SAS Rogue Heroes: Paddy Mayne with Ben Macintyre
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Longest Day Is Not a Documentary
SES Rogue Heroes is being watched by young people, not all of them male. I don't feel that my understanding of the Second World War is somehow being corrupted by it. All it has to have me doing is walking around swearing a lot. It's just had me embrace my inner as well. Your inner swearing? No, it's brilliant about that. Again, not entirely untrue to life, actually. The longest day is not a documentary. The greatest game is miles from being a documentary. They're not literal reality. There's something much more profound in some ways.
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