Series 8, Episode 1 (Spooks)

rdf:langString Series 8, Episode 1 (Spooks)

rdf:langString Alrick Riley

rdf:langString List of Spooks episodes

rdf:langString *Robert Glenister as Nicholas Blake *Peter Sullivan as Viktor Sarkisiian *Ace Bhatti as Amish Mani *Andrew Scarborough as Stephen Hillier *Luke Tzortzis as Nico *Daniel Rabib as George *Paul Birchard as Libby McCall

rdf:langString Series 8, Episode 2

rdf:langString Chris Fry

rdf:langString Spooks

rdf:langString Ben Richards & Zinnie Harris

rdf:langString The series eight premiere is the first episode in the eighth series of the British espionage television series Spooks, and the 65th episode in total. It was originally broadcast on BBC One on 4 November 2009. The episode was written by Ben Richards and directed by Alrick Riley. It continues from the seventh series finale, where Sir Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) is willingly captured by Viktor Sarkisiian (Peter Sullivan). In this episode, Harry is taken by Amish Mani (Ace Bhatti), a former Indian intelligence officer, who wants Harry to reveal the location of a secret uranium shipment he knows the location of, in order to build nuclear weapons. The episode marks the return of Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed, who departed in the fifth series. Although there was media coverage on her return months before the broadcast of the episode, the producers were confident that only the "die hard" fans would be aware of this. It also marked the last regular appearance of Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones. The episode was filmed in April 2009 and was partially shot on location in Deià, Majorca. The episode was seen by over six million viewers in the United Kingdom, a quarter of the television audience during its time slot. Critics praised Ruth's return, though reactions towards the overall episode were mixed.