List of Strike Back episodes
Strike Back is a British–American action and military television series, broadcasting on Sky1 in the United Kingdom, and Cinemax in the United States. It is based on a novel of the same name by novelist and former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Chris Ryan. Strike Back follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive branch of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), 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 ten-part second series, undergoing the banner title Project Dawn in the United Kingdom, first aired on Cinemax on 12 August 2011. A ten-part third series, under the banner title Strike Back: Vengeance, has aired in the United Kingdom and United States. The fourth series, Strike Back: Shadow Warfare, has currently aired in the United Kingdom, and is currently airing in the United States.
As of July 30, 2015, 46 episodes have aired.
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | 5 May 2010 | 19 May 2010 | |
2 | 10 | 12 August 2011 | 21 October 2011 | |
3 | 10 | 17 August 2012 | 12 October 2012 | |
4 | 10 | 9 August 2013 | 18 October 2013 | |
5 | 10 | 3 June 2015 | 29 July 2015 |
Episodes
Series 1: Chris Ryan's Strike Back (2010)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | U.K. air date | U.K. viewers (millions) [1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Episode 1" | Daniel Percival | Jed Mercurio | October 25, 2013 | 0.259[2] | 5 May 2010 | 1.008 |
2 | "Episode 2" | Daniel Percival | Jed Mercurio | November 1, 2013 | N/A | 5 May 2010 | 0.803 |
3 | "Episode 3" | Daniel Percival | Jed Mercurio & Alan Whiting | November 8, 2013 | N/A | 12 May 2010 | 0.857 |
4 | "Episode 4" | Daniel Percival | Jed Mercurio & Alan Whiting | November 15, 2013 | N/A | 12 May 2010 | 0.764 |
5 | "Episode 5" | Edward Hall | Robert Murphy | November 22, 2013 | N/A | 19 May 2010 | 0.890 |
6 | "Episode 6" | Edward Hall | Robert Murphy | November 29, 2013 | N/A | 19 May 2010 | 0.872 |
Series 2: Project Dawn (2011)
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | US air date | US viewers (million) |
UK air date | UK viewers (million)[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | "Episode 1" | Daniel Percival | Frank Spotnitz | 12 August 2011 | 0.567[4] | 21 August 2011 | 1.137 |
8 | "Episode 2" | Daniel Percival | Frank Spotnitz | 19 August 2011 | 0.169[5] | 28 August 2011 | 1.185 |
9 | "Episode 3" | Bill Eagles | Frank Spotnitz | 26 August 2011 | 0.255[6] | 4 September 2011 | 1.098 |
10 | "Episode 4" | Bill Eagles | Frank Spotnitz | 9 September 2011 | 0.212[7] | 11 September 2011 | 1.090 |
11 | "Episode 5" | Alex Holmes | Richard Zajdlic | 16 September 2011 | 0.302[8] | 18 September 2011 | 0.982 |
12 | "Episode 6" | Alex Holmes | Richard Zajdlic | 23 September 2011 | N/A | 25 September 2011 | 1.022 |
13 | "Episode 7" | Paul Wilmshurst | Simon Burke | 30 September 2011 | 0.270[9] | 2 October 2011 | 0.943 |
14 | "Episode 8" | Paul Wilmshurst | Simon Burke | 7 October 2011 | 0.335[10] | 9 October 2011 | 1.104 |
15 | "Episode 9" | Daniel Percival | Tony Saint | 14 October 2011 | 0.244[11] | 16 October 2011 | 1.061 |
16 | "Episode 10" | Daniel Percival | Tony Saint | 21 October 2011 | 0.249[12] | 23 October 2011 | 1.126 |
Series 3: Vengeance (2012)
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | US air date | US viewers (million) |
UK air date | UK viewers (million)[13] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | "Episode 1" | Bill Eagles | Tony Saint | 17 August 2012 | 0.390[14] | 2 September 2012 | 0.770 |
18 | "Episode 2" | Bill Eagles | Tony Saint | 17 August 2012 | 0.390[14] | 9 September 2012 | 0.749 |
19 | "Episode 3" | Paul Wilmshurst | James Dormer | 24 August 2012 | 0.333[15] | 16 September 2012 | 0.725 |
20 | "Episode 4" | Paul Wilmshurst | James Dormer | 31 August 2012 | 0.266[16] | 23 September 2012 | 0.693 |
21 | "Episode 5" | Julian Holmes | Richard Zajdlic | 7 September 2012 | 0.325[17] | 30 September 2012 | 0.751 |
22 | "Episode 6" | Julian Holmes | Richard Zajdlic | 14 September 2012 | 0.263[18] | 7 October 2012 | 0.736 |
23 | "Episode 7" | Michael J. Bassett | John Simpson | 21 September 2012 | 0.358[19] | 14 October 2012 | 0.885 |
24 | "Episode 8" | Michael J. Bassett | John Simpson | 28 September 2012 | 0.310[20] | 21 October 2012 | 0.849 |
25 | "Episode 9" | Bill Eagles | Tony Saint | 5 October 2012 | 0.235[21] | 28 October 2012 | 0.821 |
26 | "Episode 10" | Bill Eagles | Tony Saint | 12 October 2012 | 0.249[22] | 4 November 2012 | 0.826 |
Series 4: Shadow Warfare (2013)
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | US air date | US viewers (million) |
UK air date | UK viewers (million)[23] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | "Episode 1" | Michael J. Bassett | Simon Burke & Tim Vaughan & Michael J. Bassett | 9 August 2013 | 0.493[24] | 28 October 2013 | 0.796[nb 1] |
28 | "Episode 2" | Michael J. Bassett | Simon Burke & Tim Vaughan & Michael J. Bassett | 16 August 2013 | 0.364[25] | 4 November 2013 | 0.805[nb 2] |
29 | "Episode 3" | Julian Holmes | James Dormer | 23 August 2013 | 0.331[26] | 11 November 2013 | 0.781[nb 3] |
30 | "Episode 4" | Julian Holmes | James Dormer | 6 September 2013 | 0.506[27] | 18 November 2013 | 0.726[nb 4] |
31 | "Episode 5" | Paul Wilmshurst | John Simpson | 13 September 2013 | 0.417[28] | 25 November 2013 | 0.732[nb 5] |
32 | "Episode 6" | Paul Wilmshurst | John Simpson | 20 September 2013 | 0.447[29] | 2 December 2013 | 0.701[nb 6] |
33 | "Episode 7" | Stephen Woolfenden | Simon Burke & Ben Newman | 27 September 2013 | 0.309[30] | 9 December 2013 | 0.820[nb 7] |
34 | "Episode 8" | Stephen Woolfenden | Michael J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan | 4 October 2013 | 0.312[31] | 16 December 2013 | 0.832[nb 8] |
35 | "Episode 9" | Michael J. Bassett | Richard Zajdlic | 11 October 2013 | N/A | 23 December 2013 | 0.742[nb 9] |
36 | "Episode 10" | Michael J. Bassett | Richard Zajdlic | 18 October 2013 | N/A | 30 December 2013 | 0.709[nb 10] |
Series 5: Legacy (2015)
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | US air date | US viewers (million) |
UK air date | UK viewers (million)[32] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | "Episode 1" | Michael J. Bassett | Michael J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan & James Dormer | 31 July 2015 | 0.237[33] | 3 June 2015 | 0.989[nb 11] |
38 | "Episode 2" | Michael J. Bassett | Michael J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan & James Dormer | 7 August 2015 | 0.275[34] | 10 June 2015 | 0.718[nb 12] |
39 | "Episode 3" | Julian Holmes | James Dormer | 14 August 2015 | 0.221[35] | 17 June 2015 | 0.609[nb 13] |
40 | "Episode 4" | Julian Holmes | James Dormer | 21 August 2015 | 0.204[36] | 24 June 2015 | 0.611[nb 14] |
41 | "Episode 5" | Brendan Maher | Jack Lothian | 28 August 2015 | 0.251[37] | 1 July 2015 | 0.798[nb 15] |
42 | "Episode 6" | Brendan Maher | Jack Lothian | 11 September 2015 | 0.234[38] | 8 July 2015 | 0.626[nb 16] |
43 | "Episode 7" | Michael J. Bassett | Richard Zajdlic & Ed Whitmore | 18 September 2015 | 0.166[39] | 15 July 2015 | 0.558[nb 17] |
44 | "Episode 8" | Michael J. Bassett | Ed Whitmore & Jack Lothian | 25 September 2015 | 0.280[40] | 22 July 2015 | 0.591[nb 18] |
45 | "Episode 9" | Michael J. Bassett | Jack Lothian | 2 October 2015[41] | 0.196[42] | 29 July 2015 | 0.810[nb 19] |
46 | "Episode 10" | Michael J. Bassett | Jack Lothian | 9 October 2015[41] | 0.286[43] | 29 July 2015 | 0.694[nb 20] |
Home video releases
Series | DVD release dates | ||
---|---|---|---|
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |
1 | N/A | 5 May 2011[44] | 5 May 2011[45] |
2 | 7 August 2012[46] | 14 November 2011[47] | 5 December 2012[48] |
3 | 6 August 2013[49] | 5 November 2012[50] | 24 December 2014[51] |
4 | 4 August 2015[52] | 6 January 2014[53] | N/A |
5 | N/A | 10 August 2015[54] | N/A |
Notes
- ↑ 728,000 on Sky 1, 68,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 725,000 on Sky 1, 80,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 716,000 on Sky 1, 65,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 635,000 on Sky 1, 91,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 599,000 on Sky 1, 133,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 569,000 on Sky 1, 132,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 689,000 on Sky 1, 131,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 717,000 on Sky 1, 115,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 622,000 on Sky 1, 120,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 622,000 on Sky 1, 87,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 902,000 on Sky 1, 87,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 628,000 on Sky 1, 90,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 549,000 on Sky 1, 60,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 539,000 on Sky 1, 72,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 680,000 on Sky 1, 118,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 545,000 on Sky 1, 81,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 496,000 on Sky 1, 62,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 513,000 on Sky 1, 78,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 699,000 on Sky 1, 111,000 on Sky 1+1
- ↑ 601,000 on Sky 1, 93,000 on Sky 1+1
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