The drama charts the origins of the SAS (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia/PA/IWM)

SAS: Rogue Heroes is the exhilarating story of renegade men taking monumental risks in extraordinary circumstances.

The prime-time BBC drama follows how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.

The British Army division was first founded as a regiment by Sir David Stirling in 1941 but was disbanded in October 1945 after the government saw no further use for it following VE Day.

However, it was swiftly reinstated after officials recognised the need for a deep-penetration commando unit and still exists today.

The exact operations of the SAS are strictly confidential, although it is involved in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and covert reconnaissance.

Created by Steven Knight, aka the brains behind Peaky Blinders, the series stars Sex Education star Connor Swindells, House of the Dragon’s Tom Glynn-Carney, and The Crown’s Dominic West as the real-life people who formed the first SAS.

Connor Swindells as Sir David Stirling

Connor is playing Sir Stirling, the OG founder of the SAS (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia)

Connor plays eccentric young officer David Stirling who is convinced that traditional commando units don’t work.

Instead, he devises an unorthodox division called the SAS  that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare.

Jack O’Connell as Paddy Mayne

Paddy was involved in many raids (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia)

Jack portrays Mayne who was transferred to the SAS after being accused of beating up a fellow officer.

While in the SAS, he participated in many night raids behind enemy lines in the deserts of Egypt and Libya.

Alfie Allen as Jock Lewes

Jock was recruited from Oxford (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia)

As Jock, Alife plays the soldier Stirling described as having ‘far more genuinely claim to be founder of the SAS than I.’

While in the regiment, he devised an explosive device known as the Lewes bomb and was killed during a raid in Libya in 1941.

Tom Glynn-Carney as Mike Sadler

Tom met Mike, the only surviving member of the SAS (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia)

Dunkirk actor Tom met Mike, who is now 102, and was specifically was known for his incredible navigation skills, as he guided the SAS on their missions.

At one point Mike was captured by the Nazis, he recalled: ‘We just managed to escape, but then we were stuck with this enormous walk for four days.’

Dominic West as Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke

Dominic also stars in SAS: Rogue Heros (Picture: BBC/Wikipedia)

The Wire star plays the Lieutenant who was a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. 

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As well as the SAS, he was pivotal in the founding of the British Commandos and the US Rangers.

SAS: Rogue Heroes premieres on Sunday at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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