SAS Rogue Heroes: Paddy Mayne with Ben Macintyre

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Lieutenant-Colonel 'Paddy' Mayne is a legendary figure in the history of the British Special Forces. Valiant but volatile, confident yet conflicted, Paddy embodied the fighting spirit of the SAS. Ben Macintyre is the author of the book SAS: Rogue Heroes, the only approved history of the unit which was recently turned into a BBC drama series of the same name. Ben joins us to talk about the formation of this legendary fighting force, and the life and times of its most colourful character.

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0:35.0	On today's podcast, we're going to be talking about the birth of the SAS,
0:38.0	that British Special Forces unit that served with distinction in North Africa,
0:43.0	with disbanded off the war, but is now at the heart's once again of Britain's special forces.
0:49.0	It's a story shrouded in myth, in legend.
0:52.0	But it's a story we've covered before on this podcast.
0:54.0	We've interviewed several great historians on this topic.
0:57.0	One of it was Ben Mackinty, who's joining me again on the podcast today,
1:00.0	because he wrote the book on which the new TV hit series,
1:05.0	Rogue Heroes, is based.
1:07.0	A new dramatization of the early years of the SAS.
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