SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021 release date: Instructors, contestants and news

A whopping 21 contestants have headed into remote Highland areas over the course of this series as they prepare to embark on a tough series of mental and physical tests. They won't be the only new additions to the show – Melvyn Downes joins the SAS Who Dares Wins instructors team tonight.

While Ant Middleton departed the show earlier this year, this sixth series was filmed in 2020 and so the Chief Instructor will be appearing in upcoming episodes of SAS: Who Dares Wins.

Here's everything you need to know about SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021.

SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021 release date

SAS: Who Dares Wins returns with its sixth series on Sunday 9th May at 9pm on Channel 4.

Filming on the series was completed last year, with Chief Instructor Ant Middleton telling RadioTimes.com in January: "We've got a series [of SAS: Who Dares Wins] and a celebrity series already in the bag, and there’s more planned."

SAS: Who Dares Wins instructors

Ant Middleton is back as the team's Chief Instructor for the upcoming episodes, with series six having been filmed before the SAS star parted ways with Channel 4.

As for the team of Directing Staff, Jason 'Foxy' Fox and Mark 'Billy' Billingham have returned to put the new line-up of recruits through their paces – however, Matthew 'Ollie' Ollerton and Jay Morton won't be appearing after both left the series last year.

Joining the team as a new instructor is former soldier Melvyn Downes – an ex member of the Armed Forces who led operational tours in Iraq and Northern Ireland.

SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021 contestants

A new group of 21 men and women have headed into remote areas of Scotland to be subjected to one of the show's toughest selection courses yet.

The SAS Who Dares Wins 2021contestants list includes Esther (28) – a former stripper with a passion for fitness, lawyer Rebekah (43), Grenfell Tower firefighter Ricky (39), Irish dancer Connor (30) and circus artist Holly (32), who is the show's first ever transgender contestant.

SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021 location

This year's series of SAS: Who Dares Wins was filmed in "the wilds of Scotland", with the recruits heading to the Scottish island of Raasay for their first challenge.

Over the course of the series, the contestants will be tasked with racing up a 4000-foot mountain, abseiling off an oil rig, exposed to extreme cold in a water immersion exercise and sent through a pitch-black disused tunnel.

SAS: Who Dares Wins trailer

Channel 4 has released a clip of the sixth series of SAS: Who Dares Wins, which features one recruit seemingly falling down the side of a cliff, and others abseiling down what looks like a giant chimney. Ant Middleton can be heard shouting, "You're about to be in a whole world of pain!" There's also lots of tears all round.

The broadcaster has revealed a few first-look image from the upcoming episodes, including the shot below which sees the new recruits face-down in the mud.

Applications for series 7 of SAS: Who Dares Win are now open.

SAS: Who Dares Wins 2021 returns on Sunday 9th May at 9pm on Channel 4. Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.