Spooks series 8

*Spooks*
Spooks
Season 8
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	BBC One; BBC Three
Original release	4 November –; 23 December 2009
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 7 Next →; Series 9
	List of episodes

The eighth series of the BBC espionage television series Spooks began broadcasting on 4 November 2009 before ending on 23 December 2009. The series consists of eight episodes.

Cast

Main

Hermione Norris as Ros Myers
Richard Armitage as Lucas North
Miranda Raison as Jo Portman (episodes 1–3)
Shazad Latif as Tariq Masood
Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones (episode 1)
with Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed
and Peter Firth as Harry Pearce

Guests

Genevieve O'Reilly as Sarah Caulfield
Robert Glenister as Nicholas Blake
Brian Protheroe as Samuel Walker
Tobias Menzies as Andrew Lawrence
Peter Sullivan as Viktor Sarkisian

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
65	1	"Episode 1"	Alrick Riley	Story by: Zinnie Harris & Ben Richards Teleplay by: Ben Richards	4 November 2009 (2009-11-04) (BBC One)	6.55
66	2	"Episode 2"	Alrick Riley	Story by: Zinnie Harris & Ben Richards Teleplay by: Ben Richards	6 November 2009 (2009-11-06) (BBC Three)^{[n 1]}	5.11
67	3	"Episode 3"	Sam Miller	Christian Spurrier & Sean Reilly	13 November 2009 (2009-11-13) (BBC Three)	5.26
68	4	"Episode 4"	Sam Miller	David Farr	20 November 2009 (2009-11-20) (BBC Three)	5.18
69	5	"Episode 5"	Alrick Riley	Richard McBrien	27 November 2009 (2009-11-27) (BBC Three)	4.39
70	6	"Episode 6"	Edward Hall	Dennis Kelly	4 December 2009 (2009-12-04) (BBC Three)	5.11
71	7	"Episode 7"	Edward Hall	James Dormer	11 December 2009 (2009-12-11) (BBC Three)	3.99^[2]^{[n 2]}
72	8	"Episode 8"	Alrick Riley	Ben Richards	23 December 2009 (2009-12-23) (BBC One)	5.91

Notes

^ "Series 8, Episode 2" onward would air from 11 November 2009 onwards on BBC One
^ The episode did not appear in the top 30 viewings on the BARB website, only overnight ratings data would be available

References

^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes (See weeks ending Nov 8 to 27 Dec 2009)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
^ French, Dan (17 December 2009). "2.9m see Tennant's 'Buzzcocks' special". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

External links

[2] "Series 8, Episode 2" onward would air from 11 November 2009 onwards on BBC One

[4] The episode did not appear in the top 30 viewings on the BARB website, only overnight ratings data would be available

[1] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes (See weeks ending Nov 8 to 27 Dec 2009)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

[3] French, Dan (17 December 2009). "2.9m see Tennant's 'Buzzcocks' special". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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v t e Spooks
Series	Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Series 7 Series 8 Series 9 Series 10
Episodes	"Thou Shalt Not Kill" "Looking After Our Own" "One Last Dance" "Traitor's Gate" "Nest of Angels" "Smoke and Mirrors" "New Allegiances" "Split Loyalties" "The Tip-Off" "On the Brink" "Nuclear Strike" "Series 8, Episode 1" "Series 8, Episode 4" "Series 8, Episode 8" "Series 10, Episode 6"
Film	Spooks: The Greater Good
Characters	Beth Bailey Nicholas Blake Adam Carter Ruth Evershed Danny Hunter Maya Lahan Ros Myers Lucas North Harry Pearce Jo Portman Tom Quinn Zoe Reynolds Malcolm Wynn-Jones
Spin-off series	Spooks: Code 9