Introduction

Ultimate Force is a British television action drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of Red Troop of the British Special Air Service (SAS).

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The series starred Ross Kemp as central character Staff Sergeant Henry ‘Henno’ Garvie.

The series was co-created by Chris Ryan, a former British SAS soldier who was a member of the famous Bravo Two Zero patrol during the 1991 Gulf War.

Outline

Red Troop are propelled from a tragic shootout in Iraq to a plane hijack in London, as terrorists fighting for a free Tibet threaten to blow up a passenger flight to Hong Kong.

The opening dramatic scene sees the deaths of Trooper Jamie Dow, who had “half his face ripped off”. Corporal Ricky Mann who had “fourteen rounds in his back and he didn’t see where they were coming from” and Sergeant Pete Twamley who they put “sandbags in his coffin because there wasn’t enough to fill a mess tin”.

Captain Caroline Walshe and Pru Banks also leave the show, apparently dropped from Red Troop by Dempsey. Back at Hereford the selection process is coming to an end, and new recruits are desperately needed as Red Troop is depleting in numbers. The new group of recruits are a very promising crowd, however to Dempsey’s disgust, one of them is a woman (current policy in reality is that women are not allowed in the SAS).

Becca aims to be the first woman to pass selection. When the terrorists ask for a female pilot, Henno decides to put the wannabe trooper in the front line.

Ultimate Force Series

You can find a full index of Ultimate Force Series 03 here.

You can find a full index of Ultimate Force here.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Richard Holthouse.
• Writer(s): Rob Heyland.
• Release Date: 08 January 2005.
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• Country: UK.
• Language: English.