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The hugely anticipated television adaptation of one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory is finally set for its Netflix debut.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “All The Light We Cannot See” is a groundbreaking limited series following the story of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl and her father, Daniel LeBlanc (played by Mark Ruffalo), who flee German-occupied Paris with a legendary diamond so it won’t fall into the hands of the Nazis.

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“Relentlessly pursued by a cruel Gestapo officer who seeks to possess the stone for his own selfish purposes, Marie-Laure and Daniel soon find refuge in St. Malo, where they take up residence with a reclusive uncle who transmits clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the resistance. Yet here in this once-idyllic seaside city, Marie-Laure’s path also collides inexorably with the unlikeliest of kindred spirits: Werner,...

Los Angeles, CA – Seraph Films, in association with Impulsive Films, is thrilled to unveil an exclusive first look at the key art for their upcoming film Alone Time, starring Rhashan Stone.

Rhashan Stone is a critically acclaimed actor known for his captivating performances on both stage and screen. With a career spanning over two decades, Rhashan has established himself as one of the UK’s leading actors, receiving numerous accolades and nominations for his work.

Alone Time follows the story of award-winning novelist Colin May (Stone), who recently purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills. The house was everything he dreamed of and more, even coming with a 1960’s era bomb shelter beneath the garden, which he planned to convert into a private wine vault. Things didn’t go as planned.

Working on his latest book, loosely based on the disappearance of his famous artist father, Colin becomes incapable of separating fact from fiction,...

The actor on early ambitions in tractor driving, wardrobe mishaps and the body parts taking revenge

Born in London, Olivia Williams, 53, studied at Cambridge University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre school before joining the RSC. Her movies include The Postman, The Sixth Sense, Rushmore and The Father, and her TV work includes Friends, the British remake of Call My Agent! and The Crown. She is in Marys Seacole at the Donmar Warehouse in London until 4 June. She has two daughters with her husband, the actor Rhashan Stone, and lives in London.

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People are often traumatised by the sleeplessness in the first years of their children’s lives, but I was insanely happy to be married and have two children. The only dark cloud was how much we were loathed for having babies who slept through the night.

Finding Alice is a brilliant new series that begins on ITV this coming Sunday, and while featuring a host of treasured British talent, it was the show’s impressive newcomer we had the pleasure of speaking to, as we sat down to speak to the rising star Isabella Pappas.

We ask Pappas about her experience working with Keeley Hawes, and Nigel Havers, as well as Joanna Lumley, Gemma Jones and Kenneth Cranham (we told you it was treasured). She also comments on the incredible set, and her plans to watch the show, and if she feels a little like this period in her life is the quiet before the storm. She also talks about her childhood and whether acting is something she always wanted to do.

But that’s not to say she’s come completely out of the blue, as Pappas had an Olivier award nomination to her name.

James Van Der Beek is headed across the pond. Deadline reports the actor has been cast in Sky One's upcoming series Carters Get Rich.The UK sitcom will follow " a normal family as they try to hold onto their rags in the face of corrupting riches." The cast also includes Rhashan Stone, Kerry Godliman¸ John Finnemore, Rhianna Merralls, and Rio Chambers.Read More…...

To celebrate the release of Brand New hard-hitting drama The Smoke on DVD, we’ve teamed up with Acorn Media to give 3 lucky WhatCulture.com readers the opportunity to win a copy of the show on DVD, following its run on Sky One.

Written by acclaimed writer Lucy Kirkwood (Skins), The Smoke is a show about ordinary men and women, about fire-fighters, and heroes, about life and death stories of risk and rescue. Charged with adrenaline, gut-wrenchingly emotional, surprisingly funny, and often outrageously audacious, it’s a show with big thrills, huge heart, and characters who leave an indelible mark.

Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch) plays Trish, Kev’s girlfriend, who is striving to hold on to love and hope against the odds, while Rhashan Stone (Bodies) is Kev’s best mate Mal, whose loyalty is tested to the extreme. Then there’s the rest of the watch: Little Al (Gerard Kearns...

Network: Cinemax

Episodes: 46 (hour)

Seasons: Five

TV show dates: August 12, 2011 -- Tbd 2014

Series status: Ending

Performers include: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Birthistle, Amanda Mealing, Rhashan Stone, and Michelle Lukes.

TV show description:

An action and military TV series, this show focuses mainly on Michael Stonebridge and Damien Scott; two members of a top-secret intelligence agency known as Section 20.

A clear-thinking and reliable soldier, British Sergeant Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) brings strategic clout to Section 20. He and his wife Kerry are the picture of a perfect couple, but there's more going on in his family life than meets the eye.

Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) is a former Delta Force commando who was discharged on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. His confidence with a weapon...

Strike Back is a Cinemax scripted thriller series which takes story lines directly from today's headlines. Viewers join two members of Section 20, a top-secret intelligence agency, as they take on exciting and mysterious cases around the globe. Strike Back tells the suspenseful story of a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who joins with a stealth British military unit when a resourceful international terrorist group plots a major attack. Researched by the creators of the series and aided by consultants, the action-packed drama is rooted in the field of counter-terrorism and set against the backdrop of timely global issues. Strike Back stars Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Rhashan Stone, Rhona Mitra and Michelle Lukes. Strike Back is a Cinemax Presentation in...

Strike Back is a Cinemax scripted thriller series which takes story lines directly from today's headlines. Viewers join two members of Section 20, a top-secret intelligence agency, as they take on exciting and mysterious cases around the globe. Strike Back tells the suspenseful story of a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who joins with a stealth British military unit when a resourceful international terrorist group plots a major attack. Researched by the creators of the series and aided by consultants, the action-packed drama is rooted in the field of counter-terrorism and set against the backdrop of timely global issues. Strike Back stars Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Rhashan Stone, Rhona Mitra and Michelle Lukes. Strike Back is a Cinemax Presentation in...

This may be one of my favorite Summer TV seasons ever – thanks to cable TV. Series finales for Dexter and Breaking Bad are on deck, as well as two new cable dramas: The Bridge on FX and Ray Donovan on Showtime.

This August we’ve also got Strike Back, one of our favorite series, returning to Cinemax. Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) are heading back into action – this time in Columbia. Sadly, they’ll be without Maj. Oliver Sinclair (Rhashan Stone) after last season’s shocker. Damn, just writing that makes my eyes misty. Time to take one more shot for an old favorite.

The new trailer for Strike Back season 3 was just released from Cinemax. In addition to the usual Stonebridge and Scott gunplay, we’ve got more field action with Sgt. Julia Richmond (Michelle Lukes) and Maj. Rachel Dalton (Rhona Mitra) to balance out the testosterone.

Jamie Bamber has been cast as a firefighter in upcoming drama The Smoke.

The Battlestar Galactica actor will play the lead character in the Sky1 HD show, which centres around the lives of a London firefighter crew.

Rhashan Stone, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Taron Egerton have also landed roles in the drama created by Skins writer Lucy Kirkwood.

The channel announced the project in June 2012 and described the series as "adrenaline-fuelled and gut-wrenchingly emotional".

Sky's head of drama Anne Mensah said: "We wanted to bring a new, modern view of heroism to Sky1 HD - The Smoke was a perfect fit.

"It has all the huge-scale action and adrenaline that a show about fire can bring to the screen, but... there is also a beautiful depth and complexity to the characterisation. This is a show that asks real questions about what it means to be a man in today's world."

The...

Former Battlestar Galactica star Jamie Bamber has landed the lead in Sky1 HD’s upcoming eight-part series, The Smoke. Bamber, who also stars in TNT’s David E. Kelley medical drama Monday Mornings, will play a firefighter in the drama about the lives of a crew in a London fire station. Rhashan Stone (Strike Back) has also been cast along with Pippa Bennett-Warner and Taron Egerton. Written by Lucy Kirkwood (Skins), the series hails from Shine’s Kudos Film and Television. Production is gearing up in London for air in early 2014. Law & Order UK and Broadchurch‘s Jane Featherstone is exec producing with The Hour‘s Noelle Morris for Kudos. Anne Mensah is exec producer for Sky; Mike Barker (Silent Witness) is directing; Chris Fry (Mayday) is producer. Bamber is repped by Alan Siegel Entertainment, Paradigm and Independent Talent.

Some UK TV casting news... Rhashan Stone and Pippa Bennett-Warner have both joined the cast of Sky1′s upcoming firefighter drama The Smoke as a series regulars. Information courtesy of the UK's TV Wise, The Smoke was created by Lucy Kirkwood, and follows a family of firemen and women who, no matter what, always have each other to fall back on. But being a hero isn’t easy, especially in a world that regularly disregards them, and it certainly doesn’t pay. Many crew members are forced to hold down other jobs on the side, taking some of them into the city’s after dark world. The stakes are high but, in The Smoke, it’s the very lives and souls of the White Watch crew that are at...

An action series, Strike Back follows a stealth counter-terrorism unit as it spans the globe, stopping potential threats. Meanwhile, the cast and crew are hoping viewers will continue to follow the TV show, ensuring that it won't be cancelled any time soon.

The cast of Strike Back: Vengeance includes Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhashan Stone, Michelle Lukes, Rhona Mitra, and Charles Dance. It airs on Cinemax in the Us and on Sky1 in the UK.

Here are the most recent TV ratings for Strike Back. The series' ratings are the best way to tell if a show will be cancelled or renewed for another season. The third season -- Strike Back: Vengeance -- airs Friday nights (Cinemax didn't air the six episodes of season one). There are 10 episodes.

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to...

He’s back!

After a Strike Back’s tragic two-part season 2 premiere, Stonebridge is back at Section 20. But, is Section 20 ready to have Stonebridge back on the team? In this new preview clip, we get a cursory look inside the soldier’s tormented psyche. Also, we get a look at the growing rivalry between Maj. Oliver Sinclair (Rhashan Stone) and Section 20′s new leader Rachel Dalton (Rhona Mitra).

Editor’S Pick: Strike Back Season 2: Deadlier, Personal Threats & Grab-Your-Gut Thrills Abound

Check out these action-packed stills from the Niger mission. It looks like we’ll be seeing more of Michelle Lukes in the field as Sgt. Julia Richmond.

So far, I’m enjoying Dalton’s addition to the team. Similar to Amanda Mealing as Col. Grant, Dalton’s hiding secrets. However, Dalton appears to be acting more out of her own agenda, using Section 20 as a means to an end.

The boys are back in town.

Strike Back ended its first season on Cinemax by throwing caution out the window and blowing it up. It was a finale that made this show one of the best new series of 2011. However, after the tumultuous closing events, it left fans with several questions.

After deciding to leave Section 20 to raise a family, how would Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) be brought back into the fold? What would happen to the secret MI6 group following last year’s exposed conspiracy? Who would be the new head of Section 20? Now that the conspiracy and Latif, terrorist threat is over and done with, what would be the new story arc to lead us through the 2012 season? Which woman would be next to catch Scott’s (Sullivan Stapleton) wandering eye?

The series returned for its second go-round in the Us with a familiar opening. Shit hits the fan.

Strike Back returns for a third series next month with 10 new episodes of action-packed high octane drama. Philip Winchester and Sullivan Stapleton lead the cast of the Sky1 series as Sgt. Michael Stonebridge and Damien Scott. Watch the series three trailer below:

Rhona Mitra, Rhashan Stone, Michelle Lukes, Charles Dance, Vincent Regan, Liam Garrigan and Shane Taylor also star in the UK/Us co-production. (more)...

Cinemax’s Strike Back gets off to a familiar start for action movie and spy genre fans – a known terrorist is getting ready to unleash a sinister attack and the best intelligence agents in the business must do whatever it takes to stop him.

However, this simple launching off point is hardly the story you’ll encounter in Cinemax’s first season of the series. What starts off as a Jason Bourne meets 24 tale, quickly becomes something much more as you become fully invested in these characters with each episode. Strike Back deftly mixes action and intrigue with enough sex to make Spartacus jealous. By the finale, this series earns it’s place as one of the most thrilling new series on TV and makes the spy-loving world know that this is far from a cookie-cutter action tale.

And, I have to say, it’s one of the few action...

I believe this is our first really good look at Rhona Mitra in action in the upcoming second season of “Strike Back” (or Season 3 to you International types who have been with the show for a while). Mitra’s character is essentially a replacement for Amanda Mealing, who left the show after last season, and I think it’s safe to say she won’t be returning anytime soon. Season 2 of “Strike Back” does return stars Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton and Rhashan Stone, though, and is set to debut on Cinemax August 17th, which is, yes, next month. Wow, has it been that long since Season 1 ended? Apparently so. I’m surprised Cinemax isn’t pairing “Strike Back” with the Melissa George spy show “Hunted”, though. That show won’t premiere until October. You’d think they would be made for each other, especially given that the two shows share producer Frank Spotnitz.

Look, if you’re still not watching Cinemax’s “Strike Back”, I don’t know what to tell ya. It’s the best action-packed show on the airwaves right now. It’s over-the-top, ridiculously violent, with a ton of cussing and totally gratuitous nudity and sex (thank you, pay cable!), and it’s absolutely fun as hell. The best part about the show is probably watching Aussie Sullivan Stapleton playing an American badass going around calling everyone “pal”. Cause, shit, that’s what we Americans do. We call everyone we meet “pal”. Stapleton and Philip Winchester are of course back as the two main leads, supported by fellow returnee Rhashan Stone. Newcomers include Rhoma Mitra, replacing the departed Amanda Mealing as the show’s tough female lead, though from the looks of this latest trailer, she’s not quite the ball-buster that Mealing’s character was. The show’s Season 2 (well,...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 7, 2012

Price: DVD $49.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo: $59.96

Studio: HBO/Warner

Sullivan Stapleton gets the job done in Strike Back.

Strike Back: Season One, the original action-thriller television series that airs on cable’s Cinemax, arrives on disc a week-and-a-half before the cable channel premieres the series’ second season on August 17, 2012.

When a resourceful international terrorist group plots a major attack involving a cache of weapons of mass destruction, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative (Sullivan Stapleton, Animal Kingdom) joins forces with a stealth British military unit led by a determined sergeant (Philip Winchester, TV’s Camelot) to stop them. Together, the two ass-kickers and their teams travel to such exotic locations such as India, South Africa, England and Chechnya to take down the bad guys.

Also starring Amanda Mealing (TV’s Holby City), Eve Birthistle (Silent Witness), Jimi Mistry (Blood Diamond) Rhashan Stone (TV...

The living room of the actor's central London flat is an oasis of calm

Olivia Williams is a London girl, which is fitting for someone who we'll next see playing a mayoral candidate in the TV play City Hall, written by her husband, the actor and playwright Rhashan Stone. Growing up in Camden, she used to pass through Marylebone, where she now lives with Stone and their two daughters, on her way to Saturday-morning ballet class; she originally thought this flat would be her "bachelorette pad… my happy acceptance of permanent singledom".

Now it is filled with the evidence of busy family life, but this sitting room, with its pristine white carpet, remains an oasis of serenity. A clutch of disembodied heads adorns the mantelpiece. The largest is, somewhat unexpectedly, a polystyrene wig block, the middle one a plaster-of-Paris cast made for a special effect in a film, and the...

Jodie Whittaker attends The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Joanna Froggatt attends The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Amy Manson attends The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Ruta Gedmintas attends The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Rhashan Stone and Olivia Williams attend The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. 12/04/2011 - Brendan Gleeson - The Moet British Independent Film Awards 2011 - Arrivals - Old Billingsgate Market - London, UK © Landmark / PR Photos 12/04/2011 - Kenneth Branagh - The Moet British Independent Film Awards...

Strike Back

Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Rhashan Stone and Michelle Lukes will return for the official second (and unofficial third) season of Cinemax's hit action series "Strike Back". Ten new episodes will be shot on location in South Africa starting in January for debut later in 2012. [Source: ]

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Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester will return for Season 2 of Cinemax's hit action series Strike Back, which will shoot ten new episodes on location in South Africa starting in January for debut later in 2012. Rhashan Stone and Michelle Lukes will also return for the new season.

Debuting its first-season finale Oct. 21, the series began an encore run on Cinemax Oct. 28 (10:00 p.m. Et/Pt), presenting an episode each Friday night. All episodes are also available on Maxgo and Max On Demand.

Strike Back tells the suspenseful story of a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who joins with a stealth British military unit when a resourceful international terrorist group plots a major attack. Researched by the creators of the series and aided by consultants, the action-packed drama is rooted in the field of counter-terrorism and set against the backdrop of timely global issues.

The Los Angeles Times described...

Cinemax has confirmed that Strike Back leads Philip Winchester (Crusoe, Camelot) and Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, the upcoming Gangster Squad) will be returning for the action series’ second season, along with Rhashan Stone (Episodes) and Michelle Lukes (Alexander). Check out this new behind-the-scenes video on the freshman season that shows off all of the cast antics. You’ll get a great sense of Winchester and Stapleton’s on-set rapport as well as some of Amanda Mealing’s “unique” handgun training regiment. Strike Back Season 2 goes into production in early 2012. Watch our interview with Philip Winchester. Watch our interview with Amanda Mealing.

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Strike Back is the Cinemax scripted thriller series which takes storylines from today's headlines. Viewers join two members of Section 20, a top-secret intelligence agency, as they take on exciting and mysterious cases around the globe. Strike Back is Cinemax's first entry into scripted prime-time original drama. Sullivan Stapleton (“Animal Kingdom,” the upcoming “Gangster Squad”) and Philip Winchester (“Crusoe,” “Camelot”) will return for season two of Cinemax’s hit action series Strike Back, which will shoot ten new episodes on location in South Africa starting in January for debut later in 2012. Rhashan Stone (“Episodes”) and Michelle Lukes (“Alexander”) will also return for the new season. Debuting its first-season finale Oct. 21, the series began an encore run on Cinemax Oct. 28 (...

Starting tonight, October 28th, Cinemax will begin re-airing its hit action series Strike Back, starting with Episode 1. If you missed it the first time around, now is your chance to catch all ten episodes of Season 1 in order. To celebrate the return of this popular show, we have an all-new featurette with star Sullivan Stapleton, as he teaches fans how to fight naked. Check it out below, and be sure to catch Strike Back as it returns for an encore presentation of Season 1 tonight!

Click to watch Strike Back: How To Fight Naked!

Strike Back episode 1.1, "Episode 1" stars Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Richard Armitage, Rhashan Stone, Michelle Lukes, Sasha Behar, Karen Shenaz David, Amanda Mealing and is directed by Daniel Percival.

Philip Winchester and Amanda Mealing discuss the final episode of Strike Back Season 1

Cinemax's hit action series Strike Back will bring Season 1 to a close tonight with the highly explosive finale Episode 1.10. In anticipation of this last episode of the year, which promises to tie up some major loose ends, we caught up with two of Strike Back's lead cast, Philip Winchester and Amanda Mealing, who play Sgt. Michael Stonebridge and Col. Eleanor Grant, respectively.

Here is our conversation.

Philip Winchester: It's like something has gone wrong with Section 20 in here. This is highly classified, and important things are happening. We can't get the phone lines connected!

As soon as you say the wrong thing, they are going to rip you right off those phones and haul you out of this room! Now, what can you tell me about tonight's season finale? From what I understand, it's going to be quite explosive.

After a successful ten week run on Cinemax, the hit action series Strike Back brings Season 1 to a close with the highly explosive finale Episode 1.10, which finally slams some doors shut while flinging others wide open in anticipation of next year's Season 2. Airing this Friday night, October 21st, Section 20 tracks Latif's (Jimi Mistry) suicide bombers to Budapest, where their target could be international leaders at a security summit, or even themselves. Latif's multi-faceted plan has Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) rushing to neutralize the bombers, save one of their own and prevent the rest of his diabolical scheme. We have an exclusive clip from this highly anticipated conclusion, as well as a second scene from tomorrow night's episode, and an all-new photo gallery. Check it all out below.

Click to watch Exclusive: Section 20 Secures Latif!

Click to watch Section 20 Locates a Suspect!

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We’ve got an exclusive look at tonight’s episode of Strike Back, showing off one of the more humorous moments on the series. In this clip, Col. Eleanor Grant (Amanda Mealing) and Maj. Oliver Sinclair (Rhashan Stone) discuss Latif’s (Jimi Mistry) subvert actions towards Section 20. It’s a very serious moment, where Grant expresses the importance of taking risks. Then, the scene transitions to Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and & Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) who get a very inappropriate proposition while on duty. Check it out now: Episode 9 is the second to last episode of the season. Click thumbnails to browse the still gallery: Synopsis: After decrypting John Allen¹s Pda, which was recovered from Latif¹s (Jimi Mistry) man, and connecting it to the doctor Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) saw with Latif in Kosovo, Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge travel to Chechnya to investigate a mysterious bunker with recent activity. They.

There are only two more episodes left in Season 1 of Cinemax's must-see hit series Strike Back. The all-new Episode 1.09 airs this Friday night at 10 pm. After decrypting John Allen's Pda, which was recovered from Latif's (Jimi Mistry) man, and connecting it to the doctor Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) saw with Latif in Kosovo, Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge travel to Chechnya to investigate a mysterious bunker with recent activity. They uncover the facility's vile purpose and discover more clues about Latif's plan. Scott is irritated to discover that Col. Grant (Amanda Mealing) has been investigating his behavior and allegiance, while Stonebridge struggles with a family decision. We have an early exclusive look at this week's Episode 1.09, along with two more clips and new photos. Check it all out below.

Click to watch Exclusive: Waiting for Permission to Engage!

Click to watch Assessing the Device!

Click to watch New Mission in Chechnya!

We’re nearing the conclusion of the freshman season of Strike Back on Cinemax. With Season 2 on the way, it’s time to start wondering whether or not the suspected security leak inside Section 20 will be revealed by the season finale. I’m hoping it’s not Maj. Oliver Sinclair (Rhashan Stone). He showed off his worth in the Tahir (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) mission so I would hate to find out that he was working for the other side. However, he’s been questioning Scott’s judgment a little too much of late, often bringing up criticism to Col. Eleanor Grant’s (Amanda Mealing). You have to wonder if he’s not trying to set the team up for failure. Grant’s (Amanda Mealing) vendetta with Latif (Jimi Mistry) seems genuine. Also, she’s got a pass after she took out Daniel Connolly (Liam Cunningham) in episode 4. So, if there is a leak,...

The hit action series Strike Back will return to Cinemax in 2012 for a second season of ten new episodes, which will begin shooting in South Africa in early 2012 and air later in the year. Cinemax/HBO will again produce the series with partners Left Bank and Sky, who will air the series in the U.K. The series marks the first time the two broadcasters have co-produced an original series together.

Left Bank's Andy Harries will return as executive producer, and series producer Michael Casey and head of production Marigo Kehoe will also return. Sky's Huw Kennair-Jones will executive produce. Also returning are Bill Eagles (Beautiful Creatures; director of episodes 3 and 4), who will direct four new episodes, Paul Wilmshurst (director of episodes 7 and 8), who will direct two episodes, and Tony Saint (writer of episodes 9 and 10), who will write a number of episodes and co-executive produce.

Currently debuting new episodes Fridays at 10:00 p.

Cinemax’s first primetime drama series Strike Back is a keeper. HBO’s sibling cable network has picked up a 10-episode second season of the action series to air next year. Filming will begin in South Africa in early 2012. Returning as producing partners to Cinemax/HBO are Left Bank and Sky, which will air the series in the U.K. Also coming back are Left Bank’s Andy Harries and Sky’s Huw Kennair-Jones as executive producers, series producer Michael Casey, head of production Marigo Kehoe, series directors Bill Eagles, who will direct four new episodes, Paul Wilmshurst, who will direct two episodes, and writer Tony Saint, who will write a number of episodes and co-executive produce. There must be major deaths coming in the final episodes of Season 1 of Strike Back, which ends Oct. 21, as Cinemax declined to announce the cast for Season 2 “due to plot spoilers in upcoming...

The Strike Back epic continues this week as the hunt for Tahir (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) heats up on Cinemax’s new action series. After the firefight at the arms deal exchange point, Tahir (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) escapes to the desert with Clare (Laura Haddock) as a hostage, and with Stonebridge and Crawford (Iain Glen) in pursuit. As they close in and prepare for an assault, Crawford gets under Stonebridge¹s skin and hints about a traitor within British Intelligence. Sinclair takes an injured Scott to the hospital and is arrested by the corrupt official, so Colonel Grant takes matters into her own hands. Here are three new clips from Episode 6. In this clip, Sinclair (Rhashan Stone) reports back to Col. Grant (Amanda Mealing) on the mission. You get to see just how serious Scott’s (Sullivan Stapleton) wounds are. In the last episode, Tahir escaped with Clare (Laura Haddock). This...

The hit Cinemax series Strike Back debuts another all-new episode tonight, September 16th, at 10:00 pm. Episode 5 will introduce two new villains played by Game of Thrones' Iain Glen and Lost's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. After their previous trail went cold, Section 20's next move is to track Latif's (Jimi Mistry) weapons supplier, which leads them to Gerald Crawford (Iain Glen), a former British Royal Marine turned arms dealer. Once they snatch him, he agrees to help them only if they rescue his daughter Clare (Laura Haddock), an aid worker in the Sudan who is being held for ransom by a brutal militia leader Tahir (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). The team reluctantly works with a questionable government official as a middleman to set up the exchange. When Scott is recognized by a war zone reporter and old flame Maggie (Rachel Shelley), he discovers that the story she was investigating may be intertwined with the arms deal.

Strike Back, Cinemax's explosive hit series, is set to debut the all-new Episode 4 this Friday night, September 9th, at 10:00 pm. This week, Connolly plans to break into a secure facility and keeps most of the plan from Scott (Sullivan Stapleton). He gives Scott the hard drive they stole from the armored car heist that houses the security information, to which Maj. Sinclair (Rhashan Stone) installs a worm that will allow him to remotely hack the system. Section 20 plan to enable Connolly in the hope that he will lead them to Latif and reveal his plot. Capt. Marshall (Eva Birthistle) briefs Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) about her research into the connection between Atat and Mahmood. Atat CEO Bratton starts to panic and asks Capt. Marshall to meet him, and Section 20 hopes to bring him under their protection. But Connolly is one step ahead of them. We have three new clips from this exciting episode,...

In honor of Labor Day weekend, Cinemax is re-airing the first three episodes of its new hit action series Strike Back, starting this Friday, September 3rd, at 10 pm. Catch up on all of the excitement you've missed before Episoe 4 debuts next Friday night, September 9th.

This fiery ride follows the adventures of Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), an ex-us Dellta Force operative who's teamed up with the stealth British military unit Section 20 to battle a group of terrorists that've kidnapped a member of their elite black ops team. In episodes 1-3, Scott joins Sgt. Michael Stonebrige (Philip Winchester) to hunt down elusive Pakistani terrorist Latif, who is believed to be holding agent John Porter (Richard Armitage) hostage. We have an exclusive cliff-hanger scene from Episode 3 involving Stonebridge that is sure to get your heart racing, as well as a second clip from the show and a Strike Back photo grallery. Check it out below.

An all-new episode of the explosive Cinemax series Strike Back is set to debut this Friday at 10 pm. In Episode 3, Section 20 tracks Latif's known associates to Cape Town, South Africa. They capture and interrogate an accomplice who leads them to an armored car company that recently had a brutal and suspicious robbery in which no money was stolen. Col. Grant (Amanda Mealing) recognizes one of the attackers as vicious mercenary and former Ira member Daniel Connolly (Liam Cunningham). After researching the company's client list, they surmise that the target may be defense contractor Atat. The unit warns CEO Kenneth Bratton (Alistair Petrie) that the attack may not have been a random robbery, but he does not reveal that he is already being blackmailed by Connolly. Meanwhile, Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) pursue Connolly's new hacker. After an accident, Scott must impersonate the hacker, only to find that Connolly's...

Airing tonight on Cinemax, Strike Back is a new fast-paced series that mixes suspense, action and drama, spanning the globe from India to South Africa, from England to Chechnya. The show marks the first time HBO/Cinemax has worked with the UK’s very own Sky TV to produce an original series. Strike Back stars Sullivan Stapleton (“Animal Kingdom”), Philip Winchester (“Crusoe”), Amanda Mealing (“Holby City”), Eva Birthistle (“Silent Witness”), Jimi Mistry (“Blood Diamond”), Rhashan Stone (“Episodes”) and Richard Armitage (“The Hobbit”).

When a resourceful international terrorist group plots an attack, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative joins forces with a stealth British military unit to stop them in the ten-episode action series Strike Back, debuting Friday, Aug. 12 (10:00- 10:45 p.m. Et/Pt) on Cinemax.

The team that tracks the terrorists is Section 20, an elite military black ops unit within the British government that focuses on high-risk,...

Looking for action on a Friday night?  Why go out, when Cinemax has you covered? Strike Back, the newest Cinemax original series from the network that brought you Femme Fatales and soon to rev The Transporter onto small screens is ready to blow you away with its new international high-octane action series.

Starring Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom) Philip Winchester (Crusoe, Camelot),  Amanda Mealing (Holby City), Eva Birthistle (Silent Witness), Jimi Mistry (Blood Diamond), Rhashan Stone (Episodes) and Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Strike Back follows the fast-paced adventures of British military black ops unit Section 20 as they hunt down high-risk, top-priority targets. 

When one of their own is captured, the organization enlists the aid of charming former U.S. Delta Force operative Damien Scott (Stapleton), whose brash style conflicts with partner Sgt. Michael Stonebridge (Winchester) and the organization at large. 

Friday, August 12th sees the release of series premiere "Episode One,...

See the trailer, clips, poster and image from Strike Back on Cinemax, starring Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Amanda Mealing, Eva Birthistle, Jimi Mistry, Rhashan Stone and Richard Armitage. We have the poster, an image as well as the trailer and two clips from the show which airs on August 12th at 10:00-10:45 p.m. Et/Pt. Dan Percival directs from the writing by Frank Spotnitz. When a resourceful international terrorist group plots an attack, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative joins forces with a stealth British military unit to stop them in the ten-episode action series Strike Back.

See the trailer, clips, poster and image from Strike Back on Cinemax, starring Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Amanda Mealing, Eva Birthistle, Jimi Mistry, Rhashan Stone and Richard Armitage. We have the poster, an image as well as the trailer and two clips from the show which airs on August 12th at 10:00-10:45 p.m. Et/Pt. Dan Percival directs from the writing by Frank Spotnitz. When a resourceful international terrorist group plots an attack, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative joins forces with a stealth British military unit to stop them in the ten-episode action series Strike Back.

See the trailer, clips, poster and image from Strike Back on Cinemax, starring Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Amanda Mealing, Eva Birthistle, Jimi Mistry, Rhashan Stone and Richard Armitage. We have the poster, an image as well as the trailer and two clips from the show which airs on August 12th at 10:00-10:45 p.m. Et/Pt. Dan Percival directs from the writing by Frank Spotnitz. When a resourceful international terrorist group plots an attack, a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative joins forces with a stealth British military unit to stop them in the ten-episode action series Strike Back.

Olivia Williams got her big break as Bruce Willis's wife in The Sixth Sense. Now, in Roman Polanski's The Ghost, she steals the show as the bruised, though vulnerable wife of a disgraced former prime minister holed up with his ghost-writer in Martha's Vineyard, writes Euan Ferguson

Nice, wouldn't it be, to have your life begin at 41? You'd have gone through the whole cliched begins-at-40 thing, wondering when, exactly, it was going to start, justifiably hating cliches, and then, suddenly, in it kicks at 41. Hurrah. Olivia Williams, smart and vaguely leftie child of Camden barristers, wasn't in any hurry: she just wanted to be a terribly good actress. She managed that, although too few of us noticed, and quietly managed along the way to marry American actor/playwright Rhashan Stone, have a couple of happy daughters, cherry-pick her parts… and now, suddenly, at that glorious age, will find herself this year feted,...