Out of the shadows and back in the spotlight
- Spooks returns for a third series on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE this autumn
Introduction
"slick and stylish" (The Express)
"fantastically entertaining" (Heat)
"splendid spy stuff" (FT)
"total commitment TV" (Sunday Telegraph)
"spectacular... relentlessly exciting and beautifully constructed
television" (The Times)
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Bafta and RTS award-winning, critically-acclaimed Spooks
is back Β– as topical and as timely as ever Β– for a third season
this autumn on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE.
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MI5's crack team of spies - Tom (Matthew Macfadyen),
Zoe (Keeley Hawes), Danny (David Oyelowo) and Harry (Peter
Firth) - has long guarded its hard-earned reputation for infiltrating
and thwarting the machinations of arms smugglers, international terrorists
and drug dealers.
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Their own secret and compelling world was itself rocked
to the core and their personal allegiances put under threat of extinction
when Tom's erratic behaviour caused his closest partners to doubt him
at the end of the last series.
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And now they're back, with a new spook on the grid,
and one way or another their undercover lives will never be the same
again.
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The third series opens at the exact moment the last
episode ended. Tom has sensationally disappeared, Harry is critically
injured, and the team is in disarray.
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Was it treachery, will they ever see Tom again, and
how will they begin to discover the truth?
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Newcomer Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones) is
recruited by Harry from MI6, and his casual confidence galvanises the
group into action.
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Spooks also features return appearances from Megan
Dodds, Nicola Walker and Shauna Macdonald, as well
as new characters Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny), Will (Richard
Harrington) and Fiona (Olga Sosnovska).
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In the opening episode Frances Tomelty features
in a sinister cameo role, and other guest artistes throughout the series
include Ian McDiarmid, Harriet Walter, Corin Redgrave,
Anton Lesser, Arabella Weir, Owen Teale and Β–
after playing Gollum in The Lord of the Rings Β– Andy Serkis.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Head of Drama Commissioning, Gareth Neame, says:
"Spooks epitomises Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE's reputation for
producing high-quality, original, contemporary drama.
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"It has a unique ability to shock and defy expectation,
matched with a constantly-evolving cast of characters and challenging
storylines."
Written and created by David Wolstencroft, Spooks is also written by
Howard Brenton, Ben Richards, Rupert Walters and Raymond Khoury.
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The producer is Andrew Woodhead and Executive Producers
are Jane Featherstone and Simon Crawford Collins for Kudos and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Head
of Drama Commissioning Gareth Neame.
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Episode two of the new series of Spooks will be premiered
on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE after the first episode is broadcast on
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE.
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Subsequent episodes will then also be premiered on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
THREE.
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A documentary, Spooks Access All Areas, featuring
exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast, will
be shown on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE later in the autumn.
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In addition, more information about the new series of
Spooks, returning cast, new characters and a whole range of games is
available at bbc.co.uk/spooks.
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And in a first for British television, Spooks viewers
will be able to take part in a ground-breaking interactive TV service.
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Digital viewers can enter the interactive service at
the end of each episode of Spooks, both on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE.
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The second series of Spooks will be released as a six-disc
DVD set by Contender Entertainment on 20 September.
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Spooks will continue to be screened on the other side
of the Atlantic. Renamed M-I5, and after the huge success of both series
one and two in the States, A&E will air series three in the New
Year.
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A Kudos production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔtv.
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Notes to Editors
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The third series of Spooks begins on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE at 9.00pm
on Monday 11 October 2004. Episode two will be premiered on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ THREE
on Saturday 16 October 2004.
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