With Peaky Blinders concluding earlier this year, it’s time to embrace creator Steven Knight’s new creation – SAS: Rogue Heroes, a six-part drama charting how the SAS was formed and surged into action.
Based on Ben Macintyre’s book, the drama is set against the backdrop of the North African Campaign, promising high tension and large-scale set-pieces as viewers are dropped into Cairo, 1941, with officer David Stirling (Connor Swindells) persuading his superiors to allow him to recruit the toughest, bravest and brightest soldiers into a unit that will infiltrate enemy territory to cause havoc. The psychological makeup and interpersonal dynamics of these bold and, yes, reckless men will be explored as they bring their particular set of skills to bear.