Iraq: Part One 

John Porter leads his unit into battle trying to rescue the CEO of a British weapons manufacturing company captured in Iraq, just before the invasion started. His team is joined by Hugh ... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Percival

Writer:

Jed Mercurio

Stars:

Richard Armitage, Andrew Lincoln, Jodhi May

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Armitage	...	John Porter
Andrew Lincoln	...	Hugh Collinson
Jodhi May	...	Layla Thompson
Orla Brady	...	Katie Dartmouth
Colin Salmon	...	James Middleton
Shelley Conn	...	Danni Prendiville
Cal MacAninch	...	Major Chris Pemberton
Dhafer L'Abidine	...	Hakim Al Nazeri (as Dhaffer L'Abidine)
Nicola Stephenson	...	Diane Porter
Fenar Mohammed-Ali	...	As'ad aka Scarface
Nabil Elouahabi	...	Massoud
Laura Greenwood	...	Alexandra 'Lexie' Porter
Shazaad Khan	...	Yound As'ad aka Scarface
Craig Hawks	...	Steve Andrews
Justin Shaw	...	Sgt Keith T Finn (as Justin Beachcroft-Shaw)

Storyline

John Porter leads his unit into battle trying to rescue the CEO of a British weapons manufacturing company captured in Iraq, just before the invasion started. His team is joined by Hugh Collinson, operative of British military intelligence. The operation almost goes awry when Collinson kills larger portion of Porter's team, and blames a teenage suicide bomber, As'ad, Porter previously saved. The surviving members of the team manage to rescue their target, and Porter rejects Collinson's offer to joint Section 20, a new unit within military intelligence, doubting Collinson's account of the rescue operation incident and resigns from the SAS.

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Plot Keywords:

younger version of character | child uses a gun | suicide bomber | iraq | trap | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

As of 2018, Strike Back entire series #1 available in USA on Cinemax video on demand as "Strike Back Origins."

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Goofs

Simply shooting someone in the head would not guarantee that their thumb would stay on a dead man's switch. When you die from severe trauma to the brain usually all the muscles in your body contract, but not always. Shooting the kid in the head could of very well caused his suicide vest to go off. Even if his muscles stayed contracted, the triggering device could of been knocked loose from his hand when it hit the ground.

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Soundtracks

Short Change Hero
Performed by The Heavy

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Details

Country:

UK South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Left Bank Pictures, Sky, Ingenious Broadcasting

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1