SAS Rogue Heroes
The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
Se connecter pour suivre la progression1941 → 1945
Fiabilité de la position au niveau de la série : high. Importance : 3/5.
- Type
- série
- Relation historique
- Basé sur des faits réels
- Exactitude
- 3/5
- Saisons
- 2
- Épisodes
- 12
- Couverture des épisodes
- 12/12
- Liens historiques
- 2
Saisons et épisodes
Series 1
Episode 1
Spring 1941. Frustrated with military command’s handling of war, Stirling and Lewes formulate a plan to parachute men into the desert, attacking enemy forces from deep in the desert.
Episode 2
While recovering in hospital, Stirling ruminates on Lewes’s idea to attack the enemy from behind and hatches a plan to get approval for their unit from General Auchinleck at GHQ.
Episode 3
The newly recruited members of the SAS carry out a disastrous and devastating first mission. Determined to prove their strategy will work, they prepare to try again.
Episode 4
As the SAS's reputation spreads among the Axis Italian and German forces, another daring mission results in a shocking and devastating loss to the team.
Episode 5
Paddy initiates the Free French soldiers into some unorthodox training methods, and Stirling leads a raid on Benghazi accompanied by the prime minister’s son, Randolph Churchill.
Episode 6
A meeting with Winston Churchill sees the SAS embark on their most daring operation to date. While success sees them achieve official status, Stirling receives some terrible news.
Series 2
Spring, 1943. Paddy Mayne takes control of the SAS following David Stirling's capture, as attention turns from the conflict in North Africa to mainland Europe. But GHQ have cast doubt over the future of the regiment, while the creation of a second unit and an influx of new arrivals make things even more difficult for the men. Can they prove that the SAS remains essential to the war, wherever it may lead them?
Episode 1
With a new mission and the threat of disbandment facing the SAS, an ally is found with a familiar name.
Episode 2
While the SAS find both friends and enemies in Sicily, at Gavi prisoner of war camp, David Stirling receives an unexpected visitor.
Episode 3
As the SAS advance through Italy, with some assistance from partisans, a commando order issued by Hitler threatens the fate of one of them.
Episode 4
As Reg Seekings struggles to cope, he strikes up a friendship with a young Italian boy which ends in yet more horror.
Episode 5
As John Tonkin tries to return to the unit, the men of the SAS receive a visit from General Montgomery who can smell drink – and heroism.
Episode 6
The SAS return to Britain and are given some time to decompress from the events in Italy. Bill is shocked to hear about the intended role for the SAS in the invasion of France.
