Strike Back
DramaAction & Adventure
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.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 6 epS2 · 10 epS3 · 10 epS4 · 10 epS5 · 10 epS6 · 10 epS7 · 10 epS8 · 10 ep
John Porter resigns from the SAS following the aftermath of a rescue mission in Iraq on the eve of the American led invasion in 2003, where two fellow soldiers were killed, apparently by a thirteen-year boy Porter had failed to kill, leaving him responsible. Seven years later, Porter is "reactivated" following the kidnap of journalist Katie Dartmouth by the same terrorists he fought seven years ago, including the same boy: As'ad.
1Episode 15 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 8.3Still 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.
2Episode 25 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 8.6After 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.
3Episode 312 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 7.2Collinson 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.
4Episode 412 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 8.5Porter and Masuku become the hunted as a bushman tracker leads the relentless Zimbabwean authorities after them, and Layla Thompson becomes increasingly aware of the tension that exists between Porter and Collinson.
5Episode 519 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 8.3When a hacker interferes with air support causing a British missile to hit American forces, Porter is assigned the mission to find the man responsible, a former guidance engineer who was dismissed from the army. However, Porter is kidnapped and taken to a Taliban camp.
6Episode 619 May 2010 · 45m · ★ 8.6Porter's life is in danger when he finds himself trapped in a rebels' base in Pakistan. When he manages to escape, he learns that Hugh Collinson, the man he blames for the fatal hostage extraction of 2003, has arrived in Afghanistan to meet him for a final showdown.
Details
- Created by
- Jed Mercurio, Marigo Kehoe
- First aired
- 5 May 2010
- Last aired
- 17 Apr 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Sky One, Cinemax
- Episodes
- 76
- Votes
- 418 on TMDB
Cast
Warren BrownSergeant Daniel “Mac” Macallister
Daniel MacPhersonSergeant Samuel Wyatt
Alin SumarwataLance Corporal Gracie Novin
Jamie BamberCol. Alexander Coltrane
Thulasizwe KubhekaGuard 1
