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Strike Back is a British/American action-adventure/spy-drama television series based on a novel of the same name by novelist and former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Chris Ryan. The series follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive branch of the British Defence Intelligenceservice (DI), who operate several high risk, priority missions throughout the globe. The series began broadcasting on Sky1 on 5 May 2010, showing the first six-part series. After a second series was commissioned, it was announced that Cinemax would co-produce the franchise. The first episode of the ten-part second series, under the banner title Project Dawn in the United Kingdom, first aired on Cinemax on 12 August 2011. The ten-part third series, under the title Strike Back: Vengeance, began airing on Cinemax on 17 August 2012. On 3 October 2012, Cinemax and Sky commissioned a fourth series, which was broadcast on Cinemax beginning 9 August 2013. A ten-episode, fifth series aired in 2015, with the last episode airing on 29 July, and that point, this was to be final series for the show. On 8 December 2016, Cinemax and Sky1 announced they would revive the show for a sixth series, which debuted on 31 October 2017 on Sky1 in the UK, and in the US on Cinemax in 2018. On 27 March 2018, Strike Back was renewed for a seventh series. No release date has yet been announced, but filming will commence in late 2018.

Strike Back Cast and characters

Richard Armitage plays first series protagonist John Porter, a character who is brought back into service by Section 20 seven years after he resigns from a botched rescue mission. Armitage describes the character as “sort of like Lucas North [the character he played on the BBC espionage series Spooks], only on some kind of go-faster drug.” Following the announcement of the second series, Armitage had to drop out of the role, following his commitment to appear as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit films. He was replaced by Sullivan Stapleton, who plays former United States Delta force operative Damian Scott, and Philip Winchester who plays Michael Stonebridge. Stapleton was originally contracted to appear in two series.

In the first series, Andrew Lincoln plays Hugh Collinson, Porter’s comrade in the 2003 mission and Section 20 boss. Jodhi May plays Lieutenant Layla Thompson, an “ambitious woman working in a male-dominated field that she’s climbed to the top of”. Over the course of the first series she grows to distrust Collinson. Shelley Conn plays Sergeant Danni Prendiville, a Section 20 officer who has an affair with Porter. Colin Salmon appears as civil servant James Middleton, and Orla Brady plays kidnapped Sky war correspondent Katie Dartmouth.

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Strike Back Returns for Seventh and Final Season

STRIKE BACK RETURNS FOR ITS SEVENTH AND FINAL SEASON FEBRUARY 14 EXCLUSIVELY ON CINEMAX The action-packed CINEMAX drama series Strike Back returns for its seventh and final season FRIDAY, FEB. 14 (10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX. The series will ...

Clare Hemsworth

Jan 28, 2020
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CINEMAX Renews Strike Back for Seventh and Final Season

CINEMAX Renews Strike Back for Seventh and Final Season CINEMAX renews Strike Back for a seventh and final season. The show follows the explosive escapades of Section 20, an elite, multinational, covert special ops team, as it spans the globe ...

Clare Hemsworth

Feb 27, 2019
Cinemax

Strike Back Season 6 Returns

Strike Back Season 6 Returns The action-packed Cinemax drama series Strike Back kicks off its sixth season, FRIDAY, JAN. 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Shot entirely in Malaysia, the new season features returning stars Warren Brown (Luther, The Dark Knight Rises), Daniel MacPherson ...

Clare Hemsworth

Jan 9, 2019
Cinemax

WATCH: Strike Back S6 Trailer

WATCH: Strike Back S6 Trailer The action-packed CINEMAX drama series STRIKE BACK will kick off its sixth season FRIDAY, JAN. 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Starring Warren Brown, Daniel MacPherson, Alin Sumarwata, Jamie Bamber and Yasemin Kay Allen, the show follows the explosive escapades of ...

Clare Hemsworth

Dec 14, 2018
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Cinemax series Strike Back sixth season starts production

Cinemax series Strike Back sixth season starts production Filming starts in Malaysia on season 6 of Cinemax action series Strike Back Filming has begun on Cinemax’s high-octane drama series Strike Back sixth season, which will be shot entirely in Malaysia. As ...

Clare Hemsworth

May 31, 2018

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