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Overview

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.

Series cast

Alfie Allen

Jock Lewes

Connor Swindells

David Stirling

Jack O'Connell

Paddy Mayne

Dominic West

Dudley Wrangel Clark...

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Reg Seekings

Tom Glynn-Carney

Mike Sadler

Trailers and videos

Seasons

Series 1

Series 1

Season overview

Episode 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 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 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 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 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 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.