Series synopsis
Strike Back is a British drama action & adventure television series that premiered on Sky One on May 5, 2010. It ended on April 17, 2020. It was created by Jed Mercurio, Marigo Kehoe. It stars Richard Armitage, Warren Brown, Orla Brady and Daniel MacPherson.
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Premise
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Richard Armitage as John Porter
- Warren Brown as Sergeant Daniel “Mac” Macallister
- Orla Brady as Katie Dartmouth
- Daniel MacPherson as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
- Colin Salmon as James Middleton
- Alin Sumarwata as Lance Corporal Gracie Novin
- Andrew Lincoln as Hugh Collinson
- Jodhi May as Layla Thompson
Supporting cast
- Jamie Bamber as Col. Alexander Coltrane
- Shelley Conn as Danni Prendiville
- Nicola Stephenson as Diane Porter
- Jimi Mistry as Maj. Jamal Ashkani / Latif
- Amanda Mealing as Col. Eleanor Grant
- Sullivan Stapleton as Sgt. Damien Scott
- Philip Winchester as Sgt. Michael Stonebridge
- Eva Birthistle as Captain Kate Marshall
- Rhashan Stone as Major Oliver Sinclair
- Charles Dance as Conrad Knox
- Rhona Mitra as Maj. Rachel Dalton
- Robson Green as Lt. Col. Philip Locke
Guest cast
- Attila Árpa as Laszlo
- Alexis Peterman as Natalie
- Cal MacAninch as Major Chris Pemberton
- Eamonn Walker as Walter Lutulu
- Peter O'Meara as Maj. Brian Donoghue
- Vithaya Pansringarm as Chanrok
- Arthur Lee as Lee Dae Ho
- Akira Koieyama as Akiyama
- Annabelle Wallis as Dana Van Rijn
- Catherine Walker as Mairead McKenna
- Brian Milligan as Teague
- Max Beesley as Ray McQueen
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 82 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | ||
| Season 1 | 6 | May 5, 2010 | May 19, 2010 |
| Season 2 | 10 | August 12, 2011 | October 21, 2011 |
| Season 3 | 10 | August 17, 2012 | October 12, 2012 |
| Season 4 | 10 | August 9, 2013 | October 18, 2013 |
| Season 5 | 10 | June 3, 2015 | July 29, 2015 |
| Season 6 | 10 | October 31, 2017 | February 28, 2018 |
| Season 7 | 10 | January 25, 2019 | March 29, 2019 |
| Season 8 | 10 | February 14, 2020 | April 17, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
On Strike: Making Chris Ryan's Strike Back Season 1 extra |
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| 2 |
Guns 'N' Ammo: Arming Strike Back Season 1 extra |
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| 3 |
Spotlight on Location: Shooting South Africa Season 1 extra |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Still haunted by the memory of a disastrous Special Forces mission which he led in 2003, John Porter is given an opportunity to redeem himself by returning to Iraq to rescue a kidnapped TV reporter. |
May 5, 2010 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 After locating the terrorist safe house Katie is being held in, Porter is also taken prisoner, and Hugh Collinson and a team at Section 20 have to act quickly before it is too late. |
May 5, 2010 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Collinson sends Porter undercover to Zimbabwe on a mission to break a former British soldier who was involved in a political assassination out of a high-security Harare jail. |
May 12, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 British sergeant Michael Stonebridge recruits help from Ex-Delta Force operative Damien Scott when an agent named John Porter is kidnapped by a Pakistani terrorist. The two then uncover clues to a possible terrorist attack at a New Delhi hotel and they race there to foil it. |
August 12, 2011 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 An Indian general decides to hold off on the assault on a New Delhi hotel that has been under siege when he learns that Scott and Stoneridge are in the hotel and they have ID'd the weapons scientist known as Mahmood. |
August 19, 2011 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Section 20 tracks Latif to South Africa, when a former IRA terrorist Daniel Connolly, targets a weapons-system designer. Scott switches places with a computer hacker and finds himself being lured into a dangerous honey trap. |
August 26, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Damian Scott is sent to Mogadishu, Somalia to rescue British diplomats after they are kidnapped by warlord Huseyin Waabri. Meanwhile Michael Stonebridge adapts to his new career outside Section 20. |
August 17, 2012 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Scott learns that one of the hostages is a high-ranking military intelligence operative and that Waabri is planning to sell nuclear devices in South Africa. |
August 17, 2012 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Scott and Stonebridge track down a radical Islamic cleric in order to recover the nuclear devices, but are sidetracked by a CIA air strike and hostile locals. |
August 24, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Enjoying a long-deserved vacation, Scott and Stonebridge are recalled after a fellow Section 20 member dies while pursuing the elusive terrorist al-Zuhari in Beirut. A new lead sends them into the remote jungles of Colombia in pursuit of a known associate of al-Zuhari’s and deep in territory controlled by a powerful drug cartel. |
August 9, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Out of options and hunted by the resourceful cartel, Section 20 goes for a longshot and attempts an assault in downtown Bogota, hoping to obtain intel on one of al-Zuhari’s key people. Meanwhile, Dalton looks for the source that exposed her team in Beirut, but discovers a surprising ally and a piece of al-Zuhari’s plan. |
August 16, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Although they are uncertain of others’ loyalties, the team must work with an asset in Beirut to get a lead on James Leatherby, a dangerous and unpredictable operative with ties to al-Zuhari. |
August 23, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The daughter of Thailand's British ambassador is kidnapped, so Stonebridge, Scott and the rest of the team sign up for another do-or-die trying adventure. |
June 3, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Section 20 try to track down the real culprits behind the embassy attack, starting with getting information from gangster Ray McQueen. |
June 10, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Locke works out that his long-time friend is working with the dangerous Yakuza and Office 39. Scott needs protect his son after they find themselves enemy fire. |
June 17, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A dangerous terrorist is on the loose and it's up to Section 20 to find him. |
October 31, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Section 20 start to close in on terrorist Omair Idrisi and his wife Jane Lowry, but the team is forced to extract devious arms dealer Morgan Ives from Libya. |
November 7, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 As Jane Lowry surfaces in Budapest, Mac and Wyatt are forced to go undercover to infiltrate a dangerous group of white supremacists that has something she needs. |
November 14, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Reuniting for what they think is a routine "cleanup" exercise in Malaysia, Gracie Novin, Samuel Wyatt and Thomas "Mac" McAllister learn that a British operative in possession of intel about a downed Russian plane has been killed in Kuala Lumpur. |
January 25, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Section 20 forges an uneasy alliance with Zarkova in hopes of tracking down a stolen nuclear warhead in Kuala Lumpur; the group grows frustrated when Police Inspector Amy Leong pulls them off the job after a false alarm. |
February 1, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Section 20's search for the missing nuclear warhead leads them to India, where three scientists have been kidnapped by a militant; the team gains valuable intel on Anjali Vartak, a rich Hindu with a personal vendetta against Muslims. |
February 8, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Section 20 are thrown back into combat when a rescue mission unleashes a conspiracy. Series eight of the action-chocked Sky original. |
February 14, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A double cross turns an already dangerous mission deadly as Section 20 board an enemy-packed train to stop the bioweapon's sale. |
February 21, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The team run into an old ally as they're thrown headlong into a dangerous race to stop the cyberweapon falling into Jihadist hands. |
February 28, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Sky One |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 5, 2010 |
| Last aired | April 17, 2020 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 22:00:00 |