Layla Thompson is a fictional character portrayed by Jodhi May in the TV series Strike Back.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Iraq: Part One (season 1), they were 36 years old.
They appear in 5 episodes out of a total of 77 aired and have accumulated 230 positive votes.
Episodes5
Iraq: Part One
episode S1.E1 august 2011John 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.Zimbabwe: Part One
episode S1.E3 may 2010A sniper attempts to kill the President of Zimbabwe. Since there is evidence that the sniper could be British, Porter is sent in undercover to locate the sniper and silence him.Zimbabwe: Part Two
episode S1.E4 may 2010Collinson travels to South Africa to confront the contact who betrayed section 20, but finds it may be too late; while Colonel Tshuma launches a manhunt to find Porter and Masuku.Afghanistan: Part One
episode S1.E5 may 2010Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.Afghanistan: Part Two
episode S1.E6 may 2010Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.
- Iraq: Part One
- Zimbabwe: Part One
- Zimbabwe: Part Two
- Afghanistan: Part One
- Afghanistan: Part Two
Best moments5
- A sniper attempts to kill the President of Zimbabwe. Since there is evidence that the sniper could be British, Porter is sent in undercover to locate the sniper and silence him.
- Collinson travels to South Africa to confront the contact who betrayed section 20, but finds it may be too late; while Colonel Tshuma launches a manhunt to find Porter and Masuku.
- Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.
- Porter is sent to Afghanistan to find a computer hacker who has cracked the British army's missile guidance codes. The hacker has successfully found a way to redirect missiles to strike American forces.
- 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.
- Zimbabwe: Part One
- Zimbabwe: Part Two
- Afghanistan: Part Two
- Afghanistan: Part One
- Iraq: Part One