1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,473 We do not care about the mental health 2 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:12,953 the psychological conditions amongst your men... 3 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,079 just so long as you keep winning. 4 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,955 320 miles. 5 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,316 For Paddy Mayne to function, he needs someone to rebel against. 6 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,392 I'm perfect for the job, don't you think? 7 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,513 Mission completed. We leave Italy to the ordinary soldiers now. 8 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,353 We... we're going home. 9 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,358 The Italian government has fallen. 10 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,556 The Italian guards have left the camp. 11 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,310 We have 20 minutes to get free. 12 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,470 Just leave it! 13 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,400 Come on! 14 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,120 Come on! 15 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:34,800 Got it! 16 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:43,440 Push! 17 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:57,360 Give me some of that! 18 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:02,710 Get off! That's mine! 19 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:09,595 Stirling. 20 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,434 Stirling, come on. 21 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,675 Germans are on the hill. 22 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,389 We don't have much time. 23 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,835 We need to take our chances before the Germans arrive. 24 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,235 What news of my men? 25 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,040 What are you talking about? - I had no news for 15 days. 26 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,680 My men, the S-A-fucking-S. Are they alive? 27 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,034 Well, the reports I heard... 28 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:34,800 they're most of the reason the Italian government fell. 29 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,957 Now I hear they're on their way home. 30 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:43,755 Get that down you. 31 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,311 It's the first I've heard about it. 32 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:47,595 Can you believe that? 33 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,315 Hey, listen up. 34 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:57,960 So... 35 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,429 That was Italy. 36 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:06,675 Some craic, wasn't it? 37 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,159 Some craic. Our grand old tour of Europe... 38 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,800 began here. 39 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,438 But who knows where our itinerary will take us next. 40 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,635 But first... 41 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,671 Tonkin, you better tell these what you got up to 42 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,114 cos they'll not believe me. 43 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,714 Well... I was captured. 44 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,960 They were going to shoot me, I escaped, and then, uh... 45 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,354 An angel came and scooped you up. 46 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,192 Ooh-hoo! Tinky Tonkin. 47 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:55,789 Something like that. 48 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,190 You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Um... 49 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,920 but what I will say is... 50 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,590 Me standing here now, you all standing here now... 51 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,158 it is living proof 52 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,196 that someone up there... 53 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:15,755 likes us. 54 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:16,840 Yes. 55 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,237 So we are unstoppable. 56 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,711 I'll drink to that, Tonk! 57 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,194 Thank you, sir. 58 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,591 This place is a maze. It has been a fort, a church, monastery. 59 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,069 There's holes everywhere. - What do we do with holes, David? 60 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,560 We hide in them. 61 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,031 You said the Allied troops are advancing. Soon they will be here. 62 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,670 The Germans are not coming to secure this prison. 63 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,875 They are coming 64 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,474 to take the prisoners away and ship us all back to Germany. 65 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,518 But... they'll have to find us first. 66 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,120 Find a hole, sit tight 67 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,994 wait for them to leave. 68 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,496 The only person who was better than me at playing hide and seek 69 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:35,430 was my mad sister. 70 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,239 Yes, and she was once missing for three days. 71 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,711 Listen, hide and seek is best played by individuals 72 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,393 otherwise one tends to start giggling. 73 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Good luck, old boy. 74 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:49,909 David. - Yes. 75 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,989 Are you sure you're quite alright? - Oh, God, no. 76 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,639 No. Not sure at all. 77 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,835 Come on, chaps! 78 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,829 They're here! We need to hide! Quickly! 79 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:05,395 Wake up, boys. 80 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,555 You're home. 81 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,717 KERSHAW: Weren't fucking lying, were ya? 82 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,109 Hold tight, boys. 83 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:50,955 Cor, blimey. 84 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,200 Haven't seen 'em for a while. 85 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,033 Feels like it's all over. 86 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,478 Paddy said it's just begun. 87 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,991 How long we got at home, Paddy? 88 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,799 Till the whistle blows and the second half begins. 89 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,799 You can spend half time brushing up on your French. 90 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:20,834 ♪ There'll be bluebirds over ♪ 91 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,159 ♪ The white cliffs of Dover ♪ 92 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:32,519 ♪ Tomorrow, just you wait and see ♪ 93 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,473 ♪ 94 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:41,279 ♪ There'll be bluebirds over ♪ 95 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,358 ♪ The white cliffs of Dover ♪ 96 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,519 ♪ Tomorrow ♪ 97 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,879 ♪ Just you wait and see... ♪ 98 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:03,191 ♪ I'll never forget the people I met ♪ 99 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,435 ♪ Braving those angry skies ♪ 100 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:09,520 Daddy! 101 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,355 ♪ Remember where as the shadows fell ♪ 102 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:19,512 ♪ The light of hope in their eyes ♪ 103 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,390 ♪ And though I'm far away ♪ 104 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:27,719 ♪ I still can hear them say ♪ 105 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,156 ♪ "Thumbs up!" ♪ 106 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,749 ♪ For when the dawn comes up ♪ 107 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:45,072 ♪ There'll be bluebirds over ♪ 108 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:50,351 ♪ The white cliffs of Dover ♪ 109 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,910 ♪ Tomorrow ♪ 110 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,791 ♪ Just you wait and see ♪ 111 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:04,034 ♪ There'll be love and laughter ♪ 112 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,400 ♪ And peace ever after ♪ 113 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,190 ♪ Tomorrow ♪ 114 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:16,434 ♪ When the world is free ♪ 115 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,713 ♪ There'll be bluebirds over ♪ 116 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,837 ♪ The white cliffs of Dover ♪ 117 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,916 ♪ Tomorrow ♪ 118 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,953 ♪ Just you wait ♪ 119 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:51,715 ♪ And see ♪ 120 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:13,314 ♪ But give me enough of the fine old stuff that's made near Galway Bay ♪ 121 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,352 ♪ Come gaugers all from Donegal ♪ 122 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,476 ♪ Sligo and Leitrim too ♪ 123 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,069 ♪ We'll give them the slip and we'll take a sip ♪ 124 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,197 ♪ Of the rare old mountain dew ♪ 125 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,311 The mist will bring the brown trout up. 126 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:33,959 It'll be a good day. 127 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Aye. 128 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,830 And the mist'll hide us from the bailiffs. 129 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,831 It'll be a grand day all round, |I'd say. 130 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,514 Mist and fog... 131 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:51,713 are always our friends. 132 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,958 So the sand of the desert 133 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,593 couldn't keep your soul buried, Owen. - I know. 134 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,159 I missed the fog. 135 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:24,360 And the water. 136 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:26,310 The fish. 137 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:29,515 You. 138 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,400 I missed you. 139 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,070 I'm not sure I can forgive myself. 140 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,549 For any of it. 141 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,395 See, I keep waking up and finding myself alive 142 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,191 no matter how hard I try. 143 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:06,269 It's like a horse race, but actually, you're riding on a carousel 144 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,478 so there's no chance your horse will overtake the one in front. 145 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,950 The one behind you will never catch you up. 146 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,237 The horse in front is contentment. The horse behind you is death. 147 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:18,549 There I am 148 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,550 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne 149 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,555 sitting on a plaster fucking horse, unable to get off the fucking carousel. 150 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,320 You sure got off the carousel, though, didn't you? 151 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,393 I was spun off. 152 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,798 That was not my choosing. 153 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,315 No, you got off to stick around in the desert. 154 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,272 It was the desert where we were most easily ourselves. 155 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,670 Ah, yeah. The desert. 156 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,672 When it was the desert, and you and me. 157 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,475 You and me. 158 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:08,960 Paddy. 159 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,234 You don't think you'll make it to Berlin, do you? 160 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,240 It's not reaching Berlin that concerns me. 161 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,435 It's this. 162 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,119 The aftermath. 163 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,799 Sitting in a boat... 164 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,513 sitting on a tractor, sitting at a desk. 165 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:31,869 And nothing comes at you. 166 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,634 Nothing comes whizzing, or exploding, or... 167 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,439 punching or stabbing. It's just air. 168 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,717 Just the dead fucking air. 169 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:48,390 Fuck. 170 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,635 Please! 171 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,040 They're leaving us to drown! 172 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,679 Stop the boats! 173 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,474 Stop the boats! 174 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:01,200 Here... 175 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,111 At least when the air is empty, when there's no fucker there 176 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,512 you still always have company. 177 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,155 Aye. 178 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,076 At least from now on, I'll never truly be alone. 179 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,274 Oh, God. 180 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,833 Get me up. Get me free. Get me through the war. 181 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:04,429 Get me a drink. 182 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,040 As you can see, I've, um, taken a bit of a tumble 183 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:20,838 from the wagon. Would you mind... 184 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,311 Ah. - To victory. 185 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,194 Yes. Sorry, I, um... 186 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,870 I don't... I don't... I don't really drink toasts to anything anymore. 187 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,158 It's rather odd ceremony to... offer up a sip of the thing 188 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,551 that's destroying your sanity for the sake of some good cause or other. 189 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,153 Your mind is surviving. 190 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,149 I see that. 191 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:05,953 And you have changed. 192 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,313 I can see that. - I was obliged to kill people. 193 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:12,594 I was good at it. 194 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,314 But I've learned that I'm not so good at what comes next. 195 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,477 What, you mean you feel regret? - No. 196 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,993 I feel horror at my lack of regret. 197 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,353 How was your journey home? 198 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,919 I took a flight with Lieutenant Colonel Bill Stirling. 199 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,790 I got a message that you wanted to see me as soon as I got back to England. 200 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,234 What was so urgent? 201 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:38,915 Uh... 202 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:42,953 I really can't remember. 203 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,153 But I... I could make an educated guess 204 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,153 what with you being French 205 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,880 and what likely comes next in the conduct of the war. 206 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,597 For the next few months, I imagine you'll become rather important. 207 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,360 Important how? 208 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,715 Ah, well... 209 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,549 like almost everything else in this crucial moment in the war 210 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,039 that is a secret. 211 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,030 HQ. Oh, hello, sir. 212 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:47,230 Come. 213 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,996 At ease. Take a seat. 214 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:03,390 First, Colonel Stirling, congratulations from Winston Churchill himself 215 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,471 on your part in redrawing that map. 216 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,757 Mr Churchill has a fondness for the SAS stretching back to Africa. 217 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,196 And we too, on behalf of the Allied Force Headquarters 218 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,318 now have a very high regard for your men 219 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,677 and what they are able to achieve. 220 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,151 Why is it that all this praise and niceness is making me nervous? 221 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,311 As you know, preparations are well underway 222 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,198 for the invasion of Northern Europe. 223 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,240 We've explored a range of possible invasion points 224 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,833 along the French and Dutch coasts. 225 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,479 And done it in such a way 226 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,439 that German intelligence will believe that all of them are possible. 227 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,876 Current thinking in Berlin is that we will attack the Hook of Holland 228 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,479 thanks to tireless deception work 229 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,074 carried out by Dudley Wrangel Clarke and British Intelligence. 230 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,595 May I just say, before you continue, that wherever 231 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,990 it is decided the main invasion force should land 232 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,675 I hope that all the earlier flattery was not an attempt to solicit the SAS 233 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,229 to once again act as shock troops. 234 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,073 No, that is not what this meeting is about. 235 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,514 Quite the opposite, in fact. 236 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,231 AFHQ believe the best use of the SAS would be in advance of the main invasion. 237 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:06,520 1 SAS and 2 SAS would be dropped behind coastal defenses. 238 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:08,839 How far behind? - 30 miles. 239 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,597 And how far in advance of the main invasion? 240 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,035 36 hours. - 36 hours? 241 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,509 Their task would be to establish positions 242 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,798 and then to disrupt every attempt by the enemy 243 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,996 to reinforce the coastal defenses 244 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,230 at the actual point of invasion. 245 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,436 This would be nothing more than a suicide mission. 246 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,309 No other regiment was even considered for this vital role. 247 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,280 Because deep, deep, deep down, somewhere in the corridors of military power 248 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,113 there is a resentment against the SAS, against my brother 249 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,998 and against the success we have achieved. 250 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,311 Actually, old man, everyone pretty much knows 251 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,876 the success is almost entirely down to Paddy Mayne. 252 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:49,755 Ah. 253 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:55,239 Who you would have killed in action or shot dead? 254 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,271 Executed, to protect the conventional troops who would take all the glory. 255 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,919 The SAS have proven their worth 256 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,440 and they are best used arriving where they are least expected. 257 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,636 Well, this plan would be unexpected 258 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:06,755 because it is insane. 259 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,480 I am leaving this meeting. - Sit down. We have other matters. 260 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,313 The answer is no, and I will fall on my sword over it. 261 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,438 You may not need to fall on your sword, Colonel Stirling. 262 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,397 If you continue to question orders 263 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,630 there are those inside GHQ 264 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,394 who will happily stab you in the back. 265 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,434 Dismissed. 266 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:29,634 I surrender! - Hier. 267 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,598 Please! Don't shoot! 268 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,760 Please! 269 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,198 Prepare, prepare... 270 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,358 the iron helm of war. 271 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,230 Bring forth the lots, cast in the spacious orb 272 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,995 the Angel of Fate turns them with mighty hands 273 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,151 and casts them out upon the darkened earth. - You! 274 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:28,355 Stop. - Prepare... 275 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,357 Can I help you with something, officer? 276 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,075 You were seen running through the village. 277 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,276 A mother and her children heard you talking. 278 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,680 They thought you might be talking into one of those radios. 279 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,553 And they thought perhaps I was a one-man German invasion 280 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,358 come to Northamptonshire all alone? 281 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,558 I'll need to see identity papers. Come on. 282 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,154 I am a soldier. 283 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,240 But I'm not German. 284 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:54,635 I'm Irish. 285 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,915 And why were you running? 286 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,436 Cos for a man in my condition, running is the same as walking. 287 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,035 Plus I'm in a hurry. 288 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:02,952 To get where? - London. 289 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,558 You're going to London on foot? - Aye. 290 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,275 What that lady and her children heard was me reciting poetry 291 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,518 which, in my madness, I'm very fucking prone to do. 292 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,037 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne. 293 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:20,714 Special Air Service? 294 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,554 Do you deliver mail? 295 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,393 If there's going to be an invasion 296 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,551 I am always first with the news. 297 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,992 That's why I'm going to London. 298 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,956 There's going to be a wee invasion and I think they want me to be a part of it. 299 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,191 Actually, Officer... 300 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,358 I'm running late for my first meeting. 301 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,829 So, in the name of His Majesty the King 302 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,479 I need to borrow your bike. 303 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,272 Borrow my... borrow my bike? 304 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,920 Fuck. 305 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,555 ♪ Singing a song, we march along the highway ♪ 306 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,032 ♪ Say goodbye to sorrow ♪ 307 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,952 ♪ There's always tomorrow ♪ 308 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,951 ♪ To think of today ♪ 309 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,995 ♪ Sing as we go, although the skies are grey ♪ 310 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:33,920 Oh, fuck. 311 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,830 Where is he? - He's waiting for you, General. 312 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:43,952 ♪ So sing, as we go along ♪ 313 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,237 Colonel Stirling isn't alone. 314 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,676 His companion cycled all the way down the corridor 315 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,115 with his hands off the handlebars. 316 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:55,673 This fucking regiment. 317 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:02,513 ♪ As we go a-long ♪ 318 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,840 Whoever you are, a general just walked in the room. 319 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,793 The arm I use to salute is a wee bit stiff, sir. 320 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,559 I fell off my bike in Hendon in my haste to get here. 321 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,314 Colonel Stirling, what is the meaning of all this? 322 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,670 And what the fuck is he doing here? 323 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,594 What I am doing here, sir, is giving my professional opinion on your plan. 324 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,678 You shared a classified plan of operation without permission. 325 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,877 As I recall from our last meeting, General Montgomery insisted 326 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,918 the entire success of the SAS in Italy was down to Paddy Mayne. 327 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,709 So why wouldn't I share what you're still daring to call the plan 328 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:42,510 with him? 329 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,949 30 miles behind the lines... 330 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,677 36 hours before the invasion. 331 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,958 All glory to the fallen. - That information is top secret. 332 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,998 But 30 miles behind, 36 hours before 333 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,674 it'll make no difference where in France your forces land. 334 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,479 My regiment will all be dead by the time you set foot on the beach. 335 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,631 Right, so, to be clear 336 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,358 you are sharing classified information 337 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:10,976 and from what I'm hearing, you are suggesting 338 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,150 that you would disobey a direct order! 339 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,240 No, no. 340 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,910 No, no, sir. I would go alone myself. 341 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,719 That I would do. But I would not ask my men to come with me 342 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,269 since most of my men are quite keen to live. 343 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,835 Whereas I am, at best, equivocal. 344 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,840 Oh, and the other problem with your plan, sir 345 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,672 is that it would not work. 346 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,593 If you drop us into France 36 hours before 347 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,518 it'd only take one gust of wind to blow one parachute into the arms of the enemy. 348 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,032 They would put two and two together 349 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,475 and begin to work out where the invasion point is. 350 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,633 And you would be giving them 36 hours to prepare. 351 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,319 Since it's you... 352 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,717 and especially you 353 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,040 I will share your concerns with General Montgomery. 354 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:05,715 And, Colonel Stirling... 355 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,710 your conduct in this matter will be noted at the very highest level. 356 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,477 Fuck! 357 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,360 Goodness. 358 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,112 Were you and I just on the same side? 359 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,877 Goodness... I think we were. 360 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,797 And from what I could tell by your man's wee outburst just there 361 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,274 you might have just sacrificed your military career to save the SAS. 362 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,274 I told you in Cairo. 363 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,789 My brother was this regiment's midwife. 364 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,435 I am not prepared to be its coroner. 365 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,394 Also in Cairo 366 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,158 I told you you had done nothing to earn my respect. 367 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,196 Chopped down no trees, cut up no logs, fed no fires. 368 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,079 Please don't say anything nice to me. It'd be too confusing. 369 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,152 Will they listen to us, do you think? 370 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,311 A rather grand old spy has invited me for drinks tonight. 371 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,280 I understand you're invited too. - Aye, I got a note. 372 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,440 Cocktails at the Ritz. 373 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,069 Did the grand old spy say what the meeting is about? 374 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,470 No. 375 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,474 But I'm guessing it will either be a celebration, fond farewell 376 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,439 or an execution. 377 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,319 Your single-malt whiskey, sir. 378 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,435 Thank you. 379 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:57,755 Ah. 380 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,189 Now, behave. 381 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,360 Ahem. 382 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,440 Paddy. 383 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:15,360 So... 384 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,911 you are the grand old spy. 385 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,834 That's how my commanding officer describes you. 386 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,638 Oh. 387 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,719 Well, Paddy, I've, uh... 388 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,950 I've called you here to give you some good news. 389 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,077 Shall we, um, order some champagne? 390 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,039 No, no, I'm sound, thank you. 391 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,479 What good news? 392 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,119 Well, I've heard from AFHQ that Montgomery has agreed 393 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,433 to think again about the SAS's involvement in the coming invasion. 394 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,355 And he's changed his mind, Paddy, because of you. 395 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,436 He holds you in high regard. 396 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,630 Well, I thought you'd be pleased. 397 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,437 For myself, the manner of my passing is a detail, so... 398 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,350 being excused a suicide mission is of no consequence. 399 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,036 My friend, Bill Stirling 400 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,031 is afraid that, come what may 401 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,149 the knives are now officially out for him. 402 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,599 He's your friend 403 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:24,954 and your commanding officer? 404 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,156 Aye, that is some achievement. 405 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,395 Is my friend right to be concerned about knives? 406 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,360 Ahem... 407 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,478 And in his silence, he spoke a thousand words. 408 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,993 Let's drink a toast. 409 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,918 To common sense. 410 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:48,874 And second thoughts. 411 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,158 Let's see what the night brings. 412 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,635 You know... 413 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,029 I can recall a drunken conversation around a fire 414 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,076 in which somebody said the SAS was invented by a spy 415 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,954 who wore Chanel dresses. 416 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:10,595 Is that you? 417 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:13,510 Uh... 418 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:16,440 Well... 419 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:22,357 these days, I prefer a less elaborate couture 420 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,760 but, uh... yes. 421 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,390 It was I who started this whole extraordinary process. 422 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,035 Which makes you, Paddy Mayne, my offspring. 423 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,109 And every young German that you strangle is on my account with God. 424 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,397 So you could say the SAS is kind of a lethal poem 425 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,271 from the imagination of a deranged poet. 426 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,598 Give me that fucking flask. 427 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,235 Bravo! 428 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,591 Thank you. We'd now like to invite you 429 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,280 to the floor for our next number... - Ah. 430 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,640 Fools Rush In. 431 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,994 Two spies at the same table. 432 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,513 And a secret to be revealed. 433 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,238 Who said that war couldn't be fun? 434 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,109 French 75. 435 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,073 Uh, two, please. 436 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,075 What? 437 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,791 It's going to be a difficult evening. 438 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,871 What exactly is this meeting about? 439 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,078 My creator over here said something about the truth. 440 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:40,795 There now. 441 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,718 All four of us are gathered. 442 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:44,795 So now we can begin. 443 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,557 Where exactly did Paddy suggest we meet? 444 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,036 He said he was invited somewhere fancy. 445 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,029 And where he goes, we should be allowed to go. 446 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,197 JOCK: Night, night, ladies! 447 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,429 Enjoy yourselves! 448 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,195 Mm... 449 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,434 Tomorrow morning, intensive preparations will begin 450 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:37,999 for the invasion of France. 451 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,233 Paddy Mayne and 1 SAS will be deployed 452 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,391 to the Highlands of Scotland at 7am. 453 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,916 Which is why my boys are now all safely tucked up in bed. 454 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,517 2 SAS will be deployed to Scotland in three days' time. 455 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,830 And to complete the triangle, Eve Mansour 456 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,799 will be deployed to the same camp a day later. 457 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:01,914 Yes, Colonel Stirling. 458 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,274 Eve was briefed this morning by General de Gaulle himself. 459 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,831 Which is why |I've called this meeting. 460 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,276 General de Gaulle has ordered Eve to act as liaison 461 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,919 between the British and French SAS 462 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,310 who will fight together as part of the invasion force. 463 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,917 So Eve will be deployed to the Ayrshire camp. 464 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,595 As will you, Colonel Stirling, so the two of you... 465 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,879 will be working closely together. 466 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,433 Officers and liaison will be cooped up in close quarters 467 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,311 living cheek by jowl for... 468 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:36,789 several months. 469 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,680 Are you trying to make a point of some kind? 470 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,234 Of a particular kind. 471 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,311 Allied Force HQ have heard a rumor. 472 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,837 They need to know the status of your relationship 473 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,752 with the new French liaison officer. 474 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,877 What do Allied Force HQ need to know exactly? 475 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,440 There is nothing that needs to be known about our relationship. 476 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:56,914 This is fucking absurd. 477 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,056 Colonel Stirling, I ask you again, is there anything that needs to be known? 478 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,310 If the rumor is that we are sleeping together 479 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:03,595 then the rumor is wrong. 480 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,393 We are not and we'll never. 481 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,194 Oh, no, no, no, no. 482 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:21,790 Not my business. 483 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,316 Well, it will be your business if it affects your preparations for invasion. 484 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,116 It'll be left to you to deal with the mess. 485 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,200 The mess? 486 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:30,913 Yes, there is a mess. 487 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,319 AFHQ have decided to open an inquiry 488 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,518 into your close relationship in Italy 489 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,799 with a French spy. 490 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,030 OK. 491 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,030 OK. 492 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:00,878 Dudley Wrangel Clarke 493 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:05,633 AFHQ's bitter little emissary of bitter little messages. 494 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,075 I made the mistake of questioning an order 495 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,357 and then being proven right, thus proving someone else wrong. 496 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,478 And this is how revenge is taken. 497 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,270 Very well. 498 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:24,793 To avoid an entirely unnecessary yet embarrassing inquiry 499 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,711 I will tender my resignation in the morning, as I suspect you knew I would. 500 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,078 And you can tell those that sent you 501 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,917 the feud between the British Crown and the ancient Clan Stirling 502 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,560 which began in 1715 is entirely mutual. 503 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,434 And then, please... 504 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,759 tell them to fuck off. 505 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,678 Sometimes my job is terribly difficult. 506 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:04,960 Particularly in matters of the heart. 507 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,873 You fucking bastard. 508 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,118 That was highly entertaining. 509 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,313 A spiteful officer-class vendetta... 510 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,476 amounting to the removal of an effective officer 511 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,720 right ahead of the most important operation of the war. 512 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,438 I'm just acting on instruction. 513 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:30,715 Who will replace him? 514 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,479 Oh, you know, someone... 515 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,594 far less effective. 516 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,469 But then the officer class knows that in truth 517 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,676 the SAS is run by you, so... 518 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:41,875 what do they care? 519 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,270 You just carry out their orders. - Yes. 520 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,518 War's a dirty business. 521 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,040 Isn't it? 522 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,715 I don't know. 523 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,033 I just cut throats. 524 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,159 I don't break hearts. 525 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,078 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 526 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:17,639 Thank you. Thank you. 527 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,878 We'd like to invite you onto the floor for a slightly livelier number. 528 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:23,315 Roller. 529 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,032 The SAS have arrived! 530 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,151 Ladies, the men are here! 531 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,156 Oh-ho-ho-ho! Look out. 532 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,151 Standards must have dropped in here, I'd say. 533 00:42:04,163 --> 00:42:04,873 Alright, Pad? 534 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,270 Gentlemen, the maitre d' has asked you to please leave. 535 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,271 These men are under my command. 536 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,336 Why would they be taking instructions from you? 537 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,776 Groups of military in uniform greater than five are not allowed 538 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,473 into the restaurant and bar area. 539 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,918 I must have counted 25 American soldiers, all in uniform. 540 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,673 That is a special celebration. 541 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,354 We do make exceptions. - Well, when the bribe's right, is it? 542 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,193 Chewing gum, cigarettes... Yankee dollars? 543 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,357 All we've got is scars. 544 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,593 Sir, if you need help escorting these gentlemen out 545 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,071 we are United States Marines. 546 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,479 I really don't think you Brits can afford these prices. 547 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:43,710 Pardon me? 548 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:45,434 This is the Ritz. 549 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,639 I really don't think you Brits can... 550 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:50,600 Come on! 551 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,757 ♪ I be a man can a mystery man ♪ 552 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,834 ♪ Be a doll, be a baby doll ♪ 553 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,230 ♪ It can't be fun, not anyway ♪ 554 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,036 ♪ It can't be found no way at all ♪ 555 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,596 ♪ A distant man can't sympathize ♪ 556 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,237 ♪ He can't uphold his distant laws ♪ 557 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,318 ♪ Due to form on that today... ♪ 558 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,789 I told you to stop, Reg. - He's alright... 559 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,150 Children. 560 00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:26,311 Children, children, children. 561 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:28,874 My children. 562 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:34,477 Soldiers of the Special Air Service, you have a very early day tomorrow. 563 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,752 And you have a war to win. 564 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,470 Okey-dokey. 565 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,149 Let's make tracks. 566 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,991 See you in Paris, sweet pea. 567 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:51,520 Come on, please. 568 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,996 ♪ I be a man can a mystery man ♪ 569 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,590 ♪ Be a doll, be a baby doll ♪ 570 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,390 ♪ It can't be fun, not anyway ♪ 571 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,109 ♪ It can't be found no way at all ♪ 572 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,039 There is literally, literally 573 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,194 nothing here. 574 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,395 Oh, aye, there is. 575 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:40,838 Look, there's a bush there. Look. 576 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:42,600 And, uh... 577 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,791 there's a tree, cowering in the wind. 578 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,360 And then there's... there's rocks. 579 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,799 And above that's the sky. 580 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:55,359 God never got round to this place. 581 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:57,793 God never got round to this place. 582 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,917 I actually think it's quite beautiful. 583 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,880 And if the rest of you fuckers would fuck off 584 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,191 and if Hitler would fuck off 585 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,477 then I could easily see myself living out the rest of my days here. 586 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,239 What are we gonna drink, Paddy? 587 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,517 Melted snow and rabbit's blood. 588 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,229 And we're going to Kill red deer stags with our teeth. 589 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,113 Oh, it's going to be a grand adventure out here, boys. 590 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:21,515 ♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪ 591 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,114 ♪ She ain't got no name to call ♪ 592 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:24,280 ♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪ 593 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,072 Come on then. We're in behind. 594 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,678 I do hope nobody was in there. 595 00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,270 ♪ I be a man can a mystery man ♪ 596 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,350 Ready... go. 597 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,557 ♪ It can't be fun, not anyway ♪ 598 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:05,960 Remember what we talked about. 599 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,190 ♪ A distant man can't sympathize ♪ 600 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:12,870 ♪ He can't uphold his distant laws ♪ 601 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,756 ♪ Due to form on that today... ♪ 602 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,878 What time we at, Pad? - Three minutes. Absolute shite, boys. 603 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,554 Oi! That was you, ya fat bastard! 604 00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:23,869 Load them up. 605 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:21,835 Missed a spot. 606 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,390 Oh, shit. 607 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:04,320 Oh! 608 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:22,869 Halt! - Ah, shit. 609 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:31,440 Jesus. 610 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:42,880 Halt! - Fuck! 611 00:48:58,000 --> 00:48:59,960 We have a special place designed for men like you. 612 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,839 We have a special place designed for men like you. 613 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,074 Dear David. 614 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:24,314 I have resigned. 615 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,753 So, no Stirlings will participate in the assault on Europe. 616 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:34,275 Our men are gathering in great numbers near our family home. 617 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,599 They're to be trained in a new level of total war. 618 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,679 The regiment has been saved from a certain suicide mission 619 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:45,071 and been given one which is merely insanely reckless. 620 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:49,750 The men of the SAS are now in the rough hands of your friend and mine. 621 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:55,109 I am sure their next adventure will make us both proud. 622 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,360 Your loving brother, Bill. 623 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:15,749 Last night... 624 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,630 I shot and shattered a bottle of brandy belonging to the French battalion. 625 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:22,992 This is by way of recompense. 626 00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,114 I learned in Africa 627 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,633 that my communication with the French 628 00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:30,439 is best conducted through medium of dead deer. 629 00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:33,640 Can I come in? 630 00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:35,080 Of course. 631 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:43,598 Please, sit anywhere. 632 00:50:58,160 --> 00:50:59,355 I have news. 633 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:04,918 I already know what happened to David. 634 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:07,553 I received a letter yesterday. 635 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,474 He said they have sent him to a castle in the clouds. 636 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,554 I believe the castle is called Colditz Castle. 637 00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:15,870 Is that bad? - It's far from good. 638 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,320 But he will escape. 639 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,230 He will try, that is fucking certain. 640 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,754 Actually, my news is not about David. 641 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,798 In my capacity as commanding officer, I have been sent here 642 00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,554 to relay to the French liaison 643 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:37,669 the exact date 644 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,876 of the invasion of France. - Hang on, one second. 645 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:52,711 Tell me. 646 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:56,680 The first advanced party of British SAS invasion units 647 00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,159 will land in France... 648 00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:00,715 tonight. 649 00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:02,953 I myself only found out last night 650 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:04,633 so I've come to tell you. 651 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,599 Your French boys will be deployed tomorrow. 652 00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:15,079 Then I will see you in France. 653 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:16,920 You're coming too? 654 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:19,235 How could I not? 655 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:21,918 So who's gonna eat the fucking deer? 656 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,194 We will win, Paddy. 657 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:31,278 That is the intention. 658 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:32,953 Will you try to stay alive? 659 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:34,719 That is the intention. 660 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:38,877 See, I'd quite like to see Berlin. 661 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:41,520 And after that, who knows? 662 00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,280 After that, you will be David's best man at his wedding. 663 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:47,679 I will make sure of it. 664 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,560 That gramophone there, is that a wind-up one? 665 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:54,832 Yes, it's all I could find here. - And you won't be needing it? 666 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,032 No, I won't be needing it. 667 00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:59,396 Well, if you don't mind... 668 00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:04,616 Paddy, what are you going to do with a record player 669 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:05,960 in the middle of an invasion? 670 00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:09,038 The boys are tired of my singing. 671 00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:13,273 So, if on some battlefield between Normandy and Paris 672 00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,079 you hear Whiskey in the Jar played at full volume 673 00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:18,753 you'll know I'm close. 674 00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,395 We shall not fail or falter. 675 00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,790 We shall not weaken or tire. 676 00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:40,595 Neither the sudden shock of battle 677 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:43,519 nor the long drawn trials of vigilance 678 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,160 and exertion will wear us down. 679 00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:49,156 Give us the tools 680 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:52,359 and we will finish the job. 681 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:15,880 Paddy! 682 00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:18,353 What the fuck is that? 683 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:19,993 It's a gramophone, Reggie. 684 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,154 A record player. 685 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,155 I thought it'd be nice to have some music to listen to. 686 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,398 Music? - Aye. 687 00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:29,433 I'm going to take it into France with us 688 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:31,716 and then we can all listen to some music together. 689 00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,273 Paddy, are you fucking mad? 690 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:38,189 Of course he's bloody mad, we're all bloody mad. 691 00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,434 And how do you plan on getting that down to the ground? 692 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,511 Oh, I've all that worked out, Reggie boy. 693 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,110 I'm going to strap it to my left leg 694 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,551 and then be sure to land on my right. 695 00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:54,879 What's the record, Pad? 696 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:01,880 Woo! 697 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:09,917 ♪ As I was goin' over the far Kilgarry mountains ♪ 698 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:11,354 Single pound for it! 699 00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:14,916 ♪ I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was counting ♪ 700 00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:19,671 ♪ I first produced my pistols and then produced my rapier ♪ 701 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:23,714 ♪ Said stand and deliver for I am your bold deceiver ♪ 702 00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,436 ♪ Mush-a ring dum-a doo rum-a da ♪ 703 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,954 ♪ Wack fall de daddy-o, wack fall de daddy-o ♪ 704 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:33,350 ♪ There's whiskey in the jar ♪ 705 00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:35,671 ♪ I went into my chamber ♪ 706 00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:40,078 ♪ For to take a slumber, I dreamt of gold and jewels ♪ 707 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,396 ♪ And for sure it was no wonder ♪ 708 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:46,957 ♪ That Jenny took me charges, she filled them up with water ♪ 709 00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:51,398 ♪ And sent for Captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter ♪ 710 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:53,716 ♪ Mush-a ring dum-a doo rum-a da ♪ 711 00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:56,670 ♪ Wack fall de daddy-o ♪ 712 00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,395 ♪ Wack fall de daddy-o, there's whiskey in the jar ♪ 713 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:01,993 Stand! 714 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,349 You ask, what is our aim? 715 00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,637 I can answer in one word. 716 00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:12,235 Victory. 717 00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,273 Victory at all costs. 718 00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:16,877 Victory in spite of all terror. 719 00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:27,080 Stand! 720 00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,839 And fucking deliver! 721 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:53,112 ♪ Out of my way, I'm a-running high ♪ 722 00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:59,230 ♪ Take a chance with me and a-give it a try ♪ 723 00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:04,953 ♪ Ain't no woman in the world I don't know ♪ 724 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,395 ♪ Walk all over ♪ 725 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,755 ♪ You! 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