RICHARD ARMITAGE NARRATES

FROM RICHARD ARMITAGE ONLINE

Fraud Squad Richard Armitage narrates a two part series for ITV1 called Fraud Squad. It follows the work of detectives in the City of London police's Fraud Squad as they investigate one of the largest share frauds ever seen in the UK.

The first part was shown on ITV1 on Friday 26th August, and is available for 30 days on ITV Player (UK visitors only). Part 2 will be broadcast on Friday 2nd September at 9pm. Or watch an excerpt on the Fraud Squad page on this site.

The series was favourably reviewed in the press. Previewing it in Time Out (25th-31st August) Phil Harrison wrote "This ITV two-parter sounds like it might belong to the 'motorway cops' school of dull, bathetic plod-TV. But it's a much more involving beast than that, co-opting the dynamics of a passable if generic thriller as scam artists responsible for frauds involving the sale of fake shares in non-existent companies are located, tracked and taken down."

A preview by Gerard O'Donovan in the Daily Telegraph (26th August) described it as "fascinating", while the same paper's review by Raf Sanchez (26th August) said "It opened with sweeping aerial shots of the City of London accompanied by a husky voiceover before cutting away to interviews with men in enormous ties in a chintzy modern office."

RICHARD ARMITAGE

Richard thanks his fans


And this is a perfect example of why we love our British actors so very much! What a sweetheart of a guy! Thank you to Richard Armitage Online for sharing this with his fans.

Message from Richard Armitage, 25th August 2011


Dear Friends,

I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for all the kind gifts which have been sent to me over the last few weeks, for my birthday; so many gifts, cards and emails of good wishes from all over the world. (Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Russia, Germany, Korea, Itlay, USA, Canada, Netherlands and all over the UK)

I will be so 'well read', drunk, fat, warm and sweet smelling thanks to your generosity.

I am particularly excited to let you know that the "Just Giving" donations to our four charities has reached an amazing £11,933! In addition to donations to Oxfam and Christchurch Earthquake appeal, which I find both thoughtful and moving.

I am afraid there may be some delay in remitting thank you letters and any requests for signing photos, as I am in New Zealand for the rest of the year, but am working on a system to remedy this.

So middle age has arrived and apparently 'life now begins'. I look forward to the next chapter, there is nowhere I would rather be at this moment than exploring "Middle Earth" with my new family of Dwarves, Elves, Men, Wizard and Hobbit. What a gift to be here, in this place, at this time. I can't wait to share it with everyone. I am a very fortunate man.

Much love
RA