BEN MACINTYRE is a best-selling author of military and espionage history. He has written and presented several films for BBC TWO from his books, including Operation Mincemeat. Ben has been hand-picked by the SAS to exclusively tell their story, gaining access that no civilian has ever been granted. Each day in the SAS archives leads to a new discovery, as Ben pieces together this story for the first time. The history of the SAS is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy; of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks.... It is a story of the meaning of courage. [show more]
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Historian Ben Macintyre presents this three-part BBC documentary which takes a look at the history of the SAS. With special access to secret files, archive footage and interviews with its founders, Macintyre traces the early history of the SAS from its formation in 1941 by David Stirling, through the Second World War and Paddy Mayne's assumption of command in 1943 after Stirling is captured and imprisoned in Colditz.
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