Strike Back - Season 1

Strike Back - Season 1

Season 1

Origins

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.
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Episodes6
DatesMay 5, 2010 - May 19, 2010
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Episodes

Iraq: Part 1
Season 1Episode 160 min

Iraq: Part 1

Still 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.

May 5, 2010
Iraq: Part 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Iraq: Part 2

After 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.

May 5, 2010
Zimbabwe: Part 1
Season 1Episode 360 min

Zimbabwe: Part 1

Collinson 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.

May 12, 2010
Zimbabwe: Part 2
Season 1Episode 460 min

Zimbabwe: Part 2

Porter 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.

May 12, 2010
Afghanistan: Part 1
Season 1Episode 560 min

Afghanistan: Part 1

When 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.

May 19, 2010
Afghanistan: Part 2
Season 1Episode 660 min

Afghanistan: Part 2

Porter'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.

May 19, 2010

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