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)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	US air date	US viewers (million)	UK air date	UK viewers (million)[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)[13]
27	"Episode 1"	Michael J. Bassett	Simon Burke & Tim Vaughan & Michael J. Bassett	9 August 2013	0.493[23]	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[24]	4 November 2013	0.805[nb 2]
29	"Episode 3"	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	23 August 2013	0.331[25]	11 November 2013	0.781[nb 3]
30	"Episode 4"	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	6 September 2013	0.506[26]	18 November 2013	0.726[nb 4]
31	"Episode 5"	Paul Wilmshurst	John Simpson	13 September 2013	0.417[27]	25 November 2013	0.732[nb 5]
32	"Episode 6"	Paul Wilmshurst	John Simpson	20 September 2013	0.447[28]	2 December 2013	0.701[nb 6]
33	"Episode 7"	Stephen Woolfenden	Simon Burke & Ben Newman	27 September 2013	0.309[29]	9 December 2013	0.820[nb 7]
34	"Episode 8"	Stephen Woolfenden	Michael J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan	4 October 2013	0.312[30]	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)[13]
37	"Episode 1"	Michael J. Bassett	Michael J. Bassett & Tim Vaughan & James Dormer	31 July 2015	0.237[31]	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[32]	10 June 2015	0.718[nb 12]
39	"Episode 3"	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	14 August 2015	0.221[33]	17 June 2015	0.609[nb 13]
40	"Episode 4"	Julian Holmes	James Dormer	21 August 2015	0.204[34]	24 June 2015	0.611[nb 14]
41	"Episode 5"	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian	28 August 2015	0.251[35]	1 July 2015	0.798[nb 15]
42	"Episode 6"	Brendan Maher	Jack Lothian	11 September 2015	0.234[36]	8 July 2015	0.626[nb 16]
43	"Episode 7"	Michael J. Bassett	Richard Zajdlic & Ed Whitmore	18 September 2015	0.166[37]	15 July 2015	0.558[nb 17]
44	"Episode 8"	Michael J. Bassett	Ed Whitmore & Jack Lothian	25 September 2015	0.280[38]	22 July 2015	0.591[nb 18]
45	"Episode 9"	Michael J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	2 October 2015[39]	0.196[40]	29 July 2015	0.810[nb 19]
46	"Episode 10"	Michael J. Bassett	Jack Lothian	9 October 2015[39]	0.286[41]	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[42]	5 May 2011[43]
2	7 August 2012[44]	14 November 2011[45]	5 December 2012[46]
3	6 August 2013[47]	5 November 2012[48]	24 December 2014[49]
4	4 August 2015[50]	6 January 2014[51]	N/A
5	N/A	10 August 2015[52]	N/A

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

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