Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words
Based on candid interviews with former members of the elite Special Forces unit, this four-part documentary series reveals the human experience of serving in the S.A.S. featuring dramatic reconstructions and the inside story of the service.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- Documentary
Based on candid interviews with former members of the elite Special Forces unit, this four-part documentary series reveals the human experience of serving in the S.A.S. featuring dramatic reconstructions and the inside story of the service.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
Kill or Be Killed
45 mins
The series starts with former members of the service explaining how they rationalise killing as part of their duties and what happens to that sharply honed killer instinct when they leave the service and return to civilian life.
Episode 2
Undercover
45 mins
Former SAS operative Colin Maclachlan recounts the events that led to a routine mission to Iraq going dangerously wrong when his cover was blown, leading to an intense period of captivity punctuated by mock executions and mob violence.
Episode 3
Aftershock
45 mins
The series looks at the lasting legacy life in the service has on the men. Former SAS-member "Yorky" recalls the extreme hardships of a six-week mission inside Iraq and how the killing of a young Iraqi solider stayed with him for years.
Episode 4
Hunted
45 mins
The series concludes with a retelling of the eight-man patrol Bravo Two Zero's mission behind enemy lines during the First Gulf War in January 1991. A young goat herder exposed their position and they were hunted by the Iraqi military.