1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,600 This programme contains strong language from the start and throughout 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,240 and scenes that some viewers may find upsetting. 3 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,240 We're looking for those rare people 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,240 who, no matter how hard life gets, 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,320 will have the will and strength to succeed in the face 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,680 of extreme adversity. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:25,920 Walk. 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,320 Let's keep it moving! 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,800 In this series, an elite team of Ex-Special Forces soldiers... 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,480 Right, let's go! 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,280 ..are putting 20 civilians through the toughest stage 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:42,880 of SAS selection. 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,120 Go on! 14 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:47,680 The Vietnamese jungle isn't some gap year holiday destination. 15 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,480 It will kill you if you underestimate it. 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,480 These recruits are in for a baptism of fire. 17 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:56,840 Fight! 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,240 Get into him! Knock him down! 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:00,720 Get at it! 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,600 Operating in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth... 21 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:05,960 Keep pushing! 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 The jungle phase of selection was the hardest part 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,480 of my military career. I can't play this any more. 24 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,880 I've never felt so relieved for something to be over. 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,120 Let's go! 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,720 ..each task based on a real process... 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,920 Over it - now! 28 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:25,520 ..the recruits must go beyond the physical... 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:26,680 Keep coming! Let's go! 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,000 SHE GROANS 31 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,480 ..to come face to face with their true character. 32 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,640 Come on! Go, go, go! 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,480 If I tell you one more time, I'll take that armband off you. 34 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,520 No other test asks as much... 35 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,200 Believe in yourself. Try and start my best. 36 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,120 ..or means as much... 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,520 ..to the few who make it through. 38 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,560 Pays to be a winner! 39 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,200 Vietnam is really like my birthplace because both my fathers fought 40 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,320 there as United States Marines. 41 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,040 My biological father fell apart, and although he returned home, 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,360 he was never home. 43 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,920 The other father had PTSD and rage 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,160 that I understand, because I have it, too. 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,040 The very nature of the jungle is predatory. 46 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,760 The jungle will kill you itself. 47 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Scorpions, cobras, vipers everywhere. 48 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,720 The terrain... Even the plants are deadly. 49 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,720 We have one weapon. 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,160 It is the mind that controls everything. 51 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:51,960 Let's go! 52 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,440 In the remote Vietnamese jungle, 53 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,920 19 civilian recruits are attempting an SAS insertion technique 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,240 where they must descend a 215ft waterfall... 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,160 in under four minutes. 56 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,120 Oi! Stop panicking! 57 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,400 Number Six. Look at me! 58 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,240 Stop panicking. 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,120 I want to take the course on because I want to push boundaries. 60 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,760 I want to test myself. 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,160 Stand up. Stop floundering! 62 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,240 It's like you've got roller boats on! Keep going. 63 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,520 When I was with the WWE and I got released from that, I think 64 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:30,720 that hurt me a lot. 65 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,000 And that wasn't good for my confidence. 66 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,560 Keep going! 67 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,880 Stand up! 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,480 Stand up! Stop floundering! 69 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,240 Help. 70 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,880 Stop panicking! 71 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,040 Recruit Number Six, Stevie, 72 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,560 is stuck in the powerful white water and struggling to breathe. 73 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,920 Number Six is having a nightmare. 74 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Keep going! 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,480 Push back! 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,840 Whoa! Shit. Look at him. Go on, Steven. 77 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,480 Let's go! That way! 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,640 Keep coming! Keep coming! 79 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,400 We've made a meal again today, I'll tell you. 80 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,920 Hello. 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,480 Go! Control yourself! To me! 82 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,920 Control yourself. 83 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,320 Keep going! 84 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,040 Push yourself to me! 85 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,000 All right. You need to pay attention. 86 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:41,560 Shit myself. 87 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,640 Take your helmet off. Take your gloves off. 88 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,040 It was one of the ugliest abseils ever. 89 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,760 It's good to see that you're alive. 90 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,440 Did you think you were going to drown at one point? Yeah. 91 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,120 It wasn't a success. 92 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,040 Next in line for the waterfall descent is one of the quietest 93 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,760 recruits on the course, 94 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,920 Number Three, Joshua. 95 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,080 Do you find it easy making conversation or...? No, no, no. 96 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,960 One of them things I'm just going to have to work on, innit? 97 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,840 Well, only if you want to. 98 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,520 If you're quite happy doing what you do. 99 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,920 Yeah, only if you want. Yeah. 100 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,760 Like, who writes a rule book? There isn't a rule book, is there? 101 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,280 You're right. 102 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,400 I might come across to new people as shy or whatever, 103 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,840 even though I'm not shy. 104 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,920 I hate that that holds me back sometimes, 105 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,000 when I shouldn't be like that, I should just be open. 106 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,040 And I think that's from past experience. 107 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,920 Come to me, Number Three. 108 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,040 One of the most extreme situations I've been in is 109 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,320 when I've had a knife pulled out on me. 110 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,000 I've had to operate around that. 111 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,440 How are you feeling? Are you stable? 112 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,600 Speak to me. Are you stable? Yes. 113 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,680 Abseiled before? No, Staff. You've never abseiled before? 114 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,200 No, Staff. 115 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,360 OK. So the main thing is - stay calm. 116 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,920 I will never in my wildest dreams want my kids to experience 117 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,200 what I experienced. 118 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,400 I want better for my family. 119 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,440 Good position, Number Three. 120 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:03,720 Look up! 121 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,560 That's it. You've got it now. 122 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,040 Move your feet. Legs are straight. 123 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,480 Keep going! 124 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,520 That's it! 125 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,880 Keep coming! 126 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,720 That's it. 127 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,320 Number Three completes the descent under the target time of 128 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,440 four minutes, passing the task. 129 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,560 Not too bad an effort at all. 130 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,200 Whoa! 131 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,720 That was probably up there with the best ones I've seen today. 132 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,800 Thank you, Staff. 133 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:54,040 What's the matter? 134 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,760 Cheer up! 135 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,280 Get your bergen. 136 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,280 Take yourself over there. Take your helmet off. 137 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,960 Quick as you can. Go. 138 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,880 Near the top of the waterfall, 139 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,920 the remaining recruits wait to tackle the 215ft descent. 140 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:23,120 When you're operating in the jungle, the humidity, the temperature, 141 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,560 the constantly being wet 142 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,880 is probably going to be the most difficult thing 143 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,040 the recruit has done in their life. 144 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,960 And it's scary to think about. They're going to end 145 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,440 up in a world of hurt and realise quite quickly that they either 146 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,680 need to get on board with the course, or they need to fuck off. 147 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,880 Have a word with yourself, Number 15. 148 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,400 I'm scared of heights - I realised yesterday - 149 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,440 but I'm going to give it a go. Don't worry about heights. Yeah. 150 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,160 Worry more about the water. 151 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,680 Doing something like a waterfall abseil, 152 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,200 you've got to be quick. You've got to know what you're doing. 153 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,560 You've got to be professional. Wide stance! Wide stance! 154 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,600 That's it. That's it. 155 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,480 I've abseiled down waterfalls operationally to get to target. 156 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,840 If you get caught up in the wash of a waterfall... 157 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,360 ..you are literally drowning. 158 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,960 It's probably one of the worst places you'll ever want to be. 159 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,640 There you go! Good! 160 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,600 Look up! Ah! 161 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,160 Got it. 162 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,400 That's good. 163 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,000 The realities of failure and death are real. 164 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,720 Stop panicking! 165 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,000 Two of my troop were tied together. One fell. 166 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,120 The second one went with him, straight to their death. 167 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,720 It happens. 168 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,520 Stop lying down! Let's go! 169 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,360 Let's go! 170 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,760 Fix your problem! Get out of there! 171 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,200 Keep going! 172 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Fuck me, that's a bit powerful, isn't it? It is. 173 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,800 Last to face the waterfall is Number 18, Levi. 174 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,600 OK, come to me. 175 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,400 My friends and family would describe me as very kind, very loving. 176 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,600 I have a very big heart. Away you go. 177 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,760 OK. Let's make this the best one yet. 178 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,920 Let's go. 179 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,880 The reason I want to do this course, first of all, I've got two younger 180 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,360 siblings, and I want them to see that you can achieve 181 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,240 anything you want. Good position. 182 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,560 Well done, 18. 183 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,560 I want to prove to my family that I've come far. 184 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,680 And for them to be proud. 185 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,440 Keep coming! 186 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,520 Fucking hell! He's all right for a big unit. 187 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,920 Control yourself, 18. 188 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,440 Look at Levi, mate. He's throwing it. 189 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,520 Watch yourself. 190 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,280 Focus. Keep your bearings. 191 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,480 That's it! That's it! 192 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,680 Down and dirty! 193 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,880 Warrior mind-set. Good. 194 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:18,880 Number 18 completes the descent in two minutes and 16 seconds, 195 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,600 passing the task. 196 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,560 Right, take your helmet off. 197 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,080 Without giving me chapter and verse, 198 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,840 how was it? Amazing. Proud of myself. 199 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,440 I don't want to know your fucking emotional experience of it. 200 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,640 How do you think it went? I think it went really well. 201 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,200 Proud of myself. 202 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,920 Fucking gobshite. 203 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:44,600 All recruits have now completed the descent, 204 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,080 with 12 passing and seven failing the task. 205 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,640 Well done, handsome. Well done, mate. Very impressed. 206 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,440 I'm glad all you were down here so I could give you a show. 207 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,840 LAUGHTER 208 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:03,800 But the DS have noticed a lack of correct mind-set amongst the group. 209 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,880 You could charge for these. 210 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,240 You could get yourself some extra glasses 211 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,040 or some electrolytes. 212 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,840 SHE LAUGHS 213 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,040 Fucking hell. 214 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,040 I'm getting fucking tired of them getting too complacent. Yeah. 215 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,560 Right, listen in! I said air your feet. 216 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,600 Don't fucking lay your tops out and start sunning, and don't walk 217 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,960 across ground that you ain't got a fucking scooby 218 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,400 what is on it in bare feet. 219 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,440 Because you'll trash yourself, and then we'll fuck you off. 220 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,920 Is that clear? Yes, Staff! 221 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,960 Stand up, bergens on. 222 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,680 Two ranks facing me. 223 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,000 Fuck's sake. 224 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,280 This is now day three. 225 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,800 You should be fucking switched on now. 226 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,160 You chose to come here. 227 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,600 Show us that you still want to be here. 228 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,240 Yeah? ALL: Yes, Staff! 229 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:18,640 Let's go! 230 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,360 The 19 remaining recruits are on their third day 231 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,040 of SAS training... 232 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,120 Welcome home. 233 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,040 ..and beginning to feel the full harshness of the jungle. 234 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,920 Well, the athlete's foot modelling company is going to want me. 235 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,720 LAUGHTER 236 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,280 His feet are so bad! I shouldn't laugh, because it's so bad. 237 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,760 And they must fucking hurt. 238 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,960 Look! 239 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,600 Your poor wife. 240 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,000 SHE LAUGHS 241 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,680 The hardest thing that these recruits will have to deal 242 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,160 with is jungle rot. 243 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,600 You have to have really good admin in the jungle. 244 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,800 You've got to look after all the bits of your body, 245 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,040 especially your feet, because that is the only way 246 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,960 you're getting around. 247 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,440 If they go down, you're fucked, 248 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,280 you're no good to anyone, and you will probably die. 249 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:09,560 It's that simple. 250 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,120 Do they hurt? Oh, they're in fucking agony. 251 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,560 Are they?Oh, yeah. SHE LAUGHS 252 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,000 After today's poor performance... 253 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,520 ..the DS meet to decide who deserves to remain on the course. 254 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,880 Right, the waterfall abseil. 255 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,960 There were varying performances. 256 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,320 Floundering, absolutely petrified. 257 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,040 So, did not have the right mind-set. 258 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,720 And had no composure at all. 259 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,560 Sort of fucking starting to piss me off, if I'm honest. 260 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,400 Let's get rid of these fuckers. 261 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,440 People that highlighted themselves. 262 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:48,960 Six was terrible. 263 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,560 He literally went down on his arse. Yeah. 264 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,920 Anybody else? 18. 265 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,680 As much as it pains me to say it was good. It was good. 266 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,080 He kept that position all the way down. 267 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,720 He was the only one that did it. 268 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,200 Number Three. 269 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,560 Very composed and very good control on the way down. 270 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,320 He's totally motionless. 271 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,600 Trying to have a little bit of banter with him, 272 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,240 sort of open him up a bit, and he's just dry as a bone. 273 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,360 He was just, like, staring straight through me. 274 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,760 He don't really engage. He's one of these, yes, no, yes, no. 275 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:20,920 He's hard to open up. 276 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,280 Ultimately, it boils down to one question. 277 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,360 Would we have him next to us in a battlefield 278 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,320 and if he can't break down that barrier so we get to know him, 279 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,120 the answer's no. 280 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,800 OK, let's get him in. 281 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,320 Because this stuff is really hard. 282 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,280 It's not...fuck it...this ain't. It's crazy. 283 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,200 Just keep doing your best. 284 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,800 What's your name? Your name's not Daniel, you're not coming in. 285 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:45,840 SHE LAUGHS 286 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,440 Number Three. 287 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,880 Number Three. Recruit Number Three. 288 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,120 Coming, Staff. 289 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,160 Quick as you can. 290 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,320 Stand here with your arms against the fence. 291 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:13,800 This way. 292 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,880 You all right? 293 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,720 How are you feeling? 294 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:34,840 Good, Staff. 295 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Good. Yeah. 296 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,440 Are you enjoying your time here? 297 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:41,720 Yeah. 298 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,240 You are nailing tasks. 299 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,760 You're good. 300 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,520 Thank you, Staff. 301 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,120 Fucking hell. You're a right fucking bundle of laughs, 302 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,360 you are, aren't you? 303 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,480 I'm just, erm... 304 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,120 reserved... 305 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,800 around unfamiliar people. 306 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,000 Where did you grow up? 307 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,720 How was family life, growing up? 308 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,640 Erm, I grew up with my mum... 309 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,880 my older, two older brothers and sister. 310 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,080 Number Three, just before we go any further... 311 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,320 ..we're not here to judge you. 312 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,600 We're trying to find out who you are. 313 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,880 This is all a bit, like, flipping...like a police... 314 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,560 ..police interview. It's not a police interview, 315 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,360 because we're not fucking police, are we? 316 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,680 Listen, coming into the SAS world, you have to rely on people 317 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,840 next to you. 318 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,920 So we need to know who you are. 319 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,480 Yeah, I just find it hard to, like, open up. 320 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,080 I'm sure you do. Then that's a barrier we'll smash. 321 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,480 Let's get it down. 322 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,120 So let's go back. So, childhood. 323 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,960 Would you say really it was good? You were happy? 324 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,960 It was all right. But just messing around, getting into the wrong group 325 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,080 of friends, getting arrested. 326 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,720 What were you doing? 327 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,800 I've been arrested for, erm... 328 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,840 ..offensive weapons. 329 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,440 Using them or carrying them? 330 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,200 Carrying them. 331 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,560 I don't know, man. It's a bit cliche, isn't it? 332 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,480 It was a typical council estate childhood. 333 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,840 I was brought up on a council estate. At the age of 11 334 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,280 I was in juvenile court. At the age of 13, 335 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:34,400 I got thrown out of school. 336 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,840 At the age of 15, I got fucking stabbed and nearly died. 337 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,040 And that was a turning point in my life 338 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,000 where I thought I'd better grow up. OK. 339 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,600 So where's your world right now? 340 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,440 I've got a missus and two kids. 341 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:47,480 OK. 342 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,880 What do you want to get out of this course? 343 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:57,360 I feel like it would just be a rock solid mind-set moving forward. 344 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,760 I'm just building a better family for my kids. 345 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,240 You've got to clear the debris out of your mind in order to get 346 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,000 that... Yeah. ..to get to that goal you want to get to. 347 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,680 You do have the potential, physically anyway, to probably get 348 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,600 to the end of this. 349 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:15,960 But it's not just physical. 350 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,200 It's mental. 351 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,920 Be somebody that people can turn to and ask for advice. 352 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,760 Enjoy it. Mix. Talk to people. 353 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,560 Don't be afraid of it. 354 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:31,440 Guard! 355 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,640 Well, experience as a kid definitely gave me a negative emotions 356 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,680 and trauma. 357 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,160 Good effort, Number Three. Thanks, Staff. 358 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,680 There's a lot of feelings and emotions. 359 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,360 But... 360 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,280 ..I don't know how to get my words out sometimes, 361 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,600 so I just leave it. 362 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,040 You good, bro. Yeah, I'm sweet, man. 363 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,240 Yeah? Yeah, man. Good. 364 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,920 Just know that we look at you as one of the strongest here, brother. 365 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,440 You get me? I'm definitely not, man. 366 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,680 Nah! You are! You are, bro. Trust me. 367 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,240 Just got to try and chill out. 368 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:28,600 You get me? 369 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,600 Just chill. 370 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:33,720 HE SIGHS 371 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,480 On selection, there's always those little demons in the back of 372 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,680 your head telling you you don't have to be there. 373 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:54,360 At some point, you as an individual have to dig deep 374 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,000 and have the will to keep going. 375 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,960 It is a true test of character to see if you've got that ability 376 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,560 to fucking stay there. 377 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,720 What's going on? 378 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,800 Struggling with his mind-set, 379 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,320 Number Three seeks advice from DS Foxy. 380 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:14,360 What's the problem? 381 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,320 I don't want to be feeling sorry for myself. 382 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,440 If you're feeling a certain way, there's obviously a reason for it. 383 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,360 I don't know, man. People like Number 18, 384 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,840 I admire how open he is. 385 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,800 I wish I could be like that, but I don't think I could ever 386 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,920 get to that. We're not asking you to do that. 387 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,280 All... 388 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:33,840 I just don't feel like, erm, 389 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,280 I just don't feel like... 390 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:40,520 ..I'm even meant to be here. Why? 391 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,040 I don't know, man. I just listen to people throughout the day, 392 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,880 and it's just... 393 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,560 ..I'm just completely different. 394 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,480 Yeah. We're all fucking completely different. 395 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,160 So you do belong here, and there's a lot more for you to give, 396 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,760 but you've just got to fucking come out of yourself a little bit. 397 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,520 I actually don't know how to, sir. 398 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,600 Well, then, just stay here and see if you can find out. 399 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,040 I'll be disappointed if you go. 400 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,840 Yeah? 401 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,120 All right. Yes, sir. Come on. 402 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,480 Pick your chin up. 403 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,200 Whose crispy pair of pants and socks are these that are on the line? 404 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,200 No way. Not mine, mate. 405 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,200 Ain't it your pants drying? 406 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,200 You wear pants, no? 407 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,360 I wear pants, but they're not mine. 408 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,160 I don't think they're his, they're large. 409 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,760 Harsh. 410 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,560 Why is that harsh? 411 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,480 I don't mean he's not well-endowed. 412 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,520 Everybody back on the square now! 413 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:51,640 Now! 414 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,960 Water bottles. Still disappointed by the recruits' performance 415 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,800 in today's task... Run! Let's go, come on. 416 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,040 ..the DS have a surprise in store. 417 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:16,640 When the recruits disrespect the course, they're normally punished 418 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,160 right there on the spot. 419 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,480 However, sometimes we wait. 420 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,360 But that punishment is always coming. 421 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,440 When their guard is down and they least suspect it, we smash them. 422 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,480 What I want you to do, 423 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,560 take out your water bottles. Open them up. 424 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,880 Hold out in front. 425 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,800 Pour over your head. 426 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,120 Water bottle inspections are all about not allowing 427 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,840 complacency to set in. 428 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:51,920 Pour it over your head. 429 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,440 Because complacency is what kills people on the battlefield. 430 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,080 To the brim, I said. 431 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,240 Are you fucking people taking the piss? 432 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:06,600 We will not tolerate any more basic mistakes. 433 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,280 You will pay. 434 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,560 When I say go, sprint across to that corner. 435 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,120 Go! 436 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,360 The DS will now beast the recruits by making them complete continuous 437 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,480 laps of the parade square whilst performing punishing exercises. 438 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,560 Go! Arses down. 439 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,280 The beasting will continue until two of them withdraw from the course. 440 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,040 What's important is that the recruits, 441 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,480 one, respect the process... 442 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:37,960 Bend. 443 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,920 ..two, to have respect for us as a DS. Stretch. 444 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,080 Bend. 445 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,440 You do it, Number Six. Bend. 446 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,600 Go! 447 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,280 If you turn up with the wrong mental attitude, 448 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,440 then we're going to lose our shit, basically. 449 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,200 Cross your legs. Get your arms into the position. 450 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,680 Keep them straight! 451 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,160 It's going to end in them either VW-ing 452 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,880 or they'll get their armbands taken off them. 453 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,680 Number Three, Joshua, is struggling at the back, 454 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,720 along with Number Six, Stevie, who failed the waterfall descent. 455 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,800 I want to find out my mental toughness. 456 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,440 I don't think I give up easily. 457 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,160 Come on, hurry up in the rear! But while Number Three 458 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,720 finds the determination to push forward... 459 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,360 That's it, let's go! Down, you know what to do. 460 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,920 ..Number Six falls further behind. 461 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,720 Fucking start bunny hopping now. 462 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,160 Let's go, Six. 463 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,680 LOUD PANTING 464 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:35,800 Stop the fucking noise! 465 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,280 We're not making love. 466 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:41,240 Towards the front of the pack is Number 18, Levi. 467 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,880 We've all got something different that drives us to get 468 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,560 the last bit out of us. 469 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,240 Remember, course, you can leave at any time. 470 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,000 I went for a rocky patch that destroyed my relationships 471 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,440 and I just didn't like the person I become. 472 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,200 Catch it up, 18. 473 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,520 I've got a lot to prove. 474 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,520 I want to see hearts popping! 475 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,400 Next DS. Crawl all the way to... Up the valley, low crawl! 476 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,360 Number 6, get to the fucking front. 477 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,680 Get your arse down, left right! Arses down. 478 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,760 The recruits have no idea how long the beasting will last. 479 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,480 Selection's designed to challenge you physically 480 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,680 more and more as you are more exhausted. 481 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,360 Which one wants to hand me your armband? 482 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,120 Find out who you really are. 483 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,880 Are you a winner? 484 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,680 Are you a survivor? 485 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,040 Will you fight to the end? 486 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,280 Or do you just not have what it takes to be one of us? 487 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,520 Go and catch out Number Six. 488 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,240 Look like a fucking beached whale. 489 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,000 30 minutes into the beasting... 490 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,640 Fuck off up to your accommodation. 491 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,320 ..Number Six Stevie becomes the second victim of 492 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,280 the unforgiving jungle course. 493 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,120 Keep moving, 14. 494 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,240 OK? Move it! 495 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,800 Let's go, problem child. 496 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:06,000 The DS will continue the beasting until one more recruit withdraws. 497 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,560 Let's go! 498 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,040 Get it above your fucking head. 499 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,680 One, 15, everyone's pulling ahead of you. 500 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,640 I do always have this voice in my head just saying, 501 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,280 don't let yourself down, Amelia. 502 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,880 Hips off the deck. 503 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:21,960 Hips off the deck! 504 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,200 If I'm really tired and I'm getting emotional, I'm finding 505 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,360 it really hard... 506 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,200 SHE WHIMPERS 507 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,000 ..there'll be that temptation to give up. 508 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,360 But I'm hoping I can push through it. 509 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,680 That's all right. Cry it out. 510 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,240 Just don't stop moving that sandbag. 511 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,240 What are you doing, 11? 512 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,600 What are you doing? 513 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,920 Do not disrespect the DS. 514 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,200 You stop one more time, we're taking you off them. 515 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:54,960 Come on, fucking speed it up. 516 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,360 Fucking bored. Let's go. 517 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,320 As punishment for showing poor mind-set, 518 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,520 the DS are beasting the recruits... 519 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,400 Place it above your head now. Take it. 520 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,160 Take it. Go! 521 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,280 ..which will continue until one more withdraws from the course. 522 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,040 In the Special Forces community, 523 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,320 the beastings must be brutal so that the recruit never 524 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,360 forgets their mistake. 525 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,320 Get going, 14. You're earning your fucking armband. 526 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:27,160 These things are also a way to see who's got what it takes 527 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,240 to go the distance. 528 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,280 And getting rid of those that don't. 529 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,840 You want to be here? Stay in the fight. 530 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,200 Something you want to tell me, Number 11? Absolutely not. 531 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,000 Get the fucking arse down and get on with it. 532 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,680 Let's go! Keep crushing. 533 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,880 Tell the DS you want to be here. 534 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,080 Struggling to keep going is Number One, Amelia. 535 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,720 Let's go, One. You've got more in the tank. 536 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,320 SHE WHIMPERS 537 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,880 Go a little further! 538 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Go a little further! 539 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:02,000 If you stop one more time, we're taking the armband. 540 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,520 It's disrespecting this course 541 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,520 and every other freaking recruit on here. 542 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:06,800 Putting out 100%. 543 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:12,760 Time to go. 544 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,880 Get up. 545 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,640 After 45 minutes of relentless punishment, 546 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,360 Number One, Amelia, becomes the second casualty of the night... 547 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,280 On your feet. Up. Stand up. 548 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,840 ..bringing the beasting to a close. 549 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,960 Sprint into the square and stand behind your burgens. 550 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,440 Go, go, go, go! I said, sprint! 551 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:38,600 Get there, 14. 552 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:40,880 Stand behind your burgens. 553 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,040 WHISPER: There you go. 554 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,120 Stand up, stand proud. 555 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,800 Does anybody want a VW? 556 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,720 ALL: No, Staff. 557 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,320 When you leave this square, 558 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,520 you get up there and you get yourself fucking sorted 559 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,120 ready to go again, do you understand? 560 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,200 ALL: Yes, Staff. 561 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,360 Go! Let's go. Come on. Go! 562 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,840 Upstairs, quick. 563 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,400 Where's Amelia? 564 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,240 Gone. She VW-ed. Steve as well. 565 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,400 Really? 566 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,000 OK...lay down. Lay down for a minute. 567 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,160 Someone needs to help her. I'm just going to move her up to her pillow. 568 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,400 Yeah. Call DS, quickly. 569 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,320 Staff, now, now, now. Go, go, go, go, go, go. 570 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,160 I think she's having a seizure. Staff! 571 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,840 We need medical help! 572 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,840 Number 12, Aliyah, appears to be having a seizure. 573 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,880 She's there, sir. Get out of the way. 574 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,960 The DS call for urgent medical attention. 575 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,200 Hey, Aliyah. SHE EXCLAIMS 576 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,080 OK, relax. Relax, it's Dr Raj here, OK? 577 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,480 Do you have any pain anywhere? 578 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,160 Do you have any pain? 579 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,160 You have any pain? 580 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,160 Get the paramedics. Ask them for an ambulance too. Aliyah? 581 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,240 Talk to me. Talk to me. 582 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,280 SHE GROANS Talk to me. 583 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,680 Clear the dorm out. Foxy, clear the dorm out. 584 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,200 SHE SOBS 585 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:21,760 Oi, 15. Come on, guys, everyone out. 586 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,080 Get out. Get out. 587 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,160 Run! Run! Come on. Out! 588 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,800 SOBBING BREATHS 589 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:33,840 Just relax. 590 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,680 Yeah. Yeah, no, I appreciate that. 591 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,160 Oh, fuck, man. 592 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,880 Witnessing Number 12's distress has triggered strong 593 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,760 emotions for Number 18, Levi. 594 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,840 All good, bro. We got you. 595 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,480 We've got you, mate. Fuck me, man, you're going to set me off, bruv. 596 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,160 Feet down first. Number 12, Aliyah, 597 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,320 has stabilised, but having suffered extreme exhaustion, 598 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,000 she needs hospital treatment. 599 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,480 So Dr Raj medically withdraws her from the course. 600 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,560 LEVI SOBS Nah, man. 601 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,560 Back up in the room. Let's go! 602 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,160 18 is very, very fragile. 603 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,800 We should have a look at him. Yeah, let's get him in. 604 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,960 Number 18! 605 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,000 18. 18. 18? 606 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,280 To dig deeper into Number 18 Levi's state of mind, 607 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,160 he is summoned by the DS. 608 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,800 Seeing your team-mates injured or dead is a reality 609 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,520 on the battlefield. 610 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,240 Our training is so realistic that you will find these things 611 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,440 in training as well. 612 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,000 Stand here, Number 18. Take that cap off, put it in your pocket. 613 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,680 You cannot let it affect you emotionally. 614 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,680 If you are crying about somebody hurt or killed, 615 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,400 you're jeopardising that mission. 616 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:27,360 So you need to suck it up and you drive on, do as you're told, 617 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,160 and complete the mission. 618 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,400 How would you think you're doing so far? 619 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,080 Erm... 620 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,960 I think I'm trying. 621 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,840 I think I feel like I've put in a good effort. 622 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,160 Is it what you expected? 623 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760 It's a lot more than I expected. 624 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,080 Definitely a lot more than I expected. 625 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,600 How? 626 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:20,960 Harder, more intense...in every way. 627 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,560 I don't feel like you can prepare yourself for 628 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,640 what's been thrown at us, you know? 629 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,680 What happened? 630 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,320 Erm, it was just, it was very emotional. 631 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,520 I had a bit of a tragedy in 2013, 632 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:47,040 and I've been trying to rebuild myself back since then. 633 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,720 Do you mind, do you mind talking about the tragedy? 634 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,800 Erm, so I had an elder brother called Joshua. 635 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,080 Erm, you know, really close. 636 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,680 Just one day, suddenly, got a phone call from my dad, saying 637 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,080 how you need to get home quickly. 638 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,920 So I started running, seen an ambulance outside, and I've gone 639 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,400 up and they were doing CPR. I'm like, "What's happening?" 640 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,200 Then, like, his heart stopped. 641 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,040 That morning, I left him and he was fine. 642 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,120 You know, he was a healthy lad. 643 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,720 And, you know, when somebody like that passes, I think, where I lost 644 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,480 myself, because I didn't have any footsteps to follow any more. 645 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,480 I was 23 at the time. 646 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,120 I didn't really care about myself any more. 647 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,880 Became alcoholic. Used to wake up, 648 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,840 sort of shaking for a drink, you know? 649 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,560 I nearly lost my own life, to be honest, through the drink. 650 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,960 And I'm just, literally, I'm clawing back a part of me. 651 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,480 And being here was me doing something for myself. 652 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,640 The past is something that's had a massive impact on you, 653 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,000 but it's what you do now going forward because ultimately, 654 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,280 the shit that's happened, you ain't changing. 655 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,360 You can get overwhelmed with emotion. 656 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,440 And I try not to let that take over me fully. 657 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,880 I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm still getting back to myself. 658 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,680 This is Operation Rebuild. 659 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,720 Yes. Yeah? 660 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,840 You're in the right place for that. Yeah. 661 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,760 But this is going to be difficult. 662 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,720 Just stick with it. 663 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:31,480 Guard! 664 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:44,280 Walk. 665 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,120 We was inseparable, me and my brother. 666 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,560 He was the man. 667 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,160 He's the champ. 668 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,520 I didn't have that flair. 669 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,760 I didn't really know how to communicate with people as such. 670 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,400 I was always quiet, quite reserved, quite shy. 671 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,440 That's why I followed in his footsteps. 672 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,400 Everybody loved him and, erm... 673 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,400 Yeah. 674 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:08,600 Yeah. 675 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:11,720 You know, and erm... 676 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,480 He's still guiding me. 677 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,160 He's still giving me strength to push harder, 678 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,360 push further. 679 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:40,880 Weird, innit, what the jungle does to you? 680 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,640 It really does eat you up. 681 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,800 You good? Yeah, I'm all right. 682 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,920 Just soldiering on as we all are, ain't we? 683 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,160 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 684 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,920 The jungle is an enemy in itself. 685 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,240 It's the toughest enemy you'll come up against, 686 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,240 because it fucks with your head, it fucks with your mind. 687 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,600 You have got to want to be there. 688 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,680 If you have any element of doubt in your mind, you will break down, 689 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,480 you will fail and you will be going home pretty quickly. 690 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,160 Right. Day four. 691 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,800 Chris, do you want to do the honours, mate? 692 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,560 After a punishing 20-hour day, 693 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:31,360 harsh realities have set in and two more recruits have voluntarily 694 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,280 withdrawn from the course. 695 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,840 OK. And the numbers get fewer. 696 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,080 But one recruit is starting to grow in confidence. 697 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,360 So you're starting a new life where you are now. 698 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,480 Then, you just have to stay where you are then. 699 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,360 Like, my bum was like fucking... Clenched. Get on the bridge! 700 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,000 Shit! 701 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,320 Quick, quick! Come on, guys. Let's go. 702 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,880 Despite the increasing body count... Go, go, go! 703 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,680 ..the DS are cranking up the pressure even further. 704 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:33,800 In selection, the learning curve in aggression goes up. 705 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,640 So we want more and more out of you when you think 706 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,400 you have less and less to give. 707 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,400 On operations we'll be living together and fighting together, 708 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,200 so we must know who you are. 709 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,120 The DS will now pit the 14 remaining recruits 710 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:57,200 against each other in an unforgiving test of combat mind-set. 711 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,880 What we do in the Special Forces always culminates 712 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,640 in the application of violence. 713 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,400 And what you're about to do now is called milling. 714 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,760 It's about controlled aggression. 715 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,080 It is stood toe-to-toe with an opponent in combat, 716 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,640 punching the living fuck out of them. 717 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,680 Is that clear? RECRUITS: Yes, Staff. 718 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,080 Right. Stand by. 719 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,600 Number 18. 720 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,920 You know what you need to do? Yes, Staff. 721 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,320 Chin down. Swing up the middle. 722 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:35,480 Paired up to fight by the DS is HGV driver, 723 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:36,960 Number 18, Levi... 724 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:41,200 Right. Number 3. ..against professional boxer, 725 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:42,760 Number 3, Joshua. 726 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,360 A minute of madness, yeah? Controlled aggression. 727 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,760 With milling, what we try to do is partner up 728 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,600 the person you're going to fight against 729 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,440 with someone that you've created a bond with. 730 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,640 You don't get a chance to choose your enemy in war. 731 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,840 You have to fight what is in front of you. 732 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,520 Void of emotion. 733 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,800 After that milling, the bond, believe it or not, becomes stronger. 734 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,360 Stand by. 735 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:09,760 Fight! 736 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:14,040 That's it! Let's go! Go on, 3! 737 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,880 Keep at it, 18! 738 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:20,240 Number 18, Levi, uses his three and a half stone weight 739 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,080 advantage to match 740 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,000 Number 3, Joshua, punch for punch. 741 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,680 Keep at it, 18! Head up, 18! Swing 'em! 742 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:33,920 Keep your arms going and fucking swing! Let's go! Let's go, 18! 743 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,400 Keep going! But as the fight progresses, 744 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:42,240 Number 3 Joshua's boxing experience begins to tell. 745 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,800 That's it! Good work, Number 3. 746 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,440 Let's go, 18! Swing! 747 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:52,760 Stop! 748 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,760 Stop. 749 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,520 Come over here. Good work, 3. 750 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,520 Stand up, 18. Get up! 18, stand up. Yes, Staff! 751 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,160 Get over here. 752 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,920 Right. Get over there, winners enclosure. 753 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,200 You get over there. 754 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,000 Make sure you deglove. 755 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,040 Good effort. 756 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,760 Right. Next ones to glove up, Number 5. 757 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,480 Go on, Number 5, get over here. 758 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,640 Number 8. 759 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:22,680 Fight! 760 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,160 That's it! 761 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,200 Milling, it's the rawest form of combat really. 762 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:30,800 Fight! Go! Go! 763 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,120 Take him out! 764 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,440 It's not nice. No-one likes getting punched in the face. 765 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,480 It's about how you respond to that punch in the face that's key. 766 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:41,760 Swing! 767 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,720 Swing! Fight! 768 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,880 Come on, 16. 769 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,280 Let's go, 16! Come on then, fight! 770 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,120 Yes! Take him out! 771 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,480 This isn't boxing! 772 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,160 Stop! 773 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,920 Oi! Calm down, fucking idiot. 774 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,560 You ain't fucking Rocky Balboa. 775 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,040 Controlled aggression. 776 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,440 You know what that means? Yes, Staff. 777 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,400 Or do you need me to fucking teach you? No, Staff. 778 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:10,520 Get over there. 779 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,240 Next to fight is Number 14, Ross, 780 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,280 weighing in at 14st and 5lb. 781 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,840 You're going to need the fuckers, aren't you? 782 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,360 Cos you've got a big head. 783 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,920 The DS have matched him against the biggest 784 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,840 recruit on the course, 785 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:33,240 former bouncer, Number 13, Pete, weighing 18st and 12lb. 786 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,600 Stand by. 787 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,120 Fight! 788 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,320 Go, go, go! 789 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,160 Punches! Punches! Come on, then! 790 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,240 Punches! Start fucking punching! 791 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,120 14, stand up. 792 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,240 Come on, then. Now start fighting, punching. 793 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,080 Oh! 794 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,680 Get up, 13! Get up! Stop! Stop. Stop. 795 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,760 Stand up. Stand up. 796 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,000 Stand up. 797 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,320 What's the matter? My knee, Staff. 798 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,600 What's happened? I don't know, Staff. 799 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,120 Number 14, Ross, wins the fight by default. 800 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:18,600 Number 13, Pete, will have his injury seen to by the medic. 801 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:25,720 WHISPERS: We need to see him fight. 802 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,520 He didn't have a fight, he had a fucking wrestle, unfortunately. 803 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,520 Right. 14, you haven't been tested yet. 804 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:38,360 Go and get gloved up. Due to Number 13's injury, 805 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,120 kick-boxing black belt, 806 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,640 Number 14, Ross, will face a new opponent. 807 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,560 Number 18, go and get gloved up. 808 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,760 After losing his first bout, 809 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:56,840 Number 18, Levi, has another chance to prove his combat mentality. 810 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,840 This is just like a real freaking war. 811 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:03,560 Your opponent's fresh, you're tired, all right? Now it begins. 812 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:08,320 After my brother passed, I was lost. 813 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:13,560 It's sad, really, those years that I lost. 814 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,760 But I do believe in second chances. 815 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:20,760 Now, I'm here for my brother, so I don't give up. 816 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,480 I never will. 817 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,080 Stand by. 818 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,240 Hands up. Fight! 819 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,320 Go on, then, let's keep going. 820 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,320 That's it, 14! Come on, 14! 821 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:32,800 Oh, 18! 822 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:37,200 Despite his opponent's martial arts background... That's it! 823 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:40,880 ..Number 18, Levi, takes control of the fight. 824 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,280 Keep going, 18! Take him to the cleaners! 825 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,960 Take him out, 18! Come on, fucking take him. 826 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,320 Take him down! Fucking take him! Come on! 827 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,640 Don't turn back, 18! Stop! 828 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,280 Stand up. 14, stand up. 829 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,280 After less than a minute 830 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,080 of relentless punishment, 831 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,680 Number 18 is declared the winner. 832 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:04,240 Number 18, winners' enclosure. 833 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,400 Fucking redeemed yourself. 834 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,040 Right. The task was simple. 835 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,480 It was about standing there and fighting for as long 836 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,520 as you possibly can without losing your shit. 837 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,160 Because when you lose your shit, that's when everything else falls 838 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,520 apart and you end up dead. 839 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,720 Understood? RECRUITS: Yes, Staff. 840 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:23,760 Go! 841 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:44,240 Number 13, Pete, has been medically withdrawn with an injured knee, 842 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:48,640 which means the jungle course has claimed six victims 843 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,080 in this phase alone. 844 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,120 Now only 13 recruits remain. 845 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,680 I felt like I got hit by a car 50 times. 846 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,200 What I'm saying is, your blows, 847 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,880 it was like the 73 bus come. Bang! 848 00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,000 Then the 106 come down, bang! 849 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,600 Good experience, though, man. 850 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,160 Yeah, appreciate that though. My guy, bro. 851 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,280 COME ON! 852 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,160 Get the fucking ball! 853 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,560 In the Special Forces, 854 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:26,280 half the time your life is just fucking madness. 855 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,320 SCREAMS Get control of it! Relax! 856 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:30,920 If you don't keep your composure, 857 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,280 nine times out of ten, that'll get you killed. 858 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:51,000 Subtitles by Red Bee Media