Strike Back (TV Series)
2010 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
TV Series (2010-). 7 Seasons. 67 Episodes. The series takes place in a six-episode format. It follows the actions of John Porter (Richard Armitage), a former SAS Sergeant, and Hugh Collinson (Andrew Lincoln), a Section 20 officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Both of them took part in a botched operation on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq where two soldiers in their unit were killed. The series is divided on three main story lines that took place seven years later. The first two episodes focus on the kidnapping of Katie Dartmouth (Orla Brady), a British journalist, outside Basra, Iraq. Porter is redrafted to rescue her. The next two episodes take place in Zimbabwe, where the Government accuses the UK of orchestrating the assassination plot of Robert Mugabe; Porter is to enter the same prison the apparent shooter is being held and aids in breaking out. The last two episodes take place in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where a computer hacker is responsible for killing several American troops in Helmand Province. A loose arc also takes place during the series concerning who killed the soldiers. A 10-part second series, known as Strike Back: Project Dawn, a co-production between Sky and the American network Cinemax, was first broadcast in August 2011.
Direction M.J. Bassett · Daniel Percival · Paul Wilmshurst · Bill Eagles · Julian Holmes · Edward Hall · Alex Holmes · Stephen Woolfenden · Brendan Maher · Steven Metcalfe
Cast Philip Winchester · Sullivan Stapleton · Michelle Lukes · Robson Green · Rhashan Stone · Milauna Jemai · Rhona Mitra · Amanda Mealing · Liam Garrigan · Charles Dance · Zubin Varla · Vincent Regan · Shane Taylor · Jimi Mistry · Richard Armitage · Alexandra Moen · Natalie Becker · Leo Gregory · Eva Birthistle · Stephanie Vogt · Marcel Iures · Michelle Yeoh · Will Yun Lee · Amy-Leigh Hickman · Tereza Srbova · Andrew Lincoln · Jodhi May · Shelley Conn · Christian Antidormi · Lyne Renee · Sasha Behar · Dustin Clare · Olivia Grant · Maxim Baldry · Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Soundtrack Scott Shields · Ilan Eshkeri
Screenplay M.J. Bassett · Simon Burke · James Dormer · Jack Lothian · Jed Mercurio · Robert Murphy · Ben Newman · Chris Ryan · Tony Saint · John Simpson · Frank Spotnitz · Tim Vaughan · Alan Whiting · Ed Whitmore · Richard Zajdlic
Cinematography Steve Lawes · Mike Spragg · Damian Bromley
Original title Strike Back (TV Series)
6.4
592 votes (FilmAffinity)
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