Rogue Heroes on Epix - A WWII British action drama

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Their official synopsis reads: “Rogue Heroes is a dramatized account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War II.  

It’s based on Ben Mcyntire’s book, “SAS: Rogue Heroes,” and it’s all true — which added an extra dimension to how series creator Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) crafted his six-episode historical drama about this wreckless, flawed — but, above all, brave — group of men.

“The actual truth is that I had to take out a lot of things that really happened, and were so unbelievable, that no one would believe it — because so much of it was insane,” Knight, 63, told The Post.

That’s putting it mildly. “Rogue Heroes” stars Connor Swindells, Alfie Allen and Jack O’Connell as David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne, all from wildly divergent backgrounds and military ranks, who band together (not always harmoniously) to secretly recruit like-minded warriors to parachute behind enemy lines — something not tried before — and ambush the enemy. It’s a hush-hush operation “answerable to no one” (with the implicit agreement of the British Army) as Stirling, Lewis and Mayne train their “ghost regiment” how to engage in parachute warfare in the harsh, unforgiving African desert. (Most of the series was filmed in and near Morocco — “Everything that looks like a desert is the desert,” Knight said.)

Leading the cast are Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Jack O’Connell (Skins), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman).

They’re joined by Dominic West (Downton Abbey: A New Era), Miles Jupp (The Durrells), and  Jason Watkins (The Crown), with Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk) playing SAS founding member Mike Sadler.

There are 6 episodes.  Fast moving storyline, great scenery, including male nudity (from the rear so far).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10405370/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk