HostContributors Team

For decades, the SAS has operated in secrecy. In this eight-part documentary, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley traces its covert campaign against the IRA in Northern Ireland, from the surveillance operations and ambushes of the Troubles to the hard questions that still endure today.

Host

Sam Kiley

World Affairs Editor

Contributors

15 Veterans from SAS and 14 Intelligence Company (DET)


Al Carns

Former minister for the Armed Forces


Brian Rowan

Former BBC correspondent for Northern Ireland


Mary Kelly

Belfast Journalist


Philip Barden

Solicitor


General Nick Parker

British Army


Roy McComb

RUC Police Officer

Team


Will Aslett

Producer


Mark Popkiewicz

Executive Producer, Aurra Studios


Olivia Foster

Executive Producer, Independent Studio


Rod Ardehali

Executive Producer, Independent Studio


Keith English

Editor and Sound Design


Claire Cottrell

Line Producer


Robyn English

Music Composer/Producer


Akpe Dodoru

DOP


Shaun Grimsley

DOP


Joe Aspinall

Studio Manager


Thomas White

Camera Assistant/Second Operator


Isobel Smallman

Production Runner