Both seasons of this show has been amazing. The story of the SAS, the bravery and madness of those men needed to be told. War is never glamorous, it's ugly and bloody, violent and heart breaking and the story of what these men went through and the things they achieved were incredible and awful. Well done to the team and actors for such an authentic feeling show.
A brilliant tv show that was somehow overlooked during award season. Hopefully the show’s distributor and producers do a better job of promoting it for consideration. In particular the likes of Jack O’Connel, really deserved greater recognition. To me, this show is easily in the top ten series on the ‘small’ screen over the last four years. Have watched it twice, and it was even better the second go around.
More...More...More...!...Brilliant work all round...I can watch it over and over...which I have done already...Up there with Band of Brothers and Pacific...So pleased we have a Brit WW2 series...My only gripe...is...I want 10 episodes...not 6!...Inspiration to read Ben McIntyres book which I also recommend...Looking forward to series 2...
Paddy Mayne was crazy. They actually had to dial back his exploits because they were not believable for television 😂 Seriously get the book - he did stuff that would make Vin Diesel in the Fast Series look amateur level 😂
The first Danish VC was also a part of this unit, but the SBS and was also a bit like paddy Maine. The film The Ministry of Ungentlmanly warfare is about him. His name is Anders Lassen!
Mayne was a madman…and very unpredictable…he was wary of Jim Almonds, and Almonds never really felt his wrath, Almonds himself was no pushover, my fave story is about Mayne driving a Jeep up the stairs in a stately home in Essex.
I read a book about him during lockdown by Martin Dillon , Roy Bradford, absolutely a nutcase but an ideal candidate for naughty war, greetings from Ireland
Paddy Maine leaves his Masonic Lodge after having a few drinks and crashes his car and unfortunately is found dead due to his accident. I bought the SAS war diary for the Stirling Lines Association.
Churchill said of the phenominal pilots who flew during The Battle of Britain "...Never, in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." The same could have been said of the SAS....in fact it was 'everything was owed by millions' to a handful of highly skilled, steely men driven to superhuman heights by their hatred of the evil epitomised by the enemy.....and the incompetence within Allied Command! Thank God for those 'lawless, irreverend' soldiers.
Thats extraordinarily good of you@@jeffolley2712, thank you mate. I have tracked down a copy of the series on DVD that I will rip and put into my library. If for some reason I am not happy, I will drop you a PM. Thanks again!
The second series script does no favours to Mayne who was the scion of a distinguished Ulster family, Queen's Belfast trained solicitor, boxer, golfer, and Irish and Lions rugby Cap all by the age of 24 (whose only flaw was the red mist after drink), or to his troopers or the regiment. They may have been young mavericks (Stirling and Mayne were 26 when SAS formed) but they were not a rabble as sometimes portrayed on TV, and had the self-discipline, intelligence and courage to win fights against much greater odds.
I love the series and how it all came about but the only question I have maybe someone can enlighten me in the use of vehicles they had jeeps but as yet America had not entered this part of the war and wasn't until the german U boat supply line had been disrupted that leads to the movie Ungentlemanly warfare after the U Boats where disrupted when America entered the war ,which actually crosses over into the SAS with Las becoming a SAS . I find it intriguing how steamily unrelated events are actually linked maybe not by plan but good timing .
So brave soilders. I will hold my hand up to ttough bastards who didn't give fuck about orders. Sterling was the bravest of them all only because he took on sir Winston Churchill
If only they didn't used an M60 nazi tank on the last episode, I would be completely satisfied with the first season, but budget is a thing. Hell, I'd even take a resurrected Jock back from the dead for season 2.
I gave this series several attempts. OK, AC/DC music fits the ethos, but not the period. OK, it's a WWII version of the rock-n-roll westerns of decades past meeting tarantino's exaggerated ballet of violence. I've read some of the source materials, and it's a brilliant story, but this series didn't do it. Actors playing with guns in extreme desert conditions, calling it a 'real truth'. Drive a truck, dig ditches, be a plumber, police officer, or fireman. Those are 'real truth' jobs.
Both seasons of this show has been amazing. The story of the SAS, the bravery and madness of those men needed to be told. War is never glamorous, it's ugly and bloody, violent and heart breaking and the story of what these men went through and the things they achieved were incredible and awful. Well done to the team and actors for such an authentic feeling show.
Best TV of 2024. Can't wait for season 2.
Absolutely bloody brilliant series 👍🤘👍🤘👍
A brilliant tv show that was somehow overlooked during award season. Hopefully the show’s distributor and producers do a better job of promoting it for consideration. In particular the likes of Jack O’Connel, really deserved greater recognition. To me, this show is easily in the top ten series on the ‘small’ screen over the last four years. Have watched it twice, and it was even better the second go around.
More...More...More...!...Brilliant work all round...I can watch it over and over...which I have done already...Up there with Band of Brothers and Pacific...So pleased we have a Brit WW2 series...My only gripe...is...I want 10 episodes...not 6!...Inspiration to read Ben McIntyres book which I also recommend...Looking forward to series 2...
Paddy Mayne was crazy. They actually had to dial back his exploits because they were not believable for television 😂 Seriously get the book - he did stuff that would make Vin Diesel in the Fast Series look amateur level 😂
The first Danish VC was also a part of this unit, but the SBS and was also a bit like paddy Maine. The film The Ministry of Ungentlmanly warfare is about him. His name is Anders Lassen!
Mayne was a madman…and very unpredictable…he was wary of Jim Almonds, and Almonds never really felt his wrath, Almonds himself was no pushover, my fave story is about Mayne driving a Jeep up the stairs in a stately home in Essex.
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I read a book about him during lockdown by Martin Dillon , Roy Bradford, absolutely a nutcase but an ideal candidate for naughty war, greetings from Ireland
Absolutely superb series
Great job gents! Loved how you captured the piratical look and feel by E5/6. Looking forward to S2.
Love the whole show each and every character and love the spy dynamic
Very glad you all “stuck” it out! Wonderful cinematic series!
Paddy Maine leaves his Masonic Lodge after having a few drinks and crashes his car and unfortunately is found dead due to his accident. I bought the SAS war diary for the Stirling Lines Association.
great series about great men - dominic was a treat!
Churchill said of the phenominal pilots who flew during The Battle of Britain "...Never, in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." The same could have been said of the SAS....in fact it was 'everything was owed by millions' to a handful of highly skilled, steely men driven to superhuman heights by their hatred of the evil epitomised by the enemy.....and the incompetence within Allied Command! Thank God for those 'lawless, irreverend' soldiers.
Awesome clip ! Thx
I think I'm going to have to watch this series again. Should finish it just in time for the 2nd series starting new year's day.🙂
Excellent writing and production values. S1 + S2 so far. S3 should be excellent too in France and then Germany.
Love this series... Must read the book.. 😊
What is the name of book
Absolutely superb series, looking forward to S2. I wish there was somewhere in Aus where I could buy this for download.
I am in OZ I have it but not sure how I could send it to you
Thats extraordinarily good of you@@jeffolley2712, thank you mate. I have tracked down a copy of the series on DVD that I will rip and put into my library. If for some reason I am not happy, I will drop you a PM. Thanks again!
awesome series 1 and 2 roll on season 3
Just dropped. Behind the scenes for SEASON TWO....... th-cam.com/video/fuI0YyxLXWo/w-d-xo.html
Exactly why we need to make Britain great and safe again.........thank you forefathers
Connor for Bond
Chistian Craghead charaters need to be included
Great book about Paddy by Martin Dillon and Roy Bradford
The second series script does no favours to Mayne who was the scion of a distinguished Ulster family, Queen's Belfast trained solicitor, boxer, golfer, and Irish and Lions rugby Cap all by
the age of 24 (whose only flaw was the red mist after drink), or to his troopers or the regiment. They may have been young mavericks (Stirling and Mayne were 26 when SAS formed) but they were not a rabble as sometimes portrayed on TV, and had the self-discipline, intelligence and courage to win fights against much greater odds.
I love the series and how it all came about but the only question I have maybe someone can enlighten me in the use of vehicles they had jeeps but as yet America had not entered this part of the war and wasn't until the german U boat supply line had been disrupted that leads to the movie Ungentlemanly warfare after the U Boats where disrupted when America entered the war ,which actually crosses over into the SAS with Las becoming a SAS . I find it intriguing how steamily unrelated events are actually linked maybe not by plan but good timing .
The Americans supplied ww2 allied efforts before they entered the war
SASalso operate in Malaya, in this series Malaya include or not
So brave soilders. I will hold my hand up to ttough bastards who didn't give fuck about orders. Sterling was the bravest of them all only because he took on sir Winston Churchill
Check out THE PHONEY MAGOR podcast or book.
Also PETER FORBES talks on Paddy Mayne... ✌
If only they didn't used an M60 nazi tank on the last episode, I would be completely satisfied with the first season, but budget is a thing. Hell, I'd even take a resurrected Jock back from the dead for season 2.
Paddy maynes family should sue the bbc he was nothing like this sportsman poet and great man
"Be aware. This isn’t a history lesson."
I gave this series several attempts. OK, AC/DC music fits the ethos, but not the period. OK, it's a WWII version of the rock-n-roll westerns of decades past meeting tarantino's exaggerated ballet of violence. I've read some of the source materials, and it's a brilliant story, but this series didn't do it. Actors playing with guns in extreme desert conditions, calling it a 'real truth'. Drive a truck, dig ditches, be a plumber, police officer, or fireman. Those are 'real truth' jobs.
The woman ruined it, why have her when she never happened.
Diversity and inclusion
You’re pretty small minded if ‘the woman ruined it’…get a grip FFS
@followers Enjoy this fantastic behind the scenes featurette for SAS ROGUE HEROES season one.