SAS Rogue Heroes

BBC1, today, 9pm

As the drama continues, David Stirling is stuck in hospital, recovering from his disastrous first parachute jump.

He continues to mull over Jock Lewes’ plan to attack enemy forces in North Africa by land rather than sea. Stirling isn’t convinced that traditional commando units are up to the job but he thinks that if small groups of men could be dropped into the desert, they could keep the element of surprise. Lewes fears the experiment is already over, but what they don’t know is that someone else has a remarkably similar

idea...