Spooks: Code 9

[Captain_BluTac]

2013. Thames House is gone and regional MI5 Field Offices have sprung up in its place. Are six young new recruits tough, moral and clever enough to protect Britain's future...? Filming commenced in Bradford this month on Spooks: Code 9, a new drama for BBC Three from Kudos Film and Television, the producers behind Spooks and Life On Mars.

The year is 2013. London has been evacuated following a nuclear bomb and the country's power base has shifted north. In the wake of the attack,

MI5 must completely restructure and establish field offices across the UK, working to gather intelligence from the very heart of local communities. They need young, new officers on the ground, and fast.

Luckily, Britain's youth is more than up to the challenge and is fighting back from the attack with a new sense of patriotism, combined with the hedonism that comes from being face to face with their own mortality. It is members of this new generation of patriots who help make up MI5's new Field Office 19.

"After the bomb, MI5 needed new officers with ability, dedication and potential on the streets as soon as possible," explains producer Chris Fry.

"The team rallied to this call and joined MI5 in the weeks following the bomb. With the exception of their team leader, none of them have been in the field for more than four months and they will continually find themselves in situations beyond their experience and training – they'll only succeed through grit and determination."

Led by experienced spook Hannah (Joanne Froggatt, Life On Mars), the rookie team is made up of Charlie (Liam Boyle, Drop Dead Gorgeous), a mathematician and genius problem-solver, Rachel (Ruta Gedmintas, The Tudors), an ex-police officer with ambitions to be a leader, and Jez (Heshima Thompson, Prime Suspect: The Final Act), a new breed of spook altogether – a former criminal gone straight.

Vik (Christopher Simpson, Brick Lane) chose MI5 over a career in his family's business, while Rob (Andrew Knott, The History Boys) was a junior doctor at the time of the bomb and Kylie (Georgia Moffett, Doctor Who) a psychology student, just back from her gap year.

Executive Producer Karen Wilson says: "Nearly one year on from the bomb, Britain is starting to get back to something resembling normality. But, under the surface, there have been massive changes: terror warnings and security checkpoints are regular features of everyday life, and there's a flourishing black market in everything from ID cards to anti-radiation drugs.

"This is the world of Spooks: Code 9 and it holds a whole new set of dangers for MI5's young pretenders."

Jane Tranter, Controller of BBC Fiction, says: "It's brilliant to have the chance of looking into the future of Spooks with Spooks: Code 9 on BBC Three.

"The series promises to be as entertaining and action-packed as Spooks on BBC One has always been, whilst bringing a more maverick, younger perspective."

Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC Three, comments: "I'm hugely looking forward to seeing this new drama on BBC Three. I'm a big fan of Spooks and believe that this new show will bring a dynamic cast of young actors to BBC audiences."

In line with BBC Three's multi-platform strategy, Spooks: Code 9 will be accompanied by an online extension produced by Kudos and leading alternate reality game studio Six to Start.

The series will include a live alternate reality experience that provides a multi-dimensional setting for the show and allows viewers to explore and contribute to this changed world.

Spooks: Code 9 is the latest drama commission for BBC Three, continuing the flow of bold and maverick new dramas including PAs and Phoo Action.

Spooks: Code 9 is a Kudos production, commissioned for BBC Three by Jane Tranter, Controller, BBC Fiction and supported by Screen Yorkshire.

So this will apparently start next month (august) I think it could be decent, what about you guys?

 

[IronLion]

i cannot wait for it.

 

[04nbod]

bump...its on BBC3 now. The girl who plays Rachel cannot act!
ETA. but shes getting better, maybe she just can't do confused

 

[IronLion]

cant get into it. sky+ing it. will watch it tomorrow.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

Okay watiching it now (I recorded it cus I had company) it's seems pretty good (a lot better than RT made it sound) although it was pretty hit and miss up until [BLACKOUT]Hannah[/BLACKOUT] was killed, but that moment made the show a hell of a lot better.

 

[ttotheusher]

The first episode was OK, but most of the characters are too cliched to be likeable.

 

[IronLion]

first was a bit too slow to start with second was ok. lots of scenes in Leeds that i recognised and 'marked out' for. how sad, marking out for a building!

 

[The Englishman]

Why won't the show say which city it is set in??

 

[union_jak]

Okay watiching it now (I recorded it cus I had company) it's seems pretty good (a lot better than RT made it sound) although it was pretty hit and miss up until [blackout]Hannah[/blackout] was killed, but that moment made the show a hell of a lot better.

[blackout]I was disappointed when that happened, Joanne Frogatt can't seem to hold a job for long without her character being written out! I thought she was going to be a bit more important.[/blackout]

 

[Jennifer Walters]

This better not keep Georgia Moffett from being the series 5 companion on Doctor Who.

 

[IronLion]

this has got better as the weeks have gone on.

 

[DaveTheTourist]

Slightly late in the game, but the BBC have asked me to do a quick sweep of all the Spooks message boards and alert you all the Spooks: Code 9 "FaceSpook" microsite.

You'll find it at http://www.facespook.co.uk and it basically lets you star in a short clip from the show. Hours of entertainment, I'm sure you'll agree.

Have a splendid day.

 

[union_jak]

I thought the latest twist was waay too obvious, I presumed as much at the beginning of the series.

 

[union_jak]

Slightly late in the game, but the BBC have asked me to do a quick sweep of all the Spooks message boards and alert you all the Spooks: Code 9 "FaceSpook" microsite.

You'll find it at http://www.facespook.co.uk and it basically lets you star in a short clip from the show. Hours of entertainment, I'm sure you'll agree.

Have a splendid day.

eeeeep thats weird

 

[Captain_BluTac]

What you mean miss evil boss?

 

[union_jak]

What you mean miss evil boss?

Yes, her.

It's produced my likeness

 

[Cmill216]

I saw a few minutes of it on YouTube. It looks like absolute butt garbage and completely unlike its namesake. The cast looks like they were handpicked from a group of CW rejects.

 

[DaveTheTourist]

eeeeep thats weird

We put a winking Phil Scolari through the video.

He looked like quite the child snatcher.

 

[Captain_BluTac]

I saw a few minutes of it on YouTube. It looks like absolute butt garbage and completely unlike its namesake. The cast looks like they were handpicked from a group of CW rejects.

That was probably from the first or second ep, this show started off really quite appallingly, but as the weeks went on it got better and better, however there was some work needed with character development, by the final ep there was only one character that was actually likeable.

 

[Cmill216]

See, I'm so madly in love with its namesake that I immediately am going to have a passionate response to anything related to it. And the moment I heard about "Rogue Spooks" I was totally interested.

Then when they announced further details, and announced that it would be set in the future, I instantly became super skeptical.

Then I watched a bit of it, and it made me want to punch a blacksmith.

It makes no sense.

 

[union_jak]

The acting from some of them leaves a lot to be desired.