Good news there is a replacement available, check out this current companies website,
Nimrod MRA4 - BAE Systems
they go by the name of BAe and they are STILL plugging the MRA.4 And I quote from their website TODAY
All nine production aircraft are in build and are on target against an incentivised programme.
See, it is all a bad dream or they are in denial.
Here is Nimrod the movie
YouTube - Nimrods scrapped
What is a real shame is despite the AEW fiasco and this, the aircraft served the country well for many a year, but alas will end up being remembered for this, a fate it never deserved.
Odd isn't it when our contracts seem to get so protracted, the Japanese can go it alone and produce the likes of this
Kawasaki P-1
Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Made in Japan