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Looks like we're all agreed, Spy it is!

Mind you, I'm quite partial to long hair if it goes with the part - I think it suits Richard's costume as Sir Guy. Or, for example, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings. I loved the way he looked in that. But if it's long hair it has to be dishevelled, not salon-straight like Orlando Bloom's Legolas!

We'll be testing you on the abbreviations shortly, Eva!

Yes, that is his own hair for Sir Guy, not a wig. When he was promoting Spooks he was in the middle of filming Robin Hood and had his hair tied back like this:




Then when he was promoting Robin Hood in March, he had started filming the next series of Spooks so he had his hair short as agent Lucas North.




Edited to add: Evelyn, doesn't he look thin in your profile shot! He lost so much weight for those first few episodes of Spooks 7, about a stone and a half I think. He seems much heavier now so I wonder how he will manage with the action sequences, not to mention the chest shots...bound to be some don't you think? It's become quite a tradition for Richard to get his shirt off!

Di, as Evelyn says Spooks (or MI-5 as it's called in the US) is in its' 7th Season; the first 2 were with Matthew MacFadyen, then Rupert Penry-Jones was the lead for Series 3 to 6, and Richard took over for Series 7 (which was recently nominated for a BAFTA). RA is now filming Series 8.

Our lovely Spooks leads through the years:


Matthew MacFadyen as Tom Quinn


Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter


Richard Armitage as Lucas North

Thanks Audrey, I felt the need to see all three together.


Does anyone want to tell me WHY I am searching "Spooks" in the Tor's now? As if I need something new to obssess about... And I don't even find the man attractive!... you owe me girls, you owe me BIG!

We certainly do, Eva! Must be worth a retsina at least! From memory, the episode you must have seen is the one where Lucas is sent back to Moscow and ends up in a Russian bar with a girl on his lap. And dear sweet Ben has his throat cut by a wire. Sound familiar?

But seriously, Spooks is a fantastic show, I'd really recommend it. To be running this long and still maintain the viewing figures and a BAFTA nomination in its' 7th series…I got gripped from Series 5 onwards then had to go back and watch it right from the beginning.

And yet, much as I liked Mathew MacFadyen and Rupert Penry-Jones, they never did anything for me. But when RA joined it was instant! I've no idea why...I knew him already from Vicar of Dibley and that he was the only thing worth watching in Robin Hood, but it wasn't until I saw him in Spooks that this madness started.

Evelyn, re Keely Hawes that's where her and MM met, on Spooks 1; I've got a feeling she was already married at the time. And, of course, she played Richard's sister in Vicar of Dibley. I remember an interview with Richard when I think he was asked if he'd ever had crush on anyone and he said something like 'Keely Hawes in Ashes to Ashes because it's set in the 80's and that's when I first discovered girls'.

Re Flash Forward and Forgotten, interesting to see how they do. I've no idea if they'll be shown in the UK so let us know what you think of them.