''Bravo Two Zero'' is a 1999 two-hour

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(broadcast in two parts between 3 and 4 January in the UK), based on the 1993 book of the same name by

Andy McNab Steven Billy Mitchell, (born 28 December 1959), usually known by the pseudonym and pen-name of Andy McNab, is a novelist and former British Army infantry soldier. He came into public prominence in 1993 when he published a book entitled '' Bra ...

. The film covers real life events – from the perspective of

, patrol commander of

Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army Special Air Service (SAS) patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to Chris Ryan's account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelli ...

, a British SAS patrol, tasked to find

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i Scud missile launchers during the

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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 Colin Armstrong (born 1961), usually known by the pseudonym and pen-name of Chris Ryan, is an author, television presenter, security consultant and former Special Air Service sergeant. After the publication of fellow patrol member Andy McNa ...

, was broadcast in 1996 though it follows the perspective of Corporal Chris Ryan (Colin Armstrong)

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* * 1999 British television series debuts 1999 British television series endings 1999 television films 1999 films British television films BBC television dramas Films about the Special Air Service Films based on non-fiction books Films set in Iraq Gulf War films Prisoner of war films War films based on actual events Films based on British novels War adventure films Films with screenplays by Troy Kennedy Martin Films directed by Tom Clegg (director) 1990s English-language films {{War-film-stub