This site is a fansite for ITV's Award Winning SAS Drama Series - Ultimate Force. Ultimate Force is a no-holds-barred action adventure series packed with dramatic stunts and spectacular special effects.
The Series follows the missions of Red Troop Special Air Service (S.A.S) lead by tough and charismatic leader, Sergeant Henno Garvie (Ross Kemp) and his team who constantly put their lives at risk for their country.
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Ross Kemp heads an ensemble cast in ULTIMATE FORCE, an explosive prime-time action adventure series for ITV1, following the exploits of a crack SAS troop.
Ross plays Sergeant Henno Garvie, the tough and charismatic leader of Red Troop, who with his men puts his life on the line in the name of his country.
Co-devised by decorated SAS soldier turned best-selling author Chris Ryan (The One That Got Away), ULTIMATE FORCE co-stars Jamie Draven, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tony Curran, Danny Sapani and Elliot Cowan as members of the elite fighting force.
Alex Reid, Jamie Bamber and Miles Anderson play officers in the 22nd Regiment, while Chris Ryan is also the series adviser and joins the cast in the role of SAS sergeant Johnny Bell.
Packed with dramatic stunts and spectacular special effects, the six-part series offers a no-holds-barred, exciting look at the Special Air Service - a regiment shrouded in secrecy and mystique.
In the special 90-minute opening episode, it's sink or swim when newcomers Jamie Dow and Alex Leonard (Jamie Draven and Sendhil Ramamurthy) face the rigours of the SAS Killing House. The hostage rescue exercise proves all too real when the recruits are called to their first operation - a life or death bank siege.
Missions facing Red Troop in the following one-hour episodes include stopping the release of a lethal anthrax mutation and infiltrating an anti-capitalist group set on assassination.
Henno's reputation is at stake when an operation goes wrong in the complex political jigsaw of Northern Ireland, there's tragedy on a combat survival weekend - and the team find their skills, stamina and close-knit bond pushed to the limit when they are sent to hunt out a suspected war criminal in Bosnia.
ULTIMATE FORCE is made by Bentley Productions, part of the Chrysalis Television Group, which is also behind the top-rating ITV and international hit series Midsomer Murders, sold to more than 130 countries around the world.
Executive Producer Brian True-May says: "Within the bounds of prime-time ITV production, Ultimate Force brings a new look to military drama, with an emphasis on hard-nosed reality. The visuals are stunning and our cast excel as credible members of the SAS."
Adds Brian: "I believe Ross Kemp is perfect for the role of Henno, a tough but fair leader of men, who interprets the acronym of SAS as 'speed, aggression and surprise'."
ULTIMATE FORCE is co-devised and written by Rob Heyland (Have Your Cake and Eat It, Between the Lines), Julian Jones (As If, The Knock), and Len Collin (Soldier Soldier).
It is produced by Peter Norris (Between The Lines, A Young Person’s Guide to Becoming A Rockstar, My Uncle Silas) and the directors are Diarmuid Lawrence (Messiah, Emma, The Hanging Gale, Anglo Saxon Attitudes), Tom Clegg (Bravo Two Zero, Sharpe) and Tim Leandro (London’s Burning, Justice in Wonderland).
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EPISODE 1- 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.
EPISODE 2 - 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.
EPISODE 3 - 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 Para's 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.
EPISODE 4 - 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?
EPISODE 5 - 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?
EPISODE 6 - 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 life.
EPISODE 1- COMMUNICATION
Red Troop of the SAS is back in action when a ship docks at Southampton with a suspicious crew. Jamie and Henno sneak on board to plant a tracker, but the operation goes wrong - they lose radio contact with base and are forced to kill a man. Caroline poses as a customs officer to help them escape, but events get out of control and a tremendous gun battle leaves Red Troop in the firing line.
EPISODE 2 - MADDOGS
The firefight against French Special Forces aboard the Dowager Joan has left Jem dead and Caroline in a coma, while the rest of Red Troop face a full judicial inquiry that could land them in jail. Dempsey tries to rally the troops but Louis and Jamie don't want to toe the party line. And the men are shaken up by the arrival of a tough new troop commander, Captain Ian Macalwain.
EPISODE 3 - WANNABES
Red Troop targets a hard-right group of suicide bombers who are responsible for blowing up a nightclub and café. The Soldiers of Destiny want to 'repatriate' non-Aryans and outlaw homosexuality, and give the government just 48 hours to meet their demands. Then Jamie discovers that Suzi, a leader of the group, is a lesbian. But can the SAS find her before more innocent people die?
EPISODE 4 - THE LIST
Red Troop is offered an unofficial black bag heist to steal a list of terrorist targets from a vault. Controlled by an American diplomat, the deadly list is held in a virtually impenetrable security centre, accessible only through sewers and an old wartime bunker. With help from expert safe-cracker John Magnusson, all except Macalwain agree. But if they are caught, the SAS will disown them.
EPISODE 5- WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD...
Red Troop is called to a siege at a religious commune where Gulf War veteran Omega is holed up with his disciples after shooting dead two police officers. Henno is reluctant to attack with children in the house, but then Omega turns his guns on a follower. Going through an underground culvert, the SAS must act silently and decisively. But things are getting messy in their personal lives...
EPISODE 6 - DEAD IS FOREVER
The SAS face losing their leader when Dempsey is taken captive while protecting Overseas Development Minister Nicky Strong on a Top Secret visit to Tblisi, Georgia. Red Troop is scrambled to the rescue but they unwittingly play into the hands of the kidnapper. In such dangerous terrain the odds are stacked against them - and Dempsey. And Henno has a personal score to settle.
EPISODE 1 - DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
A female soldier undergoes a series of gruelling selection tests in a bid to join Red Troop (a prospect that horrifies Dempsey.) Henno, however, is quick to recognise the possibilities after Tibetan freedom fighters hijack a plane chartered to Hong Kong, and it's not long before the new recruit's skills are put to the ultimate test.
EPISODE 2- NEVER GO BACK
During a training exercise in Zimbabwe, Dempsey decides to make an unofficial visit to his cousin's farm. With the rest of Red Troop in tow, they discover his family are harbouring a rebel leader who wants the SAS's help. However, the area is quickly surrounded by the violent Five Brigade, and as the bullets begin to fly, Henno and his team are forced to escape via a crocodile-infested river, with the gun-toting soldiers hot on their heels.
EPISODE 3- The Class of 1980
Al Qaeda terrorists seize the Italian Consulate in London and the notorious Al Djouf threatens to blow up a truck using his mobile phone, unless all prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay are released. Police bungle a raid, hostages die and it's up to Henno to save the day.
EPISODE 4 - Weapon of Choice
The SAS is sent to Chechnya to find rebel leader Movzar Mazayev, but Henno mistrusts Russian Special Forces agent Vasily, who is assigned to help them. Amid the confusion of a gun battle, intelligence officer Kathy is hostage. is taken hostage by another rebel who wants to exchange her for his son, who is being held by the Russians
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Ross Kemp
Sgt. Henry 'Henno' Garvie
Jamie Draven
Cpl. Jamie Dow
Tony Curran
Cpl./Sgt. Pete Twamley
Danny Sapani
Cpl. Ricky Mann
Alex Reid
Capt. Caroline Walshe
Elliot Cowan
Cpl. Jem Poynton
Jamie Bamber
Lt. Dotsy Doheny
Miles Anderson
Col. Aidan Dempsey
Christopher Fox
Cpl. Louis Hoffman
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Cpl. Alex Leonard
Anthony Howell
Sam Leonard
Lucy Akhurst
Pru Banks
Heather Peace
Becca Gallagher
Louis Decosta Johnson
Dave Woolston
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