Lucy Lawless

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is a prequel born of adversity. That's the way Lucy Lawless describes the six-episode series that begins on The Box on Sunday.

In titling its new series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the Starz Network cannot be accused of false advertising.

Lucy Lawless and Jim Salinger only got as far as the Beehive front desk when attempting to give Prime Minister John Key a boarding pass to Copenhagen today.