An underrated war drama has been named the "best war series" - and it is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. SAS Rogue Heroes is a British historical drama television series that has been created by Steven Knight. It first aired in 2022 and is made up of two seasons, with a third being filmed this summer.
The first series depicts the origins of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The storyline is a widely accurate representation of real-life events, as described by Ben Macintyre in his book of the same name, published in 2016. The second season is focused on the SAS operations in the European theatre of war.
The series synopsis reads: "The series 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 that could operate deep behind enemy lines."