: Desert scenes were primarily filmed on location in Morocco to capture the North African theater of war.
: The show is a dramatized account of the actual formation of the British Special Air Service (SAS) during World War II. Rogue Heroes S01E02 FRENCH HDTV
: The episode follows the group's improvised training in the desert, where they use a blank manual and self-invented techniques to prepare for their first mission near Tobruk. Historical & Production Context : Desert scenes were primarily filmed on location
: Stirling begins assembling a team of "incorrigible but brave rogues," including the disciplined Aussie Jock Lewes and the volatile Irishman Paddy Mayne, whom Stirling recruits out of a military prison. Historical & Production Context : Stirling begins assembling
: The series was created by Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders .
: While recovering in a Cairo hospital from a training accident, David Stirling hatches a plan for an airborne commando regiment capable of attacking German forces from behind enemy lines.
: The plan is only greenlit because Colonel Dudley Wrangel Clarke, a pioneer of military deception, sees the new unit as a way to trick German intelligence into believing a much larger "Special Air Service" division exists.
