Great SAS Missions

The Special Air Service regiment (The SAS) was established during World War II as a small unit of the elite soldiers able to make rapid assaults on the enemy. Combining audacity, bravery, endurance and technique in missions ranging from deep penetration raiding to hostage release operations, the SAS was soon established as the world's leading special forces unit.

With CGI, expertly researched footage and the enlightening accounts of former members, this series recreates the following seven great missions through which the SAS earned respect and fear around the globe:

The Birth of the SAS, Destroying Hitler's Airfields, Deception on D-Day, Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons, Liberating the Iranian Embassy, Retaking the Falklands and Desert Storm Scudbusters.