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Strike Back
The broadcast title of the series since the second
series, Project Dawn.
Genre
Action
Drama
Military
Written by
Simon Burke
James Dormer
Jed Mercurio
Robert Murphy
Tony Saint
John Simpson
Frank Spotnitz
Alan Whiting
Richard Zajdlic
Directed by
Michael J. Bassett
Bill Eagles
Edward Hall
Alex Holmes
Daniel Percival
Julian Holmes
Paul Wilmshurst
Stephen Woolfenden
Starring
Philip Winchester
Sullivan Stapleton
Robson Green
Michelle Lukes
Milauna Jackson
Richard Armitage
Andrew Lincoln
Shelley Conn
Colin Salmon
Jodhi May
Orla Brady
Amanda Mealing
Eva Birthistle
Rhashan Stone
Jimi Mistry
Rhona Mitra
Liam Garrigan
Charles Dance
Vincent Regan
Zubin Varla
Martin Clunes
Marcel Iures
Dougray Scott
Katherine Walker
Patrick O'Kane
Tereza Srbova
Peter Guinness
Opening theme
"Short Change Hero" – The Heavy (Series 2
onwards)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
36 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Andy Harries
Huw Kennair-Jones
Daniel Percival
Elaine Pyke
Tony Saint
Frank Spotnitz
Producer(s)
Sue De Beauvoir
Andrew Benson
Michael Casey
Chris Clough
Trevor Hopkins
Bill Shepard
Chris Thompson
Location(s)
South Africa
Hungary (Series 2)
Running time
45 minutes approx
Production company(s)
Left Bank Pictures
Distributor
BSkyB
BBC Worldwide (UK)
HBO (US)
Broadcast
Original channel
Sky1 (UK)
Cinemax (US)
Picture format
16:9 (1080i HDTV )
Original run
5 May 2010 – present

deluckiesta Strike Back is a British/American action and
military 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 Intelligence service
(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. [1:
[2] A ten-episode fifth
and final season will air in 2015.
Executive producer Andy Harries gained hold of
the novel and pitched a television adaption to Sky,
even though he had not read it. Sky commissioned
the series as part of a £10 million commitment to
adapt novels into original dramas following the
successes of adapting Terry Pratchett's Discworld
novels. Following Cinemax's participation from the
second series, the series faced a re-imagining due
to the absence of first series lead Richard
Armitage , who was at the time filming The Hobbit
in New Zealand . Before filming several cast
members participated in bootcamp training by
former SAS and Special Boat Service (SBS)
officers. The series was filmed on location in
South Africa, although parts of the second series
were filmed in Hungary .
Ratings for Strike Back was relatively high for the
original networks. The Sky1 premiere was viewed
by almost 400,000 viewers (according to overnight
figures), tripling the average audience share for the
channel's time slot after three months. Project
Dawn premiered to over 600,000. The Cinemax
premiere in the meantime, saw the network its
best ratings since 2005. The first three seasons
have been released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc . =27647766]