Rogue Heroes on SBS – From the creators of Peaky Blinders, Rogue Heroes is a dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of WWII.
The series centres on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer, who is hospitalised after a training exercise gone wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units do not work, Stirling creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare.
Portraying David Stirling is actor Connor Swindells, best known for his role as Adam Groff in Sex Education and for drama series Vigil. He will be joined by Skins actor Jack O’Connell as Paddy Mayne, Game of Thrones’ Alfie Allen as Jock Lewes, The Wire’s Dominic West as Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke and Atomic Blonde star Sofia Boutella as Eve.
Series One, Episode Two:
Recovering in hospital after his disastrous first parachute jump, unable to walk from injuries to his spine, David Stirling has been ruminating on Jock Lewes’ idea of parachuting units of men into the desert, to attack enemy forces on the North African coast by land, rather than sea.
Rogue Heroes – New Episode – Wednesday, 12 April at 9.30pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (6 Parts)
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