SAS Rogue Heroes shares episode count for season based on true events

SAS Rogue Heroes is airing on BBC One and it comes from the creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight. The historical drama pays tribute to the fearless soldiers who inspired the series. Express.co.uk has all you need to know about how many episodes are in the debut season.The series is set in Cairo in 1941 and it follows David Stirling (played by Connor Swindells), an eccentric young officer who wishes to revolutionise traditional commando units.He creates a radical and somewhat controversial plan, fighting for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit.Writer Steven Knight said he was approached by the production company Kudos to adapt historian Ben Macintyre’s book charting the creation of the SAS.He explained: “Here we have a group of men who were by no means ordinary, yet never expected the ‘superhero’ treatment.”They came from all corners of the UK and from every class, working together with an unforced swagger that tells us they have no point to prove, simply a job to do and a strong belief at their core that they can deliver. All this whilst surrounded by the most extraordinary and perilous circumstances.”READ MORE: Prince Harry row erupts as author claims memoir is for ‘revenge’ SAS Rogue Heroes: The series is based on a true story (Image: BBC) SAS Rogue Heroes: David Stirling was the founder of the SAS (Image: BBC) SAS Rogue Heroes: The cast had to film through sandstorms (Image: BBC)The series was inspired by real-life heroes who defied the customs of modern warfare to take huge risks.The cast were put through a gruelling process to prepare for their roles, as Connor Swindells explained.”There was a big prep period for this and I’m really grateful that I got to do it,” he said.”We had a big rehearsal period before filming which was really helpful for all the guys to really get to know each other and just hash out key scenes in person.”The bootcamp was intense, we would start at about 7am when it was already about 30 degrees in Morocco, so you could easily burn and get sunstroke even at that time of day.DON’T MISS… Jeremy Clarkson announces exciting update on Clarkson’s Farm [INSIGHT] Peaky Blinders’ boss releases trailer for new show SAS: Rogue Heroes [VIDEO] SAS Rogue Heroes BBC air date, cast, trailer, plot: When does it start [EXPLAINER] SAS Rogue Heroes: Connor Swindells plays David Stirling (Image: BBC)The series is directed by Tom Shankland and he opened up about some of the biggest challenges during filming.He said: “Day one we had a sandstorm, day two we had half a sandstorm, day three we had an all-day sandstorm, day four we had a quarter of a day of a sandstorm.”We then started to schedule around the possibility of sandstorms. You always try to create an environment where people can do more work.”There’s just some things that you can’t control and you just have to rock and roll with that.”The sandstorms may have been a hurdle but they provided some great footage, which would have otherwise cost a lot of money for visual effects.SAS: Rogue Heroes airs on Sunday on BBC One at 9pm.