Those Tatoos deciphered

As Lucas tells MI5 supremo Harry Pearce, "Tatooing is part of the culture in there. You don't do it, you don't belong. You don't belong, you're dead."

The tatoos on his torso read Gnothi seauton (Know yourself), Dum Spiro Spero (As long as I live, I hope), MNP (Peace) and Omerta (Silence). The Russian writing down his arm means "See nothing, hear nothing and say nothing to nobody." There are cupolas on his back - one for each year spent in jail

Aus der Radio Times:



Ich wusste jetzt nicht so richtig hin damit, aber wurden hier nicht mal der Sinn der Tatoos diskutiert?

Spooks star Richard Armitage cops trouble
New Spooks star Richard Armitage’s introduction to the show was something of a baptism of fire.

Richard plays Lucas North, an MI5 spy who has returned to Britain after eight years in a Russian prison.

And describing a brush with the real law in Britain, he says: “On one occasion, I was pulled over by the police and cautioned during a driving sequence.

“I was asked to open the back of the vehicle, I did as I was told and they found most of the camera and sound crew crammed in.

“We obviously had permission to film and as all the crew were wearing seat belts, we were OK.

“The problem was, when asked for my name I told them it was Lucas North and I was working for MI5. That’s when the director stepped in to save me.”

That wasn’t the only snag after Richard began work on the BBC1 hit series, which starts its seventh run later this month.

“My biggest problem was that Lucas doesn’t just speak Russian – he passed as a Russian native for years. It was a challenge but I sat down with a language CD and a language coach.”

There doesn't seem to be anything in the Sunday papers today. Spooks is Pick of the Day in most of the papers and some mention it in their previews of the week. There's a tiny interview with RPJ in the Mirror's TV magazine, but seems to be about it.