More Spooks

Good news for Spooks fans. An eighth series has been ordered. From Digital Spy:

Spy drama Spooks will return for an eighth series, the BBC has today confirmed.

The show, which will wrap up its current run next Monday, has regularly secured ratings of over 5.7 million for the broadcaster.

Executive producer Simon Crawford Collins said: "Spooks is currently enjoying an exceptional run on BBC One and BBC Three and viewers will be shocked when this series ends with a sting in its tale.

"As for next year... we're currently working with our fantastic team of writers to predict the big stories for 2009 to keep Spooks' prescience in these dramatically changing times."

Richard Armitage, who stars as Lucas North in the espionage show, added: "I'm thrilled with the response we've had to this series and I can't wait to find out what the next series has in store.

"If the climatic episodes at the end of series seven are anything to go by, I think series eight will be spectacular. I am excited about taking Lucas into deeper and more dangerous territory, and seeing if he can survive!"

Series eight of Spooks will begin production next March and debut on BBC One later in 2009.

Spooks - tie novels (Adam Carter)

The third of the tie-in personnel files for Spooks was released yesterday. The first one was about several of the Spooks team, the second focused on Harry and the third is all about Adam Carter:

Synopsis from amazon:
First we learnt about their backgrounds from their personnel files, then we learnt how Harry Pearce really feels about the world we live in from his secret diary. Now, learn further secrets about the crack MI5 team, otherwise known as the Spooks, in this brand new and exciting title from Headline.

Another Richard Armitage interview

The BBC's Newsbeat has interviewed Richard Armitage about joining Spooks:

Newsbeat speaks to Richard Armitage, best known as Sir Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood, about his role in the show as an agent returning to MI5 after being imprisoned in Russia.

Read the interview, here.

Spooks: Code 9 coming soon to BBC3

The Spooks spin-off series, the six-parter Spooks: Code 9, will begin on BBC3 on 10th August at 9pm.


From the BBC press release:

The year is 2013. Thames House is gone and regional MI5 Field Offices have sprung up in its place. Are six young new recruits tough, moral and clever enough to protect Britain's future...?

London has been evacuated following a nuclear bomb and the country's power base has shifted north. In the wake of the attack, MI5 must completely restructure and establish field offices across the UK, working to gather intelligence from the very heart of local communities.

They need young, new officers on the ground – and fast. Luckily, Britain's youth is more than up to the challenge and is fighting back from the attack with a new sense of patriotism, combined with the hedonism that comes from being face to face with their own mortality. It is members of this new generation of patriots who help make up MI5's new Field Office 19.

Richard Armitage to join Spooks

Digital Spy are reporting cast changes to Spooks in its seventh season. It's spoiler protected but you can have a peep if you want to know who's in and who's out.

The Sun reveals all, so don't click here if you want a surprise.

UPDATE: The BBC Press Release has all the details regarding series 7.