Series 9 DVD Release

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(05-03-2011 02:22 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  

Series 9.7 commentary Spoiler: show

...the chaos which surrounds filming helps get the most out of their scenes. As the actors don't know what scene is coming next and only get the script on the day, they act for the moment, instead of acting for what they know is coming in the next few scenes.

This ^^ is really interesting, and I think it helps to set the show apart from a lot of other slick dramas, in that the viewer is often learning at the same time as the character. A lot of TV drama writes this concurrent discovery into its storylines, but does so very self-consciously - as if to say: look, here is something new: notice it and process it as new. Spooks has less of that CSI-like habit of, effectively, showing us something until we see it and then behaving as though we and the characters have only just noticed it. I like that Spooks does this only rarely, and I like (for the most part) that the actors feel an advantage from the lack of forewarning.