Pacemaker Mr Harte was later killed in another SAS ambush near Drumnakilly in ... is alleged to have been the most high-ranking British agent within the Provisional IRA, who was given the codename ...

A few months later, a young British officer came to Clarke, seeking his help in setting up a guerrilla force. Clarke promised his support, so long as the officer called the unit the SAS.

A former commando and security specialist has revealed how he witnessed an attempted infiltration operation by elite Soviet ...

Members of the British special forces, in particular the Special Air Service (SAS), were also deployed ... and running its own network of agents and informers within republican and loyalist ...

As Ben Macintyre’s gripping account of one of the most astonishing assaults to happen on British soil is released, former foreign secretary Jack Straw reflects on the impact of the siege on our own ...

Two SAS soldiers on a secret mission were captured ... They were released only after a "high-level intervention" by the British Government - believed to involve a visit by Foreign Office Minister ...

Inevitably, it was Winston Churchill who captured the thrill of Britain’s secret state. “In the higher ranges of Secret ...

tells the extraordinary origin story of the (British) SAS, and falls into the category that’s closest to the truth. As a chyron proudly announces at the start of each episode: “Based on a true ...

An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82. Warrant Officer John Thompson died on Saturday evening after a period ...

Who will be the next James Bond? We take a look at the top candidates who might replace Daniel Craig - After Craig makes a ...

Gone Fishing BBC Two, 9pm There are few things quite as soothing as watching Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fish in a ...

Russian spies buried nuclear bombs, nerve-agent capsules, and assault weapons close to UK military sites during the 1980s, in ...