With a soundtrack which featured classic songs by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, The Clash, Killing Joke and more, the first series of BBC World War II drama SAS Rogue Heroes - written by Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight - was quite possibly the loudest TV series ever aired on British television.
Season two picks up where season one ended, following the heroic, if borderline insane, adventures of maverick SAS co-founder Paddy Mayne, played by Jack O'Connell in a manner which recalls The Almighty's Ricky Warwick circa Just Add Life, Warwick hailing, like Mayne, from Newtownards, County Down. Gwilym Lee, who received rave reviews for his portrayal of Queen guitarist Brian May in the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic, stars as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Stirling, the man tasked with giving orders to Mayne, who has a deep-rooted aversion to toeing the line.
Fans of the first series of the show can rest assured that the new season, in which the battleground switches from Cairo to Italy, is every bit as explosive, with an equally loud and lairy soundtrack.
