SAS Survival Secrets

Led by Eddie Stone, a team of four SAS veterans re-enact a whole range of dramatic scenarios: on the battlefield, behind enemy lines, evasion and interrogation. Stone gives a step-by-step guide to each reconstructed mission and, with high-tech imaging equipment and computer graphics, he explains the team's strategies while his men demonstrate their weapons and their skills and reveal how they escaped death.

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Sep 21, 2013

1 seaons till Nov 02, 2013

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Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Sabre Squadron II

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 7 episodes

Season 1

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7 Episodes
  • Episode 1Behind Enemy Lines I min

    Discover how a team goes behind enemy lines to set up a covert observation post, what tactics and awesome firepower the SAS put into practice when they come face to face with the enemy, and the skills of a patrol medic when a mission gets compromised and the team is hit with life-threatening injuries. The scenario is fictitious, but the techniques and specialist skills shown are real, based on SAS procedure.

  • Episode 2Behind Enemy Lines II min

    Our team has taken casualties and is then captured by the enemy. Former SAS Sergeant Eddie Stone reveals how to survive brutal interrogation and torture when in the hands of a violent enemy force. As well as looking at the mental and physical stamina needed to survive such a situation, there’s advice on how to escape and evade the enemy, SAS-style.

  • Episode 3Guardians Against Terror I min

    The team swaps military uniforms for civvies when it is tasked with bodyguarding British Minister Long on a foreign State visit. We take viewers through the essential kit, training and planning that is needed for high-level VIP Close Protection as the team strives to protect the Minister while she travels by car, goes on walks and attends meetings. We reveal the survival secrets of defensive driving and the technology and weapons used when driving in convoy. And we show how elite forces deploy escape and evasion techniques to protect a VIP when confronted with an attack.

  • Episode 4Guardians Against Terror II min

    British Minister Long continues her visit to the fictional war-torn country of Mostovia. Eddie’s four-man bodyguarding team has been tasked with her protection. Using extensive archive and reconstruction, former SAS Sergeant Eddie Stone reveals how a close protection team reacts to various threats and armed attacks. When the team hands over protection responsibilities to the local authorities, the Minister and the Mostovian Prime Minister are abducted by terrorists. We look at how they survive the rigours of being taken hostage. Meanwhile, Stone and his team return in a counter-terrorist/Iranian embassy siege role and prepare an immediate assault on the terrorist stronghold. The scenario is fictitious, but the techniques and specialist skills shown are real, based on SAS procedure.

  • Episode 5Guardians Against Terror III min

    British Minister Long’s visit to the fictional war-torn country of Mostovia has ended in disaster. She and the Mostovian Prime Minister have been taken hostage by terrorists. Eddie’s four-man bodyguarding team has been tasked with their rescue. After the Prime Minister is murdered by the terrorists, they have no choice but to storm the building and rescue the surviving hostages. We reveal how a counter-terrorist team prepares for and conducts a building assault. We look at the various methods of entry (from explosives to Land Rovers) used by the SAS. We examine the training and skills needed in the room to room fighting of Close Quarter Battle, and find out whether Eddie and his team manage to rescue the Minister safely. The scenario is fictitious, but the techniques and specialist skills shown are real, based on SAS procedure. In this episode, John McAleese reunites for the first time with Sim Harris, the man whose life he saved in the Iranian Embassy siege.

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