SPOTLIGHT ON BBC AND MGM+ WARTIME SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES SEASON 2 WITH JACK O'CONNELL, CONNOR SWINDELLS, GWILYM LEE, MARK ROWLEY

  SAS ROGUE HEROES  

SECOND SEASON OPENS NEW YEAR

Rogue Heroes return this January

The first season scored success for BBC in UK so the second season of wartime series SAS: ROGUE HEROES is ready to get back on the broadcaster this January and to MGM+ in USA. In the new season Jack O’Connell, Connor Swindells, Sofia Boutella and Dominic West are joined by new cast members Gwilym Lee, Con O’Neill, Mark Rowley, Jack Barton and others.You can check out the dynamic first trailer below. The second season will open the New Year, airing on BBC One from January 1st and over in United States January 12th on MGM +. The series also airs on SBS in Australian, TVNZ in New Zealand and Canal Plus in France. 

ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY

Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, series two returns to action with the troops in Spring 1943. Paddy Mayne (Jack O’Connell) takes control of the SAS following David Stirling’s (Connor Swindells) capture, and now attention must turn from the conflict in North Africa to mainland Europe. But GHQ have cast doubt over the future of the regiment, while the creation of a second unit and an influx of new arrivals make things even more difficult for the men. Can they prove that the SAS remain essential to the war, wherever it may lead them? 

 WHO IS IN THE SQUAD NOW?

Gwilym Lee joins the cast as Bill Stirling, David Stirling’s brother and founder of the 2SAS regiment, while Con O’Neill appears as General Montgomery. Theo Barklem-Biggs, Corin Silva, Jacob Ifan, Jacob McCarthy, Stuart Campbell, and Bobby Schofield also return for duty in series two. Among the brigade’s new recruits are Mark Rowley and Jack Barton, who will play SAS members Jock McDiarmid and John Tonkin respectively. Further new cast members include Stuart Thompson, Paolo De Vita, Anna Manuelli, Edward Bennett and Matteo Franco.