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Great SAS Missions

Great SAS Missions

2004 1 Seasons 7 Episodes ⭐ 8.5 Documentary War & Politics

Over the past 60 years Britain's Special Air Service regiment has carried out a wide variety of clandestine missions - from deep-penetration raiding to hostage release operations - which have made it respected and feared for its professionalism and daring. The SAS prides itself on doing its work in the shadows, never allowing any publicity and never claiming credit for any of its extraordinary achievements. But, over the years, sufficient information has emerged for a picture of the regiment's exploits to be clear. This series uses interviews with former members of the SAS; detailed and painstaking reconstructions; and cutting edge 3-D graphics to recreate seven great missions which show why the SAS is today regarded as the world's leading special forces unit.

Over the past 60 years Britain's Special Air Service regiment has carried out a wide variety of clandestine missions - from deep-penetration raiding to hostage release operations - which have made it respected and feared for its professionalism and daring. The SAS prides itself on doing its work in the shadows, never allowing any publicity and never claiming credit for any of its extraordinary achievements. But, over the years, sufficient information has emerged for a picture of the regiment's exploits to be clear. This series uses interviews with former members of the SAS; detailed and painstaking reconstructions; and cutting edge 3-D graphics to recreate seven great missions which show why the SAS is today regarded as the world's leading special forces unit.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Birth of the SAS

As the Panzers of Rommel's Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David St

EP 2

Destroying Hitler's Airfields

After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep

EP 3

Deception on D-Day

As the Allies landed on D-Day to begin the liberation of Europe, the SAS used the skills it had honed in the desert in t

EP 4

Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons

As the Allies broke out of their Normandy beachhead and swept towards the German border, the SAS continued its deep pene

EP 5

Liberating the Iranian Embassy

After World War II the SAS was disbanded, but it was soon realised that its special skills would be needed in the volati

EP 6

Retaking the Falklands

When the British Task Force sailed to take back the Falkand Islands from Argentine occupation, two squadrons of the SAS

EP 7

Desert Storm Scudbusters

In the Gulf wars of 1992 and 2003, the SAS returned to its roots as deep penetration teams fanned out into the Iraqi des

Popular Cast

Robert Powell

Robert Powell

Narrator