks set a few months ago (we were given a teaser of this on 15 July 2009 in this article in Woman’s Own) and we have provided a download in our Spooks Publicity Downloads page.

There are brief interviews with Richard Armitage, Peter Firth, Hermione Norris and Nicola Walker and a quick look around the new revamped set.

More pictures here

Miranda Raison was interviewed later in the programme by Lorraine Kelly and there are some brief clips of Richard during the interview. This is also available for download in our Spooks Publicity Downloads page.

If viewing in Quicktime you may find the audio is slightly out of sync with the picture. Try using a different media player instead. VLC is excellent and is free to download.

We have been alerted by a couple of people this afternoon that Richard has read an abridged version of Georgette Heyer’s Venetia. According to Amazon UK, this will be available from 1 April 2010.

See Amazon UK page here for details and to pre-order your copy.

Amazon US also have the title available for pre-order and it is released on 6 April 2010.

If you order from Amazon via RAOnline, you will earn commission for charity.

There’s a new interview in Time Out magazine with Richard Armitage and this time the questions are very different. Some insights into his most memorable audition, the piece of work he’s least proud of, his most extravagant purchase and many more.

Click to enlarge.

There is also a snippet describing episode 1 of Spooks in Time Out. A few spoilers here.

Many thanks to Annette for sharing these scans with us.

Ian Wylie has given us two long interviews with Richard Armitage today. The first is here in which there’s information about fighting in swimming pools, the return of Ruth and the pitfalls of tattoos that rub off onto sheets.

“This series does keep you on your toes. It doesn’t help if you’re a bit of a control freak, like I am, because I like to know everything I’m doing, when I’m doing it.”

And now, Ian has given us an extra feature with Richard, which you can read here. There’s more detailed information about the series, about most of the main characters, the new CIA officer and Richard’s reaction to the storylines. Enjoy!

The Daily Record has an interview with Richard Armitage this morning in which we get an interesting insight of what life was like before he landed more significant roles in television. This experience affects his current work ethic: “But I always feel somehow it’s going to be taken away from me so I work when I can. When you struggled with work as I did when I left drama school you make hay when the sun shines.”

He also talks about the ever-changing scripts that are part of working life on the set of Spooks: “When I first came on board, Peter Firth said to me this is what happens and you have to learn to run with it. You’ve got to be able to learn lines and some very dense political jargon very quickly – it’s quite a workout for the brain.”

The online article is here.

Bernie from C19 has very kindly given us permission to post the scan from the printed edition of the Daily Record. Click on the images below to enlarge.

A complete list of all Spooks articles and interviews can be found on our site here.

There’s a brief interview with Richard Armitage in this week’s Woman magazine. He says…”Last year Lucas was finding himself again after an eight-year incarceration, now he’s one of the team. He prefers to play the maverick, all guns blazing…”

Read more below – click to enlarge

Once again, the image of Richard is reversed and we cannot resist turning it the right way round

Update 9th April 2010

Confirmation that series 3 will start on Saturday 1st May 7.30pm on ABC2 has appeared on the ABC website. Thanks Mulubinba for the email.

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Thank you to those of you who have emailed us about ABC showing Robin Hood series 3 in Australia. The response from ABC has been as follows:

ABC Television does have the rights to this series, however scheduling is yet to be finalised. Visit www.abc.net.au/tv regularly for updates.

Hopefully you won’t have to wait too much longer!

tvshowsondvd.com have announced that the region 1 version of Spooks season 7 (known as MI-5 in the US) will be released on 26 January 2010. The boxset comprises 4 discs with the same extras that are currently available on the region 2 (UK) DVD, namely:

- Audio commentaries by the producer, director and writer of episode 5 and episode 8
- Original UK Trailer
- “Spooks in Russia” Featurette
- Action Sequence Featurette
- Behind the Scenes Documentary

The article says that it will cost $59.98, however it will no doubt be cheaper from Amazon.com and other retailers. You can sign up here to be notified when the DVD is available from Amazon.

At last the BBC Press Office has announced that Spooks will start on Weds 4 November, 9pm – 10pm on BBC1.

Episode 1 information is here. Be warned – there are major spoilers in this press release.

There’s an interview with Richard Armitage in Star Magazine today with some new pictures. Be warned though, that one of the pictures and the text of the interview contain mild spoilers about the series.

“Series eight sees Lucas firmly in the fold of head-honcho Harry Pearce’s (Peter Firth) Section D team and, this time round, Lucas is the agent in the thick of most of the action.”

Click to enlarge the image.

The picture of Richard is the wrong way around, so we’ve reversed it so you can see it properly. Click to enlarge.

There’s a feature about Spooks in the Daily Express Saturday magazine today. There are quotes from Richard Armitage, Hermione Norris and Peter Firth which give some mild spoilers about the forthcoming series 8.

Thank you Lady J for the scan.

Click on the image to enlarge.

All Spooks reviews and articles can be found here.

John Lloyd of the Financial Times has written an interesting article about Spooks, analysing the reasons for its appeal.

He states: “But for all its contemporary references, Spooks isn’t interested in being any kind of documentary on what MI5 actually does, or how it does it. A working knowledge of international relations and geopolitical tensions has never been the main reason for its continued success.”

Read the full article here.

There’s also a great photo of Harry, Ros and Lucas. Click the image below to enlarge.

I’ve created a slightly large pic here, any larger and it starts to lose quality.

A short but sweet article in the free London magazine Shortlist today.

At the end you’ll see that it mentions Thursday 29 October 2009 as the air date, which does seem to add weight to the rumours already circulating that this is the date for episode 1. The BBC are still yet to confirm.

Click on the image to enlarge.

Many thanks to Stef for the scan.

There’s a new interview with Richard Armitage in the October issue of Closer magazine, in which he gives some insight into what we can expect from Lucas North in Spooks series 8.

Many thanks to LadyJ for the scan.

Click on image to enlarge.

The Radio Times and the TV Times have today given clues that Spooks series 8 will start week commencing 24 October, although there is still no exact day given.

On the back page of the Radio Times there is a picture of Ros under the heading ‘Next week in Radio Times on sale Tuesday 20 October’. Under the picture are the words ‘Spooks. The spy drama is back on the grid’.

The TV Times says “Next Issue – Spooks – Ros and Lucas return on a mission impossible: to find Harry alive.”

Still no word from the BBC Press Office.

Thanks Stef for the RT info and Janice for the TV Times info.

Allison Pearson has interviewed Richard Armitage on the set of Spooks. She states;

“Some rakish TV turns have earnt Spooks star Richard Armitage an army of female fans. ALLISON PEARSON went to see what all the fuss is about  -  and found him squirming with embarrassment.”

How many women can you take to a Richard Armitage interview? Earlier this year, when I paid homage to the actor in my Daily Mail column, so many readers volunteered to come along and ‘hold the microphone’ that if I ever met Richard I would have had to rent the Royal Albert Hall to squeeze us all in.”

There’s a new picture accompanying the article as well (click to enlarge):

You can read the full interview here
Here’s an article scan of the two page interview in the Weekend magazine that is published with the Daily Mail today, you get a larger picture with the printed version but the text is the same. Click each image to enlarge.

We have been sent a press release for the Spooks series 7 DVD which available from E1 Entertainment on 12 October.

Click on the images below to enlarge

A small mention of Richard Armitage in the Mail Online today by Allison Pearson.

As for the casting of badboy Jonny Lee Miller as the wise, older Mr Knightley, where is the divinely brooding and grown-up Richard Armitage when you need him? Answer me that.

Spooks has been nominated in the 37th International Emmy Awards as Best Drama Series against four other international shows. Winners will be announced by Graham Norton, on 23 November 2009 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Further links:

Press release on the International Emmy’s site

Full list of nominees

BBC news report

Spooks is also up for another award which will be announced on 21 October 2009. The 2009 Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, in association with the Crime Writers Association (CWA) and Cactus TV, will be broadcast on ITV3 later in October after the ceremony has taken place.

Although this ceremony focuses mostly on crime fiction, there are some television awards. Spooks is nominated for best small-screen crime thriller drama and Hermione Norris is nominated as Best Actress for her role as Ros Myers.

Announcement in The Bookseller

1. Two people have the chance of winning a Spooks series 7 boxset courtesy of lastbroadcast.co.uk. They have confirmed via email that this competition is only open to UK residents I’m afraid.

The page link above also gives you access to an episode guide for series 7 and to Richard Armitage’s interview that he gave prior to series 7 in case you haven’t seen it before, or would like a re-read.

I think the answer to the competition question is a tad obvious 

Closing date 3 November 2009.

Update 7th October

2. Another competition to win a Spooks 7 DVD boxset has been announced from Downtown Radio. Again, I’m afraid to say this competition is only open to UK residents.

The closing date is 9 November 2009. Click here for details

3. Another competition was announced on our news blog here on 27 September 2009 from Now magazine.

Update 9th October

4. Yet another competition only open to UK residents from Webuser

It’s already clear (and perhaps a little obvious) that North and South is the most re-watched show that Richard Armitage has appeared in, so we have modified the poll a little and now ask you to please vote again.

N&S has been removed from the list, so of the remaining shows, which one do you reach for the most often when in need of a ‘Richard’ fix?

Previous results showed that Spooks series 7 (15.4%) was the 2nd most popular, followed by Robin Hood series 3 (13%), but if N&S is no longer an option we’re wondering if this will affect the results.

Return to the homepage and see the poll options on the left-hand side.

Thanks for voting!

Ian Wylie of the Manchester Evening News has posted some tantalising news of Spooks series 8, particularly episode 1 as he received the DVD of this episode yesterday.

Read his blog here. Caution: minor spoilers.

Highlights include:

The actor formerly known as Richard Armitage has been totally taken over by Lucas North.

It’s such a convincing portrayal that they surely must be one and the same person?

and

And a disturbing image in the teaser trailer for episode two.

I’m not ashamed to say that I had a little tear in my eye at the end.

Not long to go now…I hope!

The BBC America shop DVDs in the Works page has details of early 2010 releases of Spooks season 7 (known as MI-5 in the US) and Robin Hood season 3 on DVD.

Scroll down for a picture of tattooed Lucas and the following info…
‘we can now confirm we’re releasing this season, never before broadcast in the US, on DVD early next year’

There is still no news to confirm when BBCA will be showing MI-5 season 7, starring Richard Armitage as Lucas North.

Further down the DVDs in the Works page, there is information about the Robin Hood season 3 DVD, which will be available to buy in early in 2010. However, the site monstersandcritics.com states that it will be available to buy from 12th January 2010. The special features are exactly the same as you’ll find on the region 2 DVD which is out now, namely:

- A Legend Reborn (behind the scenes feature)
- A New Look (behind the scenes look at costuming)
- Trebuchet: Creating Chaos
- Character Profiles
- Video Diaries

The WATCH UK television channel are re-showing series 7 of Spooks starting 21 October 2009. The first episode will be shown at 9pm, repeated three hours later at midnight.

There is still no confirmation of when BBC1 will be showing series 8, although the BBC Press Office have not included it in their programme schedule 10-16 October, so perhaps it will start week commencing 17 October to coincide with the re-showing of series 7 on WATCH? We hope so.

Today we’re asking which of Richard Armitage’s programmes you have watched the most, to try and find out which is the most popular production. To vote, return to the homepage and scroll down the main menu on the left-hand side to see the poll choices.

The last poll found that 51% of you are looking forward to seeing Spooks series 8 and the next most looked forward to production is Strike Back (23.4%).

Thanks for voting!

If you like to make a suggestion for future polls please mail Ali and Hedgey at admin@richardarmitagenet.com

Now magazine are offering the chance for 6 people to win copies of the Spooks series 7 DVD, but I’m afraid this is only open to UK residents.

The competition closes on Tuesday 27 October 2009.

To enter click here.

The wonderful people at vulpes libris have an interview with director and writer Jan Prowse about her work and favourite books. She directed Richard Armitage in Between the Sheets and mentions the show and Richard in some detail.

You can read the whole interview by clicking here

On 4 August 2009, Jason Arnopp revealed on Twitter that he had attended a round table interview with Richard Armitage and today, thanks to Debs, we have received a copy of that interview which has been published in a new magazine called ‘Film Star’, October edition.

The interview reveals many exciting details about Lucas’s role in series 8 of Spooks, including the fact that Lucas will revisit his traumatic past in the Russian prison and that he will begin a love affair with an attractive CIA liaison officer.

Here’s a scan of the interview. Click to enlarge.

(Ali has since bought the magazine and re-scanned for a clearer image. Press F5 if you can’t see the newer version straight away).

The South African site GFC has an article about Sky filming in a district of Johannesburg

“Skye TV, a British channel, is currently shooting a television series, some scenes of which are being filmed in Yeoville. Strike Back is a six part television serious centred on the current conflict in Iraq. San Remo, a distinctive but run down art deco block of flats on Kenmere Street, is the location for down town Baghdad.The building was chosen for its age and texture. It’s a once glorious building that with time and neglect now perfectly represents the dank, gritty feeling of a building in a war zone. Interiors and exteriors are being shot with a lot of the action taking place on the roof. The scenes in San Remo involve the rescue of a hostage by British SAS soldiers.”

You can read the full article here

Writer John Crook (St. Paul Pioneer Press) has published an interview with Richard Armitage about Guy of Gisborne that appears to contain new quotes about the character. We are not sure when this interview was undertaken, but some of Richard’s remarks do seem to be new to us.

Richard discusses his reaction to learning that Guy would kill Marian at the end of series 2, Gisborne’s road to self-destruction at the start of series 3 and his changing relationship with Robin as the series develops. He’s also pleased that Gisborne appears to develop a sense of humour:

“It’s interesting toward the end of this series, as he takes this unexpected journey to becoming someone new, you really do start to see this dry humor coming out of Gisborne. It’s in connection with Robin and the understanding between them. Gisborne starts to open up in terms of his humor with Robin, which is something I never expected, that he would have this sense of humor.”

Read the full interview here.

11 September: ‘TV and Film Guy’ has published a detailed article here, reviewing the opening episode of season 3 of Robin Hood which will be shown on BBC America on Saturday 12 September at 9pm.
Regarding Richard Armitage’s performance, he says ‘Armitage plays the part beautifully, not only looking like an empty shell of a man in the season premiere, but also conveying a sense of mourning from within as well.’

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11 September: There is another review on SciFiAndTvTalk’s Blog here, with some nice screen captures of the episode.

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12 September: TV Review: BBC America’s ‘Robin Hood’ Returns Darker, More Mature, on HollywoodChicago.com.

All of these articles contain spoilers.

For a full list of Robin Hood reviews and articles, click here.

We are pleased to announce that there has been a new component added to the site which will allow you to comment on our news updates. Where ever you see the ‘Read More’ link it will bring you to our new News page.

It will still contain all the latest in Richard Armitage-related news, site updates and general tidbits, but it will also give us more room to elaborate on our news items and post relevant pictures.

Please feel free to comment on any of the items. Comments are screened before posting, please keep your comments to the PG13 rating

The TV Quick and TV Choice Awards will be held this evening at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

Richard is nominated for Best Actor for his role as Lucas North in Spooks, Moving On is nominated in Best New Drama, Spooks in Best Drama Series and Robin Hood is nominated in the Best Family Drama category.

Update 8 September:

Winners

• Best Comedy Show: The Inbetweeners
• Best Daytime Show: Loose Women
• Best Entertainment Show: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
• Best Lifestyle Show: Top Gear
• Best Family Drama: Waterloo Road
• Best New Drama: Merlin
• Best Drama Series: Ashes To Ashes
• Best Reality Show: The Apprentice
• Best Actor: Philip Glenister
• Best Actress: Denise Welch
• Best Talent Show: Britain’s Got Talent
• Best Gameshow: Deal Or No Deal
• Best Soap Actor: Simon Gregson
• Best Soap Actress: Katherine Kelly
• Best Soap Newcomer: Lauren Crace
• Best Soap: EastEnders
• Best Soap Storyline: Danielle and Ronnie’s story, EastEnders

There has been no official confirmation of when Sky is planning to show Strike Back, although one of the Strike Back IMDB pages has now been updated to say that it will be shown in April 2010.

Richard Armitage has been nominated for Best Drama Performance in the National Television Awards.

You can vote here before the end of September and it is possible to vote up to 6 times using the same email address or phone number.

The Terms and Conditions state the following:

Voting restrictions:
You may vote up to 6 times by PRTS phone, post or via the website using the same phone number or email address, but you may only vote for one nominee per category. If you exceed this limit using PRTS you will hear a message informing you that you have reached the limit. Your telephone provider should not charge you for this call. If you exceed the limit when voting via the websites or via post, your votes will not be counted but you may still be charged where applicable.

This is the long list of nominees so hopefully Richard will make the short list, which will be announced later this year.

The NTAs will take place at the O2 Arena on 20 January 2010 and will be shown on ITV1.

Spooks and Robin Hood have been nominated for Best Drama. Please vote now!

Further details added 9th September:
According to the Radio Times, the shortlist will consist of just four nominees per category. The second round of voting for the nominees on the shortlist will commence 5th January 2010.

Fantastic promo for season 3 of Robin Hood has been aired on BBC America and captured here on youtube.

Thanks BF for uploading this.

We have changed the poll this morning to see which of Richard’s projects you are most looking forward to.

The previous poll, to determine which is your favourite character, ended on a dead heat between Sir Guy and John Thornton, which seemed approrpriate since the lead frequently changed hands between those two characters.

Thanks for voting.

The picture of the day archive for Aug 09 has been added here.

Screencaps for episode 3 of The Impressionists has been added today. Find it here.

An online review of the forthcoming screening of Robin Hood season 3 on BBCA can be found on the RH reviews page. ‘Robin Hood’ returns, with a few surprises.

Tiny little crumb of news from the TV Times about Richard’s involvement in Strike Back.

Scan courtesy of Janice. Nice BAFTA picture!

BBC America will be showing the entire first season of Robin Hood on 10 & 11 September.

You can see a collection of the Robin Hood promos currently being shown on BBC America on youtube, thanks to BF.

A new wallpaper challenge has been announced on RA Arts Challenges on livejournal.

The theme is Strike Back, which Richard is currently filming in South Africa.

The DVD list has been updated with prices correct as of today.

There are also links to The Book Depository alongside the audiobooks Richard Armitage has narrated which will earn commission for RAOnline.All commission earned is donated to one of the charities Richard has mentioned in his messages.

New Strike Back page added to the career menu. We’ll update this as more info is made available.

Richard’s United Agents page has updated to confirm his new role as John Porter in Strike Back.

Sky release more details about Strike Back

23rd August

The BBCA Robin Hood page has been updated in preparation for showing Robin Hood season 3 on 12 September. Lots of information including behind the scenes clips and interviews and downloadable calendar pages.

4th August

Robin Hood season 2 DVD extra screencaps added here.

2nd August

Show Patrol article describes Richard’s return in Robin Hood on BBC America September 12th: BBC America brings back Armitage, ‘Robin Hood’ this fall

23rd July

BBC America have announced that Robin Hood Series 3 will air, starting 12th September. Clickie

17th July

I’ve received my copy of the Robin Hood audiobook The Siege, and there is a review here, without too many spoilers I hope.

14th July
1. Two stunning wallpapers of Guy and Marian added here. Created by HeathRA. Thank you!
2. If you have ordered the Robin Hood audiobook The Siege from Amazon, you may like to know that it has now been released and the CD should be received by UK residents early next week. Thanks to Vicki for this info.

7th July

Scan of next week’s Radio Times on the Robin Hood reviews page. (Oh and it wasn’t a syrup, it was hair extensions).

5th July

Two stunning Gisborne wallpapers added, created by Emerald and Gizzysgirl.

4th July

Another press article about RH being axed in the Coventry Telegraph dated 3rd July. Read it here

3rd July

BBC News has reported the decision to end the Robin Hood series.

2nd July

1.It’s been reported on the BBC Points of View board that the last episode of Robin Hood will be re-shown on Saturday 11 July, BBC1, 5.15pm in addition to the BBC3 repeat on Monday 6 July at 8pm.

2. The Guardian is now reporting that there will be no series 4 of Robin Hood.

1st July
1. This list of shows coming to BBCA includes Robin Hood S3, at last! Sometime this year, but no date yet. Some other really good stuff too *cough* Being Human *cough*
2. Pictures of Guy from the DVD which arrived on my doorstep this morning. Guy appears on disc 1 and on the inside cover of the boxset. Click to enlarge.

3. Screencaps of Richard from the special features on the s3 RH DVD are here. Enjoy.

30th June
1. Two beautiful Gisborne wallpapers created by HeathRA and another beauty by Angelfish69. View them here.
2. More artwork added. Another by LadyT220 and two by Fingerpaints. Thanks ladies.
3. BBC America has announced that the season 3 DVD of Robin Hood (region 1) will be released early in 2010. Thanks to Lynn for this info.

28th June
1. We’ve created a Sir Guy appreciation page where you can leave your thoughts about the man in black. Click here.
2. Episode 13 screencaps are now in the RH gallery.
3. Several magazine articles have been put in the RH season 3 scans page (click here and then click on the picture of Guy). What’s On TV courtesy of Jen and TV Times courtesy of June. Thank you ladies.
4. Online reviews of RH episode 13 listed here. One of them includes a gratuitous but amusing poll.
5. Three new stunning Gisborne wallpapers at the end of the page, by angelfish69 and June inspired by the death of Sir Guy.
6. Beautiful Guy drawing by Lady_T_220 in the artwork section. Please leave a comment on this page if you want to give the artists feedback. Many thanks.

27th June

Caps for ep13 will be up Sunday afternoon. We will also put up a thread tomorrow where people can post comments about the finale of Robin Hood.

26th June

Preview of ep13 on the BBC Robin Hood site. Nothing too spoilerish. Apologies to those not in the UK who won’t be able to view this. It’s also on youtube, but be warned as comments left here do contain spoilers.
23rd June

We have heard that there is a massive spoiler in this week’s TV Times so watch out for that if you buy it. The Radio Times has a mild spoiler and a cast list that you might also wish to avoid if you’d rather be surprised on Saturday. No doubt other telly mags are the same.

22nd June

Two new promotional pics added to the RH promo gallery. A pic of a brooding Guy and one of Guy and Isabella.

21st June
1. Screencaps for RH Episode 12 are up here. Sorry for the delay.
2. Preview pictures for episode 13 are here
3. Hedgey and Ali are on an avoiding spoliers kick. We know there are lots out there but please bear that in mind with your comments, guest book entries and emails to us for the next week whilst we bury our heads in the sand. Cheers!

19th June

Okay we’ve had some articles for a few days as they contain some HUGE and unconfirmed rumours so here they are. Be aware that they are not confirmed and they contain BIG Spoilers.

Guardian article – make sure you read the comments. Some are quite amusing.

My Park Article – again unconfirmed.

18th June
1. Lots of stunning Guy of Gisborne wallpapers added by Kiteflier in different sizes to suit your desktop. Thanks KF!
2. What’s On TV 20 – 26 June articles added to Robin Hood Press Reviews. But there is a huge spoiler here!
3. New pic of Guy we haven’t seen before (click to enlarge)

This comes from the My Park Magazine Robin Hood Gallery, which has 70 photos in total. Some of these have been on the Shootastic website, however there are some new pics here, some with spoilers for ep12 and ep13, so view with caution!

Thank you Jen for finding this.

17th June
We’ve added downloads of the Guy profile and the Hood Academy feature to the downloads section here. All I can say is yellow really is not his colour.

16th June
1. Added 6 new Guy wallpapers. More to come.
2. Preview of RH episode 12 is on the BBC RH site and on youtube.
3. Hood Academy pictures have been added to the Robin Hood gallery.

15th June

Couple of links to reviews added to the Robin Hood reviews section

14th June

1. The teddy is safely at home and the caps for Episode 11 are up here

2. Preview pics for Episode 12 are here

3. There’s a great vid here on youtube by Spikesbint about Guy’s life up to now that you may care to view.. Contains spoilers.

13th June

Apologies, but due to a crisis involving a small pink teddy bear left at its owners Dad’s house and a rescue operation to avoid tears the caps for episode 11 won’t be up tonight. (she’s had the bear since she was a week old and has never gone to bed without it) Sorry. They’ll be up tomorrow.

11th June

1. Press Release for Robin Hood Episode 13: Something Worth Fighting For Part 2 has been released. There is a huge spoiler, but Guy’s fate is not mentioned so we are still blissfully in the dark about that.

2. New poll on the left-hand side about reading the spoilers.

10th June

Two magazine scans about this week’s episode of Robin Hood from What’s On TV magazine added. See Press Reviews.

9th June

1. New pics are up on Shootastic from RH Episode 13. Make sure you log in to the site to see the pictures.

2. New scans added to the Press Reviews page. Thanks to Janice and June for these.

8th June
1. Preview pics for ep11 have been added. Contains spoilers.
2. Couple of online reviews for RH ep10 added to RH Press Reviews.
3. Preview of episode 11 is now on the BBC Robin Hood site. It’s not on youtube yet, but hopefully the BBC will put it up there soon as they did last week.
4. 3 more caps added to the ep11 preview pics page taken from the ep11 preview showing on the BBC RH site.

6th June

Caps from Episode Ten of Robin Hood are now up here

5th June

New wallpapers added courtesy of angelfish: new Gisborne wallpapers

4th June

Episode 12 is now at the press office. Something worth fighting for: Part 1. Lots of spoilers and a surprising turn of events.

3rd June

3 new Guy and Meg Wallpapers added by Kiteflier. Each comes in 3 sizes. They can be found here

2nd June

Article scans from What’s on TV added to the RH reviews. Thanks to Jen for those.

1st June
1. The BBC Robin Hood site has updated with a preview of Bad Blood, episode 10 of Robin Hood to be shown this Saturday. Thank you Jen for alerting us to this. A confrontation between Robin and a very shaky looking Gisborne in the forest. Apologies to non-UK fans who I don’t think will be able to see this content.

Update: the BBC have put the clip on youtube, yay!

Here’s a pic:

2. Character page for Archer is now on the Robin Hood site. Nice pic of Gisborne with Archer as seen here:

31st May

A few online reviews added today. Two for Robin Hood Click on RH Press Reviews.

30th May

Caps for Episode Nine are now up in the gallery. Hedgey had a little weep doing them.

29th May

New high res pictures of Guy in ep12 and a couple of new ones for ep11 on Shootastic. Spoiler warning.You must log in to the site to view all the pictures.

28th May

Synopsis of Episode 11 – The Enemy of My Enemy is now at the BBC Press Office here. Spoiler warning.

23rd May
1. New set of high resolution pictures of Robin Hood at Paige’s Shootastic site for episodes 8, 9, 10 and 11. You have to be logged into her site to see the pictures. Thank you Paige! Warning – there are HUGE spoilers here so don’t look if you don’t want to know!
2. Caps for Robin Hood Episode eight now up in the gallery here
3. Preview pics from RH episode 9 here

21st May

The BBC Press Office has just released information about Episode 10 entitled Bad Blood. This is a Guy-Robin centric episode with lots of intriguing backstory. Huge spoilers in the press release.

19th May

Two articles from today’s Radio Times have been added to RH Press Reviews ,mostly concerned with Toby Stephen’s role as Prince John in episode 8 to be shown this Saturday. Only the 2nd article mentions Gisborne. Thanks to June for the scans.

14th May

Episode 9 of Robin Hood is called A Dangerous Deal. This BBC Press Release contains spoilers about the episode.

10th May

Dan’s Media Digest has given Robin Hood episode 7 a good review here. Click on Press Reviews on the left for other reviews.

9th May
1. Robin Hood episode 7 screencaps are here
2. Three preview caps for episode 8 are here

7th May

Robin Hood episode 8 “The King is Dead, Long Live the King” is up on the BBC press site. Unfortunately no mention of Richard or Gisborne.

5th May

Article scans from the Radio Times and What’s on TV added to the Reviews section

4th May

Preview pics of episode 7 are here. Contains spoilers!

3rd May

Good review of Episode 6 here with strong praise for Richard. To quote’ No doubt about it, this show comes to life most when Richard Armitage is on the screen’.

2nd May

200 lovely caps from Episode 6 of Robin Hood now up here

30th April
1. The BBC Press Office programme info for 16 – 22 May has been published. Robin Hood will not be shown that week (Sat 16 May) because of the Eurovision song contest. However, Richard will appear in Moving On: Drowning Not Waving on Weds 20th May, time to be confirmed – click here for info.
2. Two scans from What’s on TV magazine in the Press Reviews section on the left-hand side, courtesy of Jen. Spoiler warning!

28th April

Article scan from the Radio Times – click here. They do get his name wrong though.

27th April

A couple of RH online reviews added – click on the Press Reviews link on the left.

26th April

Screencaps for RH episode 5 are now up in the screencap gallery, thanks to Dreamcatcher.

23rd April

Episode 7 synopsis ‘Too Hot To Handle’ can now be found at the BBC press office site here. Warning: spoilers!

22nd April

1. The BBC RH page has a new profile of Isabella which gives some background to her and Guy’s relationship. HERE

2. Preview of Episode 5 on the BBC website here. Interesting choice of music in the last three seconds.

20th April
1. The sixth Robin Hood audiobook (the second one read by Richard) is called ‘The Siege’ and will be released on 30 June 2009. Here’s a picture of the cover. Big Finish weblink

2. Not strictly Richard news, but we’re sure many of you will be interested to read Toby Stephens’s interview in the BBC Press Release here about his role in Robin Hood as Prince John.

18th April

Preview pics of Guy in episode 5 here

16th April

Episode 6 of Robin Hood is called Do You Love Me? and the synopsis can be read here on the BBC Press site. Spoiler warning!

15th April

Interview with Lara Pulver, who plays Isabella, Gisborne’s sister in episode 5 and onwards in Robin Hood in the BBC Press Office page here. Lara is very complimentary in her comments about working with the cast and crew and mentions Richard specifically.

14th April

A few mentions of Guy of Gisborne in the Radio Times 18-24 April, which is out today. Under the description of the show on Saturday the reviewer writes, “Fun, as ever, but we miss Gisborne” and on page 48, the main preview by David Butcher ends “..somehow, without bad old Gisborne, it all lacks a certain something.” We think they have good taste

9th April
1. Big Finish have announced that the first audiobook, The Witchfinders, read by Richard Armitage will be released on 30 April.

This is the cover:

To pre-order your copy, click here or go to Amazon UK

2. The April podcast on the Big Finish website has an extract from the audiobook. Go to 3:15 to hear the bit about RH. If you right-click and choose Save you will be able to save an mp3 copy.
3. Episode 5 of Robin Hood is called Let the Games Commence and the synopsis can be read here on the BBC Press site. Spoiler warning!
4. Shootastic now has high resolution stills from RH episodes 5 & 6. Warning – spoilers. You have to register/log in to view the stills. Click here.

5th April

1. RH Episode Two caps are now up thanks to dreamcatcher. Unfortunately Hedgey’s DVD in a fit of (un)helpfulness decided as it was daylight savings that it would start recording an hour after the time set. Which was nice. Caps are here

4th April

1. Big Finish have announced the release date for the audio books. Clickie

2. Very complimentary but short article about RH episode 2 in the Daily Mail Weekend Supplement. Click here

3rd April

Robin Hood Episode 2 preview shown on GMTV this morning. Download it here.

2nd April

Robin Hood Episode 2 Trailer download available here.

31st March

Reviews of Episode one have been added here

30th March
1. You can now pre-order the Robin Hood series 3 DVD (region 2) from the BBC Shop for £27.00 or from Amazon. BBC Shop page. It will be released on 22nd June 2009.
2. Download of the RH article broadcast on BBC Entertainment news here

29th March
1. Caps for RH Episode One are now up HERE. Next week they should be up a tad quicker but this week the admins were all in one place and had been imbibing.
2. New Guy related poll on left-hand side of homepage.

28th March
1. New interview with Richard on Digital Spy. It seems the future for Guy is still uncertain – click here.
2. Lots more pictures on Shootastic today of episodes 2- 4 here. You will have to register/log in first. You are welcome to use and share these pictures please DO NOT hotlink to these pics. Credit to Paige/Shootastic where appropriate.

27th March
1. There’s an article on Robin Hood on the BBC news site with some behind the scenes footage. You can read and view here
2. The BBC Robin Hood site has been updated. No Gizzy wallpapers unfortunately although the games are fun. You can find it here
3. There’s an article about 11 year old James Buckley who will be in RH Season 3 here. This includes a pic of the little lad with Richard in the Halifax courier.

26th March
1. Keith Allen appeared on the This Morning show on ITV today. RH was discussed a little and there’s a very short clip of Guy in one of the pre-interview clips that you can download here.
2. New Interview with Richard about playing Guy of Gisborne on the BBC Press site.
3. Episode 3 of Robin Hood is called Lost in Translation and the synopsis can be read on the BBC Press site. Spoiler warning!

25th March

Richard appeared on GMTV this morning. Download clip here. Screencaps can be found here.

24th March
1. Digital Spy is having a Robin Hood week, showing interviews with a different cast member each day. The first one, with Gordon Kennedy, can be seen here. Maybe Richard will appear later this week?
Warning: at the end of the interview, Gordon appears to give away what happens to Robin at the end of the series.
2. Scan of the Radio Times Robin Hood article can be viewed HERE.
3. Scans from TV Choice and What’s on TV magazines can be viewed HERE. Thanks to Jen for the scans.
4. New short clip of episode 2 shown on The Paul O’Grady Show can be downloaded HERE.

23rd March

You can now download the BBC RH3 trailer. Follow the clickie

21st March

The BBC TV schedule has confirmed that the first episode of Robin Hood 3 will be shown in high definition.

19th March

1. Interview with David Harewood who plays Tuck on the BBC press site.

2. Episode 2 synopsis can be found on the BBC press site. Beware, there are spoilers! Episode 2 is entitled ‘Cause and Effect’.

18th March
1. New promotional pictures from RH s3 and stills from episode 1 here. You may have to register/log in first. A million thanks to Paige for sourcing these pictures. Paige is happy for you to use and share but please DO NOT hotlink to these pics. Credit to Paige/Shootastic would be nice.
2. High res pics from Shootastic site have been added to the promo section of our RH gallery. You can see them HERE
3. Press release for RH s3 episode 1 has been published. Read it here. Massive spoiler alert, don’t click if you don’t want to know what happens, it basically tells you the entire plot of the episode. Start time confirmed of 6.50pm on 28 March. The episode is entitled ‘Total Eclipse’.
4. Added two new wallpapers to the Guy wallpapers page by Angelfish69 showing the Gisborne Siblings, a composite made from the new pictures received today. Thanks A x

17th March

Hurrah we finally know when Robin Hood season 3 will air in the UK! Saturday 28 March on BBC1. The updated BBC press release is here.

20th February

Article in myparkmag, hints at new love interest for Robin. Click here to read.

19th February

1. British TV suite have an online article about the new RH series which you can read here. Contains spoilers.

2. As the publicity machine now seems in full swing the reviews section now has a Robin hood section where all of the online interviews, reviews and artciles will be listed.

3. TV Scoop have a small and rather sarcastic little article, but it does hint at a March start. Clickie

18th February

1. Screencaps showing clips of Guy in series 3 are now on the site. Go to screencap gallery – Robin Hood.

2. The BBC have released a new press pack about Robin Hood, but as yet no actual date. You can read about it here

2nd February

Big Finish to release 6 one hour long audiobooks each read by one of four members of the cast including Richard Armitage. Read more and order here.

15th January

The chap playing the young Guy of Gisborne in series 3 is Tommy Bastow. His wiki page is here. And here’s a picture

7th January

The Stage has some news about Robin Hood Series 4 (yes 4). The Stage

16th November

Robin Hood mention on BBC Points of View You tube video here. Video by yorkshirewench. Spring 2009 start confirmed. *sob*

12th November

Promo pics added including these two scanned from the UK DVD boxset. Also in the RH gallery.

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