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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!

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.

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 series 8 Interview 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 series 8 Interview 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.

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.

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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

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.”

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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.

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All Spooks reviews and articles can be found here.

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.