Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Has anyone read Ben McIntyre's book on which this is based? Guessing some liberties have been taken here and there.
Probably.
I suspect the better book might be the one from 15 odd years ago, written by Gordon Stevens, called 'The Originals', which was based on long filmed/recorded interviews he had done back in the early 80's with the then surviving 'originals' incl Stirling and others such as Reg Seekings, Johnny Cooper, Jim Almonds, Bob Bennett etc.