Updates

Updates to the site (except changes to the home page, and minor edits) are listed here. The 'Richard Armitage on TV' page is updated regularly and won't be listed here.

29th July 2010 Created a section for Articles. Each year's articles and interviews can be found on the page for that year - see the links to these pages on the main site menu at the top of every page, or at the bottom of each page in that section.

Additions include interviews in the Sunday Mirror in 2002, the Mail on Sunday in 2005, What's on TV in 2006 (many thanks to the former Armitage Army website for this scan), and Company magazine in 2006.

Also replaced a link to Jane Hall's interview with Richard in the Western Mail in December 2004 (which has now been removed from their site) with an almost identical interview published in The Journal.

18th July 2010 Created a page about Richard's latest audiobook, The Convenient Marriage.

16th July 2010 Created a page about the ninth series of Spooks, due to be broadcast later this year.

1st July 2010 Created a page about Homes From Hell, which includes a video clip from the first programme of the series.

20th June 2010 Added details of a donation to Childline of the Amazon and Book Depository commission earned by the site in the first quarter of this year. Many thanks to everyone who has ordered from these two companies through RichardArmitageOnline to earn this commission.

9th June 2010 Added a recording of another jewellery advert to the Voice career page - this is for platinum jewellery. With many thanks to Camila for permission to use her recording. Also added a link to the Russian Richard Armitage fansite - see the Links page.

20th May 2010 Added six video clips from episodes 5/6 of Strike Back.

17th May 2010 Added a recording of a radio advertisement for a Bedford jewellers to the Voice career page. With many thanks to RichardArmitageNet for permission to use their recording, and to JuicyFruit for spotting the advertisement earlier this month.

13th May 2010 Added five video clips from episodes 3/4 of Strike Back.

10th May 2010 Added a recording of a radio trailer for Sky News' election coverage voiced by Richard Armitage. With many thanks to RichardArmitageNet for permission to use their recording.

7th May 2010 Added six more video clips to the Strike Back video clips page.

6th May 2010 Added articles and TV previews from Wednesday's newspapers and added a video clip to the Strike Back video clips page.

4th May 2010 Added a video clip of an interview with Richard Armitage on GMTV.

3rd May 2010 Added articles and TV previews from Sunday's papers.

27th April 2010 Added several recent interviews to the Articles page.

26th April 2010 Added the recent Daily Express interview about Strike Back to the Articles page (with many thanks to Lady Juliana for information about the interview), as well as the video interviews from the Strike Back premiere - from Getty Images and OK! TV (with many thanks to Sparrow of Richard Armitage Central for information about the latter.)

24th April 2010 Added the Leaders' Debate radio trailers to the Voice, Audio and Radio career page.

23rd April 2010 Added an article about Strike Back in the May issue of Sky Magazine.

22nd April 2010 Added an article from The Stage, about Richard's possible return to the theatre.

15th April 2010 Created a page about Boon, one of Richard Armitage's earliest (and briefest) appearances on television. It includes a video clip and pictures from the episode in which it seems he appeared, as "Man in Pub". With many thanks to the eagle-eyed c4ever, who spotted this after watching all the episodes of Boon.

4th April 2010 Added five excerpts from episode 4 of Clarissa.

28th March 2010 Added four excerpts from episode 3 of Clarissa.

27th March 2010 Created two new pages about Strike Back - an Episode Guide and Production Details and DVD.

Also added details of the donation to Shelter of the commission earned by the site from Amazon UK and The Book Depository during the fourth quarter of 2009. Many thanks to all those who have helped raise this money by buying from them through the links on this site.

25th March 2010 Created a page about the Channel 4 documentary that Richard Armitage narrated recently, Too Poor for Posh School?

24th March 2010 Added some information about the song that Robert Lovelace sings in episode 2 to the Clarissa excerpts page.

22nd March 2010 Some updates to the Strike Back page.

21st March 2010 Added five excerpts from the second episode of Clarissa.

14th March 2010 Created a new section for Clarissa, including an Introduction, Excerpts and Production Details. Added six excerpts from the first episode.

4th March 2010 Added a video clip of Forest Elephants, the documentary narrated by Richard Armitage this evening on BBC Two.

2nd March 2010 Added the new audio interview on the Naxos Audiobooks website to the Articles page.

27th February 2010 Created a page about the Forest Elephants documentary that Richard Armitage is narrating on 4th March.

26th February 2010 Added two very short trailers for the Olympics now being shown on BBC Two to the BBC Winter Olympics page. Also updated the Biography and Voice career pages.

23rd February 2010 Added another trailer for the Olympics currently running on BBC television to the BBC Winter Olympics page. This one advertises the news and information available to mobile phone users. Many thanks to RichardArmitageNet for the video clip.

22nd February 2010 Added another radio trailer to the BBC Winter Olympics page.

17th February 2010 Added a recording of the Alfa Romeo television advert (previously linked to on YouTube).

16th February 2010 Added another radio trailer to the BBC Winter Olympics page.

14th Februray 2010 Created a page about the BBC Winter Olympics trailers voiced by Richard Armitage. Many thanks to RichardArmitageNet for providing the skeleton bob and snowboarding radio trailers.

Also added a recording of the Santander advert (previously linked to on The Guardian website).

13th February 2010 Added the latest advertisements voiced by Richard Armitage to the Voice, Audio and Radio career page.

3rd February 2010 Added a link to a new page on the Dutch site, RichardArmitage.nl, which contains news in English.

13th January 2010 Created pages about Strike Back and Venetia, as well as a Moving On : In the Press page.

Expanded the Spooks series 8 : In the Press page with quotes from the previews of the series. Moved the text of the messages from "The Spokesperson for Mr Armitage" to the Messages page.

Added a link on the Sylvester page to Naxos Audiobooks' article about the recording. Added two articles about Strike Back to the Articles page (previously referenced on the home page).

31st December 2009 Added a link to a new website, Armitage Army@Richard Armitage Central.

23rd December 2009 Added four video clips from episode 8 of Spooks, including a smaller version of one clip for those with slower connections.

20th December 2009 Created a page about press comment on the eighth series of Spooks - see Spooks series 8 : In the Press. Also added a recent article in the Daily Mail about Spooks to the Articles page.

11th December 2009 Added a video clip from episode 7 of Spooks.

5th December 2009 Added information about a donation to Oxfam of the Amazon and BookDepository commission earned by this site between July and September 2009. Once again, many thanks to all who have ordered from Amazon and the Book Depository through this site to help earn this commission.

4th December 2009 Added a video clip from episode 6 of Spooks.

27th November 2009 Added three video clips from episode 5 of Spooks.

23rd November 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 8 of Spooks.

22nd November 2009 Added three video clips from episode 4 of Spooks (including a smaller version of one clip for those with slower connections).

18th November 2009 Added brief synopses of episodes 6 and 7 of Spooks.

15th November 2009 Added a link to a new English section on the Russian Robin Hood website forum - see the Links page.

14th November 2009 Added a smaller version of a video clip from episode 3 of Spooks (suitable for those with slower connections) and corrected a problem with the smaller video clip from episode 1.

13th November 2009 Added some pictures from episode 2 of Spooks. Also added three video clips from episode 3.

12th November 2009 Added an article about Spooks from a local Brighton newspaper.

9th November 2009 Added four more interviews to the Articles page (previously referenced on the home page). Also added some pictures from episode 1 of Spooks series 8.

8th November 2009 Added brief synopses of episodes 4 and 5 of Spooks.

7th November 2009 Added smaller versions of two clips from the first two episodes of Spooks, suitable for those on slower connections.

6th November 2009 Added four video clips from the second episode of Spooks series 8.

4th November 2009 Added three video clips from the first episode of Spooks series 8.

1st November 2009 Added three new interviews to the Articles page. With many thanks to Agenoria for the scan of the Leicestershire and Rutland Life article.

31st October 2009 Added the recent interviews about Spooks to the Articles page. With many thanks to Ali and Hedgeypig at RichardArmitageNet, Diana, and Koolkat for three of the scans.

30th October 2009 Added a brief plot summary of episode 3 of Spooks.

24th October 2009 Added an interview in the Daily Record to the Articles page.

23rd October 2009 Added an interview in Woman magazine to the Articles page.

22nd October 2009 Created two new pages for Spooks series 8 - an Episode guide page with brief plot summaries of the first two episodes, and a Production details page.

21st October 2009 Added an interview in Star magazine to the Articles page.

18th October 2009 Added a new page about the eighth series of Spooks, expected to be broadcast on BBC One soon. Also added an article in the Daily Express to the Articles page.

16th October 20o9 Added an interview in Closer magazine to the Articles page.

14th October 2009 Added an article about Richard Armitage from a German magazine to the Articles page. (with many thanks to Andromeda and Songbird).

13th October 2009 Added to the Links page a new website, RAfanvids.com, containing a large collection of Richard Armitage fan-videos.

10th October 2009 Added today's interview in the Daily Mail to the Articles page.

27th September 2009 Added an interview with Richard Armitage in Filmstar magazine to the Articles page.

21st September 2009 Added an interview with Richard Armitage in the Pioneer Press to the Articles page.

9th September 2009 Moved some items from the home page to the Miscellany page, and added links to books by Phillipa Ashley, Rosy Thornton and Elizabeth Hanbury at The Book Depository.

1st September 2009 Changes to the Home page and the About the Site page to reflect the following:

RichardArmitageOnline.com is no longer an Associate of amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr or amazon.co.jp.

However, it's still an Associate of Amazon.co.uk, and is now also an Affiliate of the BookDepository.co.uk. If you click on any of the links on this site to Richard Armitage's DVDs or audiobooks on Amazon UK or The Book Depository and place an order, this site will earn commission which will then be donated to charity. This applies whether you order the item linked to or any other item. Please see the About the Site page for more details.

Many thanks to all those who have shopped via this site at amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr or amazon.co.jp to help earn money for charity over the last two years.

23rd August 2009 Additions to the Articles page; a feature in Sainsburys Magazine from November 2004 about the staging of the dinner party scene in North and South, an article in the Daily Record from December 2004 comparing Richard Armitage to Colin Firth, and an interview published in February 2005 in the Eastern Daily Press in which he was also compared with Colin Firth and other actors who've played period drama heroes. (Many thanks to Yorkshirewench for these articles.) Also added the recent Leicester Mercury interview to the Articles page.

Also added a link to a Russian website about the BBC Robin Hood series, with a forum that includes a thread about Richard Armitage.

19th July 2009 Added information about a donation to Crisis of the Amazon commission earned by this site between April and June 2009. Once again, many thanks to all who have ordered from Amazon through this site to help earn this commission.

18th July 2009 Added two recent interviews to the Articles page (already referenced on the home page) - the interview with Vulpes Libris and the short feature in the TV Times the week the last series of Robin Hood ended.

28th June 2009 Added two video clips from the final episode of Robin Hood - with many thanks to Elvira.

20th June 2009 Added two video clips from episode 12 of Robin Hood, including a shorter version of one of them, suitable for slower connections.

15th June 2009 Created a page about Richard Armitage's latest audiobook, Georgette Heyer's Sylvester.

13th June 2009 Added three video clips from episode 11 of Robin Hood, including a smaller version of one of them suitable for slower connections.

11th June 2009 Added a (very) brief note about the final episode of Robin Hood, to be broadcast on 27th June.

6th June 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 12 of Robin Hood. On the Articles page, added an interview about Spooks in a New Zealand paper (an abridged version of the interview Richard Armitage did with the Daily Telegraph last year), and added several interviews previously mentioned on the home page.

Also added two video clips from episode 10 of Robin Hood.

2nd June 2009 Added some pictures of episode 9 of Robin Hood.

31st May 2009 Added a smaller version of one of the video clips of episode 9 of Robin Hood.

30th May 2009 Added four video clips from episode 9 of Robin Hood.

28th May 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 11 of Robin Hood.

23rd May 2009 Added two video clips from episode 8 of Robin Hood.

21st May 2009 Added a smaller version of one of the Moving On video clips, and also a brief synopsis of episode 10 of Robin Hood.

20th May 2009 Created a page of three video clips of Moving On, which was broadcast today. Also created a page of pictures from Moving On.

16th May 2009 Added an audioclip from Richard Armitage's latest Robin hood audiobook, The Witchfinders, to the Robin Hood series 3 Audiobooks page, as well as some information about his interview on the Witchfinders CD.

14th May 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 9 of Robin Hood.

10th May 2009 Added information about a donation to Barnardos of the Amazon commission earned by this site between January and March 2009. Many thanks to all who have ordered from Amazon through this site to help earn this commission. Also added some pictures from episode 5 of Robin Hood.

9th May 2009 Added two video clips from episode 7 of Robin Hood, including a version of one of them for slower connections.

8th May 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 8 of Robin Hood.

5th May 2009 Added two more video clips from episode 6 of Robin Hood, including a version of one of them for slower connections.

3rd May 2009 Added a video clip of episode 6 of Robin Hood.

25th April 2009 Added three video clips of episode 5 of Robin Hood, including a smaller version of one of them for those with slower connections.

24th April 2009 Added the GMTV interview and two TV magazine interviews to the Articles page (these already appear on the home page).

23rd April 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 7 of Robin Hood.

16th April 2009 Added a new section about Moving On, Richard Armitage's next TV project, including Introduction, Playing John Mulligan and Production details. Also added a brief synposis of episode 6 of Robin Hood.

11th April 2009 Added two video clips from the film of the 1999 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth, in which Richard Armitage played Angus.

10th April 2009 Aded a brief synopsis of episode 5 of Robin Hood. Gisborne returns...

5th April 2009 Added some pictures of episode 2 of Robin Hood.

4th april 2009 Added three video clips from episode 2 of Robin Hood, including a smaller version of one clip for those with slower connections.

2nd April 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 4 to the Robin Hood series 3 Episodes page.

1st April 2009 Created a new page with details of the Robin Hood series 3 Audiobooks that Richard Armitage has recorded.

31st March 2009 Added some pictures from episode 1 of the third series of Robin Hood.

29th March 2009 Added another video clip from the first episode of the new series of Robin Hood, and also a smaller version of one of the other clips, suitable for those with slower connections - see the Robin Hood Video clips page.

28th March 2009 Added four video clips from the first episode of the new series of Robin Hood.

26th March 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 3 of the new series of Robin Hood to the Episode guide page.

24th March 2009 Added a video clip from programme 3 of New Homes From Hell 2009.

23rd March 2009 Added a page about The Great Sperm Race, which was broadcast today. Includes two video clips from the programme.

19th March 2009 Added a brief synopsis of episode 2 of the new series of Robin Hood to the Episode guide page.

18th March 2009 Added pages for Robin Hood series 3 for Video Clips, Pictures, Episode guide and Production details and DVDs.

Also created a page about Spooks series 7 In the Press, containing a summary of press comment on the series and a list of interviews that Richard Armitage did to publicise the series. (With thanks to PG for the pictures of him at the studios of This Morning, to Hedgeypig for permission to use her recording of The One Show feature, and to Ali for permission to use her recording of his interview with Heat Radio.)

17th March 2009 Added a video clip from the second programme in the series New Homes from Hell 2009, narrated by Richard Armitage.

13th March 2009 Added some information about new books by Elizabeth Hanbury to the Miscellany page. Elizabeth is one of a number of writers whose writing careers were inspired by Richard Armitage's portrayal of John Thornton in North and South.

9th March 2009 Added copies of four short interviews about The Golden Hour, published in TV magazines in the week the series started in September 2005. See the Articles page.

4th March 2009 Added video clips of two excerpts from the first programme of New Homes from Hell 2009, including a version suitable for those with slow connections.

2nd March 2009 Added a new page about New Homes from Hell 2009, which begins tomorrow on ITV1. It can be accessed from both the TV and the Voice menus.

28th February 2009 Added two items to the Articles page that were already on the home page. The first is the feature about the filming of a scene from Spooks that was shown on The One Show in November. Richard was interviewed briefly about the filming. With many thanks to Hedgeypig for permission to use her video clip. The second is the short interview he did with Radio 1 in September about the future of Robin Hood.

27th February 2009 Added a very brief interview with Richard Armitage on during a report on BBC Breakfast about the BBC Showcase event this week - with many thanks to Yorkshirewench for permission to use her video clip. Also added a link to a podcast at The Stage website, in which he and Robert Glenister were interviewed about Spooks, among other things. See the Articles page.

21st February 2009 Added a link to a new website, Richard-Armitage.org, that's been specially designed for those with slower connections and/or slower computers. See the Links page.

11th February 2009 Added information about a donation to Oxfam of the Amazon commission earned by this site from October to December 2008. Many thanks to all who have ordered from Amazon through this site to help earn this commission.

9th February 2009 Added a link to Richard Armitage's CV as a voiceover artist at his agent's website. It includes some audio extracts from commercials and from Empire's Children, the Channel 4 series he narrated in 2007. See the Links page.

6th February 2009 Added a scan of a short interview with Richard Armitage in Red magazine to the Articles page.

27th January 2009 Added some video clips from the second episode of Doctors.

24th January 2009 Created a new page of video clips from the first episode of Doctors in which Richard Armitage appeared in November 2001.

1st January 2009 Additions to the Articles page: an interview in The Independent from April 2006 about The Impressionists, and a feature in the Radio Times in October 2006 to coincide with the start of the first series of Robin Hood - Richard Armitage appeared on the front cover for the first time.

16th December 2008 Added a picture of Guy of Gisborne in his new costume for Robin Hood series 3.

14th December 2008 Created a page of pictures of Spooks episode 8.

13th December 2008 Created a page of pictures of Spooks episode 7.

9th December 2008 Added another video clip from the final episode to the Spooks video clips page.

8th December 2008 Added a video clip from episode 8 of Spooks to the Spooks video clips page.

3rd December 2008 Added a video clip from 'The Story of the Costume Drama', broadcast tonight on ITV3, in which Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe talked about North and South - see the Articles page, or the North and South page.

1st December 2008 Created a page of pictures of Spooks episode 6.

29th November 2008 Added a copy of the questionnaire with Richard Armitage in the latest edition of the Radio Times - see the Articles page.

26th November 2008 Added a short article from What's on TV to the Articles page - with thanks to Jen for the scan.

25th November 2008 Added two video clips from episode 7 to the Spooks Video Clips page. Also added more pictures to the Episode 5 pictures page.

20th November 2008 Added some pictures of episode 5 of Spooks (more to follow) - see the Episode 5 pictures page.

18th November 2008 Added two video clips from episode 6 to the Spooks Video Clips page.

11th November 2008 Added two video clips from episode 5 to the Spooks Video Clips page. Also created a page of pictures of episode 4 - see the Episode 4 pictures page. And added a brief synopsis of episode 8 to the Spooks Episode guide page.

7th November 2008 Added the final part of Richard Armitage's interview with Chris Hawkins to the Articles page. Also added an interview from the Cork Evening Echo to the Articles page - with many thanks to Diana.

6th November 2008 Added the fourth part of Richard Armitage's Radio 6 interview to the Articles page, and a brief synopsis of episode 7 to the Spooks Episode guide page.

5th November 2008 Added the third part of Richard Armitage's interview with Chris Hawkins to the Articles page. Also added pictures of episode 3 - see the Episode 3 pictures page.

4th November 2008 Added the second part of Richard Armitage's interview with Chris Hawkins to the Articles page. Added two clips from episode 4 of Spooks to the Video Clips page - one of them also in a smaller version suitable for slower connections.

3rd November 2008 Added a recording of Richard Armitage's interview this morning on BBC Radio 6 Music to the Articles page, and two online interviews, with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat and What's on TV. Also added a link to a new website, Army Dreamers, to the Links page.

2nd November 2008 Added pictures of episode 2 of Spooks - see the Episode 2 pictures page. Also added a small article about Richard's comments on waterboarding from today's Sunday Times to the Articles page.

30th October 2008 Added pictures of the first episode of Spooks - see the Episode 1 Pictures page. Also added a brief synopsis of the sixth episode to the Episode guide page.

29th October 2008 Added two more interviews to the Articles page, including Richard Armitage's appearance on Heat Radio - with many thanks to Ali for the recording. Also added two video clips from episode 3 of Spooks - see the Video clips page.

28th October 2008 Added two clips from the second episode of Spooks to the Video clips page. Also added two interviews to the Articles page, including a recording of Richard's interview yesterday on The Sarah Kennedy show.

27th October 2008 Added two clips from the first episode of Spooks - see the Spooks Video clips page. Also added four interviews to the Articles page.

26th October 2008 Added two more interviews to the Articles page.

25th October 2008 Added four new interviews to the Articles page.

23rd October 2008 Added three more interviews to the Articles page, and a brief synopis of episode 5 to the Spooks Episode guide page.

22nd October 2008 Added information about the latest donation to charity of the Amazon commission earned by this website. Many thanks to all those who have ordered from Amazon via RichardArmitageOnline.com to help earn this commission.

21st October 2008 Added 13 new interviews, mainly from today's weekly magazines, to the Articles page.

19th October 2008 Added interviews in today's Sunday Express and Sunday Mail to the Articles page, and also an interview with the Eastern Daily Press - many thanks to Koolkat for the scan of this article.

18th October 2008 Updated the Articles page with today's interviews in the Daily Express and Northern Echo, and added images of the print editions of the interviews in The Times and the Manchester Evening News.

17th October 2008 Added a brief synopsis of the fourth episode of Spooks to the Episode guide page, and also the release date of the DVD boxset of series 7 to the Production Details and DVDs page. Also added links to three interviews about Spooks on the Articles page.

14th October 2008 Added a brief synopsis of the third episode of Spooks to the Episode guide page.

10th October 2008 Added a brief synopsis of episode two of Spooks to the Episode guide page.

8th October 2008 Added a link on the Articles page to an interview at the BBC Press Office with Richard Armitage about Lucas North, his character in Spooks. Also updated the Spooks Introduction page with new information, and added two new pages for Spooks - Episode guide and Production Details.

24th September 2008 Added an article from Sky Magazine to the Articles page, in which Richard Armitage talks about filming Spooks. Many thanks to June for the scan of the article.

7th September 2008 Added a brief note to the North and South Mills Locations page about the BBC broadcasting live each week from Dalton Mills in Keighley, the mill that was used for the exterior shots of 'Marlborough Mills'.

9th August 2008 Updated the article on the Miscellany page about the writers who started writing North and South fan-fiction and who are now published authors. There's a new book from Phillipa Ashley, Rosy Thornton's latest will be published in December, and Elizabeth Hanbury's first novel has now been published.

7th August 2008 Created a new page introducing Robin Hood series 3, which is currently in production in Budapest. All three series of Robin Hood are now listed under one entry on the main menu.

2nd August 2008 Added information about the latest donation to charity of the Amazon commission earned by this website. Many thanks again to all those who have ordered from Amazon via RichardArmitageOnline.com to help earn this commission.

Also added some new material to the Spooks page, based on Richard Armitage's comments about his new role in yesterday's Entertainment Weekly interview.

1st August 2008 Added a link on the Articles page to a new interview on the Entertainment Weekly website.

31st July 2008 Updated the format of the Richard Armitage on TV page. This gives details of his programmes being broadcast around the world over the next few weeks, now in a clearer style.

29th July 2008 Added a link to a new Brazilian messageboard, Cafe Armitage - see the Links page.

27th July 2008 Updated the information about Richard Armitage's interview with BBC America with links to all the latest extracts that have appeared online. See the Articles page.

11th July 2008 Added a link on the Articles page to a new video interview on the BBC America website.

4th July 2008 Moved the information about Richard Armitage's patronage of the Globe Theatre's education project to the Miscellany page.

18th June 2008 Added a link to the Shakespeare Retold DVD at Amazon Canada - see the 'Macbeth: Production Details and DVDs' page.

9th June 2008 Added a link on the Articles page to a copy of a BBC press release from October 2007, in which Richard Armitage talked about Guy of Gisborne and the first series of Robin Hood.

3rd June 2008 Added a link to a new French website about the BBC Robin Hood series (Robin des Bois).

23rd May 2008 Added a link on the Articles page to a new interview with Richard Armitage, after Guy of Gisborne won an online contest to find the most popular character on American TV.

11th May 2008 On the Articles page, added a link to a short audio interview with Richard Armitage about the new theatre in his home town of Leicester.

8th May 2008 Some minor additions to the Spooks page, based on recent interviews.

5th May 2008 Added two online interviews to the Articles page, and some information about iTunes availability to the Robin Hood series 1 and series 2 pages.

14th April 2008 Added video clips of a short excerpt from Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood, and BBC America's promotional trailer for the new series of Robin Hood which starts later this month.

2th April 2008 Added links to the six Amazon sites on the home page. Following these links and making a purchase will generate commission which is then donated to charity. There are also links directly to Richard Armitage's DVDs on each programme's 'Production Details and DVDs' page. More information...

8th April 2008 Added details of the latest donation to charity of the Amazon commission earned by this website. Many thanks to all who have ordered from Amazon via RichardArmitageOnline.com to help earn this commission.

Added some more pictures of Richard Armitage at the British Academy Television Awards ceremony (the BAFTAs) in May 2007 - many thanks to PG for allowing me to use her photographs.

Added items about Richard Armitage's attendance at two award ceremonies in November 2006 to the Miscellany page, and moved the item about the Romantic Novelists Association romantic hero poll to the same page.

2nd April 2008 Added a video clip of an extract from an interview with Richard Armitage on the Robin Hood series 2 DVD.

1st April 2008 Added some video clips of extracts from the commentaries on the new Robin Hood series 2 DVD boxed set.

28th March 2008 Updated the New and Recent DVDs page, Robin Hood series 1 Production Details page and Robin Hood series 2 Production Details page with information about the new Robin Hood DVD releases in the USA.

25th March 2008 Added links to a review of Robin Hood in The New Zealand Herald, and another on the City Search Sydney website - see the Robin Hood In the Press page.

22nd March 2008 Added a copy of the review of episode 8 of Robin Hood series 2 in The Age's Green Guide to the Robin Hood in the Press page. Also added a picture of Richard Armitage in Spooks series 1 to the Spooks page.

21st March 2008 Created a new page about Robin Hood series 2 In the Press, containing reviews and links to articles and interviews about the new series in the international press - so far, in the United Kingdom and Australia. Also, incorporated the Robin Hood Children in Need sketch into the Robin Hood series 2 section - it can now be accessed from any of the Robin Hood series 2 menus.

Added a new page, Richard Armitage on TV this week, which lists programmes being broadcast around the world this week, and gives advance notice of what's coming soon. It can be accessed from the drop-down menu at the top of the page (under the TV section) or from the link in the Welcome message on the home page.

Created a page to list New and Recent DVDs starring Richard Armitage. It can be accessed from the link in the Welcome message on the home page. Full details of all Richard's DVDs can still be found on the 'Production Details' pages for his programmes.

Also, moved the items about Richard at St Pauls and at the Radio Times Covers Party from the home page to the Miscellany page.

Added some links to the Robin Hood and Robin Hood Series 2 pages, including links to BBC France's new Robin des Bois website.

19th March 2008 Added some pictures of Richard Armitage filming the new series of Spooks. Many thanks to Trud of C19 for permission to use her photographs.

17th March 2008 Created a new page about Spooks, Richard Armitage's next project. Also updated the Biography and TV career pages to include Spooks.

10th March 2008 Added a recording of Richard Armitage's interview on Radio 5 Live in April 2006, in which he discussed The Impressionists, which was about to be broadcast on the BBC. Many thanks to Elisavet for permission to use her recording.

9th March 2008 Added recordings of two interviews that Richard Armitage did in spring 2005 on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Kent to promote the release of the DVD of North and South. See the Articles page. With thanks to Acemarsupial of C19 for permission to use her recordings.

6th March 2008 Added a recording of an interview that Richard Armitage did with Val Armstrong on BBC Radio Cumbria in April 2005, as part of the publicity for the release of the DVD of North and South. The recording was provided by BBC Radio Cumbria, courtesy of IslaJane of C19.

23rd February 2008 Added a link to an article in The Guardian today by Jenny Uglow, biographer of Elizabeth Gaskell, about North and South (the novel). See the North and South Introduction page.

20th February 2008 Added details of the new Robin Hood downloads available at iTunes' UK shop to the Production Details pages for series 1 and series 2, and the Robin Hood Audiobooks page.

14th February 2008 Added the address to which letters for Richard Armitage can now be sent - see the About page.

5th February 2008 Added scans of an article in this week's Radio Times about its annual Covers Party, in which Richard Armitage is featured.

30th January 2008 Added a link to the Robin Hood Link Exchange, a new collection of links relating to the BBC series and its cast.

27th January 2008 Added details of a donation to the charity 'Crisis' of the Amazon commission earned by this website in the last quarter of 2007. Also added a link to a new French Robin Hood messageboard.

19th January 2008 Added a short piece to the Miscellany page about the Women in Film and Television awards, at which Richard Armitage was a presenter. Included is a link to the WFTV website, which has information and pictures of the ceremony held last month in London.

1st January 2008 Created some new pages of pictures of the theatres used as locations in Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of the Music Hall (Hoxton Hall and the Normansfield Theatre).

30th December 2007 Added pictures of the final episode of Robin Hood series 2. Also added a smaller version of one of the video clips of this episode, suitable for those with slower connections.

29th December 2007 Added video clips of the final episode of Robin Hood series 2.

22nd December 2007 Added a video clip of BBC One's trailer for the finale of Robin Hood series 2.

16th December 2007 Added pictures of episode 11 of Robin Hood.

15th December 2007 Added scans of two articles containing an interview with Richard Armitage to coincide with the showing of The Vicar of Dibley in Australia. Also added video clips of episode 11 of Robin Hood, including a smaller clip for users with slower connections. Added a preview clip of episode 12.

14th December 2007 Added brief synopses of episodes 12 and 13 of Robin hood series 2.

10th December 2007 Added a video clip of an excerpt from The Story of Dibley, a documentary about The Vicar of Dibley that was first broadcast in January 2007, and is now included on the DVD 'Holy Wholly Happy Ending'. Also expanded the Playing Harry Kennedy page with material from four more interviews.

9th December 2007 Added pictures of episode 10 of Robin Hood.

8th December 2007 Added some video clips from episode 10 of Robin Hood (including a smaller version of one clip, suitable for those with slower connections), and also a preview of episode 11.

7th December 2007 Created a new set of pages with Richard Armitage's thoughts on Playing Guy of Gisborne in the second series of Robin Hood. His comments are taken from published and broadcast interviews.

2nd December 2007 Added some pictures from episode 9 of Robin Hood.

1st December 2007 Added some video clips from episode 9 of Robin Hood, including a preview of episode 10.

30th November 2007 Added brief synopses of episodes 10 and 11 of Robin Hood.

25th November 2007 Added pictures of episode 8 of Robin Hood.

24th November 2007 Added some video clips from episode 8 of Robin Hood, including a smaller clip suitable for dial-up users, and a preview clip of episode 9. Also added a brief synopsis of episode 9.

22nd November 2007 Added an image of the receipt from Barnardos for the donation sent to them of the commission earned by the site from the Amazon Associates programme in the third quarter of this year. See the About the site page.

18th November 2007 Added some pictures of episode 7 of Robin Hood.

17th November 2007 Added video clips from episode 7 of Robin Hood, including a smaller clip for those with slower connections. Also added a preview clip of episode 8.

16th November 2007 Added video clips (including smaller versions for dial-up users) and pictures of Richard Armitage and Lucy Griffiths' sketch for Children in Need.

15th November 2007 Added a page about Children in Need, the BBC charity programme on which Richard Armitage and Lucy Griffiths will be appearing on 16th November.

14th November 2007 Added a scan of a short interview with Richard Armitage in Now magazine - see the Articles page.

11th November 2007 Created a new page with excerpts from A War Less Ordinary and rewrote the Introduction. Added a smaller version of a video clip from episode 6 of Robin Hood, suitable for those on dial-up connections, and a preview clip of episode 7. Also added a page of pictures from episode 6.

10th November 2007 Added some video clips from episode 6 of Robin Hood, and audio clips of two poems read by Richard Armitage in A War Less Ordinary on BBC Radio 2 this evening.

7th November 2007 Created a page about A War Less Ordinary.

4th November 2007 Added some pictures of episode 5 of Robin Hood, a version of one of the video clips suitable for dial-up users, and brief synopses of episodes 7 and 8.

3rd November 2007 Added some video clips of episode 5 of Robin Hood, including a preview of episode 6.

30th October 2007 Made some additions to the page about The Ted Hughes Letters, including a review of the programme from The Daily Telegraph.

29th October 2007 Created a page of excerpts from The Ted Hughes Letters.

28th October 2007 Added some pictures of episode 4 of Robin Hood, and a preview clip of episode 5.

27th October 2007 Added a couple of clips from episode 4 of Robin Hood.

25th October 2007 Added a recording of the trailer for The Ted Hughes Letters.

22nd October 2007 Created a new page about The Ted Hughes Letters, which Richard Armitage will read on BBC Radio 4 on 29th October. It includes background information about Hughes' life, work and letters

21st October 2007 Added some pictures from episode 3 of Robin Hood, a preview clip of episode 4 and brief synopses of episodes 5 and 6.

20th October 2007 Added some video clips from episode 3 of Robin Hood, including one suitable for those on dial-up connections.

17th October 2007 Added a scan of a short interview with Richard Armitage in 'Reveal' magazine about playing Guy of Gisborne. See the Articles page.

16th October 2007 Added details of a donation to charity of commission earned by the website from the Amazon Associates programme. Many thanks to all those who have placed Amazon orders via this site to help earn this money. Also added another video clip from episode 1 of Robin Hood.

14th October 2007 Added some pictures from episode 2 of Robin Hood and a smaller version of one of the video clips, suitable for dial-up users. Also added a scan of a short interview in What's on TV (courtesy of Jo) - see the Articles page.

13th October 2007 Added some video clips of episode 2 of Robin Hood (including a preview of episode 3). Added a link to a new interview with Richard Armitage at the BBC Robin Hood website - see the Articles page.

11th October 2007 Added a brief synopsis of episode 4 of Robin Hood to the Episodes page.

7th October 2007 Added more video clips from the first episode of the new Robin Hood series, including one suitable for dial-up users. There is also a preview of episode 2.

6th October 2007 Created a new section for Robin Hood series 2, including pictures and a video clip of episode one. Also added a recording of an interview with BBC Radio Leicester (courtesy of Steph of C19) and a link to the full interview with Mike Bushell to the Articles page.

5th October 2007 Added a brief synopsis of episode 3 to the Robin Hood Episode Guide page.

4th October 2007 Added copies of articles in Inside Soap and Best magazines to the Articles page.

3rd October 2007 Added a copy of Richard Armitage's interview with Lorraine Kelly on GMTV today. It's on the Articles page. It included an excerpt from episode 1 of the new series of Robin Hood - this excerpt is now also on the Robin Hood series 2 Episodes page.

2nd October 2007 Added copies of three interviews with Richard Armitage in this week's TV magazines, and two radio interviews (all courtesy of Steph from C19). See the Articles page.

1st October 2007 Updated the clips on the Miss Marple Video Clips page, and added a dial-up version of one of them.

30th September 2007 Added another clip to the Miss Marple Video Clips page.

27th September 2007 Added a brief plot summary of episode 2 to the Episode Guide page for series 2 of Robin Hood.

26th September 2007 Added an Episode Guide page for series 2 of Robin Hood.

25th September 2007 Added a video clip of the trailer for the new series of Robin Hood to the Series 2 page.

22nd September 2007 Added a new page with information about Series 2 of Robin Hood.

19th September 2007 Created a new page with Richard Armitage's comments on Playing Philip Durrant in the Miss Marple episode, "Ordeal by Innocence". Also expanded the Miss Marple Introduction page.

17th September 2007 Created a new Miscellany page for miscellaneous items. It includes some information about two novelists who started their publishing careers by writing North and South fan-fiction.

6th September 2007 Added a scan of an interview with Richard Armitage in the October edition of Red magazine.

27th August 2007 Robin Hood's executive producers Foz Allan and Dominic Minghella spoke about the 'Making of Robin Hood' at the Edinburgh television festival yesterday. The Robin Hood Introduction page has been updated with some comments they made about the second series of the show.

6th August 2007 Added some video clips of the last part of Empire's Children.

3rd August 2007 Created a page of video clips of Casualty (including one for dial-up users), and a page about the production details.

31st July 2007 Added some smaller video clips of Empire's Children suitable for those on slower connections. Also added a clip of the Introduction to the programme, in two sizes.

30th July 2007 Added two video clips from the fifth programme in the series Empire's Children.

28th July 2007 Added some comments by Foz Allan about Richard Armitage and about the second series to the Robin Hood page. (Allan is executive producer and co-creator of Robin Hood.)

24th July 2007 Added a new section to the site for Richard Armitage's voiceover career. Created a page about The Lords of the North audiobook.

23rd July 2007 Added two more video clips from Empire's Children, programme 4.

17th July 2007 Added an extract from The Lords of the North audiobook narrated by Richard Armitage, and an image of the cover of the CD edition.

16th July 2007 Added two video clips from the third programme in the series, Empire's Children, narrated by Richard Armitage.

11th July 2007 Added some information about the forthcoming second series of Robin Hood.

9th July 2007 Added a couple of video clips of the second programme in the Empire's Children series, narrated by Richard Armitage.

3rd July 2007 Created a page about Empire's Children, which Richard Armitage narrates. The page includes several video clips from the programme.

2nd July 2007 Added details of the first donation to charity of commission earned by the site from the Amazon Associates programme.

19th June 2007 Added a scan of a short article about the casting of Richard Armitage in North and South - see the Articles page.

17th June 2007 Created a page about the press reviews of Marie Lloyd. On the Robin Hood Production Details page, added information about the soundtrack CD (including links to buy it at Amazon), and also more details about the contents of the series 1 DVD box-set.

14th June 2007 Added a note about the new Robin Hood toys to the Production Details page (including a photo of a 5" tall Guy of Gisborne!).

12th June 2007 As Richard-Armitage.com has now closed down, Lisa, the webmistress, has kindly given permission for the messages that Richard Armitage sent to her site to be reproduced here. All of Richard's messages to his fans can now be found on the Messages page.

5th June 2007 Added some more pictures from Miss Marple: Ordeal by Innocence.

4th June 2007 Added a page of pictures from Miss Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, and also a page of video clips.

3rd June 2007 Created a page of pictures and information about the filming locations of North and South in London. Also added some new material to the page about the 'Marlborough Mills' locations.

28th May 2007 Added a section to the home page listing Recent and forthcoming DVDs that star Richard Armitage.

27th May 2007 The site is now an Amazon Japan Associate, so links to DVDs on Amazon Japan have been added to the Production Details pages of Robin Hood, The Impressionists, Malice Aforethought, Ultimate Force and This Year's Love. Anything bought by following these links, or any other links on this site to Amazon sites, will earn commission which the site will donate to charity.

22nd May 2007 Created a new page of messages from Richard Armitage to his fans. It includes the message he posted on the BBC North and South messageboard in February 2005. Also added a new clip from Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of the Music Hall, in both broadband and dial-up versions.

20th May 2007 Added a page of pictures and video clips of Richard Armitage at the BAFTA award ceremony. Also created a page of pictures and information about the mills used in filming North and South.

13th May 2007 Added an excerpt from the DVD commentary on episode 4 of Robin Hood, with Richard Armitage and others.

9th May 2007 Added video clips and pictures from Marie Lloyd.

8th May 2007 Added more information about the real Percy to the Playing Percy Courtenay page.

5th May 2007 Added new articles - about Marie Lloyd, and about North and South in New Zealand.

2nd May 2007 Marie Lloyd - created new pages for some Pictures and a Video Clip.

1st May 2007 Added a video clip of an excerpt from Marie Lloyd - a link to it is on the Home Page. Added two articles about Marie Lloyd with small pictures of Richard Armitage as Percy Courtenay to the Articles page. There are links to three other articles about the programme with no direct reference to him on the Home Page.

27th April 2007 Added a page about Richard Armitage's comments on Playing Percy Courtenay, his character in Marie Lloyd, and rewrote the Marie Lloyd Introduction page to incorporate new information.

24th April 2007 Added a photograph of Richard Armitage in rehearsal for Hamlet at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1998.

17th April 2007 Added a Production Details page for Miss Marple, containing cast and DVD information. Updated the Introduction to Marie Lloyd.

15th April 2007 Created a Robin Hood episode guide, and added over 50 new screencaptures to the Robin Hood Pictures page.

13th April 2007 Added a page of Production details for Marie Lloyd.

8th April 2007 George Gently; added some video clips of Richard Armitage in George Gently, added screencaps to the Pictures page, and updated the Introduction and Playing Ricky Deeming pages.

4th April 2007 Sparkhouse; added a page of screencaptures, and added the doctor's surgery to the locations page.

3rd April 2007 George Gently; added some articles, a page about Playing Ricky Deeming, and some Pictures.

1st April 2007 Added a page of Frozen pictures.

31st March 2007 Added a BBC America trailer for Robin Hood - links to it on the Home page and on the Robin Hood page.

28th March 2007 Added more information and pictures about George Gently, including a new page with Production details, and a brief article from The Sun.

24th March 2007 Updated the George Gently page with new information about the drama.

23rd March 2007 Added details of DVD availability in the UK, US, Canada, Germany, France and Australia (where known) for Robin Hood, The Impressionists, Shakespeare Retold: Macbeth, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Malice Aforethought, North and South, Sparkhouse, Frozen, This Year's Love and Macbeth.

22nd March 2007 Articles page - added some interviews published at the time of The Golden Hour from the Northern Echo, the Daily Express, The Times and the Radio Times. Also added a Sunday Mercury interview from 2003, published when Richard Armitage appeared in Between the Sheets.

21st March 2007 Added pictures of Sparkhouse locations. Also added scans of the Vivid magazine and Woman and Home magazine interviews to the Articles page.

18th March 2007 Added scans of the Ultimate magazine interview, and the Radio Times feature on North and South that appeared the week it started airing in the UK - see the Articles page. Also links to the Miss Marple DVD.

16th March 2007 Added a page about The Vicar of Dibley Comic Relief special. Added new articles to the Articles page.

14th March 2007 Updated George Gently page (interview in TV Times).

11th March 2007 Added further details of Robin Hood DVDs and Robin Hood audiobooks, with links to them at Amazon and the BBC Shop. Also further details and links for DVDs of The Golden Hour, Between the Sheets, Ultimate Force, Cold Feet and Sparkhouse.

10th March 2007 Added links to Richard Armitage's IMDB page and the Polish messageboard on the Links page.

9th March 2007 Site launched.

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