1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,480 This programme contains very strong language from the start 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,240 and throughout, and scenes that some viewers may find upsetting. 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:08,480 Hands by your side. Sit. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,360 We're looking for those rare people who, no matter how hard life gets, 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,280 will have the will and strength to succeed 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,720 in the face of extreme adversity. 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:25,760 Walk. 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,880 Let's keep it moving! 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:33,240 In this series, 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,960 an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers... 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,280 Let's go! 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,760 ..are putting 20 civilians through the toughest stage of SAS selection. 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,440 The Vietnamese jungle isn't some gap year holiday destination. 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,440 It will kill you if you underestimate it. 15 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,280 These recruits are in for a baptism of fire. 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:56,640 Fight! 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,240 Give it to him! Knock him down! 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,160 Operating in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth... 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Keep pushing! 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,560 The jungle phase of selection 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,240 was the hardest part of my military career. 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,520 I can't play this any more. 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,360 I've never felt so relieved for something to be over. 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,040 Let's go! 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,480 Each task based on a real process... 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:21,960 Over there, now! 27 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,280 The recruits must go beyond the physical... 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,200 ..to come face to face with their true character. 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,360 Come on! 30 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,560 Go, go, go! 31 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,440 If tell you one more time, I'll take that armband off you. 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,680 No other test asks as much... 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,000 Believe in yourself. I tried my best. 34 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:49,760 ..or means as much to the few who make it through... 35 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,440 Pleased to be a winner. 36 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,240 Oh, what am I gonna do, girls? I still can't poo. 37 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,400 Well, I'm really sorry for what's to come, 38 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,320 but I think I've got the shits. 39 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,520 Oh, don't make me jealous! 40 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,880 No, I really do. It's really bad. 41 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,000 Yeah, same. It fell out of me like a sack of potatoes. 42 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,800 Can you lick me? Sorry, what? 43 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,840 Can I just catch what you've got just so I can have a poo? 44 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,160 20 ordinary men and women 45 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,920 are undertaking a unique version of SAS selection 46 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,160 Overnight, Number 19 Anne 47 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,280 has become the eighth recruit to withdraw from the course. 48 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,720 When you get to the point, you get to the point, I think. 49 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,560 Some of us are OK saying we're not fine 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,600 and some of us are pretending we're fine. 51 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,360 Yeah, it's tough, man, yeah. 52 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,040 It takes its toll on everybody, I think. 53 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,520 Mmm. 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,520 Recruits, on the parade square! 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,960 Let's go, let's go, go, go, go. 56 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,760 Full kit, let's go! 57 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:15,240 Guys, quick! Fast, please. 58 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,920 Let's go. 59 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:18,960 Good. 60 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:25,920 Stand still. 61 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,920 Oi! Stand still. 62 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,840 Right now, some of you are looking totally lost. 63 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,840 Eight have already gone. 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,400 So dig deep. 65 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:46,040 Drop the sorrow, embrace every second that you are here. 66 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Now begins the new phase. 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,320 It's about pulling that fragmented mind of yours 68 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,360 and your body together. 69 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,320 Get a grip of yourself, 70 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,440 be composed and give it 100%. 71 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:00,840 Got it? 72 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,400 ALL: Yes, staff. 73 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:03,880 Out of parade square, 74 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,320 go right through the gate. 75 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,360 Go. 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,040 In the special forces, 77 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,240 half the time, your life is madness. 78 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,320 It is chaotic. You can't allow yourself 79 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,760 to be emotionally drawn into combat. 80 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,240 I'd suggest nine times out of ten, that'll get you killed. 81 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,720 Every day, man, I feel like giving up. 82 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:33,880 Really? 83 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:34,960 It's so tough, man. 84 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,920 It's worth hanging on as long as you can. 85 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,240 In those brutal moments 86 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:44,600 when everything around you's just going to shit, 87 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,320 the key to you surviving is composure. 88 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:57,440 Get over here. 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,080 The DS have taken the recruits 90 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,280 to a remote lake ten miles from base. 91 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,920 Take your Bergens off the boat. Yes, staff. 92 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,560 Come on, then, let's get out. 93 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,080 Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Go! 94 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,440 Wearing full kit, 95 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,240 they must now scramble up a sheer cliff face 96 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,080 in punishing 35 degree heat. 97 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,120 Let's go. 98 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,040 Keep the noise down. 99 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 It's like a herd of elephants coming through. 100 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,000 They're about to find out 101 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,480 the only way down is through this mountain cave. 102 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,840 On the battlefield, things can turn on a dime. 103 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,080 You have no idea what you're going to get into. 104 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,040 But you improvise. You adapt. You overcome. 105 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,920 You instantly and willingly jump into the unknown. 106 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,680 He flew down there. 107 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,280 You scared of heights? Big time. 108 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,720 Just going to hold on to my nerves and get on with it. 109 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,160 That's what I'm here to do. 110 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,600 The recruits must now negotiate the sheer 200-foot cave descent 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,280 in a controlled manner. 112 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,280 If a recruit panics, 113 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:42,480 loses their damn mind, starts to flop around in the funky chicken, 114 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,320 then for sure, they're not passing this task. 115 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,520 If they lose control, they will fail. 116 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,800 Stand by, 5. 117 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:57,320 Facing the descent is Number 5, Becky. 118 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,960 OK, hold tight. Yep. 119 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Right hand on this rope. 120 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,880 I'm good at being a mum, I'd like to think, 121 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,560 and a housewife. 122 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,360 But, yeah, I think I'm pretty tough. 123 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,240 Do I hold both things? Just hold this. 124 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,880 I'm definitely one of these people that protects my friends. 125 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,880 OK, ease yourself back. 126 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,040 Play it out with the right hand. 127 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,880 Once, I got in trouble with the police 128 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,440 for hitting a girl when I was 18. 129 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,400 She was pissing off my friend. 130 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,080 That wasn't my finest moment. 131 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:32,840 Confidence. 132 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,080 Composure. 133 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,520 I definitely don't think 134 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,640 I'm the same person I was 15 years ago. 135 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:40,640 Go! 136 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:41,840 Oof! 137 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:42,880 That's it. 138 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,720 Control your descent, 5. 139 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,520 Keep that right arm strong. 140 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,040 Feed it through, you'll descend a lot quicker. 141 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,600 Walk across, good. 142 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,680 Keep in that position, that's good. 143 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,080 Control it all the way down. 144 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,040 Start looking where you want to be going. 145 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,920 How was that? Buzzing. I fucking done it! 146 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:11,960 Good effort. 147 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,760 It was a good descent. 148 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,760 Fucking hell, calm down. 149 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,800 I'm going to give you the pass. All right? 150 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Fucking GI Jane now, ain't you? 151 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,480 Or maybe just fucking plain Jane. 152 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:30,480 Number 5 Becky maintains her composure and passes the task. 153 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,840 Keep your bearing when you get down there 154 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,720 or you're going to get your ass chewed by the chief instructor. 155 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,360 Yes, staff. Next up is Number 11 Zac, 156 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,680 who has already highlighted himself to the DS 157 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,360 for erratic behaviour on tasks. 158 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,760 Lock it there. 159 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:49,960 Yes, staff. 160 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,520 Heights, um... Heights scare me, to be fair. 161 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:55,240 They're nice. I like being up high and like looking at the view, 162 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,040 but when I actually look down, like, 163 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,960 past my feet, whoo! 164 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Don't look down. Don't look down. 165 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,160 I could say I deal with it really well 166 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,560 and I'd want to tell you that I deal with it really well, 167 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,640 but after being on the course for a few days 168 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,880 and I'm shattered and hungry, I might act differently. 169 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:15,040 Go. 170 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,640 Control your descent, 11. 171 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:17,720 Yes, staff. 172 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,440 Control it! Slow it down. 173 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,520 Slow it down. 174 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:22,560 Get control. 175 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,000 Oh, I'm spinning like a fairy. 176 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,520 Move your fucking right arm and you'll move. 177 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,760 Straight down. Control it. 178 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:33,840 Slow it down. 179 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:34,880 Get control! 180 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,520 What happened there at the very start? Nothing, staff. 181 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,200 What do you mean, fucking nothing? 182 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,680 Am I fucking blind or stupid? I was a bit nervous, staff. 183 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,880 I'm talking about the speed of your descent at the start. 184 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,320 Too fast, too slow? Do you think it was too fast? I don't know, staff. 185 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,240 Let me tell you about the descent. 186 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,400 If I hadn't been down here fucking braking for you, 187 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,560 let me tell you something now - you'd be down there. 188 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,600 Once you've lost control of that, you won't fucking regain it. 189 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,720 Your initial position and fucking descent was too fast. 190 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,000 Got it? Yes, staff. 191 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,440 Nine recruits still face the 200-foot drop. 192 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,320 All right, 18. Go. That's it. 193 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,880 Control that descent, 18. 194 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,320 Fucking slow it down! 195 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,080 Get control of it! 196 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,080 In the Special Forces, we work at height. 197 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,240 Go. 198 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,040 Composure. 199 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,800 And that includes getting to target, 200 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,520 whether that's landing on oil rigs, vehicles, buildings. 201 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,600 It's imperative that we have the element of surprise. 202 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,160 Stay in control. 203 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,120 The infield is a means to get there. 204 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,280 Go. Good control, 16. 205 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,000 Keeping your composure is of the utmost importance. 206 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,240 It's really hard to grip. 207 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,760 You're not giving me a lot of confidence here, ten. 208 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,400 Stand by. OK. 209 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,960 Can they control their emotion? 210 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,800 Go. 211 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,560 Go faster! 212 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,680 Fucking hell, some time today if you can make it. 213 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,960 You're not painting the fucking ceiling. 214 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,040 Get down here. 215 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,160 Can they follow the data that they're given? 216 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,920 Hold it there. What the fuck was going on up there? 217 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,440 What were you doing, taking a selfie or something? 218 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,800 Now attempting the descent is Number 14, Ross. 219 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,240 To me, 14. 220 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,760 I'm very stable. 221 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,360 I don't have a temper. 222 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,960 I am not easy to scare. 223 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,040 People calling me names wouldn't make me upset. 224 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:40,120 People shouting "enemy" wouldn't make me upset. Hold it. Hold it. 225 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,400 The DS has laid into me. 226 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,840 I think I'm sort of expecting that to happen. 227 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,320 I'm not personally bothered by anything. 228 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,120 Lock it down. Execute. 229 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,440 Control that descent. 230 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,920 Get down there. 231 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,040 Don't showboat. 232 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,280 That's good. Stay in control. 233 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,520 Be aware, look around you. 234 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,480 Don't just be looking down. 235 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,160 Stay controlled. 236 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,920 Get your feet ready. 237 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:17,920 How was that? That was amazing. Thank you. 238 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,240 For a big unit, it takes a little bit more to control that. 239 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,240 You actually did that. Well done. 240 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,040 Thank you, staff. 241 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,200 Grab your Bergen and get it on your back. 242 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,440 Fucking strap's fucked. 243 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,080 Stay on top of your equipment. Fix it back up. 244 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,880 Take the things off, then. Hang on. Don't tell me to hang on, 245 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,480 I just told you to take your gloves off. 246 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,200 Take the fuckers off. 247 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,160 Your attitude stinks. 248 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,360 Recruits, over here. 249 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,320 Right over there, 11. 250 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,240 Get tight. Sit down. 251 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,160 This is what's bothering me. 252 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,720 People popping off, gabbing off 253 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,560 and losing their military bearing, 254 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,800 you know who you are. 255 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,640 You need to switch on and get the job done. 256 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,360 Am I understood? Yes, staff. 257 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,640 All right, let's move out. 258 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:26,680 Let's go. 259 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,000 So he said, "How did you think it went?" 260 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,240 I said, "I don't fucking know. 261 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,200 "You've done this 100 times. I've done it none." 262 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,440 So I don't know how fucking fast I was going to be going, bruv. 263 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,680 I'm going to throw that armband in his face, mate. 264 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,840 Oh, my God. We've got bananas! 265 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,480 We've got bananas? 266 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,960 Oh! 267 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,800 I'm going to have a fucking banana sandwich. 268 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,200 Living la vida loca, eh? 269 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,240 I can't wait to eat these bananas. 270 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,280 Hello! 271 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,280 After this morning's cave descent, 272 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,240 the DS meet to discuss the recruits' performance. 273 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,400 Day five, then, new phase - composure. 274 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,560 Number 5 was shaky and took a bit of a spill, 275 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,520 but regained herself and then her descent was controlled. 276 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,520 What speaks volumes is her attitude. 277 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,560 She's still there, giving it a go, smiling. 278 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,800 Nothing seems to be getting to her. 279 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,560 5 is still in the race. 280 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,160 There's a few people who just ain't seem to get the message. 281 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,160 Number 11 landed and I asked him about it 282 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,320 and he cockily went, "Was it too fast? Was it too slow?" 283 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,280 Wow. I was like, "Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" 284 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,320 He's got this bullshit attitude of, you know, cocky. 285 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,400 14, I think obviously, we know he's capable, 286 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,920 but he seems to turn it on when he feels like it. 287 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,280 Real good control and descent, 288 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,040 and then just couldn't fucking help but let himself down. 289 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,760 Nothing to do the task, just his demeanour and his mannerisms. 290 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,600 I think he thinks he's smarter than us. 291 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,680 You'll catch him trying to outwit you. Well, we'll find that out. 292 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,400 I'd like to have a look at the unassuming Number 14. 293 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,520 Number 14! 294 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,840 14! Quick as you can. 295 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,440 Stand here with your hands against the fence. 296 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,160 Hands down by your side. 297 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,080 So up to now, how do you feel you're doing on the course? 298 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,400 I don't know. 299 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:39,200 Your performance on the tasks have been, I'd say, pretty good. 300 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,760 Mm-hm. 301 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,560 You seem... I don't know, I don't know what it is. 302 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,520 That was a good task today, 303 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,160 but it's felt sometimes there's a little snappy, derogatory remark, 304 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,520 like... you were trying to undo your karabiner 305 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,960 with the big gloves off. I said, "Take your gloves off." 306 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,960 And what did you say to me? "Hang on a minute." 307 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,880 Don't fucking talk to me like that. 308 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,480 Even if you said that to me in the bar, 309 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,000 I don't care how fucking big you are, you're getting it. 310 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,560 Who the fuck are you? 311 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,040 My dad wanted me to grow up tough and ready for anything. 312 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,600 Grew up in a caravan till I was 16. 313 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:18,160 I was a Romany gypsy, so I had a home education. 314 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:22,080 Um, I was playing army games and running around 315 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:24,800 and reading, you know, combat manuals and things like this. 316 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,200 He said, "I'll have you ready for the Special Forces 317 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,120 "by the time you leave school", kind of thing. 318 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,040 And, you know, there was beatings and physical stuff. 319 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,680 And if I was naughty, it'd be physical beatings 320 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,120 and belts and things like that. I sort of saw him as a bully 321 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,640 and he wasn't, but at the time I thought he was. 322 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,560 So how's it going with your dad and your mom now? 323 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,280 Um, well, my brother got married in York a little while ago, 324 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,760 and my parents couldn't get to the wedding easily, 325 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:55,960 so I said I'd take them. 326 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,160 The following Wednesday, the guys I'd worked with messaged me 327 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,920 and said, "You've probably got Covid. We've both got it now, 328 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,120 "so you probably should get yourself checked." So I did. 329 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,800 I think my dad died about two weeks later. 330 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:18,520 Of Covid? It turned into pneumonia, and that's what actually did it. 331 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:23,640 You OK? 332 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,120 You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. It's OK. 333 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:35,480 Right. You know where your weaknesses are 334 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,240 and what you're holding back in there. 335 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,280 You've got to fucking leave it on the courtyard out there 336 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,120 if we ask you to, or wherever that is. 337 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,320 Understood, staff. All right? Yes, staff. 338 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,720 Guard! 339 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:49,760 DOOR OPENS 340 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,160 The way Dad raised me, I think, definitely made me 341 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,080 into a resilient adult. 342 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:13,920 I guess there's some, um, horrible irony 343 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,480 in Dad doing what he did to kind of prepare me for adult life, 344 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,400 and then...and then I guess I gave him, 345 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,120 you know, Covid, which obviously, you know... 346 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,400 I know wasn't my fault. 347 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:26,680 Back to the room. 348 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:35,120 Difficult to get, you know, your head around sometimes, but... 349 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,440 All good? Yeah. Yeah? 350 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,960 ..I guess that's also partly why I'm here, you know? 351 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:52,000 Everyone with your Bergens! Your stuff. Now. 352 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,720 Having spent many years operating in Afghanistan, 353 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:11,120 we ended up carrying out patrols in built-up areas where people 354 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,720 are going about their daily business. 355 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,760 The enemy blend into the local population. 356 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,920 One bad decision could ultimately end in somebody losing their life. 357 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,360 The 12 remaining recruits are being tested by a task 358 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,000 based on life or death decisions. 359 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,000 Oh, my God, there's civilians. 360 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,920 You know what, it's good to see normal civilisation. 361 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,720 See the dais? As fast as you can go. 362 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,880 Go! 363 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:45,760 Let's go! 364 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:46,920 Take a knee down here. 365 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,080 Listen. 366 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,720 Mission brief. 367 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:57,520 Five minutes ago, an armed terrorist went into the civilian market. 368 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,920 This is the description. 369 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,040 He's red on blue. 370 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:06,640 He's got a black satchel bag and a tattoo on his right arm. 371 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,880 Here's the pistol. 372 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,240 Conceal it, act normal, blend in. 373 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,440 You identify the target, 374 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,400 deal with any threats posed. 375 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:22,320 Earlier today, the recruits were trained in the rules of engagement. 376 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,440 You believe someone could pose you a danger 377 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,520 or your team-mates or civilians a danger, 378 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,760 you absolutely are cleared to return fire and protect life. 379 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,800 Having received their intel, 380 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,760 the recruits must enter the busy marketplace and locate the target. 381 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,880 Scanning left. Scanning right. 382 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,680 Slow, steady. Fuck me, it's not a race. 383 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:02,400 In this marksman task, the recruits will have to identify the target 384 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,400 and then make a split-second decision about whether they pose 385 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:06,640 a threat to life. 386 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,080 Once the suspect is located... 387 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,440 ..if he pulls out a phone, they must hold fire. 388 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,720 If he pulls out a gun... 389 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,320 ..they are permitted to shoot. 390 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,320 Stop! 391 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:27,720 Close in over here, Number 18. 392 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,120 Why did you take the shot? Because he's drawn his pistol, 393 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,000 so it's a threat. Exactly. Yeah. Well done. 394 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,440 You dealt with the threat in line with the rules of engagement. 395 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,680 Fucking good effort, Number 18. Dress over there. 396 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,440 HE EXHALES DEEPLY 397 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,800 Next to attempt the task is Number 14, Ross. 398 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,680 I want to feel like I've put everything out there, that I've done 399 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,840 myself justice. 400 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,280 Let's go, 14! Hustle! Hustle! 401 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,520 And, you know, if my dad was looking down, I'd like to think I could do 402 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,960 one thing like this and prove to him, 403 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,960 "Do you know what? Your son was capable of this stuff." 404 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,800 Look left and right. 405 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,520 Keep scanning. 406 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:32,600 Stop! 407 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,440 Talk me through your action on target. 408 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,960 Saw the target here. 409 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,480 He wasn't showing a weapon. 410 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,920 As you're level with him, he started reaching behind him. 411 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,120 Then I went for my weapon, 412 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,080 pulled my weapon out as he drew his weapon out. 413 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,320 You identified the target. 414 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,680 You managed to get the two shots off before he did, 415 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,240 which was a good effort. Yes, staff. Dress over there. 416 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,240 Number 14 Ross has neutralised the target, 417 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:57,560 passing the task. 418 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,240 Remember the description. 419 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,720 He went in the market under the blue awning and he took a left. 420 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,640 Keep moving. Let's keep moving. 421 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,000 Look for the threat. 422 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,280 The mark of a Special Forces operator 423 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,400 is that when fighting in built-up areas, 424 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,920 you must have confidence in yourself and confidence in your abilities... 425 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,400 Speed it up. Speed it up. 426 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,920 ..because some of our enemy that we kill look nonthreatening. 427 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,400 You learn to read body language... 428 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,360 Keep scanning left and right. 429 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,680 ..eye movement... 430 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,920 Speed it up, speed it up. 431 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,000 ..and even the posture and energy of people 432 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,240 around someone that intends to do you harm. 433 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,320 Stop! 434 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,360 It's a fucking pass. 435 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,840 You learn also to understand when it's not there... 436 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:00,960 Stop! 437 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,160 Pass. 438 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,080 ..because if you kill somebody innocently, you will carry 439 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,960 that with you for the rest of your life. 440 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,560 Stop! 441 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,400 What was the threat? 442 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,320 Well, there was no threat. 443 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:21,320 So why the fuck did you shoot a man in a fucking civilian market? 444 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,440 Epic fail. 445 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,520 You make sure you make the right choice. 446 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,760 Under the blue awning, and he took a left. 447 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,520 Speed it up a bit. 448 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,640 Next to be tested is Number 5, Becky. 449 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,000 Speed it up a bit. Speed it up. 450 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:40,640 My family mean everything to me. 451 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,520 I think we've got a really strong bond. 452 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,840 Especially after things that have happened to us in the past, 453 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,600 we're definitely, definitely a lot stronger together. 454 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,840 When you identify the target, 455 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,440 deal with the threat. 456 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,280 I think because I've been through some tough stuff, 457 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,440 I definitely want to push myself. 458 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,280 Let's move. Let's move. 459 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,320 That's 100% why I'm here, 460 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,200 to test my mental strength over my fitness. 461 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,920 The 12 remaining recruits are being tested by a task 462 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,880 based on life-or-death decisions. 463 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:49,760 Stop! 464 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Dress over here, Number 5. 465 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,040 At the critical moment, 466 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,600 Number 5, Becky, failed to act. 467 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:01,440 Get a grip, Number 5. 468 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,320 Yes, staff. That's a fucking fail. 469 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,320 Yes, staff. What the fuck, man? 470 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,160 Now I've got a dead civilian lying on the floor 471 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,400 with her head blown off. 472 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,800 Dress over at the DS. 473 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,440 Why didn't you pull the trigger? 474 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,640 Look at me. Hey, I'm talking to you. 475 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,040 Why didn't you pull the trigger? Just... Huh? 476 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,120 Remember what we talked about - composure, putting everything together. 477 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,400 You had a fucking mission. As soon as you put that weapon in your hand, 478 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,320 everything went to rat shit, didn't it? 479 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:31,320 Yes. You couldn't think of nothing else. 480 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,120 WHISPERS: No, staff. Where did he put the gun when he pulled it out? 481 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,920 He held it to a civilian's head. She's dead. 482 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,200 And you saw all that, and you still didn't pull the trigger? 483 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,520 No, staff. 484 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,720 Why? I don't know. I froze. 485 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,960 So consequently, you're fucking dead, 486 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,040 civilian's dead and probably half a dozen innocent people. 487 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,400 Yes, staff. A lot of lessons there, in't there? 488 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,880 Get yourself together, hmm? 489 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:54,920 Go on. 490 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,240 He held a gun to that woman's head and then I started, like, 491 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,640 freaking out. 492 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,000 I know, like, at home, like, day to day, 493 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,120 I feel fucking strong-arse bitch. 494 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,760 And I just feel fucking pathetic and weak here. 495 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,720 It's really intense pressure here. Mm-hm. 496 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,960 Everyone's outside of their comfort zone. 497 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 None of this is our day job. 498 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,920 Let's go. 499 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,320 Stay alert. 500 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:32,560 Next up is Number 11, Zac. 501 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,680 Everybody that knows me said, "You're really going to struggle 502 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,080 "with your mouth." Absolutely everybody. 503 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,840 And the reason I'd like to do it is to prove them wrong, 504 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,400 but to prove also that I'm right, that I can keep hold of this. 505 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,920 Act normal. 506 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,520 Start scanning left and right. 507 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,560 Keep moving. 508 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,400 Stop! 509 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,560 Why did you pull your pistol? 510 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,040 Cos I thought he was going to engage the civilian. 511 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,160 Why didn't you take the shot? Cos... Fucking take the shot, Number 11. 512 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,880 Cos he pulled out a phone, staff. Cos he pulled out a fucking phone? 513 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,440 Yes, staff. Sorry, staff. 514 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,040 I should have took the shot. 515 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,560 There was no threat to life. 516 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,760 Stand on your fucking guns. 517 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,600 Fucking dress over there. 518 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,280 Why didn't you just stand by your decision? 519 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,960 It was the right decision. Yeah, no, I should have stood by it. 520 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,800 As soon as you're questioned about it... Yeah. ..you fucking backed down. 521 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,120 Yeah, that was it, I questioned myself, and I should have just went with the decision. 522 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,200 Yeah, cos you imagine now, stood in a court of law, as soon as you start doing that, 523 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,520 they'll go, "Well, you're a fucking liar", because you don't know what you're doing. Yeah. 524 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,960 Have a fucking word with yourself about what you got right and wrong. 525 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,320 How'd you get on? 526 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,160 That's stressful, man! It is, oh, it is. Yeah. 527 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:08,720 Right, listen in. 528 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,080 You were given a mission statement, 529 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,440 which was clear and to the point. 530 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,120 We're talking about composure under pressure. 531 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,480 Some of yous stepped up to the mark. 532 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,640 Some of yous was a fucking epic fail. 533 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,720 If you think this is some sort of fucking game, 534 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,360 give your fucking armband in and fuck off. 535 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,040 Does everybody understand? ALL: Yes, staff. 536 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,000 That way, face. On me. Follow on. Let's go. 537 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,800 Big man. All right, big man? Well done today. 538 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,040 I just feel like I'm not what they're looking for, man. 539 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,080 These sorts of days, it takes its toll on everybody, I think. 540 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,640 If I was to actually get to the point where I wanted to VW, 541 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,040 then I'd be happy with it, because it's my choice. 542 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,040 I'm usually happy with the choices I make, to be fair. 543 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,720 I try not to regret too much because if I've made the choice, 544 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,400 then I've made the choice and I've got to live with it, 545 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,800 then, haven't I? That's me. 546 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:32,840 HE SIGHS 547 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,840 Number 11 Zac has asked to see the DS. 548 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,800 This is me, stuff. 549 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,880 I don't feel like I really want to be here. 550 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,040 We thought you'd be there till the end. 551 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,760 No, I just underestimated... Hey... 552 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,760 I underestimated, like, the harm 553 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,120 that it takes when you're just so tired. 554 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,080 You've been here six days. 555 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,360 It's fucking no mean feat. 556 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,520 Mate, I've come far enough to be happy with where I've come. 557 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,720 Come here. Well... 558 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,400 Cheers, mate. Pleasure, mate. Look after yourself. 559 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:21,360 Number 11 Zac becomes the ninth recruit to leave the course. 560 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,320 Now just 11 remain. 561 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,240 I noticed the whole of the group had no composure at all, 562 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,160 like it's a fucking joke. 563 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,760 5, she just lost her shit, 564 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,040 which is something we're looking at very closely. 565 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,120 I didn't enjoy that today, girls. I'm not going to lie. Mm-mm. 566 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,200 What we need to do is really to start putting the pressure on, 567 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,040 really turn it up, ramp it up, 568 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,520 don't let them get away with nothing any more. 569 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,800 We can't just keep fucking mollycoddling. 570 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,360 There's only so much we can do. Yeah. 571 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,920 Let's just remind them we are stepping it up, 572 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,360 taking it to the next level. 573 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,680 Guys, I don't know whose minging tissue and shit is down here, 574 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,920 but, like, I ain't your mothers, as much as I'd love to be. 575 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,560 Such a good little housewife, aren't you? 576 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,200 This is making me feel so much better. I love cleaning. 577 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,840 Fucking Mary Poppins. 578 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,320 One minute. Full kit. Let's go. 579 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,400 Let's go, let's go! 580 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,400 Watch this here, it's really slippy, guys. 581 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,880 Don't slip over on the tiles. 582 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,520 Let's go. 583 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,680 Don't waste our fucking time! 584 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,880 Follow on. Let's go. 585 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,240 Heads up. 586 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,560 Get over there. 587 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,000 Go! 588 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,400 The DS now want to test the recruits' ability 589 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,480 to control their emotions... 590 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,040 Jump up and get across. 591 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,880 ..in an aggressive combat task. 592 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,800 No plan survives contact with the enemy. 593 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:39,120 It's paramount that every single one of us 594 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:45,040 have composure under the confusion and aggression of the battle. 595 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,880 Does everybody understand what I'm saying? 596 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,400 ALL: Yes, sir. 597 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,080 When I say go, make a line of Bergens. 598 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,800 Go! 599 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,560 Let's hustle! Let's hustle! 600 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,120 Spread out so you can create a goal line. 601 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,440 Two teams will fight for possession of a coconut. 602 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,400 The team that gets it across the opposition's line 603 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,680 will be the winner. 604 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:12,720 It's not fucking Come Dancing. I want to see some aggression. 605 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,800 Number 14, Number 3. 606 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,960 Facing off are Number 3, Joshua, 607 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,200 against Number 14, Ross. 608 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,400 My dad was the disciplinarian. 609 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,280 It very much was a very corporal punishment sort of upbringing. 610 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,520 Go! 611 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,080 I won't do the same thing. 612 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,800 But as I've gone into adulthood, realised I am resilient, 613 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,320 I guess I want to test myself now. 614 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,800 THEY CHEER ON 615 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,920 Get up, you fucking idiot! 616 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,360 You're no use on the floor, are you? 617 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,760 Run, run! Get on your feet and run! 618 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,960 What are you doing, you fucking halfwit! 619 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,440 BOTH: Come on, Ross! 620 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,960 Run! 621 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,320 Number 9, get in there! 622 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,360 To make the fight unfair, 623 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,360 the DS send in Number 9, Daniel, to help Number 14. 624 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,800 That's it, Number 9, get amongst it! Take him out, Number 9. 625 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,760 That's it, get amongst it. Get that ball. 626 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,680 Get that coconut! Yes! 627 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,000 Let's go, let's go! Come on! 628 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,000 Number 2, get in there! 629 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,760 To even up the contest, joining the battle is Number 2, Grant. 630 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,480 Number 2 makes a break for the line. 631 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,360 And scores a point... 632 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,760 That's fucking tactics. That's tactics. 633 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,240 ..defeating the team of Number 14, Ross. 634 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,040 Head up, 14. Although you were shite. 635 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,560 Go! 636 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,160 THEY YELL Fucking support him, you idiot! 637 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,600 Murderball is about seeing 638 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:54,360 if the recruits can engage in aggressive action... 639 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,800 Let's go! Who wants it? 640 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,920 ..remain composed, 641 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,880 but also try and implement some form of tactics... 642 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,200 Get it! Run, run! 643 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:05,920 Fucking run! 644 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:07,560 Get it! 645 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,040 ..whilst not losing their fucking heads. 646 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:18,120 It can be so chaotic that it just turns into an absolute clusterfuck. 647 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,320 Brute strength is obviously good. 648 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,160 Whoa, that's it! 649 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,560 Small and agile, again, is good. 650 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,840 But the key is composure 651 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,120 because, ultimately, we want to see someone 652 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,640 that can calm themselves in those moments. 653 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,200 Hilary! 654 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,360 You've got to remain unemotional. 655 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,960 Concentrate! 656 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,800 Concentrate! Get on with it! 657 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,360 Stop! 658 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,440 Good effort, Number 4. Good effort. 659 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,200 Number 5, 660 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:06,600 Number 7, stand by. 661 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,800 With her team trailing on the scoreboard, 662 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,360 Number 5, Becky, has a chance to catch up 663 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,600 against Number 7, Faye. 664 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,880 I am definitely the type of person that expresses her emotions. 665 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,760 Angry, sad, happy - 666 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,560 you'll know what mood I'm in, 100%. 667 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,800 Go! 668 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,720 I can have a bit of a temper. 669 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,320 My husband, when I get a bit angry, 670 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,920 he just kind of goes, "Beck, just breathe a minute," 671 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,640 and he chills me out. 672 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,680 Take the ball! Get the ball! 673 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:47,480 Get rid of it, Number 7! Don't just lie on it. 674 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,040 Roll her, Becky! Roll her! Get the ball out. 675 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,080 Number 8, get in there. 676 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:54,960 Go! 677 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,400 Number 16! 16! 678 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,360 Good girl! 679 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,360 Get off! 680 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,600 Argh, I'm gonna fucking drown you, you cunt! 681 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,240 Control your fucking anger, girl! 682 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,040 Grab the fucking ball! 683 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,240 Stop! What the fuck? Number 5! 684 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,880 Stand up. Get up, get on your feet! Up! 685 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,880 With the match descending into chaos, 686 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,280 the DS call time on the task. 687 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,960 Get your Bergens on. Let's go. 688 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 Bergens, close into rank. 689 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,280 Fuck sake, look like you want to be here. 690 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,040 Right, listen in, when I say go, 691 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,520 you go back out the way you came in, up onto the road. 692 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,600 Go! 693 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,520 In that water? Into the water to me. 694 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,080 Move! 695 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,000 Shut up! No-one said fucking talk. 696 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,920 Crawl up the bank. Push up! Get up there, 5! Push up! 697 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,680 Get up there, muscle hamster! 698 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:00,680 All the way in, one behind the other. Heads up. 699 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,720 Number 5! 700 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,120 Number 5! 701 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:16,880 Number 5? All right. 702 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,960 Quick as you can. 703 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,920 Stand here facing the fence. 704 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,600 With an extreme reaction to the murderball task 705 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,880 and a failure to shoot the target at the market, 706 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,480 the DS need to decide if Number 5, Becky, 707 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,200 should remain on the course. 708 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,480 Do you want to borrow a hairbrush? 709 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:05,800 I need one, don't I? 710 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,760 THEY CHUCKLE 711 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,720 Like you fucking swallowed a grenade. 712 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,160 Right, how do you think you're doing? 713 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,520 Could be doing better. 714 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,120 Everyone could be doing better, to be quite frank. 715 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,480 This afternoon, your performance was borderline shambolic. 716 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,680 What's your reason for coming on this? 717 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,480 I dunno. Everyone always tells me I'm really strong, 718 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,920 like I'm a proper strong person. Mm-hm. 719 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,520 I don't really ever feel that strong. 720 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:49,720 So I take it you coming here 721 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,880 is to see if there's any substance 722 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,280 to what those people keep telling you? 723 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,560 Just take a breath. 724 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,720 I just think, um...I've probably been through 725 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,240 the worst thing that could ever happen to me. 726 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,280 SHE SNIFFS 727 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,640 So, I'm still here somehow. 728 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,080 What is that? 729 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,600 Um... 730 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,120 My daughter passed away when she was two and a half... 731 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,080 ..of cancer... 732 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,120 ..six years ago. So. 733 00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:58,080 Oh. 734 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,400 Just doesn't ever get easier. 735 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,760 I can't imagine how hard that must be. 736 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,920 I've got a little boy, so... 737 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,360 ..he's sort of like... He's just... 738 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,240 He's amazing. He's my rock. I just... 739 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,160 I just have to get up the next day and do things 740 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,360 cos he's there, like. And life just goes on, doesn't it? 741 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,400 SHE SNIFFS 742 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,400 Just...feel like I've failed her a little bit. 743 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,960 The thing is with this is you have got to face the dark places 744 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:48,840 because we put you into situations 745 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,800 that probably make your head go there. 746 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,520 Not intentionally, but that's just what happens. 747 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,040 And then you've got to try and manage them in a positive way. 748 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,040 I think nothing that we throw at you is going to be harder. 749 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,120 You are strong. 750 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:09,440 You've got guts, you've got courage, you've got strength. 751 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,600 OK? And when those dark moments are creeping in, 752 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,200 just fucking stand tall and go bang, 753 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:18,120 smash the next thing that's in front of you. 754 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,960 But do it for you. Mm. 755 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,160 Do it for you. You know? 756 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:25,880 Cos you deserve it. 757 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,040 Thank you. 758 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,480 Guard! 759 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,240 Stand up. 760 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,520 HE EXHALES Geez. 761 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,840 That threw me a bit, to be honest. 762 00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:58,920 Poor thing. 763 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,920 Go back. Thanks. 764 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,480 I never did think I was ever good at anything before 765 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,080 until I was a mum. 766 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,520 I felt like a really good mum for a while. 767 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:20,880 You good? 768 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,480 Breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe. 769 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,760 Becca, come here. Come here. 770 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,200 Come here. 771 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:32,120 I was really angry for a while after she died. 772 00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,160 I think now I'm not as angry. 773 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,320 Sometimes you just need that big squeeze. 774 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:46,480 I appreciate everything a little bit more. 775 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,520 Becky, you're one of the strongest people we've ever met. 776 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,560 You are the fucking strongest person ever, mate. 777 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,560 Hey, we're alongside you. 778 00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,640 Yeah. It's OK to cry. 779 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:02,640 Yeah. 780 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:10,240 Let's go! 781 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:11,680 Keep moving! 782 00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,680 Leadership is paramount. 783 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:17,720 Somebody taking the reins, directing it, and keeping the momentum moving. 784 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:18,880 Come on, team! 785 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:22,040 If a leader does not keep control, 786 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,240 it will go to rat shit and some of your own people will get killed. 787 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:52,080 Subtitles by Red Bee Media