SAS: The Originals.

von Poop · 30-01-2007, 02:39 PM

Radio 4, The Archive Hour. Saturday 8PM:

Quote:

SAS - The Originals: The remarkable story of the birth of the SAS, told by the men who were there and who were The Originals. Presented by Gordon Stevens.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archivehour/

Being trailed as previously unpublicised interviews with original members. Sounds promising, The Archive Hour is consistently pretty good.

Cheers,
Adam.

Kyt · 30-01-2007, 03:17 PM

And what I love about the BBC is that if you miss it, you can listen to it again anytime over the course of the following week.

sapper · 30-01-2007, 04:50 PM

The SAS? We did not have the luxury of their company. We did it ourselves in those days of 1944/5, there was no one else.

Twice we went deep into the enemy lines on "Stunts" Not nice!
Sapper

Kyt · 04-02-2007, 11:55 PM

If anybody missed the programme, you can still listen to it until the 10th Feb:

BBC - Radio 4 - Archive Hour - 3 February 2007

Kitty · 05-02-2007, 12:19 PM

wish my pooter liked those links, but its crashes and sulks for 3 days.

i read a great story a few years ago of the original SAS in North Africa undertaking a raid on a German airfield. They strolled through the front gate as everyone hid, leisurely set fire to the aircraft and a few buildings, then strolled back out again.

When I was a tiddler I knew an ex-SAS from WW2 in the village where my mum grew up. he did a parachute jump for Arnhem in his late 60's and again in his 70's. Unfortunately he died a few years ago before I got into WW2 history.

soren1941 · 06-02-2007, 07:56 AM

This is a really interesting programme, many thanks, David Stirling what a man, and Paddy Maine-strinking a senior officer, fab!

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30-01-2007, 04:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	The SAS? We did not have the luxury of their company. We did it ourselves in those days of 1944/5, there was no one else. Twice we went deep into the enemy lines on "Stunts" Not nice! Sapper

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Kitty Legendary Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,121	wish my pooter liked those links, but its crashes and sulks for 3 days. i read a great story a few years ago of the original SAS in North Africa undertaking a raid on a German airfield. They strolled through the front gate as everyone hid, leisurely set fire to the aircraft and a few buildings, then strolled back out again. When I was a tiddler I knew an ex-SAS from WW2 in the village where my mum grew up. he did a parachute jump for Arnhem in his late 60's and again in his 70's. Unfortunately he died a few years ago before I got into WW2 history.

06-02-2007, 07:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
soren1941 Living in Ypres Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ypres Posts: 524	This is a really interesting programme, many thanks, David Stirling what a man, and Paddy Maine-strinking a senior officer, fab!

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