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 News for December 2009 has been archived here.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