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SAS Rogue Warriors

Today, the Special Air Service is the world’s most famous combat unit with the motto ‘Who Dares Wins’ but the story of how it came into existence has been, until now, a closely guarded secret. For the first time, the SAS has agreed to open up its archive and allow Ben Macintyre to reveal the true story of their formation during the darkest days of World War II.

Episode Three

58m 3s

Stirling is locked away in Hitler's prison. Leadership of the SAS passes to Paddy Mayne, a man who has built his reputation on the battlefield as a warrior. In 1943, the SAS leaves the desert for Europe to enter a darker theatre of war. They will face the terror of execution and the trauma of civilian casualties. And they will be the first to witness the nightmare of Belsen concentration camp.

Episodes

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    Episode Three

    E3 - 58m 3s

    Stirling is locked away in Hitler's prison. Leadership of the SAS passes to Paddy Mayne, a man who has built his reputation on the battlefield as a warrior. In 1943, the SAS leaves the desert for Europe to enter a darker theatre of war. They will face the terror of execution and the trauma of civilian casualties. And they will be the first to witness the nightmare of Belsen concentration camp.

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    Episode Two

    E2 - 58m 36s

    Stirling's second in command is now Captain Mayne. An officer as unpredictable and dangerous as the new phase of war that is about to begin. The Germans are training special units to track, intercept and kill the marauding SAS. Disaster strikes when Stirling is captured by the Germans. As the SAS prepare to fight Hitler in Europe, they will be without the leadership of the man who created them.

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    Episode One

    E1 - 58m 42s

    The story of the founding of the SAS in the heat of the North African desert in 1941. David Archibald Stirling is an aristocratic dreamer who has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines. Against the odds, Stirling helps the Allies towards victory in the desert but he loses Lieutenant Jock Lewes, his right-hand man.

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