The second season of SAS Rogue Heroes has now come to an end, with a finale which led up to a huge cliffhanger - the squadron on a plane heading towards France on D-Day.
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Cast members Jack Barton, who plays John Tonkin, and Mark Rowley, who plays Jock McDiarmid, both spoke with RadioTimes.com about the ending, with Barton saying it's "a perfectly characteristic Paddy Mayne ending to the series".
He added: "It's just quite exciting to see what happens next. I mean, obviously I know what happens next, and I suppose anyone that’s read the books, it's history and it’s written down. There's no spoilers to it, really.
"But it just gets more and more exciting, to be honest, if we're lucky enough to go to season 3."
Jack Barton as John Tonkin in SAS Rogue Heroes. BBC/Banijay UK/Robert Viglasky
Meanwhile, Rowley said: "I think it's a great cliffhanger, and it’s all building up to what everyone knows is D-Day. But what will be interesting if there's another season, it'll be interesting to explore the stories that people don't hear about.
"A lot of people don't know about the resistance - the Free French, the Belgians, all these people coming together to help in stopping Nazi occupation and making it easier as the West advanced into France, into Germany, and what they ended up doing.
"Because some of the stories are just incredible, the characters are unbelievable and, at the same time, mental. We all had those crazy people at school, in high school, it feels as if this story is littered with them. So that's gonna be extremely exciting.
"And the thing is, a lot of people think it's far-fetched in terms of the end, when he jumps off with the recorder - that happened.
"And some of the crazy things they ended up doing... I’m so gutted they did not include this from the book, that Paddy Mayne was walking down the main high street with a pram full of alcohol, while it was being bombed. Just insane."
SAS Rogue Heroes seasons 1-2 are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
