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.