Updates

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

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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