List of Strike Back episodes

Strike Back is a British action thriller military television series, broadcasting on Sky One 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 Sky One 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 aired both in the United Kingdom, and the United States. The fifth series, Strike Back: Legacy, aired from 3 June to 29 July 2015. A sixth series, Strike Back: Retribution, began airing in the UK on 31 October 2017. A seventh series, Strike Back: Revolution, began airing in the US on 25 January 2019.

As of 05 May 2022, 76 episodes have aired.

Series overview

Series	Banner title	Episodes		Originally released		First aired	Last aired
				First released	Last released
1	Strike Back	6		5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)	19 May 2010 (2010-05-19)	25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)	29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
2	Project Dawn	10		21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)	23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)	12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)	21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
3	Vengeance	10		2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)	17 August 2012 (2012-08-17)	12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
4	Shadow Warfare	10		28 October 2013 (2013-10-28)	30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)	9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)	18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
5	Legacy	10		3 June 2015 (2015-06-03)	29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)	31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)	9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
6	Retribution	10		31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)	2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
7	Revolution	10		28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)	2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)	25 January 2019 (2019-01-25)	29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)
8	Vendetta	10		25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)	28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)	17 April 2020 (2020-04-17)

Episodes

Series 1: Strike Back (2010)

Main article: Chris Ryan's Strike Back

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	25 October 2013	0.259[2]	5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)	1.008
2	Episode 2	Daniel Percival	Jed Mercurio	1 November 2013	0.218	5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)	0.803
3	Episode 3	Daniel Percival	Jed Mercurio & Alan Whiting	8 November 2013	0.301	12 May 2010 (2010-05-12)	0.857
4	Episode 4	Daniel Percival	Jed Mercurio & Alan Whiting	15 November 2013	0.275	12 May 2010 (2010-05-12)	0.764
5	Episode 5	Edward Hall	Robert Murphy	22 November 2013	0.279	19 May 2010 (2010-05-19)	0.890
6	Episode 6	Edward Hall	Robert Murphy	29 November 2013	N/A	19 May 2010 (2010-05-19)	0.872

Series 2: Project Dawn (2011)

Main article: Strike Back: Project Dawn

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [3]
7	Episode 1	Daniel Percival	Frank Spotnitz	12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)	0.567[4]	21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)	1.137
8	Episode 2	Daniel Percival	Frank Spotnitz	19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)	0.169[5]	28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)	1.185
9	Episode 3	Bill Eagles	Frank Spotnitz	26 August 2011 (2011-08-26)	0.255[6]	4 September 2011 (2011-09-04)	1.098
10	Episode 4	Bill Eagles	Frank Spotnitz	9 September 2011 (2011-09-09)	0.212[7]	11 September 2011 (2011-09-11)	1.090
11	Episode 5	Alex Holmes	Richard Zajdlic	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)	0.302[8]	18 September 2011 (2011-09-18)	0.982
12	Episode 6	Alex Holmes	Richard Zajdlic	23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)	0.336	25 September 2011 (2011-09-25)	1.022
13	Episode 7	Paul Wilmshurst	Simon Burke	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)	0.270[9]	2 October 2011 (2011-10-02)	0.943
14	Episode 8	Paul Wilmshurst	Simon Burke	7 October 2011 (2011-10-07)	0.335[10]	9 October 2011 (2011-10-09)	1.104
15	Episode 9	Daniel Percival	Tony Saint	14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)	0.244[11]	16 October 2011 (2011-10-16)	1.061
16	Episode 10	Daniel Percival	Tony Saint	21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)	0.249[12]	23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)	1.126

Series 3: Vengeance (2012)

Main article: Strike Back: Vengeance

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [13]
17	Episode 1	Bill Eagles	Tony Saint	17 August 2012 (2012-08-17)	0.390[14]	2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	0.770
18	Episode 2	Bill Eagles	Tony Saint	17 August 2012 (2012-08-17)	0.390[14]	9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)	0.749
19	Episode 3	Paul Wilmshurst	James Dormer	24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)	0.333[15]	16 September 2012 (2012-09-16)	0.725
20	Episode 4	Paul Wilmshurst	James Dormer	31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)	0.266[16]	23 September 2012 (2012-09-23)	0.693
21	Episode 5	Julian Holmes	Richard Zajdlic	7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	0.325[17]	30 September 2012 (2012-09-30)	0.751
22	Episode 6	Julian Holmes	Richard Zajdlic	14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)	0.263[18]	7 October 2012 (2012-10-07)	0.736
23	Episode 7	M. J. Bassett	John Simpson	21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)	0.358[19]	14 October 2012 (2012-10-14)	0.885
24	Episode 8	M. J. Bassett	John Simpson	28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)	0.310[20]	21 October 2012 (2012-10-21)	0.849
25	Episode 9	Bill Eagles	Tony Saint	5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)	0.235[21]	28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)	0.821
26	Episode 10	Bill Eagles	Tony Saint	12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)	0.249[22]	4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)	0.826

Series 4: Shadow Warfare (2013)

Main article: Strike Back: Shadow Warfare

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [23]
27	Episode 1	M. J. Bassett	Simon Burke & Tim Vaughan & M. J. Bassett	9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)	0.493[24]	28 October 2013 (2013-10-28)	0.796[nb 1]
28	Episode 2	M. J. Bassett	Simon Burke & Tim Vaughan & M. J. Bassett	16 August 2013 (2013-08-16)	0.364[25]	4 November 2013 (2013-11-04)	0.805[nb 2]
29	Episode 3	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	23 August 2013 (2013-08-23)	0.331[26]	11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)	0.781[nb 3]
30	Episode 4	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)	0.506[27]	18 November 2013 (2013-11-18)	0.726[nb 4]
31	Episode 5	Paul Wilmshurst	John Simpson	13 September 2013 (2013-09-13)	0.417[28]	25 November 2013 (2013-11-25)	0.732[nb 5]
32	Episode 6	Paul Wilmshurst	John Simpson	20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)	0.447[29]	2 December 2013 (2013-12-02)	0.701[nb 6]
33	Episode 7	Stephen Woolfenden	Simon Burke & Ben Newman	27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)	0.309[30]	9 December 2013 (2013-12-09)	0.820[nb 7]
34	Episode 8	Stephen Woolfenden	M. J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan	4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)	0.312[31]	16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)	0.832[nb 8]
35	Episode 9	M. J. Bassett	Richard Zajdlic	11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)	0.400	23 December 2013 (2013-12-23)	0.742[nb 9]
36	Episode 10	M. J. Bassett	Richard Zajdlic	18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)	0.436	30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)	0.709[nb 10]

Series 5: Legacy (2015)

Main article: Strike Back: Legacy

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [32]
37	Episode 1	M. J. Bassett	M. J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan & James Dormer	31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)	0.237[33]	3 June 2015 (2015-06-03)	0.989[nb 11]
38	Episode 2	M. J. Bassett	M. J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan & James Dormer	7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)	0.275[34]	10 June 2015 (2015-06-10)	0.718[nb 12]
39	Episode 3	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	14 August 2015 (2015-08-14)	0.221[35]	17 June 2015 (2015-06-17)	0.609[nb 13]
40	Episode 4	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)	0.204[36]	24 June 2015 (2015-06-24)	0.611[nb 14]
41	Episode 5	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)	0.251[37]	1 July 2015 (2015-07-01)	0.798[nb 15]
42	Episode 6	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)	0.234[38]	8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)	0.626[nb 16]
43	Episode 7	M. J. Bassett	Richard Zajdlic & Ed Whitmore	18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	0.166[39]	15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)	0.558[nb 17]
44	Episode 8	M. J. Bassett	Ed Whitmore & Jack Lothian	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)	0.280[40]	22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)	0.591[nb 18]
45	Episode 9	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)[41]	0.196[42]	29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)	0.810[nb 19]
46	Episode 10	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)[41]	0.286[43]	29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)	0.694[nb 20]

Series 6: Retribution (2017–18)

Main article: Strike Back: Retribution

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [44]
47	Episode 1	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)	0.135[45]	31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	0.503
48	Episode 2	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)	0.133[46]	7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	0.822
49	Episode 3	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian & James Payne & Steve Bailie	16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)	0.089[47]	14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)	0.754
50	Episode 4	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian & James Payne & Steve Bailie	23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)	0.138[48]	21 November 2017 (2017-11-21)	0.555
51	Episode 5	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)	0.112[49]	28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	0.569
52	Episode 6	Debs Paterson	Jack Lothian	9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)	0.093[50]	31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)	0.602
53	Episode 7	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian & Simon Allen	16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)	0.132[46]	7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)	0.660
54	Episode 8	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian & Simon Allen	23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)	0.145[51]	14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)	0.562
55	Episode 9	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)	0.130[52]	21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)	0.516
56	Episode 10	M. J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	0.095[53]	28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)	0.527

Series 7: Revolution (2019)

Main article: Strike Back: Revolution

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date [54]	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [55]
57	1	Episode 1	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	25 January 2019 (2019-01-25)	0.116[56]	28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)	0.447
58	2	Episode 2	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)	0.113[57]	7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)	0.616
59	3	Episode 3	Paul Wilmshurst	Jack Lothian	8 February 2019 (2019-02-08)	0.060[58]	14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)	0.631
60	4	Episode 4	Paul Wilmshurst	Jack Lothian	15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)	0.114[59]	21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)	0.59
61	5	Episode 5	Steve Shill	Jack Lothian	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)	0.090[60]	28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)	0.656
62	6	Episode 6	Steve Shill	Jack Lothian	1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)	0.096[61]	4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)	0.564
63	7	Episode 7	Mark Everest	Jack Lothian & Chris Cornwell	8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)	0.121[62]	11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)	0.608
64	8	Episode 8	Mark Everest	Jack Lothian	15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)	0.127[63]	18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)	0.559
65	9	Episode 9	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)	0.100[64]	25 April 2019 (2019-04-25)	0.515
66	10	Episode 10	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)	0.133[65]	2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)	0.504

Series 8: The Final Season (2020)

Main article: Strike Back: The Final Season

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date [54]	U.S. viewers (millions)	U.K. air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [66]
67	1	Episode 1	Paul Wilmshurst & Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)	0.077[67]	February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25)	0.441
68	2	Episode 2	Paul Wilmshurst	Jack Lothian	February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	0.059[68]	March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)	0.808
69	3	Episode 3	Bill Eagles	James Dormer & Jack Lothian	February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)	0.063[69]	March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10)	0.69
70	4	Episode 4	Bill Eagles	James Dormer & Jack Lothian	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)	0.034[70]	March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17)	0.553
71	5	Episode 5	Jon Jones	Jack Lothian	March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)	0.093[71]	March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24)	0.244
72	6	Episode 6	Jon Jones	Jack Lothian	March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)	0.059[72]	March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)	0.61
73	7	Episode 7	John Strickland	Jack Lothian	March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)	0.100[73]	April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07)	0.664
74	8	Episode 8	John Strickland	Jack Lothian	April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)	0.089[74]	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	0.647
75	9	Episode 9	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)	0.044[75]	April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21)	0.643
76	10	Episode 10	Bill Eagles	Jack Lothian	April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)	0.133[76]	April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28)	0.744

Home video releases

Series	DVD release dates
	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	—	5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)[77]	5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)[78]
2	7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)[79]	14 November 2011 (2011-11-14)[80]	5 December 2012 (2012-12-05)[81]
3	6 August 2013 (2013-08-06)[82]	5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)[83]	24 December 2014 (2014-12-24)[84]
4	4 August 2015 (2015-08-04)[85]	6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)[86]	—
5	1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)	10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)[87]	—

Notes

1. 728,000 on Sky 1, 68,000 on Sky 1+1
2. 725,000 on Sky 1, 80,000 on Sky 1+1
3. 716,000 on Sky 1, 65,000 on Sky 1+1
4. 635,000 on Sky 1, 91,000 on Sky 1+1
5. 599,000 on Sky 1, 133,000 on Sky 1+1
6. 569,000 on Sky 1, 132,000 on Sky 1+1
7. 689,000 on Sky 1, 131,000 on Sky 1+1
8. 717,000 on Sky 1, 115,000 on Sky 1+1
9. 622,000 on Sky 1, 120,000 on Sky 1+1
10. 622,000 on Sky 1, 87,000 on Sky 1+1
11. 902,000 on Sky 1, 87,000 on Sky 1+1
12. 628,000 on Sky 1, 90,000 on Sky 1+1
13. 549,000 on Sky 1, 60,000 on Sky 1+1
14. 539,000 on Sky 1, 72,000 on Sky 1+1
15. 680,000 on Sky 1, 118,000 on Sky 1+1
16. 545,000 on Sky 1, 81,000 on Sky 1+1
17. 496,000 on Sky 1, 62,000 on Sky 1+1
18. 513,000 on Sky 1, 78,000 on Sky 1+1
19. 699,000 on Sky 1, 111,000 on Sky 1+1
20. 601,000 on Sky 1, 93,000 on Sky 1+1