Introduction

Chris Ryan’s Strike Back, also known as Strike Back: Origins on Cinemax, is a six-part British television series based on the novel of the same name written by best-selling author and former soldier of the Special Air Service, Chris Ryan, and is the first series of Strike Back.

The cast of Strike Back is led by Richard Armitage and Andrew Lincoln, also starring Orla Brady, Shelley Conn, Colin Salmon and Jodhi May, including a variety of guest appearances including Toby Stephens, Ewen Bremner, Dhaffer L’Abidine, Shaun Parkes and Alexander Siddig.

Outline

After capturing a “Sword of Islam” member, Porter persuades him to lead him to where Dartmouth is being held, and then allows himself to be captured.

After finding and removing a tracking device on one of his teeth, the terrorists move both hostages to another location. Later, they decide to execute Dartmouth one day sooner after realising the British will not give into their demand.

Porter breaks free and kills the kidnappers, whilst As’ad wishes to join them, claiming he knows who killed the soldiers seven years ago. While the trio are pursued by reinforcements during their escape, the extraction team arrive.

Collinson refuses As’ad entry into the helicopter, who is last seen running for his life. When Porter questions Dartmouth about what As’ad said about who killed the soldiers, Dartmouth recalls that it was a British soldier; a flashback reveals that Collinson was the killer.

Strike Back Series

You can find a full index of Series 01 here.

You can find a full index of the Strike Back series here.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Daniel Percival.
• Writer(s): Jed Mercurio.
• Release Date: 05 May 2010.
• Running Time: 42-48 minutes.
• Country: UK and US.
• Language: English.

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