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Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force
★ 6.8/10•2002•1h 10m•16+•Action & Adventure•Drama•War & Politics
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This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 10m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 16, 2002

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Killing HouseE170m

The Killing House

It's a baptism by fire when new recruits Jamie Dow and Alex Leonard join the SAS's elite fighting force team. Hot on the heels of an explosive hostage-rescue exercise in the regiment's Killing House, Red Troop led by charismatic Sergeant Henno Garvie is called to take command of a bank siege. This time the life or death situation is dramatically and tragically real.

Sep 16, 2002

Episode 2 - Just a TargetE270m

Just a Target

As Red Troop bury Sam Leonard, a gunman shoots at a prominent European banker using an awesomely powerful sniper's rifle. He misses and the SAS are scrambled to find the gun and the British anti-globalist group suspected of carrying out the shooting. Jamie infiltrates the eco-warriors, convincing them of his skills as a sniper. But when things go wrong, it's not just a banker's life that is threatened.

Sep 18, 2002

Episode 3 - Natural SelectionE370m

Natural Selection

Ten hopeful recruits to the SAS face their final and toughest challenge yet - a three-day combat survival course in the Welsh mountains, where they must evade capture by 40 Paras while navigating rough terrain and swollen rivers. Mick Sharp hopes to join his mate Jamie in the regiment, but Henno is out to make life difficult for him. But when two soldiers are found dead, it appears an even greater danger lurks in the woods.

Sep 25, 2002

Episode 4 - BreakoutE470m

Breakout

Red Troop is called to a pharmaceutical laboratory after three Chechens break in to an area where scientists are working on a vaccine for a deadly form of anthrax. The gang threaten to release the anthrax, killing thousands, unless they are given money. Caroline gains access by posing as a doctor but Henno is captured and shot. Is blowing up the building and everyone inside it the only solution?

Oct 2, 2002

Episode 5 - The Killing of a One-Eyed BookieE570m

The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie

Jamie is kidnapped during a violent ambush in Northern Ireland while impersonating Bill Gracey, a politician whose life is in danger. Henno is furious, knowing his protégé faces torture and likely death. Breaking orders, he heads off into the Republic with Caroline in search of Cullen, a republican double agent, while Jem and Twamley do some digging of their own. Can they find Jamie before time runs out?

Oct 9, 2002

Episode 6 - Something to Do with JusticeE670m

Something to Do with Justice

Henno and Twamley are kicked out of the regiment, despite saving Jamie's life in Ireland. The others, under Johnny Bell's command, are sent on a classified mission to Bosnia to 'lift' wily war criminal Glasnovic. To their surprise, Henno and Twamley are also there, training militia men. Reunited, Red Troop close in on Glasnovic but the blood bath leaves one of them fighting for their life.

Oct 12, 2002

Actors

Ross Kemp

Ross Kemp

Henry Garvie

Miles Anderson

Miles Anderson

Aidan Dempsey

Christopher Fox

Louis Hoffman

Alex Reid

Alex Reid

Danny Sapani

Danny Sapani

Elliot Cowan

Elliot Cowan

Heather Peace

Heather Peace

Liam Garrigan

Liam Garrigan

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Tony Curran

Tony Curran

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