Woeful accent in hit BBC drama joins hall of infamy when it comes to the NI dialect

Series has raised clamour for more recognition of SAS man, but botched Ulster brogue made Rogue Heroes unwatchable

Jack O'Connell as Paddy Mayne in SAS Rogue Heroes

Ivan Little

The BBC drama about the SAS and a hero from here shot itself in the unmentionables last week.

For a truly lamentable attempt at a Northern Irish accent from the actor playing the Mayne man in SAS Rogue Heroes had me reluctantly reaching for the off button in an all-too-hasty retreat from what should have been a thrilling story about Lieutenant Colonel Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne.