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Jock Lewes - Co-Founder of the SAS

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General Bernard Montgomery was among senior officers who initially did not look kindly on the SAS. He described Stirling as 'mad, quite, quite mad'. A vote for Nigel Farage's lot would put Starmer in No 10, warns Rishi Sunak... but he admits he's 'too busy' to watch the former UKIP leader on I'm A Celeb Steven told me a story about when he went to interview David Stirling’s secretary, someone who had worked with him in the 70s. She told Steven that at lunchtime, they would all look out the window because what Stirling normally would do is go walk across the road to a sandwich bar but he would close his eyes and walk directly into the traffic. Steven uses that at the beginning of the first episode as a way to get inside the head of David Stirling who loved living life close to death. The feeling that gave him, the rush that gave him, was something that elevated him and kept him feeling excited. So that’s another thing I kept in mind when thinking about the violence or about the action. It’s not always just about the gory act itself - sometimes it’s the act of the thrill that a certain kind of person will get from being in that kind of danger.

I think if it wasn’t for Tom I wouldn’t have been able to play David Stirling at all. I think he feeds off the chaos and because of that always keeps morale, even when it’s really hard. I think on face value Tom Shankland wouldn’t have been the guy to do this job, but ultimately when you meet him he’s the most extreme adrenaline junkie, Hawaiian-shirt-wearing, sweet-talking dude who is perfect for this kind of experience. There is a version of this story that you could tell - a superhero version where no one has any emotions – but this isn’t that. This is a version that features the flawed nature of all of these characters too. These are the things Tom and myself really wanted to dive into, and what I think is going to make this show so special. a b "Commonwealth War Graves Commission – casualty details, John Steel Lewes". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 21 February 2008. Blair was never in prison,” Mayne’s niece, Fiona Ferguson, told The Daily Telegraph. “Him fighting three military policemen never happened. The story was good enough without throwing stuff like that in.” Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, SAS Rogue Heroes on the BBC has been a huge hit with audiences and critics alike, with episode one attracting 9.4 million viewers (28-day all screens figure). This makes SAS Rogue Heroes the BBC’s third biggest drama launch of the year so far. The series has been available in full as a box set on BBC iPlayer since launch. It is very clear from my father's diaries that he was not a thug. He went after resources at the disposal of the enemy - railway lines, bridges, factories. It was always strategic objective," says Lorna.

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Omid Scobie's book is understood to include a volley of withering criticisms of the Royal Family. Here, Royal Correspondent NATASHA LIVINGSTONE sifts fact from fiction... Stirling was captured by the Germans in January 1943 after yet another raid. Although he did initially escape, the officer was re-captured by the Italians and, despite another four attempts to get away, he was imprisoned for the rest of the war at the infamous Colditz Castle. Even though the front line wasn’t that far away, Cairo was very much a party city and it was famous for its nightlife, its nightclubs. There were lots of great descriptions. There were a lot of interesting writers who turned up in Cairo at that point. Obviously a lot of soldiers were there from all over the ally powers. There were Czechs, Indians, Brits, Aussies. There was this kind of vibrant community there, various communities rubbing along during war Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne is pictured right in Norway in 1945. The SAS wreaked havoc against German and Italian positions Like his comrade and SAS co-founder David Stirling, Lewes found his time in the Commandos frustrating. Many operations were cancelled and others ended in failure. Learning from this, Lewes sought to refine the commando concept and develop a more effective way of using these highly trained soldiers.

Less complimentary were the family of Paddy Mayne. His niece, Fiona Ferguson, protested his depiction as a “drunk Irishman”. Indeed, the show’s portrayal of Mayne – as a boozed-up, violent and wild-man – lives up to his reputation, which, according to historian and author Gavin Mortimer, was largely crafted by David Stirling. While Mayne’s portrayal might be contentious, Mortimer thinks that Stirling is accurately depicted in the series. “It captures his arrogant bravado and entitlement,” he says. Other details and characters – such as Sofia Boutella’s French intelligence love interest – are entirely fabricated. In the show, Stirling enlists a number of French paratroopers (which did happen, to make up the numbers lost in the first disastrous parachute drop). Mayne is appointed their instructor, also true, but shoots at them and fights them during training exercises, which is fictitious. Hill, Amelia (23 July 2000). "SAS founder was a Nazi sympathiser". The Observer . Retrieved 2 March 2017. It was a ghost regiment, he made it up to scare the Germans and Italians into thinking the Brits had a parachute regiment to destroy their aircraft - and then of course, they did. But, he called it L detachment, meaning that there was A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H… and it was called First Division. Anyway, he was pretending that it was this vast division with thousands of paratroops - in fact it was justThey fight to keep Paddy’s legacy alive, and are keen to point out that the ‘muscle for hire’ image many people remember him for doesn’t tell the full story. For instance, they reveal he carried a poetry book called Other Men’s Flowers into battle – and SAS: Rogue Heroes does show this side of him, as we see Mayne reciting poetry in prison during the first episode. They also tell the story of how – when his best friend Eoin McGonigal (played by Donal Finn in SAS: Rogue Heroes) was killed in action, Paddy gave up his leave to go and search for Eoin’s grave, putting himself in considerable danger, and wrote a heartfelt letter to Eoin’s mother sending his condolences. I think ultimately they’re fighting for something that’s bigger than themselves, even though there is a lot of ego involved, narcissism and neurotic behaviours, but they are fighting for a cause that is bigger than themselves and they do so very effectively. She is broken but in one piece': Emily Hand's father vows to throw 'biggest party ever' to mark the ninth birthday the Irish girl spent as a Hamas hostage - as he reveals he was scared to hug her too tightly after her captivity hell The scene is based on a real incident, though it happened in Paris in 1944, by which time Stirling had long been captured. According to Mike Sadler, one of the original members of the SAS, it was Paddy Mayne.

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