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Paddy Mayne’s training methods are a tad unconventional…
SAS Rogue Heroes tells the adrenaline-fuelled origins of the fearless, reckless Special Forces unit, its legend forged among the mayhem of WWII. By Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
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[@thepianist3344]

In real life, Stirling did not refuse to integrate the French. It was even quite the opposite : he asked De Gaulle to "borrow" French paratroopers in England. There were too few SAS men and he needed experienced men quickly. Nowadays there are English and French SAS, with the same motto (Who dares wins/Qui ose gagne). Incredibly brave men. Long live the Anglo-French friendship

[@rudolftrost3534]

Do NOT forget the Belgian S.A.S., friend. Our paratroopers are respected world-wide.

[@rudolftrost3534]

The Belgian S.A.S. (5th S.A.S.) became 1st Para and 3rd Para.

[@kloic9334]

@@rudolftrost3534 only 1st para really kept the tradition

[@nicolasvanhorton5043]

Here is a short excerpt from the Wikipedia article entitled: "1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment": "The 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine (English: 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command. Heirs to the Free French paratroopers of the 3rd and 4th squadrons of the Special Air Service (SAS) founded in the United Kingdom during WWII, the 1er RPIMa is sometimes referred to as the "French SAS" and still uses the same motto as their British counterparts to this day: Qui ose gagne (French for "Who Dares Wins")."

[@Balrog2005]

''Real life'' and BBC historical productions are at war...for those that are interested in this: READ THE BOOK, it is way better and free of woke stupidities.

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

"Is there a French word for 'Initiative?'" "...Yes, it's 'Initiative.'"

[@thepymes]

And that is the very joke they are making...

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

A word that French gave to the English language.

[@sammni]

Humour or irony isn't a strong point Mr Burns is it? Lol 😂

[@TommyGlint]

Was it Bush who said to Blair that the problem with the French is, they don’t have a word for “entrepreneur”. It is only alleged that he said it, but still pretty funny.

[@17MrLeon]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Nope its from Latin

[@davidmiles4678]

I’m from the U.S and I’m just now learning about Paddy Mayne. What an amazing individual more people need to be taught about this brave man.

[@sammni]

I'm from down the street where he lived. Read a book on him Some of the things he did would be hard to portray and put into a movie for reality purposes.

[@burtan2000]

I'll learn about the war every day for the rest of my life and i doubt I'll scratch the surface. The number of men like this at that time was astounding. There were 4 time fewer humans and yet there seemed to be more great people.

[@montecristo7602]

Well nowadays it's a matter of lack of moral fiber. Too many fookin keyboard warriord than real men

[@thebaron9059]

Paddy Mayne had an amazing, heroic life. His death however was ridiculous in comparison! Although I'm sure he would laugh at the irony!

[@ianbenson21]

Also learn about MAD MITCH.....

[@korgothofbarbaria2841]

Is there French word for initiative had me laughing out loud. 😂🤣

[@elrerex255]

initiative /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ ... Origine late 18th century: from French, from Latin initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.

[@kellydalstok8900]

It was supposed to

[@alioshax7797]

@@elrerex255 That was the very point of the joke, mate...

[@didierprevost1160]

An American president (Bush junior if I remember well) said publicly (and very seriously) : "There is no french word for entrepreneur". Which is french word... seriously 🤔

[@nunosantos485]

Is there or isn’t there?

[@DidierDidier-kc4nm]

the french sas (4'th sas ) and later 2RCP was one the most decorated french unit. it became 1RPIMA i recalled in 1994 former British and french sas came to visit our garrison at Bayonne , quite moving ! the first killed of d day was one the man of french sas Two days before D day .President D gaulle didn like to much french sas (they were too ''british'' according to him ) is for this reason they didn t have a lot of publicity right after ww2!! ''qui ose gagne ''

[@angloirishcad]

'qui ose gagne', is that still their motto?

[@DidierDidier-kc4nm]

@@angloirishcad yes it is

[@angloirishcad]

@@DidierDidier-kc4nm Interesting, I read that De Gaulle refused to meet the French special forces who had fought so hard at Normandy after the battle or something like that...shocking if true

[@sisamusudroka3000]

@@angloirishcad he was a politician through and through, aka a complete reptile

[@DidierDidier-kc4nm]

@@angloirishcad yes is true even commando marine , it is what i read as well ,im not a big specialist of De Gaulle he came from regular infantry (WW1) and armour WW2 and was sceptical about new way of fight like paratroopers or SF especially when it come from British 🙂he had like lot of french(and british ) a hate love relationship between French and British although he was sincerelly sad when Winston CHurchill passed away . sorry to be long anyway. i have not yet watched this serie but for the men of my generation ,,British and French Sas and later 22 sas are the REFERENCE for us .

[@chuckfinlay6093]

From the AC/DC sound track to Jack O’Connell accent it’s an Absolutely outstanding series and can not recommended it highly enough. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@beniteztheconman]

The comedy accent? What about jack being about a foot and 10 stone smaller than the real Paddy Mayne?

[@benlewis2475]

Well said

[@seankilburn7200]

@@beniteztheconman Would you really rather an actor be 6’4 or actually be able to act. In case you’re unaware very few people are that tall and even fewer are actors.

[@sammni]

Jamie Dornan? @@seankilburn7200

[@danielmcaloon4691]

The acting is next level the script is next level. I am watching it on SBS in Australia episode by weekly episode. This is one of the finest productions telling a heroic story I have ever seen.

[@artisaprimus6306]

I've enjoyed the series immensely. It shows how military regulations can be a deterrent to achieving victory. Real heroes that deserve recognition.

[@davidrendall7195]

Military regulations exist to get five hundred thousand men, a hundred thousand vehicles and two million tons of equipment in the right place at the right time to achieve an objective which is shifting in time, place and confusion as another five hundred thousand men with guns try to stop you winning through. Special forces planning and training exist to get a handful of men onto a single well studied target in complete surprise, to effect the greatest effect before withdrawing faster than they arrived. Very different things, requiring very different skills, planning and regulations.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

​@@davidrendall7195Yeah and the regular military was failing at even that. Hence the opening scene where they they forgot to bring gas to refuel the trucks. Stirling realized the regular military was going to have the world speaking Japanese and German unless real men stood up and took charge.

[@davidrendall7195]

​@@JesusChrist2000BC By late 1941 when the SAS first got into action, the regular British armed forces in the middle east had: conquered Persia, Ethiopia, Syria, Lebanon, and Somalia, taken, lost and retaken Cyrenaica. Successfully defended Egypt three times, Palestine and Iraq once each, Malta and Tobruk countless times and unsuccessfully defended Greece. They had retaken air superiority over the desert and Malta, taken and held naval superiority in the Med, throttled Axis supply convoys to Africa. Held Turkey and Spain in check, fended off Vichy France and crippled Italy's ability to fund and prosecute their war without increasing German support and economic decline. The SAS destroyed a couple dozen aircraft. Yes a British army column did once mix up German litre marked fuel cans with British Gallon marked fuel tanks. Stirling wasn't actually there, that bit is storytelling. And the end result of this snafu was the incredible production story of millions of Jerry cans to British measurements, and stickers over fuel gauges showing both units. I think it's a story of great imagination and regular screw up. If you want a single viewpoint, ultra-narrow-front war fought without failure, you're playing FPS not TWW (total world war).

[@ThePartisan13]

Any regulation to that degree is usually counter productive. You're trying to get thousands of people at a baseline of the same conditioned degree while ignoring the obvious point that people are different.

[@davidrendall7195]

That was a composite story, Stirling wasn't present for that particular screw up, which only effected a single battalion of French troops. Out of about 200 battalions in the 8th Army. Any evidence of error isn't evidence of complete failure. Stirling wasn't motivated by the failures of others, but the failure of himself. He wanted action and hadn't seen enough to satisfy himself. He had shifted units in the hope of seeing action, and repeatedly missed it, while others saw all they could handle. A brilliant and charing officer, but driven by his own issues not the Army's. He later admitted as much. @@JesusChrist2000BC

[@lazylad8544]

The actors, the music, the action. Everything about this series is brilliant. Well done the bbc. ( one of your better programmes). Ps. I'm looking forward to series 2.

[@cornelionsqween8028]

This show is so good! I need another season yesterday!

[@pauladias2040]

✨ Steven Knight! One of the finest screenwriter ever!! 🎯💯🤘🏻

[@robbas_krk1510]

Combat scenes are too BS.

[@lazylad8544]

@robbas_krk1510 if your speaking from experience then fair enough however I enjoyed the series.

[@rogerdou7226]

JACK O'CONNELL is so fantastic in this, I'll see every movie he makes from now on. I'm a fan for life!

[@kumarsk21]

The best show of 2022 absolute banger

[@PF9O]

Awesome the huge weight and reputation that SAS has! World renowned.

[@christopherwatkins4005]

I absolutely loved this program

[@tomconneely1361]

Reminds me of a high school PE teacher who threw cricket balls at us by way of encouragement.

[@MrCardinal1965]

Ahhh 1970’s schooling, thems were the days😉

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Paddy Mayne was a big buggar in real life. He was like a rugby player. Brick 5hithouse by those days standards.

[@unclescipio3136]

6'3" and 240 pounds of hard muscle. He was a brick shithouse by today's standards. For his generation, he was Goliath.

[@leonardshumacker4595]

He was a homosexual too

[@mawortz]

@@leonardshumacker4595 so?

[@leonardshumacker4595]

@@mawortz just putting it out there

[@plamenatanasov1091]

@@leonardshumacker4595 I highly doubt that.

[@user-gk5rx6dn1u]

Just found out last year that my grandfather was a sergent in the 3e régiment de chasseurs parachutistes. He was part of operations Snelgrove and Amherst. Never really spoke about it. Wasn't until someone writing a book on the subject tracked us down and sent us pictures of all his medals and missions that we found out. Kinda cool that there's a show on it now. definitely going to have to check it out.

[@5aitama638]

Just learning about Paddy Mayne now, he's from my home town of Newtownards and we've a leisure centre named after him. Never knew about him until today but ultimately proud of him and what he's done motivates me to do big things.

[@johnmccracken3473]

You can visit his grave in Movilla Cemetry.

[@danielvanr.8681]

Pity that they had a Sassenach actor portray him here. Jack did his best, but it just doesn't sound completely Ulster to me. :(

[@michaelshanahan4042]

You should be proud of him 😊

[@neilwilson5785]

This show was a pure joy.

[@mikeyoung7660]

One of his favorite songs was come home Paddy Riley to Bally james duff by Percy French. Its a beautiful tune actually. I'm from Belfast but lived in Scotland for a few years in Stirling. I used to spend some time at Sir David Stirling monument in Doune. I hope someday I can get to Newtonards to see Paddy's monument. QS

[@jimigrill]

Amazing show, needs a part 2.

[@michaelreeney81]

Season 2 filming next year

[@jimigrill]

@@michaelreeney81 No way 8o

[@quineloe]

@@michaelreeney81 is it done?

[@peppermintshore]

Damn i love this series. Watching the clock ticking waiting for series 2

[@alex_5958]

To say "Does the French have a word for initiative ? " is such ironic. The English word for initiative comes from the French. In French, it is the same word, because the English word initiative comes from the French. Since William the conqueror, around 25% of the English words come from the French. You can also read the motto of the English crown : "Dieu et mon droit", which is French (in French "Dieu est mon droit", which means "god is my right").

[@benoitbvg2888]

I think George Bush Jr. also once said something like "the problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur".

[@nicolasvanhorton5043]

Here is a short excerpt from the Wikipedia article entitled: "1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment": "The 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine (English: 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command. Heirs to the Free French paratroopers of the 3rd and 4th squadrons of the Special Air Service (SAS) founded in the United Kingdom during WWII, the 1er RPIMa is sometimes referred to as the "French SAS" and still uses the same motto as their British counterparts to this day: Qui ose gagne (French for "Who Dares Wins")."

[@angloirishcad]

It was a joke...English style...I believe the French call it 'sans-rire'

[@ericgabeau8148]

Merci Alex merci

[@benoitbvg2888]

@@angloirishcad It's a joke that sadly, a lot of people won't get (especially if this gets broadcasted in the US lol).

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Just finished watching. Such a great show.

[@lameplanet]

Can't help thinking this show does a disservice to Paddy Mayne by portraying him as permanently drunken and unhinged. He was a highly educated man, a solicitor by trade who was capped for Ireland and British Lions rugby team. But the show makes him out to be a drunken lunatic who is out of control half the time.

[@conradgibson5660]

Paddy was a quite gentleman. When put in a corner he thought back

[@beniteztheconman]

Agree..m the whole show is a joke. Terrible script and awful acting.

[@thepymes]

I respectfully disagree (a bit). Several times he is shown reading quietly by himself. His closest friend is a Catholic from Eire. He demonstrates a love of poetry. He speaks good French and, at the first opportunity, he chooses to look for Lt. Eoin instead of partying in Cairo with the rest of 'L' Detachment. Personally, I saw a complex individual who is shown to command the respect of all who served with him... even if he was a "mad Irishman"! ;)

[@walboyfredo6025]

In the same way that "Zulu" portrayed Hook, seems that they need to have an "anti-hero" in both depictions.

[@doublep1980]

They basically portray him as a drunk peasant, who couldn´t get over the fact that his (supposed) lover died and was basically suffering from some sort of borderline syndrome. When in reality, he was a highly educated man from a rich family, who cared deeply about the men under his command. We also don´t really know if we was into men, but I guess the BBC has to fullfill a diversity quota and they need a "gay warhero" or something....

[@davidsweeting6876]

This is a nutshell is why the special forces are different from the rest

[@Grayman58]

Excellent coment 🇬🇧

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Oh really !

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Absolute piffle, the more of these short excerpts I see of the movie the less I want to see it. Any Ex or retired Soldier, particularly Para, Royal Marine Commando, SBS or SASR will consider it with the same contempt I do.

[@davidsweeting6876]

@@ardshielcomplex8917 firstly it is not a movie, secondly I think you are completely missing the point, what sets them apart is to fully understand, to question, to never make assumptions based on what you are told, whilst some others in other units may do this, it is not typical. Also everyone knows stories have to be elaborated or adjusted to give an audience appeal, we all know Paddy’s character is far from the truth, but a not so angry Irish man that puts his arm around his men in tough times doesn’t have the same audience appeal

[@christophermcmanus5103]

Or it's complete jingoistic bollocks and nothing like the special forces at all. One of the two for sure

[@McHugh1949]

I read the book earlier this year and one of the SAS members, Roy Farran became a politician and cabinet minister here in Alberta Canada. I checked IMDB and don't see his name in the list of characters.

[@alvarocardinale8910]

maybe he was SAS from the "division" of Sterling brother? 2nd SAS Regiment in Algeria??

[@alvarocardinale8910]

yup... he was 2nd SAS regiment... from his Wikipedia: "However, he met up with an old friend which led to him attempting to join the new 2nd Special Air Service being formed near Algiers."

[@alvarocardinale8910]

this series/season is about the 1st SAS regiment... thats why Roy Farran isn't on it.

[@andrewgranger3370]

I like the asking why part. There is a story that when Von Steuben was training the American Continental troops he said with European troops you explain to them what they are to do and they do it. With the Americans you have to explain what they are to do and why they are to do it.

[@KRISTOFFGRR]

His reason kinda motivated me

[@StigaWorldCup]

Paddy Mayne The craziest Irish mad man since Stephen in Braveheart. He wasn’t right in the head. 😂😂😂

[@Grubnar]

"MY island!"

[@Paul630sqdrn]

Yes Hollywood t&£#@d that up too.

[@amandawright7216]

Blair Robert Mayne, was much much more than a heavy drinking, fighting Northern Irishman.. A British Lion, a boxing champion a Qualified Solicitor a gentleman and an absolute hero to the people of his beloved Ulster. Ulster's Greatest Son.

[@jameswilliams3241]

All true and as crazy as a shithouse rat, God love him!

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Is that all? He was president of the Northern Irish law society also and widely known and self identified as an *Irishman" not as an Ulstermen. You apes

[@jameswilliams3241]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 he was a true warrior poet in the old style who would have been sung of by the bards and would have been at home at the Cattle Raid of Cooley.

[@Prospro8]

Yes, he was a complete Ulster gent of a type that's vanishing, the warrior bard. Even his photos show that. The actor playing him is clearly only familiar with stereotype Belfast 'Troubles' movies, and the riastartha of the Celtic warrior is not psychopathy. He was polite and elegant when sober!

[@mabufang2217]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 read his book, your lying buddy boy

[@markberman6708]

Epic times qnd epic men.

[@louispks]

People on here complaining about Paddy's height WHO CARES. The guy Joe Pesci plays in Goodfellas he was 6ft 4 in real life, doesn't take anything away from Pesci's performance.

[@Briselance]

Had they hired a 1 m 60 actor to play the role of a 1 m 90 or 2 m character, this would have been a problem, though.

[@matydrum]

Everybody praises (rightly so) the Americans paratroopers who were the first troops to jump on Normandy but not many people know that the first soldiers in uniform to jump for the invasion were the french SAS who jumped on Brittany 24 hours before that.

[@kenreckless9845]

They also forget that of the 5 D-Day beaches, British Commonwealth forces hit 3 of them, the US 2 of them. Plus the British glider boys who hit Pegasus Bridge a good half an hour before the US 101st made their jumps into Normandy. A US-only affair it was not.

[@Whoami691]

@@kenreckless9845 There is also an argument to be made that if America never entered the war then they would not have been needed for D-day. It's fairly long winded but in short, the US landings in North Africa actually beefed up Axis defenses in Northern France.

[@timovangalen1589]

@@kenreckless9845 The Canadians hit Juno Beach, the second most heavily defended after Omaha, and pushed farther inland than any other landing force.

[@seanlander9321]

Ah yes, the 28 French who were part of D Day. Golly, what an outstanding effort.

[@FucaBigGew]

@@seanlander9321 172, the others were in Italie on in the thousands paratroopers who landed on France, After the D day France was the second most deployed army of the allies, wash that big mouth before you talk with it, bet you cant give us 10 pull up sean.

[@TheDiablotak]

Really wish this show was streaming or available for purchase somewhere cause it looks amazing

[@malcolmspence2869]

I ordered it from a place in Denmark would ye believe...dvd. released 15th December

[@RayMerrell68]

Like on here, you mean? Yeah, that would be great. They could advertise it in the top right corner of the page and everything! . . .

[@TheDiablotak]

@@RayMerrell68 I don’t live in the Uk and I don’t have a vpn so sadly I’m not able to stream it

[@SgtMjr]

Showed up on Amazon Prime on Dec 11

[@Litany_of_Fury]

Take to the high seas my friend.

[@mrdrebin123]

1:35 really good observation.. because you can have good soldiers who carry orders, but when obstacles arrive they simply reply "We cannot follow your orders." The "Why" soldier will always find the fastest solution around obstacles, and he will also have the balls to question somewhat stupid orders or combat maneuvers which can the be resolved "In the now" instead of "in the after" When the stupid order has already cost lives. ALWAYS ASK WHY!

[@patrickwalsh6319]

That beard has to be the Grand Daddy of Roy Kean's beard, so it is.

[@celticcheetah6371]

My Da comes from County Down, where this character was from IRL, and Jesus but the actor NAILS that accent. Close my eyes and it sounds exactly like my Uncle Brian. Just with a great deal more swearing and less discussion of horses lol.

[@patrickwalsh6319]

Grew up as Yorkshire Irish Catholic in Leeds. The voice was the sound bed of my youth of Uncles and Priests and Sunday Afternoons in the Irish Centre.

[@BadAlBig]

@@celticcheetah6371 Blair ‘Paddy’ Main was a solicitor from Newtownards Co. Down in Northern Ireland

[@celticcheetah6371]

@@BadAlBig indeed he was. I asked Dad today if he knew anyone who actually knew Mayne, and sure enough my Grandad did haha. Apparently he was “entirely mad” according to my Grandad.

[@gengis737]

Historically inaccurate. French FFL at this early stage were mostly professional, legion and colonial troops from Pacific, black Africa and Northern Africa. They knew initiatives because handful of them did hold millions of square kilometers of desert, savanna and jungle without more than a lieutenant to make decision against hostile populations, on every aspect of military and civilian life. And these men were used to make bridges, roads, forts, out of nothing. Raiding the desert was a new thing for British in 1941. French conquered the desert 50 years before on camel's back and patrolled it since. In January 1941 Leclerc's column of 400 men and 1 gun started from Chad lake in black Africa, crossed 500 km of desert to Kufra in Lybia and conquered it.

[@angloirishcad]

North Africa was new, but not desert warfare. The British army fought extensively in Arabia in the first world war, eventually crushing the Ottoman empire. Also, Britain launched the western desert campaign in June 1940 with Operation Compass, in which an entire Italian army group was destroyed. 138,000 prisoners taken. Don't worry its not well known in Britain either...but by summer 1941, there were some very experienced desert units.

[@KeithBrown51]

"Colt 45 revolver!!!" Paddy Mayne

[@kenc9236]

That made so much sense to me it scared me.

[@user-xb4pe1sv3w]

André Louis Arthur Zirnheld, one of the best of them.

[@benlewis2475]

The more I read, the more I realise that though he was a total legend, he was also a total See you next Tuesday. No other way to achieve what he did.

[@SyndicateBrink]

Jack O’Connell never seizes to amaze

[@infeedel7706]

Such a good scene, great writing and I wonder how well based in fact?

[@laxamn8317]

It's an arduous task to train these men

[@dot2562]

Paddy Blair mane😢😢😢😢

[@JJMerelo]

Anyone knows about a Spanish, or Spanish subtitles version, of this clip? Would need it for an engineering class. Thanks!

[@optimisticnihilist3417]

Cook really pulled himself together after that business with the drug gang.

[@gsd4me00]

Sounds like he is channelling his best Windsor Davies impersonation.

[@ciatangallaghe2485]

I wonder did this help them with old death squad situation up north?

[@kumarsk21]

Mayne and his kar98 shooting 😂😂😂😂

[@luuko656]

Lee Enfield

[@kumarsk21]

@@luuko656 sorry Lee Enfield

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

People watching this might think he was crazy; Yup Paddy was.

[@quineloe]

and he would do it I expect. Mers-El-Kebir after all.

[@lupinlupin2148]

When is season 2

[@cesaralarcon5228]

Even if the real life Paddy, didn’t curse as many mention he most definitely was In some way drunk or drinking

[@anoshya]

The SAS men look like Ralph Lauren models ..

[@fds7476]

Well, they’re French.

[@ereini0n]

Loved it, especially how supportive they all were of the Jewish guy. Paddy didn't even target him, only shot at the German :))

[@garethaustin6049]

What channel is this on I can’t find it

[@gtsoul2]

It's funny that the "30 feet height" part is never translated, just "build two towers".

[@Panzerfaustchen]

Mayne was twice the size of Connell

[@warswarrior]

What happened to Stirling after he captured by German? Does the story will Continue or its ending here

[@deluxgamer999]

Apparently they're looking to make a few more seasons so it'll pick up from there in S2.

[@MikeBenko]

In real life he was sent to Germany, tried to escape 3 or 4 times but they kept catching him, he ended up getting sent to castle POW camp for especially annoying prisoners and was a prisoner until the end of the war. He was treated fairly well, most British, American and French POWs were (unless they were Jewish), tho him being a Baronet (nobleman) and son of a general etc might have had a lot to do with his fairly lenient treatment.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@@MikeBenko Colditz? There was a series about that prison in the 70's IRL some prisoners almost finished building a glider in an attic in which they were going to attempt to fly out, but they got caught just before it was finished. Years later a replica was tested with weighted dummies and did actually fly... sort of.

[@ralphraffles1394]

Paddy Mayne takes over as the boss and builds the SAS up to 1000 men, and leads them through Italy, France and Germany. He becomes the most decorated British soldier.

[@CLHLC]

With all due respect... this is like a random monday for me.

[@jimgreene951]

Mayne was nothing like this character.

[@daisybelle1025]

Did you know Mayne personally????

[@beniteztheconman]

Agree. It was the worst casting in TV history. Why get this little wimp to play a giant?

[@josephcolton2614]

@@daisybelle1025 Not necessary. Paddy Mayne is very well documented and whoever wrote the script for this series disregarded everything that is known about Mayne.

[@denissewell]

Totally agree. Have read every book relating to Mayne the BBC characterisation was a disgrace. He was made out to be a loud mouth paddy. Whereas in real life he was shy and considerate not to mention well read, with a law degree.yes he did have drunken bouts as did many of his contemporaries and he was violent on occasions. He fought for a solid five years at the sharp end, nobody can sustain that level of attrition without some negative impact upon their character.

[@iainbagnall4825]

Urge to play Hidden and Dangerous 2 *intensifies*

[@jmtproductions3650]

Funny that "initiative" is the French latinized version, hence the scoff from the french SAS fella 🤣

[@MrLantean]

English language has a lot of words with similar pronunciations with similar meanings with French, Spanish and Italian. It is actually the blending of Germanic Anglo-Saxon with Romance Norman French which is a form of French spoken by Normans, descended of Vikings who settled in Normandy France. It is estimated that perhaps 60% of vocabulary is of Romance origins. English however is classified as a Germanic language due to its Germanic grammatical structure.

[@JCchan99]

Wht is the pint of dividing them in fresh and non french? that is counterintuitive in team building.

[@lordcrowther42]

The point wasn’t team building, they were already a team. It was demonstrate the concept of commanders intent, which is if you know the why behind something and what the end state should be you will be a lot more worried about getting to the end state then sticking to what your orders are.

[@JCchan99]

@@lordcrowther42 That explains the WHY? part, but not the segregation.

[@lordcrowther42]

@@JCchan99 could have just been an easy way to spilt them.

[@alioshax7797]

Because it was in the 1940s and pretty much everyone in the world was at least to some extent racist and xenophobic, so that's what the show tries to picture.

[@walboyfredo6025]

@@alioshax7797 Yeah, the Americans who often boast about " Liberty and Freedom" had a segregated Armed Forces. In the movie "1941", the part where the white soldier was covered in soot and the black solider was covered in flour. From which the "whitened" solider said to the "blacken" solider ".....hey....hey...GET TO THE BACK OF THE TANK!" That clip was to highlight the racism that occurred in U.S Army in WW2.

[@jicga8065]

Second season... When?

[@beniteztheconman]

You want more of this comedy caricature?

[@theindoorkites]

2024

[@grahamjordan1040]

Let’s see now a secret hideout with deck chairs outside ,30ft scaffolding towers visible from the air and if that’s not enough to draw attention we now have two enormous flags flying over the secret hideout , oh and a women just turns up at the very secret hideout. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@heycidskyja4668]

Not meant to be a 'secret hideout'. It is the desert, after all.

[@grahamjordan1040]

@@heycidskyja4668 and no German aircraft ever flew over the desert duh 🤔

[@ollywill1657]

If you're gonna post clips of your shows, please have the decency to upload them in the aspect ratios they were shot in.

[@liamdormon7822]

It looks the same on iplayer. The edges of the shot are squashed due to the camera lens

[@thersbugb7362]

Tell me how buiding two Towers helps Defeat the ENEMY!!! Nahh make me a cup of tea BBC

[@McCamerCoach]

More to the why. I coach. Those that have a why don’t quit

[@joeevans2854]

Looking forward to watching this although his accent is a bit dubious...

[@simplysimon9868]

Loved the series and the acting. Mad men or rogues? It's been dulled down for TV and the snowflakes lol. Camera work also brilliant.

[@MG-bs5mr]

I'm not sure that they wore lipstick or indeed any form of makeup.

[@liammeech3702]

What's been dulled down?

[@benjaminallen3371]

You could actually argue that it has been undulled for modern audiences. In reality, Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) strongly abhorred cussing, and the Sofia Boutella character seems to just function as eye candy.

[@simplysimon9868]

@@benjaminallen3371 Sophia's character yes is just that. Made a good spy though.

[@StickWithTrigger]

Did you mean Rogues?

[@Gurkha73able]

Love the realism but I'm not sure they had rock n roll music in 1942

[@walboyfredo6025]

I think that the current SAS lads often play such music.

[@Gurkha73able]

@@walboyfredo6025 Paddy Mayne and David Stirling didn't listen to it though. It wouldn't come out for another 40 yrs

[@walboyfredo6025]

Think that the current SAS lads had an input on this. I don't think that a Vera Lynn or a Gracie Fields song could bring up a " Gun -Ho" type of feeling during training or going to battle. Yes I know that it 40 odd years head but as said the current SAS lads often play such music just before going to battle or during RnR.

[@Gurkha73able]

@@walboyfredo6025 doesn't need a gung ho soundtrack mate. Saving private ryan didn't, nor did Dunkirk

[@steveyi2859]

Talk about overblown actual results of all special ops in wars. Has anyone heard of a war won solely by them?

[@andymattison9124]

Aiden? 💁‍♂

[@davidoldboy5425]

Paddy Mayne was an extraordinary man and soldier, built for fighting which he loved, he has been a hero of mine since I was a little boy, the woke brigade must loathe him lol?

[@lewisturner5362]

Yes, we hate everything you like

[@davidoldboy5425]

@@lewisturner5362 Good, keep breathing

[@RDSimonse]

Why'd we hate him? We'd love to shoot at ya 👍🏼

[@davidoldboy5425]

@@RDSimonse You couldn't hit a barn door

[@beniteztheconman]

He was 6'4 and 240lbs. Why did they get a little wimp to play him.

[@maxwelljacobs2715]

Please put this on britbox

[@remydaitch9815]

Qui ose gagne.

[@rc59191]

Isnt Paddy Mayne the drunk Irish dude that blew up like 100 German planes lol?

[@andymattison9124]

British not Irish. Although many brave Irishmen fought in the war, they returned to an Irish state which shunned them as pariah.

[@lucyashworth3687]

With a Nintendo Wii competition.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Maggot was the US army version of Paddy Mayne.

[@smith5796]

Heard Paddy Maine was like 6' 5".

[@seankilburn7200]

There aren’t many 6’5 actors surprisingly enough. What difference does height make to the show?

[@smith5796]

More Scary.

[@MonAheadBigMan9337]

@@smith5796 the short documentary on him I saw said 6'2. Loads of people in the comments adding 2-3 inches to his height. Everyone's complaining about Jack O'Connells casting but Stirling was 6'6 in real life and no one seems to be complaining about his casting.

[@Broski2322]

I want to know why I'm going to be the best !

[@jt.8144]

Great Series. Definitely not even as accurate as the book. But entertaining, nonetheless.

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Was the book accurate? He knew he was trapped in a lie. That's why he drank so much that it killed him.

[@stephenholland4057]

To think what a brilliant series that could have been made on the original SAS instead of this rock'n'roll rubbish

[@paulvickers3800]

True, like the music but it don't go with second world war.. now if it was shot during Iraq or Afghanistan it be great, plus o Connell good actor but Paddy was 6ft4..

[@mirkonavarra1517]

If you see what really happened in north africa and Mediterranean there is material for 100 beautiful series!! This one is just not well made

[@Smokiejoe679]

Cool it’s not for everyone but for some people it might be .

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Yep, its a total PC- WOKE comedy charade.

[@benlewis2475]

Friend of mine, 8 years in the SAS loves it. I quote his exact words ‘AC/DC and the SAS...what’s not to love’. They don’t take themselves too seriously and can recognise when something has been made for a wider audience.

[@trifelife89]

Was the real paddy mayne that unhinged? Find it hard to believe to be honest.

[@patrickwalsh6319]

I have Irish uncles. I'm saying, probably not.

[@jackbooth1710]

Apparently yes he is was pretty cracked. When they went to blow up German plains he went into the barracks and shot the pilots because he said it would take them longer to replace the men than the plains.

[@Ellie-qv4pu]

@@jackbooth1710 honestly that was a spot on smart idea by Paddy.

[@shack7631]

There are numerous videos on KZbin containing interviews with those served with Blair Mayne. The SAS: The Originals, is perhaps the best and contains the last interviews with those soilders who feature in this series. Going by what they all say this clip would be one Mayne's more level headed episodes. One described having Mayne in the unit as like having a pet lion.

[@malcolmspence2869]

Nah. No more than anyone with a skinful in them. He was an educated man. Solicitor from Queen's University no less. Liked to read. Just...north Africa in the early 40s was a harsh place. One had to be hard.

[@bryanperalta740]

He looks like Connor Mcgregor HAHA

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

0:08 Poles will use themselves, thank you

[@airconditionedrelco7099]

James Cook realy got his act together ever since quiting teen dramas

[@vadimbobov4051]

Wait, there were germans in the FFL during ww2?

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

german jews,catholics,communists etc , spanish republicans, poles

[@richardthomas4471]

Paddy Mayne, a great Rugby International, was never like that portrayal… pure crap!

[@Superplums]

Harsh bro

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Were the free French integrated?

[@johnwotek3816]

in 42, and it was at first a company. They would get 2 full regiment by 43.

[@remogatron1010]

@@johnwotek3816 I knew a Mexican and Chilean WW2 US Army veterans that served in regular infantry units. Why were US blacks segregated and served in mostly all black units?

[@jockmcscottish7569]

@@remogatron1010 Plain old racism. The US Whites didn't think the Black guys were there equal. Caused a lot of trouble with the British when the Yanks came over and the civies and soldiers alike were shocked by the treatment of Black US soldiers by there White counterparts. Same thing happened in Australia when Uncle Sam turned up.

[@remogatron1010]

@@jockmcscottish7569 I was doing some research on this in the past hour. This is what I find bizarre. In California, racism towards Mexicans existed and I imagine LATIN looking people. Yet, LATIN Americans from Mexico to Argentina served in regular white units of all branches in US Army. The Japanese Americans and Blacks were in ALL Asian or Black units. Why would the Latin people be allowed to serve in white units of all branches? For example, in movies like FURY with Bradd Pitt, the tank driver was Mexican American. In the movie called Midway with Charlton Heston back in the 1970's, one of the Navy pilots was Latin American played by actor Erik Estrada. I remember at least two other movies about WW2 that had some Latin person serving in their units. I wonder why would they be allowed to serve in regular units? Strange right?

[@garypulliam3740]

@@jockmcscottish7569 *their

[@CodaMission]

I must criticitize parts of this scene: It was a faux pas of the highest order to divide the Free French by ethnicity. The French military apparatus had a long history of accepting anyone in the ranks regardless of ethnicity because "French" was not a race, it was an achievement. Racism was absolutely a thing, but it was different to most Anglophone models because segregation wasn't a thing. Even today, it is against French law to count race or ethnicity in census data. Also, he should have known that they wouldn't think to question orders if he was going to be training Free French.

[@azeezosho9459]

If you watched the series, the french commander actually mentioned that.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Cor, imagine if Britain didn't put race in the census. MInd you, everybody should just put "mixed". I mean, how can they prove you aren't? There might be some Roman and Viking in there...

[@CodaMission]

@@worldcomicsreview354 Different cultures have different methods of closing racial divides for the sake of the country. Whatever works

[@drno4837]

Dreyfus............................J'Accuse

[@Spudtron98]

1:35 This whole spiel is still very relevant today. Russian troops in Ukraine have been embarrassingly destroyed time and time again because their military discourages initiative, prioritising only following orders to the letter. For example, a Russian supply convoy is ordered to drive down a specific road to reach a destination. They are not told why, and they do not ask. Along the way, they encounter the burned wrecks of their predecessors, but they do not stop and try to find another route that avoids this clearly unsafe road. They were ordered to use this road, and that is what they will do. Thus, they are inevitably ambushed and destroyed by the same forces that had killed the last three convoys to come down that road. Meanwhile, back at the unit's command post, the officer who placed this order is himself unable or unwilling to change his strategy, because he was told to send stuff to that destination at any cost. Kherson Airport is littered with the wrecks of helicopters because Russian command had ordered there to be a certain amount of choppers stationed there at any given time. Ukrainian artillery would then shell the airport, destroying helicopters and other equipment. Rather than pulling their units back out of artillery range or seeking out and destroying those guns, the Russians instead just sent more choppers in to replace the ones that were destroyed, because they had to stick to the number that they were told. Top-down command structures are inflexible and _will_ fail in the face of adversity, because it is just plain unfeasible to micromanage an entire war to that degree. If you encourage your troops to _only_ follow orders, they won't be able to do jackshit in the absence of them.

[@mrfancypanzer549]

I dont understand why they decided to portray him as a drunken meatheaded psychopath.

[@samwallace7313]

Apart from Brad Pitt that is one of the worst Northern Irish accents I've ever heard. BTW Blair Mayne never swore or cursed in his life, he hated it.

[@ericericson4885]

He did, a lot. Read up, lad. Just never around women.

[@samwallace7313]

@@ericericson4885 no he didn't and he'd have broke your jaw if you swore in front of him, lad. You'll be saying Jack O'Donnell's accent was good next, lad.

[@sammni]

I was always under the impression he didn't swear that often. But.... 50/50 on this one. Worst Northern Irish accent definitely belongs to Tommy Lee Jones on "Blown away" And I know you'll go and check it out. But be prepared to be horrified lol 🤣

[@samwallace7313]

@@sammni Tommy Lee Jones was rough but Brad Pitt is the worst I've heard. Can't remember the name of the film but Harrison Ford was in it. God it was bad lol

[@kevinlewis3029]

@@sammni I agree Tommy Lee Jones accent in blown away is shocking.

[@davidgross316]

None of this was in the book

[@paulowens6004]

Paddy Mayne never used the F word or allowed his men to use it either. Plus the accent is crap. Rory McIlroy, Eamon Holmes, Gloria Hunniford, Mark Allen, Darren Clark, Van Morrison all from N.ireland and have all slightly different accent depending on the area they came from, but the accent used in the SAS programme is over the top big time. Paddy Mayne they say was (when Sober) was soft spoken.

[@raggersragnarsson6255]

Yes he was from Newtownards in North Down from a middle class family so his accent wouldnt have been so strong and harsh akin to a working class Belfast City type accent. Albeit the NI accent portrayed is the best I've heard on screen. Very realistic for once. Shame it wasnt the right one though.

[@josephlarmor550]

It does seem to have been a big hit, but I found it overblown, over-acted and factually questionable. The music of AC/DC etc did nothing for the script. Didn’t get past the second episode. Watch "Ice Cold in Alex", "The Dam Busters" and similar for war movies which built tension and atmosphere through quality acting and writing, without the need for constant swearing, sexual innuendo or a raucous soundtrack.

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

Ah, the Brits always live in the past glory; nothing about Falklands War

[@ThePierre58]

Paddy Mayne was a great man and soldier, this actor clearly has not studied his bio.