Introduction

Strike Back: Shadow Warfare, as it is known in the United Kingdom, is a ten-part British-American action television serial and is the fourth series of Strike Back.

Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, and Michelle Lukes returned as the main cast for the series.

Outline

Section 20 tracks McKenna to Budapest, Hungary. They capture and interrogate Sean O’Riordan (Francis Magee), an old IRA arms dealer, who reveals the time and location of a secret weapons trade.

After he dies in a car accident, Section 20 obtain a flash drive containing a video message from al-Zuhari, which was to be released publicly after a future terrorist attack.

McKenna, meanwhile, seduces and murders an employee of the British Embassy to obtain access to the building. Scott, Stonebridge and Martinez ambush the weapons trade at a train yard, and McKenna is captured.

However, Stonebridge fails to stop the IRA from escaping with the weapons when his impaired vision affects his combat abilities, prompting him to see a doctor.

Before McKenna can reveal anything from the interrogation, the embassy is under pressure from the Irish government to extradite her to the UK. However, at the airport the team are ambushed by IRA soldiers, resulting in McKenna’s escape, and Locke’s capture.

Strike Back Series

You can find a full index of Strike Back: Shadow Warfare here.

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

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Paul Wilhurst.
• Writer(s): John Simpson.
• Release Date: 25 November 2013.
• Running Time: 42-48 minutes.
• Country: UK and US.
• Language: English.