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Sas Origins: A Secret History

Rating:3.7 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:10/09/2017 at 08:30
September 2017
51:59

Season 1 Episode 3

Expired 3.0 16 x
Stirling is locked away in Hitler's most secure prison: Colditz. Leadership of the SAS passes to Paddy Mayne, a man who has built his reputation on the battlefield as a warrior of the first rank - but, unlike Stirling, Mayne has no interest in charming high command. In 1943, the SAS leaves the desert for Europe, to enter a darker and far more complex theatre of war - led by a man who is often drunk and disorderly and prone to acts of savagery. They will face the terror of execution and the trau...
58:30

Season 1 Episode 2

Expired 4.0 27 x
With the tragic loss of Jock Lewes, Stirling's second in command is now the newly promoted Captain Paddy Mayne, an officer as unpredictable and dangerous as the new phase of war that is about to begin. Unknown to David Sterling, the Germans are training special units to track, intercept and kill the marauding SAS. The hunters will soon become the hunted. The SAS will have to adapt if it's going to survive. Disaster strikes when Stirling is captured by the Germans. As the SAS prepare to fight Hi...
August 2017
51:59

Season 1 Episode 1

Expired 4.0 31 x
The SAS is a legend, shrouded in secrecy. Now, 75 years after its formation, the world's fiercest fighting force breaks its silence for the first time, allowing the true stories of its origins to finally be told in vivid detail. Packed with new adventure and intimate revelation from their formative years, 1941-47, this is the story of the Second World War as it has never been seen or heard before, with higher stakes and greater rewards. With unprecedented and exclusive access to explore the SAS...
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