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Old 22-10-2009, 2:55 PM   #1
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Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Reference #21 on the wikipedia page is the source and contains spoilers.

Spooks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 22-10-2009, 3:03 PM   #2
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Reference #21 on the wikipedia page is the source and contains spoilers.

Spooks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Good good, I love a bit of Spooks. Will be interesting to see how the new guy goes. I like the fact that the series doesn't pull its punches when it comes to getting rid of characters.
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Yes I actually started watching it again at the start of the last series.

My other half loves it, but I hated Rupert Penry-Poop-Pants, but watched it because it was on.

& what a great bonus that episode was !

Now I'm looking forward to the next series !
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Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers)
Teaser Trailer

YouTube - Spooks Series 8 Trailer 1

2 Promo Photos (may contain spoiler) (Here) & (Here)

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Old 30-10-2009, 12:14 PM   #5
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Think I saw the trailer last night.

Calendar set for next week

My Number 1 UK drama series. Can't wait.

PS - number of threads on this subject knocking about. Maybe a mod can merge them?
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Yep, great show, last seasons cliffhanger had better have a good resolution.


Wonder who's gonna' get the chop this time? Seeing as this show isn't scared of killing off it's star names.
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Old 31-10-2009, 9:08 PM   #7
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Wonder who's gonna' get the chop this time? Seeing as this show isn't scared of killing off it's star names.
Thats what I love about this show. Cant wait
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
anyone know why its not in hd?

I would have thought it was perfect for it .
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Old 01-11-2009, 9:18 AM   #9
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anyone know why its not in hd?

I would have thought it was perfect for it .
I was just thinking the same thing. Given how saleable this show is to other broadcasters you would think it should be in HD for sure, but no signs of a BBC HD showing...

Either way I'm sure it will be great after all HD doesn't improve the story does it.
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anyone know why its not in hd?

I would have thought it was perfect for it .
Wasn't Code 9 in HD?
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
bumping the thread for people who didn't know it's on this wednesday
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... HD doesn't improve the story does it.
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Wasn't Code 9 in HD?
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cheers Zack glad there's finally some good TV on freeview!
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cheers Zack glad there's finally some good TV on freeview!
ooops forgot True Blood...besides True Blood!
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Very strange that its not on BBC HD the show is definately shot in HD
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Episode 1: 8.7/10

Good return, Malcolm the unsung hero.
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Was it my transmitter but the quality of the picture was very poor, it looked like it had been filmed on a £99 camcorder from Aldi. A lot of the shots were wobbly and too many of the shot were too close nearly every shoot was a close up on the faces, and a lost of wobbly zoom in's.

Is this going to be a return of Ruth?

Like Roz she was a wanted woman and it never got explained although I missed the start of last series.

Glad Malcolm go to leave a normal way unlike other ex-players who never got to retire correctly.

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Two threads on the same program.

Threads merged.
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re: Spooks - Series 8 (with spoilers) BBC1 Pace
Yeah the picture quality wasn't good... although maybe they were doing a Battlestar Galactica type thing with intentional grain and a lot of shaky camera shots to have a documentary sort of feel.

Was an OK but predictable episode really, I guess Ruth is back as it would've been a bit pointless her being in for one episode (and not being killed off!).
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Great start, Malcolm the hero, who'd have seen that one coming? Obviously the gun toting gang affiliate did who lost his bottle.
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Not keen on the way the storyline had Malcolm appeal to the better nature of the bad guy in order to dissuade him from from killing the kiddie - needed some more kick-ass action to open the series
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I thought Malcolm was going to get shot anyway last night. Its rare to watch a TV series where you are not sure if one of the main characters is going to live or die.
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I thought it an excellent start. The stupid BBC webpage ruined it for me though yesterday, it had a great big picture from Spooks on its homepage, featuring Ruth in the team, so that surprise was gone.

For those who dont remember, Ruth was framed for murder a few seasons back (think it might have been by that shadowy group that wanted to recruit Ros), so they faked her death and she got the long goodbye from Harry. I liked this story as a means to bringing her back, and certainly her relationship with Harry will be rather more strained now.

Loved Malcolm's exit, refreshing to not have him leave in a bodybag or under a false id.
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Kelltic

Couldn't agree more. Very solid start with some moments. Can't wait for the next EP (bbc 3 friday night)


10/10
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Enjoyable return, although I can't help but think the rescue at the end was botched. The Indian guy had all day to kill Harry when he realised the good guys were there but had to talk to much and go for the slow knife kill - Doh!
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Episode 2 (BBC3) - 8/10

Wasn't the most interesting subject matter, but well executed, but never exciting as the dramatic intro in Essex. Did all those people really get out in time, surely not?

Good to see waves are being made to get Ruth back into the unit. Wasn't to sure about the tech stuff they keep making, a watch camera, a matchstick bug that picks up speech but not the music, advanced filters i assume. Lucas finally gets his american bird.
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Aww forgot BBC3 were going to be showing it and so people can talk about what happens an episode ahead of me. I just refuse to watch it with a DOG when I don't have to!

Oh well, bye thread.
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Todays Mirror paper has the story of which character is being killed off. So much for sodding spoilers.



Well, it should be a good send off I hope.
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Todays Mirror paper has the story of which character is being killed off. So much for sodding spoilers.



Well, it should be a good send off I hope.
Haven't seen/heard anything about anyone being killed off! Loving Wednesday nights on BBC. Waterloo Road followed by Spooks!
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Haven't seen/heard anything about anyone being killed off! Loving Wednesday nights on BBC. Waterloo Road followed by Spooks!
They kill someone off every few episodes though, don't they? That's one of the reasons why I stopped watching a few series back.

Also, when did Ruth come back?
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