Spooks Series 8 in production

[Bob The Skutter]

From BBC Press Office

Award-winning drama Spooks is back in production, for a fantastic, high octane eighth series and is set to return to BBC One this autumn.



Following the dramatic climax of series seven viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting to find out which of the country's finest spies will return to their screens in the Kudos Film and Television production.


The critically-acclaimed last series saw the appointment of ice cold Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) to Head of Section D and the release of Lucas North (Richard Armitage) after eight years in a Russian prison.



Harry Pearce's (Peter Firth) elite team of spies were forced to quickly adapt to their new dynamic following the death of Adam Carter, but there was no time to mourn their colleague as the Russians descended on London and a mole within Section D was discovered.



In the explosive finale of the series, old school spy Connie James was exposed as the Russian's insider and, in a race to save London from a nuclear explosion, she paid the ultimate price for betrayal, sacrificing herself to save Ros and Lucas.



Although London was saved from disaster, it's not over for Section D as Harry is missing in action following a meet with the Russian intelligence services, the FSB, and was last seen being bundled into the boot of a car...
Chris Fry, Producer, said: "I'm really relishing the challenge of maintaining Spooks' reputation for gripping, fast-paced drama which keeps viewers guessing and glued to their seats."

So 8 new episodes for the Autumn/Winter season.
It took me a long time to finally get around to watching most of last series, but it seems to be staying at a fairly decent level of quality, so I'll watch the next series too.

 

[Captain Shaw]

I am looking forward to this.
But even after all this time i miss Ruth.

 

[Jax]

Loved season 7 and glad its back since the spinoff was pure 100% utter HORSE SHIT. I do think this might be the last year for the show though due to all the networks cutting back original shows though luckily BBC not done what ITV has done and cut so much you would be forgiven to forget ITV was a TV station anymore.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I think that was why was cut from 10 to 8, wasn't it?

 

[Jax]

I think that was why was cut from 10 to 8, wasn't it?

Last season saw the cut for budget reasons but also it was expected to be the final season for the show but with the steady ratings of above 5 million and the spinoff flopping, BBC brought it back.

 

[Sheep]

I *still* haven't managed to make it through Code 9 (I'm 4 or 5 episodes in, with not much desire to watch the rest). It's so fucking horrible.

Thankfully the spinoff's crappiness didn't affect the main show, which is still running strong IMO.

 

[wamdue]

I *still* haven't managed to make it through Code 9 (I'm 4 or 5 episodes in, with not much desire to watch the rest). It's so fucking horrible.

Thankfully the spinoff's crappiness didn't affect the main show, which is still running strong IMO.

that is more than I managed.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I watched the whole thing, and while it improved a little over the series it certainly wasn't worth watching the whole thing.

 

[Jax]

I *still* haven't managed to make it through Code 9 (I'm 4 or 5 episodes in, with not much desire to watch the rest). It's so fucking horrible.

Thankfully the spinoff's crappiness didn't affect the main show, which is still running strong IMO.

that is more than I managed.

I stopped watching about 20 minutes into the pilot truly awful.

 

[wamdue]

I just hope that if Spooks is still running in 2013 the BBC will just pretend it didnt happen

 

[Sheep]

I just hope that if Spooks is still running in 2013 the BBC will just pretend it didnt happen

They'll retcon it as being a bad dream Harry had after eating too much curry.

 

[captcalhoun]

am i right in thinking Code 9 was cancelled?

i watched the first two and not even Georgia Moffet was enough to make me watch more...

 

[Jax]

am i right in thinking Code 9 was cancelled?

i watched the first two and not even Georgia Moffet was enough to make me watch more...

BBC canned it it was one of BBC 3'S lowest rated shows after a few episodes aired.