![]() The website is described in detail on the day the site went live on our news page dated 19 April 2010.īehind the scenes videos were added on 29 April 2010. The Sky1 site contains a wealth of information about the series, the cast and the production with videos, photos and wallpapers. Sky1 Strike Back series 1: About the Show Videos from the Strike Back Premiere are here: Strike Back Downloads page There are pictures of this event in our Strike Back Premiere gallery. The press premiere of Strike Back was held on Thursday 15 April 2010 at the Vue West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square. This information was accompanied by the following picture on the BAFTA page (click to enlarge): The first two episodes of Strike Back were screened at BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in London on Monday 19 April – more information on the BAFTA site. Further details about the series can be seen on Sky’s ‘Looking Ahead: Coming to Sky1 HD in 2010’ page. The first picture from the series was released on 21 December 2009. American television is being brave and doing that at the moment, and this is stepping into that area.” But the advantage of that is that these three feature films are linked together so you get a really interesting character arc through all episodes. We’ve made three feature films on a TV budget and schedule. “It’s an ambitious project for television. The series followed John Porter across the three separate storylines. Porter bares the burden of guilt and the repercussions haunt him for seven years, until an opportunity presents itself for him to return to Iraq and redeem himself. The decisions taken on that night inexorably unite the fate of both Porter and Collinson. On the eve of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, John Porter leads a Special Forces unit on a daring hostage rescue into the heart of Basra, events overtake our hero with disastrous results. Now, amidst a new hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. Their paths last crossed seven years ago. STRIKE BACK is a story of deception, redemption and revenge, all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. Strike Back series 1 with John Porter has not been shown on US television.Įpisode 1 introduction by Sky Press Office: When the series was taken over by Cinemax for series 2 and named ‘Project Dawn’, it was promoted in the US as the “first series” of Strike Back, however in the UK and other countries ‘Project Dawn’ is promoted as series 2. New lead actors have taken over from Richard Armitage, who appeared briefly in episode 1 of series 2 but left the show to start filming The Hobbit. Strike Back series 2 and 3 were co-produced by Sky and HBO/Cinemax and released in the US and UK simultaneously. It is based on the book by ex-SAS soldier Chris Ryan and is produced by Left Bank Productions. Strike Back was filmed in South Africa between September and December 2009. Many countries around the world have subsequently broadcast it in that format, just 3 episodes. The DVD however plays each story as a separate episode, so in fact there are just three episodes lasting 1.5 hours each on the DVD. All stories featured Richard Armitage in the lead role as John Porter.Įach story was originally broadcast by Sky1 in one evening, so two episodes were shown back-to-back each week. Episode 1 and 2 told the first story set in Iraq, episodes 3 and 4 were a separate story set in Zimbabwe and the third story, episodes 5 and 6, were set in Afghanistan. The first series of Strike Back was a Sky UK production, consisting of three stories told across six episodes. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Premieres 2012īack to Career List Chris Ryan’s Strike Back Series 1Ħ x 1 hour episodes, 2 episodes each week for 3 weeksĪlso featuring Toby Stephens, Shaun Parkes and David Harewood.Captain America: The First Avenger Gallery.
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