Production Spooks (series 10)

1 production

1.1 crew
1.2 development
1.3 series conclusion

production
crew

jonathan brackley , sam vincent, have been head writers previous ninth series of spooks, returned writing duties tenth series. sean cook , anthony neilson writers of series. alrick riley, julian holmes , bharat nalluri series directors, nalluri directing last 2 episodes. chris fry series producer, , jane featherstone, simon crawford collins , howard burch executive producers.

development

early on in series developmental stage, decided series consist of 6 episodes. decision based on budget cuts bbc. series featured mix of standalone stories, , big old arc runs through it. arc focuses on harry, remaining original lead character first series. harry/ruth storyline continued, firth believed delicious stop. series saw pair s relationship enter new phase, though may late them proceed further. brackley , vincent realise there fans of show immensely cheesed off if less ruth riding in on unicorn marry harry in white suit, @ same time know other fans love uncompromising toughness of spooks. , both viewpoints represented around table.

the storyline features harry , section d team forging new relationships different countries, including russia, in series has better image in middle east. because of this, writers storyline deteriorating special relationship between britain , united states. finale episode, writers went through countless ideas how end. of dropped ideas lasted weeks, 1 of them being harry detonating nuclear weapon in siberia. other characters had own stories well. dimitri chief action man of series, own centric episode, honeytrap young woman in third episode. though myles left series, there plans explore character s past further should myles remain on board. on other hand, allowed writers introduce erin watts , calum reed. real world events written spooks episodes, though not alter main plots. episodes of tenth series made references such world events in 2011 such 2011 libyan civil war, , death of osama bin laden. filming took place march, june 2011.

series conclusion

in august 2011, kudos announced tenth series of spooks final series. executive producer jane featherstone decided end series during writing stage, stating s tempting keep going, , have had ongoing conversations our partners @ bbc it, heart of show has become 2 characters [harry , ruth] , feel own it. ve followed arc of personal story , think ve brought natural end, see played out later year. intended end series in prime. writers brackley , vincent noted there strong possibility of being end, throughout [writing] process looking ways infuse sense of finality. d done fair bit of writing before made definite kudos – had plenty of time plot true conclusion. , crucially, time began write final ep, knew last. stated; when kudos asked our opinion, said d hate see cancelled on cliffhanger – wouldn t right, or fair on fans. call suck-ups, have admire kudos having confidence kill off successful show – purely because s right thing creatively. firth believed series getting point producers starting run out of story ideas, virtually every type of antagonists have been featured in past episodes.