When Danni hands the results of Steve's autopsy to Layla, the listing of team members from the 'internal SAS inquiry into the Bratton extraction' can be seen as having "Sgt. H. Collinson" highlighted. According to the briefing on the eve of the fateful Basra mission (in Ep. 1), Collinson was a Captain back then.
During the final scenes John Porter is wearing not the belted jeans earlier but seems to have changed in more comfortable trousers.
When the characters discover their names are Tom and Jerry, Jerry sings the theme to Looney Tunes, but the cartoon Tom & Jerry was Hanna Barbera, not Warner Bros.
What year was this episode (Strike Back 1.5) set in? The Harrier whose missile was diverted was British. This was mentioned in the shows dialog. However the Royal Air Force retired the Harrier in 1993 and The Royal Navy retired the Sea Harrier in 2000.
Incorrect radio procedure used. "over and out" is not correct comms procedure in the military. Over means I am now awaiting a response. Out means I have finished comms. Any authenticity this show had was lost with this mistake. Couldn't watch it after this. I am ex UK military.
While John and Gerald are traversing on foot between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the sound effects include rattlesnakes. Unfortunately all species of rattlesnakes can only be found in the Americas, unless of course the storyline gets modified to make them the CIAs new secret weapon.
Gerald Baxter asks John Porter 'Which winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature also played in the World Cup?' and Porter answers Albert Camus. Camus did play as a goalkeeper for a local team in Algeria until he was 17 (he contracted TB), but never at an international level.