A NEW TV series featuring Hereford’s SAS on BBC will start this evening.

The BBC released an action-packed trailer for its new series about the Hereford-based Special Air Service (SAS) on October 16.

Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, SAS Rogue Heroes is a six-part dramatised account of how the famous regiment was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.

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There are exciting scenes of planes being blown up, brawls and vehicles racing across the desert. The clips show that there will also be moments of humour amid the action.

Hereford Times: A scene from the new BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes. A scene from the new BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes. (Image: BBC)

SAS Rogue Heroes has been written by Steven Knight, the creator of the acclaimed Birmingham-set gangster series Peaky Blinders.

The SAS today is the most elite fighting force in the world, and its hand-picked troops must pass a legendarily tough selection process.

The regiment moved to Hereford in 1960. Initially, it was based at Bradbury Lines (later renamed Stirling Lines), a former Royal Artillery boys' training unit, before moving in 2000 to the old RAF base at Credenhill, just outside Hereford.

Hereford Times: Dominic West in a scene from the new BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes. Dominic West in a scene from the new BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes. (Image: BBC)

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Top actors Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connel, Alfie Allen, Dominic West, and Sofia Boutella will star in the series.

SAS Rogue Heroes begins at 9pm tonight (Sunday, October 30) on BBC One. The six-episode series will then be available on the BBC iPlayer.