Introduction
Bravo Two Zero was a 1999 two-hour television miniseries (broadcast in two parts between 03 and 04 January in the UK), based on the book of the same name by Andy McNab.
The film covers real life events, from the perspective of Andy McNab, patrol commander of Bravo Two Zero, a British SAS patrol, tasked to find Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War in 1991. The names of the patrol members killed were changed.
A previous film about the patrol, The One That Got Away, based on the book of the same name by Chris Ryan, was broadcast in 1996.
Outline
This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Their mission was to take out the scud missiles which Saddam Hussein was using to terrorise his enemies, as well as to sever strategic communication lines between Baghdad and North West Iraq. This top secret mission was called “Bravo Two Zero” and it was commanded by Sergeant Andy McNab. Of the eight who went out, only five returned. Dropped into “scud alley” carrying 210-pound packs, McNab and his men soon found themselves surrounded by Saddam’s army. Their radios did not work, the weather was brutally cold, and they had been spotted.
Trivia & Goofs
- The series was filmed in one location at Groot Drankensburg in Franschoek, South Africa.
Production & Filming Details
- Director: Tom Clegg.
- Writers: Troy Kennedy-Martin.
- Producers: Ruth Caleb.
- Music: David Ferguson.
- Cinematography: Rod Stewart.
- Editor: Ettie M. Feldman.
- Production: Distant Horizon, Icon Entertainment International, Video Entertainment.
- Distributor: BBC.
- Release Date: 03 January 1999 (UK).
- Running time: 54 minutes.
- Country: UK.
- Language: English.
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