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  SAS Rogue Heroes: Meet the ‘fearless’ Special Forces unit portrayed in BBC series

  Jack O’Connell, Alfie Allen and Connor Swindells all play real-life soldiers in the BBC Two show

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  The Telegraph

  SAS Rogue Heroes, review: Steven Knight has a riot with this bombastic wartime saga

  The SAS is so steeped in legend that we civilians will huff up almost any tall tale about it. This is to the advantage of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who in SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC One, all episodes on iPlayer) has taken command of Ben Macintyre’s bestseller about the regiment’s North African genesis. The story gives him a licence to swill: to mix facts – the stuff of black and white newsreels – with colourised fictions.

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  SAS Rogue Heroes: is BBC drama based on a true story?

  SAS Rogue Heroes might have a host of major stars including Unbroken’s Jack O’Connell, Sex Education actor Connor Swindells and Game of Thrones’ Alfie Allen telling the story about the group of soldiers going on a mission against all odds, but is the show based on a true story? MORE: Line of Duty actor to star in new drama from Peaky Blinders creator – and it looks amazing In short, yes! The series is indeed a dramatised account of the SAS during World War II, and was inspired by "fearless, mave

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  Herald Scotland

  TV: Is SAS Rogue Heroes the most gripping small screen war drama we can't wait to watch?

  As Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight unleashes SAS Rogue Heroes, Danielle de Wolfe hears more from stars including Jack O'Connell and Alfie Allen.

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  Connor Swindells describes ‘intense’ bootcamp preparation for upcoming SAS role

  The actor stars as David Stirling, the founder of the SAS.

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  The Telegraph

  Revealed: The real-life SAS stories so outrageous director toned them down for new BBC series

  When Steven Knight decided to create his latest TV show SAS Rogue Heroes he pledged to honour the history of how the Special Air Service was born, rather than making it “try to fit fiction”.

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  Evening Standard

  SAS Rogue Heroes review: a fizzy, stylish wartime drama

  4/5 A show with more than a touch of the Boy’s Own adventure to it

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  The Argus

  Why a Netflix star performed CPR on a dummy of himself

  Sex Education star Connor Swindells has taken part in an educational video to help save lives.

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  Yahoo Celebrity UK

  'SAS: Rogue Heroes' releases action-packed first full-length trailer

  The much-anticipated adaptation comes from the creator of 'Peaky Blinders'.

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  BBC releases trailer for SAS drama starring Sex Education’s Connor Swindells

  The six-part series is an adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book offering a dramatised account of how the SAS was formed.

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