The six-part series, which is based on <\/a>Ben Macintyre\u2019s book of the same name<\/a>, <\/span>explores how the Special Air Service was formed during World War II, with Knight largely remaining faithful to what really happened.<\/p>\n But some creative licence has, of course, been taken \u2013 although not in the way you might expect.<\/p>\n Chatting at a recent Q&A, Knight said that he had to pare down the story \u201cso many times\u201d because the actions of the real-life men at the heart of it appear improbable.<\/p>\n One such moment was a scene in episode 1 in which David Stirling (Connor Swindells) chucks a toy grenade on a snooker table he requires use of when a group of men refuse to budge.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hand grenade scene on the snooker table has never been written down,\u201d Knight said. \u201cI met Mike Sadler (Tom Glynn-Carney)<\/span>, who is the last surviving member of the original SAS<\/span>. He\u2019s now 102, he was 99 when I met him, and he told me a story about him and Sterling in a bar in Paris. Somebody said, \u2018You can\u2019t use this table, we\u2019re using it.\u2019 And the hand grenade he used was a real hand grenade. The actual hand grenade was real. They were beyond reason. But to make it seem realistic I turned it into a dummy hand grenade.\u201d<\/p>\n Knight went on to praise the men at the centre of the story for their \u201cremarkable\u201d service, adding: \u201cI think they turned the course of the Second World War. And what we\u2019ve tried to do is do justice to what they did, their heroism. They are the people who stepped up and so this is a tribute to them.<\/p>\n \u201cIf anything can come from this, it\u2019s that people appreciate what these people did, but also understand that they were sort of ordinary people thrown into an exceptional situation. And maybe heroes<\/span> who aren\u2019t necessarily born heroes<\/span>, they can become heroes<\/span> as a consequence of the situation [they\u2019re thrown into].\u201d<\/p> SAS Rogue Heroes is available to watch on BBC One and iPlayer<\/a>. <\/strong>Visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> to see what else is on tonight, or check out the rest of our Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Abby Robinson Published: Sunday, 30 October 2022 at 12:00 am Like Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight\u2019s new BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes\u00a0is inspired by real-life figures and their extraordinary exploits. 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