SAS: Rogue Heroes
TV Series2022–present · 1 season · 6 episodes · Returning

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Taste attributes: dramawar & politicspoliticalhistoricalthrilleractionfastunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeWeighty and sweeping: a war and politics series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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Quality rating

7.6 /10

TMDB · 57 votes

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Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

Season

Series 1

· 2022 · 6 episodes
Episodes (6)
  1. 1Episode 130 Oct 2022

    Spring 1941. Frustrated with military command’s handling of war, Stirling and Lewes formulate a plan to parachute men into the desert, attacking enemy forces from deep in the desert.

  2. 2Episode 26 Nov 2022

    While recovering in hospital, Stirling ruminates on Lewes’s idea to attack the enemy from behind and hatches a plan to get approval for their unit from General Auchinleck at GHQ.

  3. 3Episode 313 Nov 2022

    The newly recruited members of the SAS carry out a disastrous and devastating first mission. Determined to prove their strategy will work, they prepare to try again.

  4. 4Episode 420 Nov 2022

    As the SAS's reputation spreads among the Axis Italian and German forces, another daring mission results in a shocking and devastating loss to the team.

  5. 5Episode 527 Nov 2022

    Paddy initiates the Free French soldiers into some unorthodox training methods, and Stirling leads a raid on Benghazi accompanied by the prime minister’s son, Randolph Churchill.

  6. 6Episode 64 Dec 2022

    A meeting with Winston Churchill sees the SAS embark on their most daring operation to date. While success sees them achieve official status, Stirling receives some terrible news.

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original
  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardy

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Alfie AllenConnor SwindellsJack O'ConnellSofia BoutellaDominic West

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2022
Episode length
60 min
Status
Returning
Studio
Kudos
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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