The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% with an average rating of 8.3/10, based on 12 critic reviews. Writing in The Guardian, Antony Beevor commented that the series was 'unmissable viewing', and 'achieved the right balance of irreverence and admiration all the way through with a brilliant contrast in characters'. The first episode was watched 5,526,000 times on iPlayer alone during 2022, making it the 5th most viewed individual programme on the platform that year. It simultaneously made its US debut on MGM+. The series made its premiere on BBC One on 30 October 2022 in the UK. The series was written by Steven Knight and directed by Tom Shankland. In March 2021, it was announced that filming had begun on the six part miniseries, with Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, Sofia Boutella and Dominic West in starring roles. David Alcock as Field marshal Jan Smuts.Ralph Davis as Captain Alexander Norton.Michael Shaeffer as General Neil Ritchie.

Adrian Lukis as Commander-in-Chief Claude Auchinleck.

Moritz Jahn as Corporal Herbert Brückner.

Tom Hygreck as Brevet Lieutenant André Zirnheld.

César Domboy as Lieutenant Augustin Jordan.

Virgile Bramly as Capitaine Georges Bergé.

Nicholas Nunn as Sergeant Peter Mitcham.

Bobby Schofield as Sergeant Dave Kershaw.

Stuart Campbell as Second Lieutenant Bill Fraser.

Jacob McCarthy as Lance-Corporal Johnny Cooper.

Dónal Finn as Second Lieutenant Eoin McGonigal.Theo Barklem-Biggs as Sergeant Reg Seekings.Tom Glynn-Carney as Sergeant Mike Sadler.

The narrative begins in a Cairo hospital in 1941, when, after a failed training exercise, British Army officer David Stirling has the idea of creating a special commando unit which could operate deep behind enemy lines. On 4 December 2022, the BBC confirmed that a second series had been commissioned, based upon SAS operations in the European theatre of war. The storyline is a broadly accurate representation of real events, as described by Ben Macintyre in his book of the same name. SAS: Rogue Heroes is a British television historical drama series created by Steven Knight, which depicts the origins of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

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