If Swindells feels a touch green to lead the regiment, O’Connell and Allen – both actors with a pleasing madness in their eyes – bring a roguish intensity. The SAS? “Sounds like a branch of the f***ing Post Office,” comes Paddy’s earthy verdict. Together, they will found the SAS, via a series of alcohol-fuelled shenanigans. It’s 1941, Egypt, and this is the story of three men: David Stirling ( Sex Education’s Connor Swindells), a toff burdened with horrific levels of self-confidence (or, in the words of his commanding officer, a “drunken, insubordinate malcontent”), Jock Lewes ( Game of Thrones’s Alfie Allen), a “mad martinet”, and Paddy Mayne ( Starred Up’s Jack O’Connell), an Irishman with a reckless propensity for chaos. In point of fact, SAS Rogue Heroes is something of a prestige drama – albeit one imbued with a streak of deep tackiness that befits its title. Ben Macintyre Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Kindle Edition by Ben Macintyre (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 7,672 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 14. The BBC’s new Sunday night thriller – SAS Rogue Heroes, based on the book by prolific popular historian Ben Macintyre – is saddled with a name so naff that it conjures images either of video game stealth missions or Ant Middleton dangling celebrities off cliffs by their toenails. Never judge a book by its cover, they say, and perhaps the same is true for TV.
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