NARRATOR: 14 celebrity recruits...
These celebrities aren't gonna be bubble wrapped.
Strip!
They're not in Australia anymore.
Bit (BLEEP) smelly.
These eggs aren't going down well.
No.
Tell their stories behind the headlines...
Abandonment, total abandonment.
That must have (BLEEP) hurt.
You bet it (BLEEP) hurt.
I tried to take my life once.
(TEARFULLY)
I spent three years in a Columbian jail.
Draw strength from that experience.
Use that experience to your advantage.
(GUNFIRE)
(EXPLOSION)
Broken down by the directing staff...
(RECRUIT YELLS)
Don't want to be here give me your (BLEEP) number!
I know, Staff!
(TIM GROANS)
Get down, the enemy!
(GUNFIRE)
(EXPLOSION)
And we will keep going until one of you VWs.
I've been hating everything.
I'm finally ready to change.
Still to this day I'm affected by my actions
but try my best to love and give back to my parents.
And built back up...
We all (BLEEP) up. It's all good.
(TEARFULLY) I'm trying so hard, Staff.
I know, you are. I know you are.
People are looking for inspiration.
I want to see that fire in your belly.
Until only four remained...
I want you to push harder than you've ever pushed before.
Tonight...
A three phase final mission...
This could potentially be your last video message
that your loved ones and your family ever see.
To test the recruits psychologically...
I loved every moment of my life.
And physically...
Who (BLEEP) wants it more?
Do not give up.
I just don't know if I've got anymore to give.
(BLEEP) below!
Keep (BLEEP) going!
Go!
(GUNFIRE) (EXPLOSIONS)
Hoping that the course will give me the courage
and confidence to find purpose.
(GUNFIRE) Shoot! Fire!
To see who, if any...
(EXPLOSION)
Will make... Move!
(EXPLOSION) Grenade!
..SAS selection.
Some of you aren't up to the (BLEEP) job.
I will not compromise the team.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(RAIN POURS DOWN)
What have you got?
Chicken and rice. Oh, yummy.
As the desert rain pours...
It's our last night, guys.
The recruits settle into the last night
before final selection tomorrow
on the relentless SAS course.
Did you guys all get a little nap in then?
I think so.
A few minutes maybe. Yeah.
Of the 14 recruits to start,
the four to endure the brutal punishment are,
the oldest recruit, Craig Challen...
The man wanting to prove his body is still strong enough
to withstand the course, Tim Robards...
Scary you can drift away and be somewhere so far
and you wake up and you're like, boom, back here.
The only female still standing, Abbey Holmes...
I ate chicken off the table.
(LAUGHS)
And the Olympian wanting the thrill of success
one last time.
I just realised I went nine days without moisturiser. Yeah.
I thought that would be one thing that I really struggle
with because my face gets so dry.
Yeah.
It feels like it's about to split in half.
Yeah. I struggled with that.
What about you guys?
Did you guys struggle with anything that you were surprised about or...
Well, I've never used moisturiser in my life,
so I didn't really struggle with that.
I think, the lack of sleep. Mm.
Getting four or five hours a night
for nine days... and moisturiser.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
I hate to think what I look like, I haven't even looked.
You look good.
Thank you.
There's not too many women that have passed an SAS selection
so I just want to feel that, that pride
and that excitement of getting to the end.
But I'm somebody who always wants to achieve and chase perfection
and do things 100% and win.
(SIGHS)
So, the thing that I'm afraid of the most would be failure.
I don't cope with failure well, I don't cope with losing well.
Not a quitter, never have been, I never will be.
Um, I want to get to the end.
I think, the constant on edge you,
um, underestimate.
The energy that it takes to be... Oh, yeah, that, that's hard.
The anticipation.
And fear. Yeah.
That's probably the hardest thing.
My driving force to get through this is to make myself proud,
make my wife proud, make my daughter proud.
But my body is letting me down more and more so for me,
I hope that I can,
under some of the toughest circumstances,
I can get through it without breaking
without falling to pieces.
I'll say for myself, I'm pretty please I got this far,
and I think we should all be pretty (BLEEP) happy with that.
Yeah.
We're all capable of getting to the end.
I don't think they've ever had four people
get through before, they've had three.
Make it the first. Make it the first.
Yeah.
My motivation is that once I've set the goal,
uh, which will be to get to the end
of this selection course then I'll be pretty determined.
But I tend to be self-reliant.
I'm a bit too much for do it yourself sort of guy
sometimes I think.
We're all here on our own merits and-and...
I think, you've done amazing for 58?
How old are you?
Uh, 58 today. 58.
What?
(SINGS) Happy birthday to you.
Communication! Communication!
It's your birthday.
(SINGS) Happy birthday to you.
(SINGING) Happy birthday dear, Craig.
Happy birthday to you.
Hip-hip! Hooray!
Oh, happy birthday.
How did you not tell us? Bake you a cake if we could but...
I don't know. It's not that important, is it?
It's very important. Another lap around the sun?
Do you want a birthday hug?
Uh, nah.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm 7.5 years clean and sober.
I know, when I've got a goal,
I'm good at doing what needs to be done.
But then been 15 years
since I won a gold medal in Beijing
which is a really long time and a question
I've been asking myself is do I still have that grit?
I would like to hope I do.
Right, should we get some sleep?
Mm. Yep.
Could come at any time!
Can't do anymore to prepare my gear.
It's been prepared within an inch of its life.
Yeah. Yeah. Has everybody?
Yeah, I'm good. It's good. It's ready to go.
I'm prepped but I might, I might swap my undies over,
I've been wearing these for two days straight so...
(LAUGHS)
As the recruits lay down for the night,
sleep doesn't come easy.
Suspecting a final mission will come without notice.
Selection is a process of growth,
realising what we're really capable of.
Who you really are.
We want to see psychological
and mental change.
We want to see you taking full control of you.
We want to see that you can go on that process
for the reason of their life.
Under the cover of darkness,
the DS are about to launch phase one of the final mission.
A harrowing psychological and emotional test of bravery.
(JAY KICKS DOOR OPEN) Go!
Get up!
Everybody up!
Get the (BLEEP) up! Get up!
Reacting to stun grenades,
the recruits are disorientated and confused.
Move!
On your (BLEEP) knees.
Get down! Get on your knees!
Get on your (BLEEP) knees four.
Go!
(BLEEP) get your head down.
Shut the (BLEEP) up.
This camp is now compromised.
You are compromised.
Get up.
Up.
The SAS selection course
was first designed for no-one to pass.
It's designed to push people physically to their limits,
psychologically beyond anything that they've ever experienced.
It was designed to create something that didn't exist.
A super solider.
Go. Move!
Every time we go onto the battlefield,
we are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice.
I don't think there's bravery beyond that.
(BLEEP) prat.
Here.
Hurry up.
Let's move!
Let's go!
Bound and hooded, they're confined to a holding area.
Shut the (BLEEP) up!
When you get captured,
it's an extreme sense of panic that engulfs you.
Sit (BLEEP) still.
It's a horrible, disgusting feeling.
It's a great way on selection to test the recruits psychologically
so they feel vulnerable.
Straightaway we can identify any flaws,
any weaknesses that we need to enhance.
After being held for over two hours,
each recruit will be forced to suffer
the most confronting experience
any SAS soldier will ever face.
A death message to their loved ones.
In Special Forces,
it's imperative that you harness your emotions.
Move. All the way down. All the way down.
Saying goodbye allows us to separate the weak minded
from the strongest.
(SHRIEKS)
You don't have room for emotionally weak people.
People that can't control their own emotions,
that break down, are a (BLEEP) liability.
(SHRIEKS)
Only those who control their emotions
will pass phase one.
This could potentially be your last video message
that your loved ones and family will ever see.
Look into the camera, give a message to whoever you want.
Make it count.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(TEARFULLY)
I love you, I love you guys so much.
You know, who you are, each and every one of you.
Thank you for everything that you've done for me
throughout my entire life.
Mum, dad, you're the best parents any,
anybody could ever-ever ask for.
You know, how much I love you, you're my entire world.
Keegs...
Thank you for everything,
you make me a better person and the last 5.5 years
have been the best 5.5 years of my life.
I want you to be happy always.
Be happy always and just know how much I love you.
I love you so much. I'd do anything for you.
Just be happy, just be happy.
I want you all to be happy.
I love you. I love you so much.
Allowing her emotions to overwhelm her,
Abbey fails phase one.
I think, I would be absolutely devastated
if I wasn't able to complete the SAS course.
I am very, very hard on myself.
I'm gonna fail challenges.
I'm gonna hopefully pass some challenges but yeah,
hopefully I do live up to expectation.
(SOBS)
Move, let's go, let's go. All the way in. All the way in.
Sit.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
To my beautiful wife Anna, I love you so much.
I'm so proud of you
and you...you've been the best thing that's happened to me
along with my daughter Elle.
I love you so, so, so much and this thing
I've just done has just proved to me how much...
How much love a father can have for his daughter and I,
and I wish that I could see you grow up.
Be true to yourself, take on every challenge,
don't live in your comfort zone and make the most of your life.
You get one life, make the most of it and love
your mother and be good to your mother.
Controlling his emotions, Tim has passed phase one.
Having the ability to endure through difficult situations,
through adversity,
is a key component to the Special Forces operator,
to look deeply into an individual.
To see if they have the mental fortitude
to keep pushing through.
Sit.
I just want you to know that I've-I've done my best.
I tried hard at the end,
tried to stay true to myself
and to all of you that are seeing this.
Sorry for anything I ever did to-to hurt anyone or...
Make their lives not as good as they could've been.
I always meant well and I'm sorry for that
and I hope you remember me well.
Showing composure in his farewell,
Craig passes the test.
Sit.
This could be the last video message your loved ones and family ever see.
Look into the camera, tell them what you want to tell them.
This could be the last time
they see your face and hear your words.
To my family, I love you all so much.
I, um,
and I want you to know
that I've loved every moment of my life
and to Luke,
I-I love you so much.
You're the most important person in the world to me.
(CRIES)
And please celebrate me, don't mourn me.
I love you all.
Upset by the death message, Matt has failed.
I'm ruled by fear
and it prevents me from doing a lot of a lot of things
so I'm hoping that the course is going to help give me
the courage and confidence that I can achieve anything.
Pays to be a winner!
Let's go! Hurry up!
An excruciating phase two grunt task...
Let's go!
Fast, dynamic aggression.
Let's move!
And Matt hangs by a thread.
Keep going, 13.
I've got nothing left in my arms.
You (BLEEP) do.
I'd be so disappointed in myself if I quit.
That's it, show us.
Show us, do not (BLEEP) let go!
(WHIMPERS)
And which recruits...
Some of you will not be moving forward.
..will be culled.
Come on then, let's go.
As the DS free the recruits...
Wake up!
Phase one is complete.
Hurry up. Come on!
Now, phase two begins.
Let's go, come on.
A punishing physical test of grit and determination.
No obstacle is too hard to get up and over.
You've got to dig deep,
you've got to ignore the pain and just give absolutely everything
you've got to get to the location.
Come on, let's go, let's go.
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
Move!
Sit on it.
Listen very carefully.
Alright everyone get in, get in close, get in close.
OK, our (BLEEP) mission right now is to get over this mountain pass
straight to a (BLEEP) start point for a cliff assault, OK?
One straight line, number four at the front.
Let's go.
This is where we separate
the weak from the strong.
How much pain you're prepared
to push through to stay on this course.
Alright, follow me.
This is your (BLEEP) opportunity now.
The recruits start the arduous 5km run to the cliff face...
Keep it (BLEEP) going, come on!
..weight down by their heavy bergens.
Hurry up, faster! Get up here!
Who (BLEEP) wants it more?
Do not drop behind.
(BLEEP) go!
People left at the end of Special Forces selection
ultimately are the people
that want it to the most.
People that have the drive and determination
to keep going no matter what.
All the (BLEEP) way, go!
The body wants to give up, it's screaming at you to stop.
You know, it's painful, everything hurts.
Do not stop!
They're gonna have to dig deep.
They need to keep going, keep pushing far and beyond
what your body is capable of.
Fast as you can, let's move!
Pays to be a winner!
Pushing through the brutal run and taking a lead is number 14, Tim,
and number 13, Matt.
Hurry up!
With Craig struggling behind them.
Block out the (BLEEP) pain.
And Abbey, dead last.
When I'm in pain
there's a lot going on in my head.
You're hurting, and you just want to stop,
it's just being able to kind of mentally park
that emotion and really trying to push through it.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
After a draining 45 minutes of solid running,
Tim nears the mountain.
I'm afraid of a hell of a lot of things on this course.
Main one being my body giving out.
I know, I can get there.
I'll use the-the pain that's caused me
and ramp that up and use that to push me through.
Go! Move it! Come on!
Close behind is number 13, Matt.
I'm prone to low self-esteem.
I can't handle being criticised or failing.
That is quite physically and mentally exhausting.
I want to see what I'm actually capable of.
Hurry up. Hurry up.
Alright, fast as you can, get your Bergen off,
get your helmet on, you're going up the mountain.
Hurry up. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
At 58 years old,
number seven Craig, fights with fatigue.
I might well be the oldest person on the track.
Things hurt a little bit more and accumulate a few creaks and groans
but I reckon I might have
had a few more life experiences.
Hopefully, what I lack in physical prowess
I might make up for in smarts.
We'll just have to see how it goes.
Ready to start the punishing climb,
Tim faces a gruelling 150m of cliff face
before a perilous vertical ascent to the summit.
Fast as you can, get up there.
(BLEEP) prove why you're here.
Beginning with a demanding rope climb,
number 14 will need to summon all his strength.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
So, when I'm in a, in a place where I'm wanting to tap out,
you question sometimes, you go, is it in my head?
But there's a side of me that I can call on
and I'll be able to get through.
The-the goal at the end has to be,
I guess, enough to push
you through that discomfort.
As Tim pushes through the pain, number 13, Matt,
starts to clamber up the cliff.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Come on, let's go.
Could you stop your (BLEEP)?
(COUGHS)
Come on, go!
Drained of energy, number seven, Craig, finally reaches the mountain.
Get up there as fast as you can.
Some aggression, let's see it!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Come on! Get a move on!
Labouring through the desert for over an hour,
Abbey nears the climb.
Keep (BLEEP) pushing.
I really want to pass selection.
But I'm at my weakest when it comes to my emotion.
When I'm exhausted, I literally crumble.
That's what's gonna stop me from achieving that goal.
(BLEEP) get out of first gear.
Get your (BLEEP) Bergen off, get your (BLEEP) helmet on.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Get your Bergen off and get your helmet on,
number four, hurry up.
Number four, get off the ground!
Right, you know how to use these, don't you?
See these things on the side, do you know how to use them or not?
Um...
You used them the other day. Yeah, to clip on.
Yep. Clip off.
Yes, Staff.
But as she sees what lies ahead...
The exhaustion and fear of heights...
What's the matter? Take hold.
What's the matter? (PANTS HEAVILY)
What's the matter? Four!
Hold it together. What's the problem?
I just don't know if I've got anymore to give.
Come on! Let's go.
Get a move on.
Once you've stopped you're (BLEEP).
Phase two of the final mission is underway.
Go! Move it! Come on!
Go faster, get up here!
But as number 14, number 13...
Get your mind away from that pain.
..and number seven brave the cliff face,
number four is worn out from the run.
Right, you know how to use these, don't you?
And gripped by her fear of heights.
Number four, get off the ground!
Just wait, wait. What's the matter?
(PANTS HEAVILY) (CRIES)
What's the matter? Four!
Hold it together. What's the problem?
I just don't know if I've got anymore to give.
You (BLEEP) have. You have. You know that.
I've just always had the fear of height.
The feeling of falling.
You've proved yourself on this course.
At this last minute you're about to pull the plug?
No way!
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
I won't let you do that.
You're gonna come with me, alright?
Yes, Staff.
OK, let's go.
This is a gruelling climb.
It's gonna take every ounce
of those recruits' energy
to get to the top...
As fast as possible.
It's essential that they don't switch off.
On this cliff face, one wrong move could end your life.
OK, rope, let's go.
(BLEEP) Let's get up there in one, 14.
Yes, Staff. Yeah?
Yes, Staff.
With the summit in sight,
Tim reaches the final, most difficult leg.
A treacherous rope climb up the steepest part of the cliff.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Number 14, you (BLEEP) shift up this rope.
When I'm exhausted
I will think about the frustration
that my back and my knees
have been giving me and what they've been taking from me,
and I think to myself I'm not gonna let you beat me.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Hurry up, come on!
Hurry up!
Let's go!
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
Let's (BLEEP) go.
Fast, dynamic aggression.
(GRUNTS)
Good. Good. Strong. Strong.
Hurry up, come on!
Straight into me. Let's go.
Pushing past the excruciating pain,
Tim is the first to finish the task.
Off rope. Let's go.
Behind him, number 13, Matt, starts the demanding final ascent.
Oh, my god.
Come on, get on those knots. Use your feet, push off the wall.
Let's drive.
Come on, you know what's at the top. (GROANS)
Freedom's at the top.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Come on, run! Get up there.
(BLEEP) no other way up.
This is the only way up.
Let's go.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Get up that (BLEEP) rope.
Show us why you want to be here. That's it, keep going.
Keep going.
(BLEEP) keep going.
Do not give up.
Do not quit, number 13.
You know, what's at the (BLEEP) top.
You know, what's coming.
Keep going, 13.
I've got nothing left in my arms.
You (BLEEP) do.
(BLEEP) (BLEEP) do have something left.
(GRUNTS) (PANTS HEAVILY)
That's it. Show us.
Show us...
(BLEEP)!
Below! Below!
(SOBS)
Keep going, 13! Keep (BLEEP) going!
When you've got nothing left in the tank
and you are at the end of your tether,
you call on your reserves and more,
really digging deep into your soul
to find that something extra.
Grab a (BLEEP) knot, pull up.
(GRUNTS) Keep going, keep grabbing.
You're (BLEEP) nearly there.
(CRIES OUT)
(ROCKS FALL)
Below!
13, pull yourself up with your hands to the rock,
to the rock.
And then stand up on your feet.
When my body is absolutely screaming at me to stop.
If I just remember that it's so temporary,
that will help me to just keep on going,
to give just a little bit more through the pain.
Number 13, look at me.
Get that aggression out and push.
Good, good.
That's it, good.
That's exactly what I want to see.
All the way in.
Let's go. Let's go.
I'd be so disappointed
in myself if I quit.
I want to be there at the end.
With Tim and Matt at the summit.
Abbey pushes her fear aside.
Number four, number seven, let's go!
Pays to be a winner!
Move it!
A dog-tired Craig...
(BLEEP).
..attempts the daunting final rope climb.
Go! Move!
Move, number seven!
Right, last attempt.
This is your last (BLEEP) attempt at this.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Big shift. Go. Go.
What I get a sense of achievement
from is experiences
and challenging myself
and I think I work pretty well under pressure,
particularly with cave diving you can't just bail out halfway,
you've got to get back to the surface.
Go.
Get up there, number seven!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Come on, seven, nearly there.
Nearly at the top.
Move up this rock face now!
Just (BLEEP) get up there.
Keep going! Faster!
All the way in, all the way into me.
Move.
Don't (BLEEP) touch anything.
Now, only Abbey is yet to complete the task.
Number four.
(BLEEP) whole team is waiting for you.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
I suck at failing. I'm really hard on myself.
I take it personally.
So, heading into this thing,
it's unfortunate that it is inevitable,
I know that there's probably gonna be some,
some tasks and challenges in there that I'm gonna fail.
That to me would be heartbreaking.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Go! Come on!
But for me now it becomes a mental game
and how I use those failures and turn them
into success and turn them into a positive.
I am somebody who is always pushing the boundaries,
always raising the bar.
I want to get to the end.
No time to rest. Move!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Number four, let's go!
Fast, dynamic aggression.
(GRUNTS)
Get up! Come on!
Use everything you've got to get up here now,
everything you possess.
(YELLS)
Leave nothing left in the tank.
(SCREECHES)
Keep moving, you need to get the (BLEEP) out of here!
Let's go, let's go. (BLEEP) move!
Let's go. Move.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Hurry up, number four.
Move. All the way into me. Move.
Finally Abbey reaches the top, completely drained of energy.
But what the recruits haven't been told
is the DS will now cull someone from selection.
Some of you aren't up to the (BLEEP) job.
We're bouncing from (BLEEP) mission to mission,
task to task.
But I will not compromise the team.
Myself and the DS
are gonna have a little conflab
to see if we would take you all on to move forward.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
With phase two of the final mission complete,
the DS will now decide
who will be culled and miss out on final selection.
Alright first of all, 14, 13.
14 was up the rock face first, 13, close behind.
Those two were strong.
Number seven and number four, (BLEEP) hell.
Just together at the back there.
If somebody can't raise to the Special Forces standards
and our unrelenting pursuit of excellence
unfortunately they will not be accepted into our world.
Alright. So, number seven.
What happened when they went off?
They all set off as a group then seven dropped back instantly.
You don't get anything else from number seven,
he's there, he's doing the task and that's it.
Yeah, but he's doing... There's nothing else.
Yeah, he's done that from day one.
Yeah. He's predictable, mate.
You're not gonna get, spark some (BLEEP) fireworks from him,
he's predictable and he's got that one gear.
He sticks with that, and he always has done.
Yeah.
But he's done amazing.
He always turned up,
he's always switched on when he had to.
Yeah.
I could potentially see him as a surveillance operator.
As a (BLEEP) sniper. Yeah.
I could potentially see him... You could do. You could do.
..I could potentially see him in that role.
He is an asset.
He's not gonna complain, he's not gonna squeal.
Um, he's gonna turn up and he's gonna do it.
Can he keep up with the frontrunners?
No. No.
But he'll carry on.
I would be very disappointed if I was taken off the course.
I would I would regard
that as-as a failure.
Yeah, it's not a place
that I would be happy with.
Can't believe number four, (BLEEP) hell.
Yeah. She's slow as (BLEEP).
Didn't see any (BLEEP) sense of urgency
and no (BLEEP) aggression.
I was (BLEEP) disappointed to be honest.
She nearly threw it in.
Really? Yeah.
She came to me, and she was about to break down,
she said, "Staff, I just don't think I can go on",
and I had to really pick her up and I just said,
(BLEEP) not a chance, not a chance.
Before that happened
I'd have fought for her against number seven.
For me number four, she's ahead of number seven.
She's a good (BLEEP) communicator.
Yeah.
She's got a (BLEEP) lot of heart.
A lot of (BLEEP) grit. I agree.
I think, number four, she's (BLEEP) done brilliantly.
She's, you know,
she's-she's strong, she's a team player.
Yeah.
Moving forward, we can't slow down the team.
We need to make a decision.
I would be absolutely devastated
if I wasn't able to complete the SAS course.
I'm coming out here
to do the very best
that I possibly can, yes,
but I want to get to the end.
Happy?
Happy. Happy?
Yeah. Happy?
Happy. Let's do it.
Alright listen in, stand up.
Close in, grab your helmets.
Let's go.
(BLEEP) straight into the chief instructor.
Go.
That'll do you, stop there.
We've barely started.
Barely started.
Got a long day in front of us and looking forward,
this next task requires absolutely everything
that you've got to give.
Some of you have given it here.
Some of you...
Have slowed the team down.
And will not be moving forward
for this next task.
The team that we will be taking forward
for this next task are...
Number 13...
Number 14
And the final team member will be...
(INTENSE MUSIC)
..number seven.
Number four, unfortunately, this journey is over for you.
You three, you'll go back down to your position where you were.
Go. Move.
Number four.
You've been amazing.
You've done amazing. Oh, god!
(TEARFULLY)
That's the hardest thing I've ever done.
Keep your head up. Keep your head up.
It was just a little bit too much...
(BLEEP).
..a bridge too far for you but (LAUGHS) you got here.
You made it.
How are you feeling?
I'm proud. I'm proud.
Obviously disappointed at the same time but proud.
And happy.
But I think you knew it, didn't you?
Oh, yeah, I was so done.
(LAUGHTER)
I had...I had nothing else to give, honestly.
Nothing.
Listen, that's all we can ask but...
Yeah.
And you take the positives from here which are so many.
We've seen you grow the last ten days
in front of our eyes
so (BLEEP) hell,
what you're gonna do out there should astound everyone.
Yes, yes, Staff. Well done.
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm very disappointed not to get to the end...
(SIGHS) Thank you.
But what this experience has shown me
is that your mind and your body is capable of so much more.
It was going to be very, very uncomfortable
but I know that I've pushed as hard as I possibly could.
I've been lucky enough to really learn a lot about myself
and I've learnt to not chase perfection.
It's been an absolute pleasure.
Thank you for having me. OK?
We know when you leave here, you're gonna absolutely smash
whatever is in front of you.
Well done.
So, that's something that I can really hold my head high with,
be proud of myself.
Next...
(GUNFIRE)
They've spied you, haven't they?
This mission is the closest thing
that they will ever get to the battlefield.
The third and final phase...
Alright, start opening fire.
(GUNSHOT) Go, go, let's go.
To see who has what it takes...
I've found a hostage. ..to make SAS selection.!
(BLEEP) paying attention, number seven?
This is where it counts.
(EXPLOSION) (BLEEP) hell, move!
Let's go!
(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)
With Abbey culled from the course,
the three remaining recruits
now enter the third phase of the final mission.
Let's go!
To determine if they make...
Move quicker.
..SAS selection.
Let's go, let's go.
Get in there.
About to be dropped into a kill or be killed scenario,
the recruits will undertake a task all elite soldiers
are required to do to pass the course.
The final stage of the mission
is the closest thing
that they will ever get to the battlefield.
30 seconds.
This is where you must have no hesitations, no mistakes.
In a Jordanian Special Forces training facility...
Standby.
The recruits will undergo one of the most treacherous tests...
Go!
..any SAS soldier must face on selection.
Go!
A hostage rescue.
Go! Follow me!
Harnesses off down here.
Let's go.
We are about to conduct a hostage rescue.
There's two hostages have been personally identified.
One has a white headdress
with a brown candora.
The other has a black and red headdress
with a black candora.
Two hostages, they're who we need.
They've been PID'd by a drone approximately
three or four minutes ago, OK?
Look down there.
With hostiles at every turn,
the recruits are to avoid detection
and clear the buildings to find two hostages
held in separate locations.
This is your weapon.
Once found,
they must protect them with their own lives...
13, take the radio on you.
And transport them to the safety of the extraction vehicle.
Make sure you get in there
as fast and as efficiently as possible.
We need to get these hostages the hell out.
Use each other to stay alive.
Is that understood? Yes, Staff.
(BLEEP) start switching on.
Today is not a day to (BLEEP) this up.
Go. Move!
Going into a village to rescue hostages,
we need to see everything that we taught them on the course.
Alright, what do we see?
Courage, precision, aggression, retention of information.
There's a guy in the middle with a gun.
And bravery at the highest level.
A lot of people see me as a courageous person
but I just try and do the best that
I can do in the face of fear.
Run, run, run, run.
Nothing here, we can go inside.
Where's the (BLEEP) entrance?
Get in and clear this building!
The recruits must act as a solid team...
Let's go. Let's go.
And use clear communication throughout the search.
Clear! Clear!
Clear downstairs.
Clear down here. I'll check upstairs.!
When you clear a room, look, assess...
C'mon.
Clear. Clear. Building is clear!
Have you checked right around?
Be aware of the situation,
communicate with each other and then move to the next building.
Where are you going now? We're going into this...
Pink building. Pink building.
At no point should you stop for too long.
You're there to rescue two hostages.
Move. Straight over to the pink building.
Move!
Moving quickly to the next building...
Move, move!
They've been spotted...
(GUNFIRE)
..and take on enemy fire.
They've spotted you, haven't they?
Let's go! Let's go!
Look at the top of that building!
Once you're compromised, then it's all guns blazing.
(EXPLOSION)
Whoa!
(BLEEP) get in there, quick!
Quick!
Alright, start opening fire.
As Tim and Craig take cover and return fire...
Hold that doorway.
Number 13, move!
Matt breaks away and runs through the skirmish...
And finds the first hostage.
Hello.
So, just stick behind me.
I think, I'm pretty courageous.
I found a hostage.
Come out here, come out here.
Going to rehab to address my addiction
was the best thing I ever did.
This way. This way.
That's where I learned healthier ways
to build my self-esteem from within.
(GUNFIRE)
And since retiring...
Stay low.
..I have been trying to find purpose,
hoping that the course will give me the courage
and confidence to help other people.
Right, return fire.
Regroup, reorganise.
Use this as a stronghold.
(GUNFIRE)
But even with the first hostage under the care of the recruits,
the enemy is now closing in on the building.
(GUNFIRE)
Shoot! Fire!
Keeping that flow moving.
The moment you get pinned down in the building,
it's very hard to regain the momentum to get out.
Number 14, cover fire.
I want to push forward.
The bigger the challenge
the-the more reward
and I feel that doesn't get
much bigger than this.
I've always been the leader of the pack
because a lot of things
I do as a man is to make my wife proud,
make my daughter proud.
The enemy is sitting down.
And I'm a leader.
He's (BLEEP) petrified, he's scared to shit.
I'm gonna be alright.
Line up behind me, let's go.
Come up with a (BLEEP) game plan now.
(EXPLOSION) Make a decision!
(GUNFIRE)
You know, you're in imminent danger!
On the third and last phase of the final mission...
Shoot! Fire!
..number 13 Matt...
Stay low.
..has found the first hostage.
But now he and fellow recruits, Tim and Craig,
are pinned down by enemy fire.
Come up with a (BLEEP) game plan now.
And need to find a solution to rescue the second hostage.
This is a very real scenario.
You want to find the hostage fast as possible
because if you're not (BLEEP)
rapid in finding that hostage,
they'll just kill it.
Regroup, reorganise.
Use this as a stronghold.
(GUNFIRE)
The enemy, the sand mound.
Right, we fight from this position.
Until we clear the area.
(BLEEP) loads of enemy.
Another enemy over here, running in the open.
Get him!
(GUNFIRE)
OK. Got him. Got him.
He's dead. He's dead.
Alright, number 13. Yes, Staff.
I suggest we start moving.
Come on, we've got one more hostage to get.
Right, think about where you're going now.
I'm going straight across to the next building.
Right.
You guys go forward, I'll face backwards.
One, two, go.
To pass selection on this final mission,
communication with each other is key here.
Go, go, go, go, go.
When you've got a life in your hands,
you must be fully focused.
In here, in here. Is the building clear?
No, no, no, come back.
Even when chaos
is kicking up at your feet.
Come around this side. This room is clear.
OK, building's clear.
Building's clear. The building is clear.
Right, this is your stronghold, right?
Guess where you're going now? Over there.
Straight across to this building.
(GUNFIRE)
Alright, are we ready?
Communicating clearly... I'll go first.
You cover, you come between us.
Tim steps up to lead the team.
(GUNFIRE) OK, we ready?
No, hold. Hold.
I think, in this course you can't,
um, and, ah, too long,
you've just got to make a call.
(GUNFIRE) Let's go.
Might be the right one, might be the wrong one.
But you've made the call,
you've got to stick with it and then do your best.
Tim and Matt protect the first hostage,
as they rush to find the second.
You just gonna let him (BLEEP) are you?
(GUNFIRE)
Go! Do it on the move!
You've split up from the team now, number seven!
But Craig is slow to join them.
Lone wolves are a liability.
People who cannot operate as a team
will not survive in our world.
(BLEEP) paying attention, number seven, are you with us?
There's individualism to me.
I always got on well in my own company.
I always want to do thing for myself.
(GUNFIRE)
I'm a bit too much of a do it yourself sort of guy.
Clear on the right, coming to the right!
Get the hostage in the right.
Hostage in here. Hostage to the right.
This way, this way. Clear.
Clearing the last few buildings,
the second hostage is yet to be found.
There is somebody,
there's somebody pointing his gun out.
As Matt identifies a threat in the last building.
What have you seen in there? What have you seen?
There's a...There's an enemy gunman.
Yeah.
Bravery is knowing you're fighting a losing battle
and being prepared to give the ultimate sacrifice.
Your life. For the cause.
We should go round the back.
Let's go.
(GUNFIRE)
There could be someone round the back.
No. Inside, you ready?
I'll go this side.
(GUNFIRE)
Got him, got him.
Um, there's a hostage in here.
Hostage in here.
OK, got a second hostage.
As Tim eliminates the hostile and frees the hostage...
Calling for extraction vehicle.
Confirm my last request.
Matt calls in for the extraction vehicle.
I'll take this hostage, you lead the way.
OK, OK.
The extraction vehicles are there,
don't keep them waiting.
We've got two vehicles. We've got two vehicles.
OK. Ready?
You two... OK. Let's go.
..follow me tightly. Craig, you cover us.
You lead. You lead.
Go.
(EXPLOSION)
(BLEEP) hell, move!
Move! Let's go.
What we're looking for in a Special Forces operator
is when my life is on the line,
can I trust that that person's going to get the job done,
to get me home?
In the back of the vehicle.
Recruits in there, let's move!
And if you can't, would you want that person
by your side on the battlefield?
Go!
Go.
That is a (BLEEP) hornet's nest in there.
Coming up...
One straight line in front of the chief instructor.
After ten brutal days on the course...
Selection process has a 97% failure rate.
..the recruits finally found out
if they've done enough to pass selection.
Only the selected few make it through.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Alright. Extract.
Let's go. Move.
Let's go. Move. Move.
Having saved the hostages and escaped to safety...
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
Right, good effort, you three. Standby.
..the final mission on the brutal SAS course
is now complete.
The last three recruits still standing will soon learn their fate
as the DS now assess who,
if any, deserves selection.
Alright, that final attack.
Hostage rescue.
All in all, that was not a bad effort.
We definitely got the right three to this final mission.
Yeah, 100%.
But it wasn't really about the fire fight.
It was about... The aggression.
..putting into practice everything that we taught them
over the last ten days.
The characteristics and values
that we're looking for in these recruits
decision making, courage,
precision, aggression,
teamwork, leadership.
Have you taken onboard everything that we've told you on the course?
Number 13, at the beginning he was scared of aggression,
scared of himself, he was scared of everything
that was put in front of him
and talk about someone that's grown the most during the course.
He thrived, um, at the end here.
He took charge of the hostages almost automatically.
He was making sure that he executed what he thought needed to be done.
He's flicked a switch that will change him,
um, moving on from this course.
So, for me, um, I'd definitely have him on my team.
I really think he's prepared to go at anything
so it's-it's a thumbs up from me.
Jay.
Yeah, I think, number thirteen's learning curve on this course
has just been like that.
Would I have him on my team? Yeah.
Yeah, I'd have him on my team.
For me, he absolutely does deserve to be here.
I do still suffer from self-doubt,
so I want to be there at the end
'cause I want to be a better version of myself
and start tackling my life goals.
Number 14, initially I thought,
was, you know, all muscle, no grit.
His mindset was a bit weak coming in
but just today on the hostage rescue,
great leadership.
He realised what he's capable of, self-belief kicked in,
he just needed that bit of self-belief,
but I truly believe that he's found it here.
One thing I will say about 14
is I just can't see any more potential from him.
He's predictable and he's been like that all the way through the course.
I'm with you, Ollie.
He's just been below that line consistently.
I'm on the fence.
On the fence.
If I make it to the end of selection,
it'll prove to myself
that I'm not done yet.
Finding that confidence again,
that's what I'd like to get out of this.
Alright, number seven today
I was hoping that he would get involved.
It was more like 13 and 14... Yeah.
..and number seven at the rear, wasn't it?
Yeah, absolutely.
And you having to say to him (BLEEP) catch up...
Yeah.
You know, get out of there, get with the team,
you can tell he's a good guy, he's capable, right?
But this level of digging out blind
isn't the same anyone else's on the course.
But with everything else considered, his age,
what a (BLEEP) sterling effort.
Yeah.
He's got so much life experience, he's been through so much himself.
He's a national hero.
He's almost so humble, we thought he's boring,
he's in first gear but he sort of grew throughout the course.
He embraced everything that was in front of him
and talk about staying on the learning curve,
you know, I don't think once that he sort of
teetered off it too far.
I'm really determined to get to the end of selection course.
I don't take failure very well.
I'm going to have to die
or be maimed
before I'll hand in that armband.
A decision has been made.
Let's go and deliver. Let's do it.
The ultimate question we ask ourselves
on selection as the DS...
Alright, let's get ready to move.
Close in.
..is would I have this person on the battlefield next to me?
Would I give my life to this person
to get me through the other side?
Alright, one straight line in front of the chief instructor.
If the answer's no, you will not pass the course.
You'll be gone.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Let's go.
Alright one straight line in front of the chief instructor.
Surviving the ten hardest days and nights of their lives...
All three of you have now reached the end of selection.
..the final three, number seven, Craig Challen, number 13,
Matt Mitcham, and number 14, Tim Robards,
are about to find out if they've proven to the DS
they have the makings of an SAS soldier.
All three of you have shown your worth.
You all deserve to be here.
But today was all about the past ten days.
To see if you've taken on board everything that we've said
and done throughout the course.
Selection process has 97% failure rate.
It's the hardest military test in the world.
But only the selected few make it through.
Now, we as the DS...
Had an extremely hard...
Decision to make.
For the very first time have been split...
with our decisions
on who passes this course and who doesn't.
We ask ourselves one question,
could we have you beside us in our team on the battlefield?
Number seven, take two steps back.
Number 13...
Number 14...
You have both passed selection.
Well done.
Thank you, Staff.
Absolutely phenomenal effort.
Outstanding. Well done.
Thank you, Staff.
14. Well done.
Thank you, Staff.
And number seven, unfortunately,
you got to the end, but you didn't pass.
Staff.
But a phenomenal and amazing effort
from an amazing man.
Thank you, Staff.
Guys, this moment is yours.
Alright.
I know, you aren't into hugs but well done.
Well done.
Good work. Congratulations.
Thank you.
To get this far and then not pass, having completed the course,
mildly disappointing but really
I'm ecstatic about staying till the end,
getting all the way through it.
Never really expected to do it so yeah,
I'm super happy.
Can we get a beer?
(LAUGHTER)
What do you say?
That's what we like to hear.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Well done. Awesome effort.
Brilliant to see.
Well done. Well done.
I'm so happy. Well done.
It's shown what, um, what strength I've got inside.
That I probably doubted a lot.
Now, I'm getting teary.
Um, yeah.
Number 14. Ah, mate.
(LAUGHTER)
You know, what?
I was hoping that wouldn't (BLEEP) do it.
So, Anna could have some (BLEEP).
She still beat me though. She did 11 days.
I only got ten, so she's still got that on me.
It was hard work and so many times you just,
you know, you just want to stop, and you want to quit,
and you just got to keep pushing and pushing and pushing
and I can't wait to call my wife and tell her that I made it.
Number 13, come here!
Oh, thank you. I am just elated, like this...
Oh, thank you so much.
Listen, don't thank me.
You done it all. You done it all.
How are you feeling?
Good. Exhausted.
This has been the best experience.
I did come in as a survivor and I definitely
have thrived throughout this course.
You (BLEEP) boom, taken charge of you,
taken control of you.
Not for anyone else anymore. Yeah.
It's all about you, be honest with it,
deal with the (BLEEP) short-term pain,
(BLEEP) control your aggression, control your emotions,
don't let anyone else do that for you.
Yeah.
I was controlled by my inner saboteur
before but now I-I feel capable
of doing basically anything.
Well done, mate.
(BLEEP) amazing effort.
Thank you so much.
This has been the best experience of my entire life.
I'm so overwhelmed with gratitude.
Well done. Thank you.
Not bad for someone twice my age.
As they kept on rubbing in my face.
(LAUGHS)
When you were beating me.
Oi!
Number seven, final goodbye.
Number 14, number 13, you two, let's go.
When you pass selection and you look around,
that brotherhood is overwhelming, it's humbling.
You realise that you've all been through
the same process, a living hell.
You've all suffered but you're all here.
And those that are left around you
are people that will be there for the rest of your life.
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