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Episode One
Today, the Special Air Service is the world’s most famous combat unit with the motto ‘Who Dares Wins’ but the story of how it came into existence has been, until now, a closely guarded secret. For the first time, the SAS has agreed to open up its archive and allow Ben Macintyre to reveal the true story of their formation during the darkest days of World War II.
Episode One
Season 1 Episode 1 | 58m 42s | CC
The story of the founding of the SAS in the heat of the North African desert in 1941. David Archibald Stirling is an aristocratic dreamer who has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines. Against the odds, Stirling helps the Allies towards victory in the desert but he loses Lieutenant Jock Lewes, his right-hand man.
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