The last we saw of Paddy Mayne he was in in the desert, machine gun on his up, contemplating commanding the 1st SAS regiment after David Stirling had been captured by the Germans, and saying through gritted teeth: “Blood will follow”.It was quite a final line for the show. And pleasingly, he was right. Blood is in plentiful supply in the eagerly-anticipated season two of SAS Rogue Heroes which lands like a boot to your groin this New Year’s Day.As is plenty of Paddy action, from the very start. There he is, Jack O’Connell as Mayne (who, like most of the characters in the show, was real and just as wild) sat in a Cairo hotel as he’s refused some compassionate leave for the death of his father. He’s quiet for a minute. Very un-Paddy. Then he smashes up the table and chairs. Very Paddy.Collecting himself, he addresses the onlookers, “Apologies ladies and gentlemen, but GHQ in Cairo has got my f***ing goat.” Before then beating up about 15 soldiers to Rip It Up by the Adolescents. Terrific stuff.SAS Rogue Heroes series two is available in full on BBC iPlayer from 6am on New Year’s Day, and airs on BBC One from 9pm that night. Catch up with series one on BBC iPlayer now.
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00:00The European campaign is going to make Africa look like a tea party.
00:06My unit is currently spearheading the invasion.
00:09They're sending us to get chewed up by a great big Italian pig.
00:13I'm Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Sterling.
00:16I like your boots, Bill.
00:19We'll be fighting beside some of the best and most courageous soldiers on Earth.
00:23The famous F.A.F.
00:25Every single one of these men smells of alcohol.
00:29My brother was the midwife of this regiment.
00:32I refuse to be its coroner.
00:34Now do you want to save the SAS or not?
00:37Everybody burn down!
00:40They're wild men.
00:41This is just the start. It is our job to take the whole hog right the way up to the tail.
00:46We do not care about the unsubordinations so long as you keep winning.
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