SAS Rogue Heroes creator shares update on season 3 of hit BBC WWII drama

The creative genius behind the BBC’s action drama SAS Rogue Heroes has given fans an update on the forthcoming third outing, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Ben Macintyre.

In an exclusive interview with Reach Screen Time, Steven Knight said: “I’m just completing the script as we speak. We start shooting very, very soon.

“It’s the next stage. It’s France and again it’s coming together quite beautifully.”

The BBC renewed SAS Rogue Heroes back in April following a successful second outing, with the next instalment focusing on the SAS under the command of the mercurial real-life soldier Paddy Mayne (played by Jack O’Connell).

The acclaimed writer is also behind the global smash hit Peaky Blinders, with Knight teasing the forthcoming movie as “brilliant” and he admitted he was very pleased with how the big-screen outing had turned out.

Netflix has yet to confirm a release date for the film, which sees Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan, Hollywood star Tim Roth, and Silo’s Rebecca Ferguson joining the cast alongside Oscar winner Cillian Murphy and the stars of the TV show who reprise their roles.

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While fans wait, they can catch another spin-off from the Birmingham gangster franchise: Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby.

The 2022 acclaimed stage production is coming to the iconic Sadler’s Wells Theatre next month for a limited run.

The production follows Tommy Shelby (played by Murphy in the TV series) and his tragic love story with Grace Burgess (Annabelle Wallis).

The ballet was borne from a collaboration between Knight and Benoit Swan Pouffer , the artistic director of renowned dance troupe Rambert after the company was brought on for an episode of Peaky Blinders.

Reflecting on writing the script, Knight said he sat down and thought about what he “would like to see” and how to “tell the story without words”.

With the help of Swan Pouffer, who Knight described as a “genius”, the dance show came together. The writer and director and praised the power of dance and movement in telling the story without words.

Since then, the production has been put on in various countries across Europe, and Knight said the show had been received with “equal rapture” and standing ovations - even for matinee performances.

He is now booked and busy on various projects, including Netflix’s upcoming historical drama House of Guinness which has been described as Succession meets Peaky Blinders with Grantchester’s James Norton.

Knight is also working on several projects and addressed how he manages to balance writing multiple scripts at the same time.

He explained: “I am able to turn the page quite easily. In other words, I can do two weeks on one project and when that’s done, I can go and do a different project and feel they’re completely different energy, different source material.

“It does happen. I can turn one off and turn the other one on, which is fortunate but I can’t do like two in the same day or something like that. That would be impossible, so it’s setting up your mind in a particular way.”

SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 is streaming on the BBC iPlayer now

Rambert's Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby will be heading to Sadler's Wells from Tuesday, August 5 to Saturday, August 16. Tickets are available now here