Strike Back fans, there's good news and bad news about the show's future.

The good news is that the action-adventure series has already been renewed for an eighth series before series 7 premieres on Thursday night (February 28) on Sky One — but the downside is that it will be the last!

Sky has confirmed to Digital Spy that production will begin in May in Croatia on a final set of episodes designed to close out the adventures of the Joint Special Operations Command team.

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"I am delighted we’re coming back for a final season," series creator Jack Lothian said. "Strike Back is a show that’s always raised the bar for small screen action, and we’re looking forward to doing that one last time.

"There are plenty of twists and turns ahead, but I can promise one thing — we’re going out with a bang.”

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Before you get too sentimental about Strike Back ending, keep in mind that this has happened before. Strike Back: Legacy was supposed to be the end of the show back in 2015, but it was revived two years later with a new cast for Retribution.

Premiering this week will be Strike Back: Silent War, which features former Battlestar Galactica star Jamie Bamber joining the squad as new Section 20 boss, Colonel Alexander Coltrane.

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There's no telling yet if he'll be sticking around for the final season, since he admitted to Digital Spy: "I was aware of [the show], obviously. I was aware of the fact that commanding officers don’t tend to get treated very well within the story... none of them were still around!

"There's the Damocles sword hanging over you from day one. It’s obvious that these characters don’t survive long. So yeah, I was slightly apprehensive about what I was letting myself in for! But I really responded to the character that Jack Lothian wrote."

Strike Back: Silent War returns to Sky One on Thursday, February 28 at 9pm. The series also available on NOW TV.

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