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| colspan="8" class="description" |The members of Section 20 - Novin, Wyatt, Mac and Chetri - are reunited by commanding officer Coltrane under the pretense of rescuing Dr. Helen McCluskey, a biochemist who's been taken as a hostage in Kosovo by the Albanian mafia. |
| colspan="8" class="description" |The members of Section 20 - Novin, Wyatt, Mac and Chetri - are reunited by commanding officer Coltrane under the pretense of rescuing Dr. Helen McCluskey, a biochemist who's been taken as a hostage in Kosovo by the Albanian mafia. |
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| colspan="8" class="description" |After catching wind of a feud brewing between Edon and his son Loric, S20 launches a raid on their family business in hopes of extracting the location of the bioweapon. Mac considers a career-changing offer from Coltrane. |
| colspan="8" class="description" |After catching wind of a feud brewing between Edon and his son Loric, S20 launches a raid on their family business in hopes of extracting the location of the bioweapon. Mac considers a career-changing offer from Coltrane. |
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Revision as of 23:29, 1 February 2020
Season 8 of Strike Back was announced by Sky 1 and Cinemax on February 27, 2019. Will Premiered on February 14, 2020.
Synopsis
When an Albanian crime family kidnaps a scientist responsible for the development of a top-secret British bioweapon, the covert special-ops soldiers of Section 20 are sent on a mission to secure the virus and take down its potential black-market buyers. But what starts as a relatively straightforward mission quickly escalates into a race against the clock to neutralize an even deadlier weapon of mass destruction pursued by a pair of jihadist brothers, whose terrifying ambitions threaten global conflict. Along the way, S20 reunites with rogue Russian operative Katrina Zarkova to form a tenuous alliance that raises questions of friendship, loyalty and duty.
Cast
Main Characters
- Daniel MacPherson as Sgt. Samuel Wyatt
- Warren Brown as Sgt. Thomas “Mac” McAllister
- Alin Sumarwata as LCpl. Gracie Novin
- Jamie Bamber as Col. Alexander Coltrane
- Varada Sethu as LCpl. Manisha Chetri
Recurring Characters
- Ivana Milicevic as Arianna
- Yasemin Allen as Capt. Katrina Zarkova
- Alec Secareanu as Zayef
- Maxim Baldry as Loric
- Goran Bogdan as Edon
- Lucy Russell as Dr. Helen McCluskey
- Branko Djuric as Vironi
- Nina Senicar as Elvanna
- Dukagjin Podrimaj as Rudi
- Tomi May as Jovan
- John Michie as James Spencer
Episodes
| Picture | Title | Number | Season Number | Director | Writer | Original Airdate | U.S. viewers (million) |
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"Episode #8.1" | 67 | 1 | Paul Wilmhurst | Jack Lothian | February 14, 2020 | |
| The members of Section 20 - Novin, Wyatt, Mac and Chetri - are reunited by commanding officer Coltrane under the pretense of rescuing Dr. Helen McCluskey, a biochemist who's been taken as a hostage in Kosovo by the Albanian mafia. | |||||||
| " Episode #8.2" | 68 | 2 | Paul Wilmhurst | Jack Lothian | February 21, 2020 | ||
| After catching wind of a feud brewing between Edon and his son Loric, S20 launches a raid on their family business in hopes of extracting the location of the bioweapon. Mac considers a career-changing offer from Coltrane. | |||||||
| "Episode #8.3" | 69 | 3 | Bill Eagles | Jack Lothian | February 28, 2020 | ||
| "Episode #8.4" | 70 | 4 | Bill Eagles | Jack Lothian | March 6, 2020 | ||
| "Episode #8.5" | 71 | 5 | Jonathan Jones | Jack Lothian | March 13, 2020 | ||
| "Episode #8.6" | 72 | 6 | Jonathan Jones | Jack Lothian | March 20, 2020 | ||
| "Episode #8.7" | 73 | 7 | Jason Strickland | Jack Lothian | |||
| "Episode #8.8" | 74 | 8 | Jason Strickland | Jack Lothian | |||
| "Episode #8.9" | 75 | 9 | |||||
| "Episode #8.10" | 78 | 10 | |||||
Locations
Filming started in Croatia in May of 2019.