Tonight on Gotham on Channel 5: Strike Force

By John Freeman on February 1, 2016

Michael Chiklis as Captain Nathaniel Barnes in the Gotham Season 2 episode “Strike Force”

In “Strike Force”, tonight’s episode of Gotham airing on Channel 5 in the UK, a Captain Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis) takes over the GCPD, and seems just as determined to clean up the city as Jim Gordon. But as the new guy begins to ask questions, Gordon begins to worry that his own unsavoury associations might come to light.

Here’s some teaser pics…

Gotham stars Ben McKenzie as James Gordon, David Mazouz as future Batman Bruce Wayne, Sean Pertwee as loyal protector Alfred Pennyworth, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, Camren Bicondova as future Catwoman Selina Kyle, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald “Penguin” Cobblepot and Morena Baccarat as Dr Leslie Thompkins.

• Gotham airs on Channel 5 on Monday nights at 10.00pm. Catch up with previous episodes here on the Channel 5 web site

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.