Danny Meets SAS Soldier Nigel 'Spud' Ely | Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men (Full Episode) | TOUGHEST

On this occasion Danny meets Nigel 'Spud' Ely, a former SAS soldier who worked undercover in Northern Ireland, engaged in hand-to-hand fighting in the Falklands.
Follow Danny Dyer as he embarks on meeting some of the most feared and prolific men in the United Kingdom. The men in this series are tough, brutal and ruthless. Some have spent their lives in the criminal underworld, some have spent a lifetime in pursuit of criminals. None of them are the sort of people you would cross. From unlicensed boxing champions to SAS soldiers to underworld crime bosses and elite undercover police, in Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men we meet them in the flesh, find out what makes them tick and experience first hand how they operate.
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[@Tt9tucker994]

Imagine being a military historian and finally being my asked to do a tv show and you find out it’s called Danny dyers deadliest men 😅

[@Samtheman1889]

Ye Nigel wasnt impressed with that and turned it down at first 😂 before screwing some more money out of them 😂

[@epicmafia2046]

he turned up with a hangover too lol not being funny thats kinda disrespectful to someone whos extremely vigilante and disciplined

[@aberamagold7509]

This definitely won't be listed as a "Career Achievement" on his CV

[@michaelwilson4316]

​@@Samtheman1889nigel is a clown,I served wi him...SAS more like "satdays n sundays"

[@johngilmore697]

Super army soldiers

[@stevieTee_21]

Danny is a hard man, he drove all the way out there with a wicked hangover! Respect son …. Respect

[@johngilmore697]

Justice for Uncle Nugget who was just having a laugh

[@Darren-xd1yo]

At least he still pulls you your perfect pint.

[@brettlittle9913]

Danny dyer,actor,wanna be hard man,but in reality just a so so actor

[@FalklandsRforeverBritish]

​@@brettlittle9913screams jealousy..... The only wannabe hard man is you. Little girl.

[@jeremijakrstic1968]

And a limited supply of cigs. Don't forget that nicotine shortage, combined with hangover, is more deadly than the death itself.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

The only SAS guy I've seen that brags about killing and giving it the big man attitude All the rest are humble and reluctant to discuss killing

[@FalklandsRforeverBritish]

He is a big man. You'd say nothing to his face.

[@BC_Joshie]

Enlighten me, how many SAS or SBS guys have you actually seen? i bet its not many at all.

[@user-kw9rc8tn1l]

All for television.

[@marklofthouse2205]

@@BC_Joshiehe’s right actually. Two of my close family were paras. We used to drink at an army pub and a lot of guys were either ex sas or some serving and they really don’t talk much about what they do. certainly dont brag. most have some form of ptsd and are rather quiet.

[@joeman8523]

@@marklofthouse2205 Why join the army knowing you could get ptsd? What shite, I mean they are there to kill people in any way shape or form and when they do, all of a sudden it's too much...wtf did they think it would be like? It's hardly flower arranging being a soldier is it? Sick of hearing of soldiers with alleged ptsd, bore off ffs! No one made them join, deal with it you big Mary's!

[@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx]

Danny Dyer wakes up shitting himself, looks in the bathroom mirror and craps his pants, goes to work scared out of his wits, returns home bricking it, has his supper shaking with fear and cries himself to sleep.

[@justintime1307]

Your name above says enough

[@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx]

@@justintime1307 Oh look! I've upset a Danny Dyer fanboy.

[@qualitycheck7559]

@@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xxgrow up mate😂

[@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx]

@@qualitycheck7559 Now you DEFINITELY look like a Danny Dyer fanboy.

[@Fordmad90]

Faaaking hell am shitting myself

[@rickchapman3707]

WOW REALLY enjoying this Video !! Thanks Spud and your team for agreeing to make this video. !!!

[@ianhewitt9258]

"Little Mars bar treat yourself after you've ironed out loads of geezers" 😂

[@edwardodonnell6857]

Anyone who makes it through selection for the SAS Is in another league and potentially lethal end of.

[@johngilmore697]

Did that man hurt the muppets?

[@andyw2582]

Fact

[@garethmorgan3665]

@johngilmore697 He cleared the cave...

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Selection of grooming for psychopaths...takes a special kind of person

[@RodEvan]

Danny got PTSD after this show

[@keneivers5052]

😂😂😂😂

[@lazer1249]

Or MDMA.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

He went down to the queen Vic boozer for a pint

[@user-ph1jc5zk7r]

Poor Danny looks like he couldn't even handle the drive down to the beacons... Let alone what is expected. Just reinforcing how tough, tough really is

[@MarkWarburton-ge3bz]

Were u all got go

[@taterbapple9847]

I have had pleasure of meeting some SAS folks in my time. What I always take from chatting with them is their eloquence. No thick muscle heads but really bright guys. They make Britain Great.

[@michaelwilson4316]

Well what did think,we was all melons...there has to be a level of IQ

[@carljones3792]

I know an ex SAS dude, and you're right. He's as thin as a rake, has long hair, a big beard, walks about in a vest, and flip flops. Looks like he'd be better of surfing in Newquay. Turns out he was quite good at his job, if you know what I mean. I'm glad they're on our side.

[@taterbapple9847]

You can train (to a degree) around fitness and stamina. However, the mental agility and ability to absorb information whilst shattering your body is unique to a few able people. I say with no agenda and in all sincerity that the SAS / SBS make me so proud of my country. We are so blessed.

[@westynufc90]

Watching these back 😂 tremendous

[@mark861]

God bless you sir...a massive thank you for your service.

[@SeanAEHegarty1984]

I also thank Danny Dyer for his service. I also thank his Hair Stylist for their service to hair services

[@michaelwilson4316]

​@@SeanAEHegarty1984grow up!-any1 with a nickname spud...must be a proper potato

[@HozOp]

Aside from Danny's 'I feel rough after last nights alcohol and coke binge' repertoire, this is quite the historical document of a British Soldier who has spent his time at the sharp end of the spear.

[@ZangiefAleksanderKarelinViking]

Great videos ❤❤

[@davidpatchell1884]

On ya Danny great videos mate

[@andrewcarroll6748]

Danny’s mission get down to the chippy and get the dinners in

[@shaunszalai3823]

He'd still cock it up somehow

[@RossNaylor-uq4jp]

When Danny experienced the c.s gas he was lucky spud took pity on him and set off the gas pellets in open air when we do it in the military its in a chamber about the size of a small bedroom you have upto 10 people in there with you and a instructor your wearing your n.b c kit and respirator to start but once the c.s pellets are lit you have to remove your respirator and take a deep breath and you then have to tell the instructor you're name,rank,reg no,and where your from or something similar and you are not allowed to get out of the chamber until you have calmly recited your details once you are ok with the procedures you can do a advance course which I did and that was proper nasty 😢 but I really enjoyed it

[@MarkWarburton-ge3bz]

Talking shit kid

[@Ued3b]

Yep and it didn't matter how clear and concise you answered, they kept on asking questions until you had to take a deep breath..bastards 😂😂

[@ryand141]

How can you talk if you're coughing your arse off?

[@gmain1977]

Now this guy is what you call tough and deadly

[@spudhead1161]

Especially with others behind you. lol

[@kv3515]

I know, Danny is one tough geezer ain't he! 😬😅

[@user-nb5ij3zd9m]

​@@kv3515proper aaard maayte

[@DarkCriimes]

“I don’t do PTSD”. That says it all really 😂

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@DarkCriimeshe thought was his GCSE results

[@WillRoberts-sd6yy]

It was puckkker watching dis. God bless

[@user-eb4ew4yl3q]

I like how the tv show has to remind you what happened just 30 seconds earlier

[@aberamagold7509]

Aside from when that _4 and a half foot tall self-proclaimed tough guy_ was on screen, this was really quite good.

[@tyronemana6479]

🤣

[@al488j]

Nigel Ely featured in the BBC documentary, Our Falklands War ( A frontlne documentary). Well worth a watch, relates his part in the Battle of Goose Green. He stated that after everything he was involved in during his service nothing compared to that battle.

[@bigdaveo397]

I'd recommend this documentary also. Spuds and the others accounts of the battle for goose green is brutal.

[@jamesnesbit9771]

"Im on my faking way to meet this tough geeza...I won't lie i am faking shitting myself "😂😂😂

[@kamatekamatekaorakaora3459]

What year was this program produced? I remember hearing about SPUD when I was in the Marines.

[@ABC-dw7pe]

2004 or 2005 or something I think?

[@mrstephenjacobs9015]

I am romam Catholic from Liverpool god bless the soldiers who gave their lives for there country RIP

[@Spiderdan-59]

My first deployment to the province was out of Bessbrook! Spud any vacancies give us a shout😊

[@ABC-dw7pe]

Danny dyer head to toe in 00's chav attire.

[@IMMORTALDIO]

When Danny put on the gas mask i thought about that film DEAD MANS SHOES .

[@SavageAudits]

Good film

[@user-hw1xq2nn9s]

Best film ever 👍

[@swingingingerplums]

Belter 🎉

[@jmc0075]

A must see film. Brilliant. 👍

[@dreamchaser9569]

Great movie

[@gtd65]

Haha, the CS scene. Never concerned me at all going into the chamber but some lads were more affected by it than others. Spent an awful lot of time wearing an S6 respirator and can still recall the vibration of the one way valve, when breathing out.

[@guy4469]

i carried a GPMG for 4 days with 2 extra belts and my burgan and im only 5ft 7 when it was all over i felt like i was floating .

[@truck5050]

Fair play 👍

[@russellhardy2211]

You'd know it wasnt called a burgan id have thought then walter

[@guy4469]

@@russellhardy2211 webbing i have no idea back pack mine weighed 90lbs .10m mile in 2 hrs .

[@chalks6940]

And 5ft 5 at the end of it...

[@guy4469]

Oh yeh i forgot about the 2 x jerry cans aswell.

[@Lsss9067]

DD’s Drag limp as he gets out of his moatarrrrrr. Has he got a hangover or just a tango whiskey alpha tango

[@edwardodonnell6857]

Spuds weapon collection says it all professional soldiers are awesome will always be needed is why they are world class bodyguards.

[@shep8851]

One thing that comes out of this, as someone that has served watching this you relise how ignorant "civvies" are of military life.

[@tofu-warrior7948]

The problem I see with people who have been in the armed forces, in whatever capacity, is that they tendancy to hold civilians in contempt. There's a distinct snotty attitude that comes from people who've been in the army, like they think everyone owes them a debt of gratitude. I've met many members of the armed forces and politically they just seem completely brainwashed. As my brother in law who served, correctly states that people's personalities are broken down and built back up again to accept orders. A chap I worked with in charity work had been a tank driver, but still held onto his own personal beliefs about things and wasn't really up for accepting orders unquestionably, (instead of towing the army line). He was soon made to feel unwelcome and subsequently left to come back to civilian life. Both my grandfather's served in the British army during the second world war. One of them was a Royal Marine commando & the other was in some artillery unit.

[@OMT988]

@@tofu-warrior7948 You make his point nicely. imagine thinking the military brainwashes more than the education system or society. 🤡

[@Luton-Mick]

As a "Civvie" not many fucks given to be honest about poor brainwashed men fighting rich men's wars.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@Luton-Mickalways the upper classes sending the working class to do their fighting from their ivory towers and wouldn't send their own sons to do the same

[@petermartin8756]

Tough and deadly! Spud, a real soldier, a real man!

[@martinsmith8624]

Great watch

[@shep8851]

Less than 5 minutes in, I have to agree DD is a posing tart

[@shep8851]

@@Okthen-jc2yi bet you're not

[@shep8851]

@@Okthen-jc2yi tough enough to have served in the military

[@FalklandsRforeverBritish]

​@@shep8851the fact you are bragging shows you never have been in the military... Ex serviceman don't brag. You are not tough and have never served. Couldn't fight your way out a paper bag.

[@brianlalor]

South Armagh was to this day the most dangerous posting for the SAS if I am not mistaken.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

They called it bandit country but we all knew who the real bandits were

[@blueduncan9522]

What a tart Danny is

[@TheRealRomansThirteen]

I would love to see them do that little intro on the Sean Ryan Show to see if these vets still got it where someone comes in just messing around with simunitions or like an airsoft gun cuz he get some really bad ass people.

[@xxxremastered3264]

💯💯💯

[@shep8851]

The CS gas scene realy showed DD for the whimp he is, as someone else said, it's usually done in a small room with gas rather than spray.

[@MarkWarburton-ge3bz]

How a wimp Wen he was in a real life training it was real for the ex king grandson he went through what he thought was real

[@shep8851]

@MarkWarburton-ge3bz have you done it though?

[@dongle_dangler]

good memories of taking off respirators and seeing who was the last man standing

[@johnnunn8688]

You’d think a man like Spud, would have his respirator adjusted properly.

[@Grayman58]

They probably done a bunch of takes to flim that part so it was over looked

[@bigdaveo397]

If we are going to classify men as deadly based on who they have killed, where they have killed and why they have killed, then Spud is indeed deadly as they come.

[@colinshanks2653]

There's deadly and deadly some people can't handle death after a while in the forces .and some it doesn't register as a human being . There's some who are sick when they see a mutilated body .and there s some it's just like a piece of meat on a butcher s table the difference is some killers have a soft spot inside them and that's when they feel stressed after killing ..some are sociopathic were they can feel nothing about killing humans but at the same time can cry at an animal being killed or seriously injured .why is a mystery .I feel sorry for any one in the police .army .navy .air force that suffer PTSD it must be a horrible thing to live with for them and their family .but psychopaths .are usually great people to get on with anyone .love being kind would help anyone .great to there family and friends got a heart of gold .and nothing but kindness to others ..but the hidden secret is when their on a mission to fight the enemy its kill or be killed and when pushed to be realy angry they don't fight to give someone a black eye or as sore face .it's like a mental blockin the head make you go into kill that person.and if theirs no one their to stop you .then that person is dead .the reason why people end up like this isn't because they think their hard men or just born evil (1).the worst one is a serious bang on the head when younger (2) being bullied when a kid .were you grow up with a hatred of bullies .and some but not all .take it into their head when getting older that no-one is going to beat you ever .and it stick s in the back of your head for life .and now and then when some one picks on you. this feeling of no fear comes into play and you completely loose it ..and not many humans are like this ..thank god . But in life it's things in your back ground that can make or break you .that's how so many of the s.a.s guys are from housing estates in britian .because you can break them and make them fight and kill .as they live with survival mode growing up through shit in life that most people don't go through .but 99 percent of the local chocolate gangster s only survive by bullying locals but outside there area there nothing and the wee guy that was bullied usually grow up and waste the so called gangsters .so in life be kind to people because you don't know what's in the mind of the guy at the corner of the bar .or the wee guy sitting in McDonald's having a coffee .and in life kindness attracts kindness back

[@baldersn4474]

'Cor its a bit early for smoke bombs innit me old son, Jesus Christ...' lol

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Spud a good bloke

[@paulricketts5537]

Cracks me up does Mr dyer

[@madmike6942]

Daniel is a good actor

[@hvk4985]

Knew an ex SAS bloke once in Australia. He had a small farm and I'd visit him every so often and noticed he always had a new dog. Found out later his urge to kill had never really gone away.. Sad really.

[@anguspearson1]

There is one thing we can be sure of.. Danny Dayyaah is wellaaaaard.

[@Smokeyonesix]

30:33 P2 with Night sun good ole girl. Spent many an hour repairing and servicing her ready for 30 min standby launches day or night. God how I miss them days.

[@elliottg.1954]

Spent six years in the province between 1980-1989 (never SAS). There were places you didn't go and where you never ever stopped. Still wouldn't go there now. Nasty job at times but there were many good civvy people too. Still amazes us that people back in England had absolutely no idea what was going on at the time.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

It's not like it used to be, you wouldn't recognise the place now...grew up there and hopefully never go back

[@GG-jw8pt]

Was there any episode he didn't start with 'I got a bit of a hangover this morning!' zzzzzzzzzzz

[@justintime1307]

Seen a few men who thought they were something special after a small TAB with a gasmask on, one lad threw up with it on. Quite a few have been sick during the run. Trying to breath is something else though

[@davidcole2899]

Who's Danny , Danny who come across harder jellyfish 😂

[@lkaisevusevu1975]

Fucken hell, that's a scary start 😂😂😂

[@danielduke5059]

Chatting to a guy at work who had a partner who's father served in the SAS almost by accident, the story goes he was a medic and the SAS where serving at the same time and place as her father and he was a medic and the SAS lost their medic at that time so he was enlisted there and then so off he went thats the end of that story, he never ever spoke about what he did or what happened in his time in the SAS even hi daughter knew nothing of his "antics" then after my freind had been with his daughter for a year or so he just talking about it, they are sworn to a time period about talking about what they did my freind said that basically this must have hit the say 25 year mark and he started telling them about what happened whilst he was out there with them! By then he was a retired paramedic who was highly respected within the air ambulance as as soon as they knew he was on seen they knew he could guide them onto the scene from his previous SAS experience, well basically one day my friend was having a chat with his partners Dad and he said that one day they had captured 2 targets and a SAS soldier was interrogating one of the guys basically " who do you work for " kind of thing guns pointed at him and very intense, the guy didnt say anything next second the door of the helicopter they where in opened and bang the guy left the helicopter with help whilst in full flight and the guy interrogating turned to the other guy they had and asked the same question, the guy immediately told them everything they wanted to know! Thats movie shit this guy told my buddy over dinner he witnessed it first hand, the real SAS guys dont piss about!

[@bigdaveo397]

Ive seen SF board an oil rig i was working on, on the bottom boat landing, water level and then sprint up the stairs to the top deck. In all this kit and weapons, minus the gas mask. Thats the equivalent of 12-15 storeys.....

[@sirussell69]

Danny must do daily classes in cockney to keep himself fresh 😅

[@rosstaylor6615]

Thank fuck he's on our side

[@ElPadre07]

SAS❤

[@jambo1808]

Spud clearly listened at the end of crime watch - please don’t have nightmares Spud - I don’t fucking have nightmares 👍

[@baldersn4474]

Whats the name of the theme tune please ?

[@allanfreeman4267]

chuck norris has ths man on speed diall

[@user-mj5gz6bj4y]

My dad Stephen mcdermott from Manchester was 3 para passed out 73

[@Stanly-Stud]

Who cares

[@user-mj5gz6bj4y]

Well me for a Start u tool

[@user-mj5gz6bj4y]

And he was 14 int ask anyone who knows will tell u there selection is as hard as selection for the sas and am proud of him and all ex and current service people

[@CL-vz6ch]

That's nice.

[@hecateswolf6007]

Respect to your dad

[@fergusstevenston]

Grown men playing Army!

[@ryand141]

Fu.king footage of N.I. looks faking brutal... And he said you don't get no second chances, and Spud replied: nah, you're dead mate. That really hit home. This guy was the real deal.

[@THOMAS_MHDS]

that intro hahahahhahhahahahaha

[@24840961paul]

Lives off his book sales lol

[@barrygrav3004]

Didn't spud shit the bed when he went trainspotting or was that Danny down the eastend 😫

[@CL-vz6ch]

Don't believe he was blatting off rounds in a London St.

[@pushinglimits3285]

I thought this was the one when dan got slapped round the canister in the pub.? Guess not 😂

[@darrenstopper1806]

That episode is with mo Teague

[@WillRoberts-sd6yy]

Lucky this man chose the SAS In life. I’ll say no more. 👍👍👍. Love from Bermondsey 2024

[@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet]

This is where I meet really tough men, and get a stiffy in the process resulting in me having to awkwardly walk to the toilet to burp the worm.

[@IanProud-cq7ej]

The only thing hard about Daniel Dyer is the hair gel that sustains his spikey action man haircut..

[@versatec1]

I’m Danny dyer and I’m acting like I’m a hard man! Coz I’m an actor!😂😂

[@versatec1]

@@Okthen-jc2yi lighten up...😂...he was good in the dope smuggling film in Spain!

[@MarkWarburton-ge3bz]

Never gessed

[@versatec1]

@@Okthen-jc2yi so ...what?

[@versatec1]

@@Okthen-jc2yi He was bloody good in that drug smuggling film 😊👍🏻

[@horacerumpole9263]

Dyer by name dire by nature

[@cplcummins]

Dyer looks like every interview he has to do hes hanging that morning after an all night bender

[@jerryoshea3116]

Anyone who has been attacked or has had a weapon pulled on them,realizes it's going to be u or them,u don't have time for ' Navel contemplation'..So when all is said & done unthen u shake ur head & move on! But sometimes it's ofen related to how u were raised! Now I do think I w/b different when it's a loved one,u might easily go in to Shock!

[@cannonball9478]

Proper hard bloke

[@FlyboyHelosim]

It seems like everyone is in, or has been in, the SAS nowadays. What happened to the anonymity and mystery?

[@markfullbrighton5070]

Human ego is what happened.

[@kevinbell3700]

You would think Special Forces making themselves known might not be a good idea. Danny 'totally ' Dyer ... enough said.

[@nickjohnson710]

It's never been a secret has it what about lofty wiseman? Was always on the telly.......These are retired UKSF.....they have to make a living

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

It’s Rosstopher Kemp with a rug..

[@mickeybee]

God I'd missed Danny 🤣

[@CAS.MACKAY]

Mmm wrong time to go on a bender Danny, this bloke is scary calm ..

[@brandycat8513]

It's filmed in the Brecon Beacons... oops, Spud's comin' for me for giving the SAS training grounds ground away. Gulp!!!

[@patdennison4508]

Watching them graves and thinking how poor our Veterans treated, makes me emotional. Every Soldier has signed an agreement to make the ultimate sacrifice, if needed. Yet the help they get is minimal at best. 😢

[@spudhead1161]

That's their choice.

[@AshSiddiq-id4ly]

That's the fooking problem pal. We sign an agreement with a load of rich lying tossers. We stick to it, they break it first chance it suits them

[@patdennison4508]

@@spudhead1161 Not after what I witnessed too, "Operationally" when a Spier looks back. N.I., Boz, etc... Everyone to their own though hay.

[@JamesP44]

Heads a mess as it is with a hangover, let alone dealing with this, nuts! I would have been the same when he said "need to take some time out for myself" talking about the killing hes done listening to that with a hangover, nah 😅

[@CL-vz6ch]

Danny Dyer is such a roaster.

[@andysenadbajric]

Protect the Principal and Get Paid!!!

[@justinriley8651]

we need to see some more stories from spud. hes a cool dude!

[@Timberwulf2]

TBH I was feelin a bit Ropey,,,,

[@warlord1873]

Treat yourself to a mars or more comonally a snickers which is owned by Mars 😂

[@Edward-iv9fs]

Why would anyone think Danny Dyer was tough?

[@paulricketts5537]

Don't think anyone does

[@readmycomment3157]

Surely using the person you're protecting as a human shield isnt particularly good practice

[@12oneent]

The silent service.

[@markymark3295]

Don't think he could hack anything 😂😂😂

[@lottierose8668]

makes stephen french look like a fucking little lamb

[@epicmafia2046]

Didn't really give yourself a chance though who tf turns up to an SAS with a hangover ofc he wouldnt just sit around chatting you'd be doing drills and learning operations

[@madmike6942]

Spud..no PTSD...americans..i have 4 PTSD🤣🤣🤣

[@Stevewatson3]

I am fahkin petrified