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Season 1, 7 episodes

Episode 1: Birth of the SAS
- Now playing
- 23m
- Aug 4, 2004
As the Panzers of Rommel's Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special deep-penetration unit which could cause havoc behind enemy lines. Its first mission was a disaster but soon Stirling and the mavericks he had gathered proved that they had a valuable covert role to play.
Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields
- 23m
- Aug 11, 2004
After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend - but it had lost its founder and was again struggling to survive.
Episode 3: Deception on D-Day
- 23m
- Aug 18, 2004
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 this new theatre of war. On the night before the landings, teams were parachuted in to create havoc and distract the German defenders. Then the armed jeeps ranged deep behind the enemy's lines attacking reinforcements and communications.
Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons
- 23m
- Aug 25, 2004
As the Allies broke out of their Normandy beachhead and swept towards the German border, the SAS continued its deep penetration role. But the regiment was also called on for other vital tasks - tracking down Hitler's mobile and elusive V-2 rocket launchers, and then hunting the Nazi war criminals that had killed members of the SAS in cold blood.
Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy
- 23m
- Sep 1, 2004
After World War II the SAS was disbanded, but it was soon realised that its special skills would be needed in the volatile post-war situation. The regiment was clandestinely rebuilt and undertook a variety of secret missions. Then in 1981 it hit the headlines when terrorists holding hostages in the Iranian Embassy were swiftly and successfully eliminated and their captives freed.
Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands
- 23m
- Sep 8, 2004
When the British Task Force sailed to take back the Falkand Islands from Argentine occupation, two squadrons of the SAS went with it. Over the next few weeks they were involved in a variety of surveillance missions, and a vital and brilliantly executed raid on an Argentine airstrip on Pebble Island which effectively eliminated all enemy air power on the Falklands.
Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters
- 23m
- Sep 15, 2004
In the Gulf wars of 1992 and 2003, the SAS returned to its roots as deep penetration teams fanned out into the Iraqi desert. Their missions ranged from disrupting supply lines and communications and raiding airfields, to the vital task of tracking down Saddam Hussein's Scud missile launchers which were being used to deadly effect and threatening to destroy the coalition against him.

Great SAS Missions

2004 to present
1 season
23m per episode
Documentary
War & Politics

8.5TMDB(2)

Overview

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.

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1 season and 7 episodes so far
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Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
First aired: August 4, 2004
Last aired: September 15, 2004
Original language: English
Countries: US

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Robert PowellNarrator

Episodes

Season 1, 7 episodes

Episode 1: Birth of the SAS
- Now playing
- 23m
- Aug 4, 2004
As the Panzers of Rommel's Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special deep-penetration unit which could cause havoc behind enemy lines. Its first mission was a disaster but soon Stirling and the mavericks he had gathered proved that they had a valuable covert role to play.
Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields
- 23m
- Aug 11, 2004
After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend - but it had lost its founder and was again struggling to survive.
Episode 3: Deception on D-Day
- 23m
- Aug 18, 2004
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 this new theatre of war. On the night before the landings, teams were parachuted in to create havoc and distract the German defenders. Then the armed jeeps ranged deep behind the enemy's lines attacking reinforcements and communications.
Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons
- 23m
- Aug 25, 2004
As the Allies broke out of their Normandy beachhead and swept towards the German border, the SAS continued its deep penetration role. But the regiment was also called on for other vital tasks - tracking down Hitler's mobile and elusive V-2 rocket launchers, and then hunting the Nazi war criminals that had killed members of the SAS in cold blood.
Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy
- 23m
- Sep 1, 2004
After World War II the SAS was disbanded, but it was soon realised that its special skills would be needed in the volatile post-war situation. The regiment was clandestinely rebuilt and undertook a variety of secret missions. Then in 1981 it hit the headlines when terrorists holding hostages in the Iranian Embassy were swiftly and successfully eliminated and their captives freed.
Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands
- 23m
- Sep 8, 2004
When the British Task Force sailed to take back the Falkand Islands from Argentine occupation, two squadrons of the SAS went with it. Over the next few weeks they were involved in a variety of surveillance missions, and a vital and brilliantly executed raid on an Argentine airstrip on Pebble Island which effectively eliminated all enemy air power on the Falklands.
Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters
- 23m
- Sep 15, 2004
In the Gulf wars of 1992 and 2003, the SAS returned to its roots as deep penetration teams fanned out into the Iraqi desert. Their missions ranged from disrupting supply lines and communications and raiding airfields, to the vital task of tracking down Saddam Hussein's Scud missile launchers which were being used to deadly effect and threatening to destroy the coalition against him.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Birth of the SAS

E2 Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields

E3 Episode 3: Deception on D-Day

E4 Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons

E5 Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy

E6 Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands

E7 Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters

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E1 Episode 1: Birth of the SAS

E2 Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields

E3 Episode 3: Deception on D-Day

E4 Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons

E5 Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy

E6 Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands

E7 Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters

Episode 1: Birth of the SAS

Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields

Episode 3: Deception on D-Day

Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons

Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy

Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands

Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters

Episode 1: Birth of the SAS

Episode 2: Destroying Hitler's Airfields

Episode 3: Deception on D-Day

Episode 4: Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons

Episode 5: Liberating the Iranian Embassy

Episode 6: Retaking the Falklands

Episode 7: Desert Storm Scudbusters