This programme contains very strong language
OK, new course.
The emphasis on this one
is to try and get as many, if not all, over the finish line.
Dig deep into their psychology
and find out what makes these people tick.
To support us on that,
we've got a Tier 1 ex-Special Forces psychologist.
Alia, come join the team.
What you got for us?
We have a complicated bunch.
Raging alphas, people who seek approval from others,
and quite a lot of aggression in some of these individuals.
We've got our work cut out here, I'll tell you that for nothing.
I thought you guys were here for the challenge.
Let's move! Come on, then.
In this series...
All the way!
..15 celebrity recruits...
Argh! Shut up!
..have been taken to the other side of the world...
Please!
The only way these celebrities are gonna find their potential
is to make their lives a living hell.
What's happening?!
There isn't gonna be an easy way out. Crawl! Crawl!
They'll be put through the most gruelling stages...
Ugh!
..of SAS Selection...
Good boy.
..by an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers.
Go on, Bob, fight back!
Stripped of all home comforts...
Go!
..they will be pushed further than ever before.
Oh, my God. If I passed this course,
I'd be as happy as a dog with two dicks.
But it's gonna be a challenge.
Take his head off!
I'd like to think of myself as a bit of a hard nut.
Go!
But probably when I'm out there, I might crumble like a pastry.
No allowances or exceptions will be made.
I'm actually a member of the most unpopular family in the country.
Come on!
So, whatever happens, I can survive.
Dig deep! Let's go!
There you go!
Ah, I can't do any more...
No other test asks as much...
You don't want to give it a go? SOBBING:No.
Are you sure? I can't do it.
..or means as much...
Look at me. Don't give up.
Stay in the game. Get your head up. Head up, head up!
..to the few who make it through.
If you want to be here, then use the pain,
you nasty things!
Thank you, Staff.
WIND WHISTLES
Oh, my God, he's so close to the edge, man.
Bloody hell.
It's just a drop.
It's just a sheer drop! Just don't look.
15 celebrities...
Oh, my God.
..have been brought halfway around the world,
where they're about to embark
on a condensed version of SAS Selection.
Oh, I don't think anything's gonna save us if we go over that.
The training areas in the UK are hard. They're tough.
Nah, this is actually terrifying.
Oh, my God.
New Zealand is exactly the same...
..but on steroids.
The mountains are bigger. The ravines are deeper.
The terrain is just way more harsh.
The terrain is savage, innit?
For all these celebrities, it isn't gonna be easy.
You've got to thrive
off being in the shit, basically.
Oh, my God! Oh, my life. What's going on?
EXPLOSIONS
THEY SCREAM Oh, my God, no!
Oh, my balls!
Heads down! Heads down!
Everybody down!
Head down!
Head down, you!
Get down there. Kneel. Kneel!
However tough it gets, however cold I am,
I'm giving this everything.
Ouch! Shut up!
Einstein once said,
"Nothing comfortable comes from comfort zones."
Down, down.
Come on, then.
He also said,
"Life is a roller-coaster. You've just got to ride it."
Keep your head down, you.
And, Einstein, we're gonna ride it.
Down, down! As in get down!
Step down!
This is going to be relentless.
Head up.
It will just be nonstop.
But I hope I don't lose my sense of humour.
Cos that's the one thing
that I think will keep me going.
God... Shut up.
Ow.
Now, down.
People will know me from Geordie Shore.
I done whatever the hell I wanted.
Head up, head up.
I got drunk, I was obnoxious. Just rebelling.
And I just can't see myself changing for this.
Just walk at my pace. Keep your heads down.
Don't break that chain.
Ugh!
Shut up! Walk!
Keep hold of the person's shoulders in front of you.
The recruits are being lead through Skippers Canyon...
Get up there, Frankenstein. Get up there.
..as they are about to face their first task.
Keep hold of that person's shoulders.
When the celebs enter this process,
they probably think we want them to fail, but we don't.
Come on, then.
We want to get them all to the end.
Hands.
Whether that's under their own steam,
or we have to drag them kicking and screaming.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
Put your hood down.
Do not pick your fucking hood up again. Do you understand?
Yes.
I really can't breathe.
Even though we want as many as possible
to get to the end of this course,
there isn't gonna be an easy way out.
The only way they're gonna get anything from this course
is to endure pain and hardship.
NECK CRACKS
Boo.
Take the smirk off your face.
Who are you? Rachel.
I live in an incredibly pampered world.
Having a bad hair day already, huh?
Yes, Staff.
I am the most massive princess.
In fact, my family have a verb -
"Mummy's princessing again."
The Messiah has risen.
Welcome back. Thanks, Staff.
So, last time, I gave it the Barry Big Bollocks
and I jumped out of a helicopter and knocked myself unconscious.
And I broke a couple of ribs. Which was fun.
Who are you? John. John.
The press made the allegation that I was going around,
putting my dick on everybody's shoulders.
Let's see how entertaining you're gonna be
for the next week, shall we?
Having that happen to me ruined me.
But this course is gonna help me push through this.
And I want people to see the kind of person that I really am.
Something funny?
No. No?
Who are you?
Tez.
Tez. What does Tez do?
Comedian. Boring.
Why are you twitching? Got a nervous problem?
I hate chaos.
I like there to be happy vibes.
So, I'm really hoping for, like, a wine list and a charcuterie board
so we can all have a lovely evening and chat about our lives.
Being Maori, I was born from a long lineage of warriors.
Keep looking forward.
Our tribe is renowned for strong women.
I wish I could say I was as staunch as them.
But after this course I'm sure I will be.
Take that smirk off your face.
I think the hardest thing for me is gonna be having to poo in a bucket.
Look at me.
To poo in front of people absolutely petrifies me.
Look up.
I will just have to run around
with 15 kilos on my back.
But also ten kilos of shit in my stomach.
Stop fucking fidgeting now.
Right, listen in.
Turn round!
Oh, my God.
Standby!
That's a hell of a drop.
Oh, fucking no, no.
Hands up!
In a task taken from military selection,
the recruits must traverse two parallel bars
suspended 335 feet above the canyon river.
Fuck me, that's high.
During the crossing,
they will be required to complete multiple manoeuvres.
Oh, fuck. Fucking hell. Oh, God.
You will be given a very simple set of instructions
which will take you from one side to the other.
Let's go!
Barrowman, let's smash this, OK?
Attempting the Trainasium crossing is actor John Barrowman.
WHISPERING:I wouldn't even walk on that bridge... No.
..let alone go down on it.
Oh, my legs have gone to jelly already.
Who we got here? John. Barrowman.
I don't give a fuck about your first name, Barrowman.
Yes, Staff.
I see myself as the centre of the universe.
So I see everything revolve around me.
Steady, steady, steady, steady, steady, steady.
Nice and steady. Keep it going.
Which makes me competitive.
You can do this. Keep coming.
I've come through a shit storm
so if I pass this course it would mean the world to me.
Slow!
Oh, my God.
Goodbye! Whoa!
Oh, fuck!
Fuck.
Miserable fail.
Even watching, it's horrific.
Let's go, Norris!
Oh, fucking hell.
Next up is reality TV star...
Have confidence in yourself.
..Bobby Norris.
You can do this, Bobby.
Over the years I've took on all these fears and phobias.
Argh! Fuck's sake.
Oi! Come on. Sorry.
Just get on with it. It's a wooden walkway.
Yeah, I've got it, I'm trying. Sorry, sorry, sorry!
Flying, I don't like.
Argh...
Heights, I don't like.
Birds, I don't like...
..as in, like, the animal birds.
Right, get onto the ladder.
Argh!
Oh...
Fucking hell.
As much as it's gonna be shit-scary...
Come on, then, let's do this, cos it's boring as fuck
watching you shake like a shitting dog on the ladder.
I know. Go on, then.
..I'm gonna put my balls on the table and do it.
Argh!
Move forward to the edge. Stand on the edge.
I'm trying, I'm trying.
Stand on the edge! Argh! I'm trying, Staff! I can't stand up!
I hope I don't mug myself off and stand there and cry.
You can do it. I'm telling you, you can do this.
Aargh! Shut up!
Agh... Move forward to the edge.
Stand on the edge. Stand on the edge!
I'm trying, I'm trying. Stand on the edge! Argh!
I'm trying, Staff! I can't stand up. Got jelly legs.
You've got fucking jelly head. THEY LAUGH
15 celebrities...
It's so frightening.
I'm so scared.
..are attempting their first task, 335 feet above Skippers Canyon.
Look at me.
Undertaking the crossing is reality TV star...
Fucking hell.
..Bobby Norris.
Argh!
Shut up! Move to the edge. Take a breath.
You can do it. I'm telling you, you can do this.
Argh! I'm trying, I'm trying!
Try harder! Come to the edge.
Get a grip of yourself.
Stop flapping your fingers. Just relax.
Oh...
My mind and my body are doing two completely different things.
Well, co-ordinate the fucking things
before I come over there and throw you off.
You've got 50 seconds. Oh, Staff!
50 seconds or I'm gonna come across there
and you'll fucking regret it.
I don't want to, I don't want to feel like this, you know.
Let's go.
Let's go. No more talk. Let's go.
Argh!
Oh, bless.
Oh, God.
Argh!
Right.
Fail. No.
Catastrophic fail!
Oh, they've failed him.
What, really?
Fail. What I want you to do is go up that ladder,
disappear out of my sight. Get away from me.
Get that thing clipped onto your chest first.
Cos if you fall, you will die.
Oh, fucking hell.
What the fuck are you doing?!
I can't go any quicker, Staff!
Oh, God, I'm so proud of him. I actually feel like crying.
SNIFFING:I just feel I've let myself down. No, you haven't.
Keep your fucking head up.
Do you know, that is, like, one of the scariest things
that any of us are ever gonna do, ever in our life.
I just wanted to do it, you know?
Argh! Keep coming.
I can't. Shut up! You can!
Argh! Argh!
Stop singing. I haven't got time for it. Let's go. OK.
Whoa!
Fail.
Oh, fuck!Goodbye.
Good start. Hold it, stop, stop.
Argh! Fail. Fuck!
Shuffle all the way to that middle bit.
Well done, Downie.
Slow it down. Yep.
Keeping control, that's good.
Being a professional athlete is a huge commitment.
I definitely expect more of myself than anyone
could ever expect from me.
Slowly. There you go.
Slow it down, Ovie. Good.
The effort you give is what determines
how hard you're willing to try for your own ability.
Good composure. Slow, slow, slow.
Ooh! Fail!
You've got it, you've got it, you've got it, you've got it.
Calm, calm.
Oh! Fail.
Fuck!
My proudest moment was captaining England,
and singing the national anthem
at Twickenham, where you have 80,000 people singing alongside you.
Forward momentum.
As a sports person, you're always trying to find that fix.
So for me to have this challenge, it's brilliant.
No, no, no, no. Ah!
That's a fail.
Slow down, just breathe. It's a floor.
I'm sure you've been on many dance floors before.
SHE LAUGHS
My dad, he's super-competitive.
Noughts and crosses, table tennis -
it's a war in itself.
Right. Clear step over.
So, growing up, I've got it built in me where I want to win.
Fucking hell, I'm shaking.
Oh, ugh... Argh!
Catastrophic fail.
Well done.
Argh!
Do not touch the beam.
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.
Stop waving at me. Argh!
I can do this.
What could possibly go wrong?
Argh!
That is a catastrophic fail.
How did that feel? Nerve-racking.
That is a pass, OK?
Thank you, Staff. So well done. All right? Thank you.
Keep the fucking noise down!
We're not allowed to clap.
Oh. No, no, no.
Next up is the oldest recruit on the course,
journalist Rachel Johnson.
When my older brother, Boris Johnson, became Prime Minister,
I think I knew it would be a tough, tough few years.
And I was right.
So I've had to be quite resilient.
Like a rat down a drainpipe.
But I don't think that's gonna help me necessarily
when it comes to the course.
Good, keep it shuffling. Good.
I'm expecting this course
to be the most tough thing I've ever done in my life.
So far so good, well done.
But who wouldn't want to test themselves under these conditions,
given that I've had it so easy?
You're gonna nail this. Come on. Keep it coming.
No, no, no.
Composure. Here we go.
Let's go.
No, no, go back off the beam.
Straight over the beam. Do not touch the beam.
Come on, you can do it. Commit and go.
Oh! Halfway through.
Oh, oh... Oh, God.
Ugh...
Fail!
She's done so well.
You hesitated and then overreacted,
caused yourself to go forward and then fall backwards.
Thank you, Staff. Otherwise, it wasn't a bad attempt.
Thank you, Staff. But it is a fail, OK? I understand, Staff.
OK, just listen here to me.
We start with the easiest task, and you've just fucking done it.
And failed it.
15 people, 1 pass.
This had better change.
When I say go, you will go to these vehicles.
Go.
Go! Come on, hurry up.
Go! Go!
In the back. Go in the back.
Start switching on!
You OK?
They are so fucking scary.
That was just fucking intense, that.
I have to say I was discouraged
by the suggestion that was the easiest task.
I mean, that was a mind-fuck.
Help me.
Oh, God.
HE VOMITS AND SPITS
Ugh...
Fucking tune it in. Let's go. Let's go!
The recruits have been brought to a forward operating base...
..which will be their home for the remainder of the course.
Half circle all the way round.
Right, pin your fucking ears back and stop talking.
Stop fidgeting.
Right, take off your jackets and drop 'em behind you.
All but Downie - you stay where you are -
the rest of you, sprint out the fucking square,
turn to your right and go and form one line behind that trough.
Go!
Quickly!
With Ellie Downie being the only recruit to pass the Trainasium...
Straight in. Go.
..the other 14 recruits...
Get in head first. Dive in. Get under.
..will now face the consequences of failure.
Keep the fucking noises down.
In the Special Forces world,
the majority of our work is behind enemy lines.
In a cold winter warfare scenario,
that situation is even worse.
Get your arse down in that water!
It's never comfortable, it's never easy -
you just have to do it.
Right, now, I'm gonna call your name and you will get a number,
in the order of the most pathetic to the strongest,
based on what we've seen so far today.
Number 15, patheticness extraordinaire.
Norris.
Sprint! Quickly! Sprint!
Grab your Bergen, go back onto your rock.
Thank you. Your rock what says 15 now.
The DS have placed number 15, Bobby Norris,
as the worst recruit on the course.
Mirza, 14.
Right here, 14.
Number 13, Barrowman.
13th most pathetic.
On Doctor Who and Torchwood, I had to do a lot of nude scenes.
If I were being stupid, I would do something stupid.
I would shake and waggle.
8, Ogogo.
Or I might do a scene
where I might have one of my bollocks hanging out.
The press made it out that I was a sexual deviant.
We've all done stupid things and silly things.
But what's been said about me will never go away now.
2, Johnson.
1, Downie.
The DS have ranked journalist Rachel Johnson in second,
and gymnast Ellie Downie as the best recruit on the course.
Go on, open your bags.
Strip down, all your kit off...
..and get your dry rig out.
Let's go, number 2!
Get a move on. Why are you moving slow?
I'm not good at physical discomfort.
Which is partly the thing that has drawn me to it.
But the crunch is going to be when I'm wet, cold, hungry.
Do not wear your belt like that.
It goes through the belt loops on your trousers.
I can't... I can't do the belt at all.
Number's upside down there, 2. Yep.
I'm worried that I'm just gonna crack and cave.
OK, let's go!
Purpose! Go, go, go!
Right.
HE VOMITS
Number 13, John,
who has attempted one task on the course, is feeling unwell.
Right, when we go in here, this is your accommodation.
Your dorm, whatever you want to call it.
What I want you to do is stand...
I'm out.
No... John...I'm out. I'm out.
Hang on, hang on, hang on. Whoa, whoa. It's not called "out".
So you VW?
Yeah, I'm VW. Out.
Just take a seat on there.
HE VOMITS
Want to see the doctor?
No. I'm just... No, honestly, I'm done.
What do you mean you're done? You just got here. Why?
I know. Just I'm done. Why?
I've said I'm out and it's...
Yeah, but, well, I don't see why.
I just... I know it's not for me.
I know who I am, I know what I'm about,
I just don't... It's not for me.
After only 32 minutes on base, number 13, John,
is the first recruit to leave the course.
JOHN VOMITS
Listen, stick together. Hate us as much as you want.
Doing epic shit like we've done today, you'll grow.
You've just seen that sack of shit out there
just handed in his band in and gone.
You leave that gate when it's time for you to leave
and you'll be a better person. Trust us. Yeah?
Yes, Staff. ALL: Yes, Staff.
Right. Chat amongst yourselves.
Ooh! I broke it already. SHE LAUGHS
Being dragged out the van in the beginning
is that when you first thought, "Fucking hell!"?
They had me by the hair.
Oi. Until you hear otherwise, number 2, you're duty recruit.
Yes, Staff.
You go, girl. Yeah!
What does that mean?
You're the boss.
Fucking hell.
That's all we need.
Right, Chris, do the honours, mate. Number 13.
Joining the DS is ex-New Zealand SAS psychologist...
Disappointing. Yeah.
..Dr Alia Bojilova, who psychologically profiled each
recruit before they arrived on the course.
What most people don't know
is that the SAS have a team of
highly-trained military psychologists.
It is their job to try
and bring out the best of Special Forces operators,
ensure they can sustain extreme levels of physical
and mental pressure.
I served as the lead psychologist
for the New Zealand SAS for five years.
My role was to see our operators at the mental peak performance levels.
In the Special Forces, brains are even more important than brawn.
Right, started this morning with the Trainasium.
Definitely a bridge too far for 14 out of the 15.
Downie, number one, she was the only person to pass.
Right, number 15, Norris. Jesus Christ.
LAUGHTER
Petrified, absolutely petrified. Legs were totally shaking.
Mate, he was shitting his pants
walking on the bridge before we got to the ladder.
It took ages to get that done.
And then he was...
He turned around and he was going, "NAAAH!"
Loud and fearful.
Quite a lot of transparency around how he feels.
But he does have capacity to recover quickly.
Can he pick that up and translate it here?
That's his challenge.
Definitely on my problem-child list.
Right, number two, Johnson.
OK, did, actually, all right - was pretty well composed.
And to be honest, I wasn't expecting that.
She's putting a good effort in. Yeah, she did all right.
There weren't too many aspects
of this profile that were unsurprising.
We have a really solid performer in terms of resilience.
What I'm interested to see is,
has she made a decision that this isn't for her?
In the interviews that we had, she worries about her age.
How old IS she?
57. She's not that old, is she, mate?
No. LAUGHTER
It's just a number, right?
Whippersnapper.
LAUGHTER
OK, based on what we've seen so far,
I'm interested in looking at number two now.
Good. Yeah.
Recruit number two!
Right, number two. Yes.
All right, over here, two.
After her failure on the previous task, the DS want to delve deeper...
Right here, underneath this light, put your hands.
..into recruit number two,
journalist Rachel Johnson's motivations.
Good, step away. All right.
Sit down.
Come right in close to me now. DOOR SLAMS
How are you? Are you enjoying it?
I'd be lying if I said I was enjoying it.
But I can see the benefit
for someone like me who's spent decades eliminating anything
uncomfortable from my life.
I'm also aware that I'm the oldest on this course.
You're not. Yes, I am. I am.
RACHEL SIGHS
You mentioned you've spent your whole life eliminating discomfort.
True. Tell us about your whole life.
Well, I suppose being a total princess when it comes to,
you know, sleep, eating -
sends the coffee back three times because it's not perfect.
What the fuck are you doing here?
Escape.
Escape what?
Having to be...
..simply the person that everybody assumes that I am
because of who I'm related to.
Walking down the street, people saying, "Boris' sister."
"Ooh, Boris's sister!"
I was in Sainsbury's just the other day
and these two women came past, and they said,
"Your family are cunts."
But, you know, it's the cost of doing business.
So, tell me about you. Tell me about growing up.
One of four. Three brothers.
Sent to a boys' prep school when I was ten.
How does that work?
Because Boris was sent to this school and my dad said,
"Rachel will come in September", and they said,
"No, she can't - it's an all-boys school."
And my dad said, "It's not now."
Erm...
How do you feel about being shouted at?
I really don't mind.
You don't mind? No, I love a...
I love a real man.
CHUCKLING:It's fine.
Don't forget, I live in woke, liberal, lefty London.
I'll tell you what, you're not at the back - no way.
On that Trainasium today, you held it together,
you listened, and you gave it a fucking good try.
It is gonna be uncomfortable, there's no two ways about that.
I know, I know.
The one thing I want to see... Yeah?
..is that person who went to the all-boys school. Yeah.
Because, quite frankly, there's a group of lads in there,
and I would suggest that you're harder than about half of them.
You can do it. We just want to see you go to another level.
Hang in there, all right?
Thank you so much.
Guard! DOOR SLIDES OPEN
Three steps coming up. Yeah, and your head.
I have been a punch bag for a long time now.
And I've had to soak up a lot of the anger that people have felt
because of the huge decisions that have been
taken by my brother, for the country.
My mother died a year and a half ago.
But she used to say, "You're stronger than you think."
I think she's right. But I've never really tested it.
Tony Blair said, "Things can only get better."
Just forget that. Things can only get worse.
So I'd like to test that proposition.
Well done, guys.
I've got the fire as raging as possible.
Nice one.
But it just... I feel like every time I get it up,
it fucking goes down.
That is a fucking problem, that. LAUGHTER
These recruits are halfway through their first day...
Ah, that took a while for the penny to drop.
That's what she said. LAUGHTER
Listen, that was cheap.
..on a condensed version of SAS selection.
FROM OUTSIDE:Get on parade!
Jesus! Ah!
Let's go! Fucking hurry up!
Let's move! Come on, then!
I can't...
BOBBY VOMITS
How you feeling, Bobby?
Why are you sick, mate? Is it just a...?
Well, I've got myself in such a state, you know what I mean?
Worked up and stressed. And that probably didn't help.
BOBBY RETCHES
BOBBY VOMITS
For their next task...
Keep the gaps closed up!
..the DS have designed a scenario where
the recruits will have to make a life-or-death decision...
Let's keep the gaps closed up!
..under extreme duress.
Right, pay attention.
In the Special Forces,
when you're working in high-pressured environments,
the only things that are really important to you
are your moral integrity and your composure.
Especially when you are trying to save innocent lives,
as well as eliminating threats.
Basically, what that means is killing the enemy.
GUNS RATCHET
Target to your front!
Good shit.
Earlier in the day,
the recruits were given basic firearms training...
Target to your front.
..and instructed on the rules of engagement.
That's what protects you when you pull that trigger.
Otherwise, you're potentially doing time for murder.
It isn't a nice thing to do. We don't relish in it.
But it's the only way we win - by applying force.
However, if you make the wrong decision,
it will be the worst thing you will ever do in your life.
So I'm gonna reposition you into a holding area.
Follow me.
Just up here. Watch your footing.
Right, get in there.
It's like herding fucking cats.
Will we be shooting, do you think? We're shooting, yes.
Do you reckon they might shoot us with a gun just to feel the...?
SHE GASPS, WHEEZES
No! Sounds absolutely horrifying.
"Weapons tight" means that you use rules of engagement,
which mean that you can fire back.
And that will mean you don't just go in all guns blazing? Yeah.
OLLIE:Number five!
Right here to me, let's go. Down here.
Attempting the hostage rescue...
OK, take your earplugs out, if you've got them in.
Just listen to me for a minute.
..is number five, reality TV star Pete Wicks.
Your mission is to save the life of that hostage. Do you understand?
Yes, Staff.
OK, put your earplugs in.
The recruits have been told to rescue a hostage...
OK, all quiet at the minute.
..but will also face an enemy they must eliminate.
Get down! Go, go, we're getting fired at!
Crawl, crawl, let's go. Keep going! Move fast!
We're getting shot at! On me, on me!
Number five, down here, take a knee.
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Here's your gun. It's loaded and made ready.
Fucking hell, we're under fire!
The door - kick the door down!
Get in there!
Get in there, get in there, get in there!
As they enter the building,
they must correctly identify the hostage whose hands are bound...
..and then act decisively to deal with the terrorist threat.
Stop!
Close in, quick. Weapon pointing at the ground.
Face me. Stand here, face me. Take your earplugs out.
Calm down. You got your mission brief outside.
Number one priority in this building, what was it?
Hostage.
So you came through the door. What happened?
I eliminated the threat before I secured the hostage.
You seen the threat, you dealt with the threat.
Now, turn around.
See that man? Yes.
He's going home to see his family
because of the fucking actions you took in this building. Yes, Staff.
Yeah? That was a strong pass, number five. Well done.
Thank you, Staff. Out of here, down the stairs.
Straight down on the left.
Straight over there, yeah? Thank you, Staff.
Well done.
OLLIE:Number two!
Come on, let's go. Fuck's sake!
Number two.
Go on, then, over to DS - quickly. Go on, then, quickly!
OK, kneel down here.
Next to attempt the hostage rescue...
Kneel down here. Right, listen to me.
..is recruit number two...
Your mission is to save the life of that hostage.
Yes, Staff.
..journalist Rachel Johnson.
I admit I have gone into full panic a couple of times.
And then I've managed to kind of click out of it
because panic isn't helping.
If we come under fire, we'll move aggressively,
and then listen to the next set of orders.
Yes, Staff.
You know, you've just got to do what you're told, right?
I'll be all right with that.
I don't want to oversell myself.
I thought I saw a ghost the other day, and I hid behind a chair.
Start crawling! Get down on your feet! Crawl, crawl!
Keep crawling, keep crawling. We're getting shot at.
Get up and run, get up and run! Keep running, keep running!
Two, on me, on me!
Quick! Go, go, go, go!
Take a knee, take a knee! Face me!
Face me.
Listen - a hostage is in this building.
Your job's to save the hostage's life, deal with any threats.
Here's your gun.
It's loaded and made ready.
GUNSHOTS Go quick! We're under fire!
In that door!
Quick, get through there!
Get a move on. Get in, get in, get in!
GUNSHOTS CONTINUE
RACHEL PANTS
GUN CLICKS
GUNSHOTS
STOP!
Hand me the gun.
The gun's not working. Stand up.
Irrelevant of what happened to your rifle, you've shot the hostage!
Despite her weapon jamming, number two, Rachel,
fired three shots at the hostage.
Yes, Staff. That's a fail.
Straight outside, down.
Down the stairs, off to the left.
Quick as you can. Run!
BILLY:Your mission is to save the life of the hostage.
Think about what you've got to do, OK? Let's go.
When conducting a hostage rescue, we operate at night,
and you must assume that everyone is a potential enemy.
We're covert here. They don't know we're here yet.
Get down, get down!
Crawl, crawl!
OK, up, up, up! Let's go!
RUDY:You must keep momentum,
because there's danger in every corner.
Die!Whoa!
RUDY:You have flash bangs, it's chaotic, it's confusing.
Get down, get down!
RUDY:You're there to find the hostage as fast as you can.
Your head has to be on a swivel.
CHRIS:Close in, get in.
RUDY:You must stay alert and stay alive.
CHRIS:Your job is to deal with any threats
in line with your rules of engagement.
Here's your gun. Yes, Staff. Die! GUNSHOT
Let's go! Quick, we're under fire!
This way, up these stairs, up these stairs!
RUDY:When you're hitting the door fast,
your positive ID of who is friendly and who is a hostage is paramount.
These are life-and-death decisions.
If you pull the trigger
and you hit a civilian or a child...
..then you must live with the decision that you make.
CHRIS:STOP!
STOP!
Take a deep breath. HE EXHALES FORCEFULLY
Number one, you've come in here like it's a fucking Western -
emptied a magazine into anybody and everybody in this building.
Your job was to come in here,
deal with any threats to save the life of the hostage.
Yes, Staff.
And you've fucking committed murder.
Sorry, Staff.
Fucking fail. A weak fail.
Your job was what?
Get the hostage.
Fucking took the shot that you needed to take.
Are you happy with the decision that you made?
Yeah.
Fucking good effort.
OK.
Thank you, Staff.
Out. Don't fucking thank me. Thank yourself.
Well, that was adrenaline-fuelled.
It's in my culture. That's why I went a bit wild.
I was like... SHE IMITATES GUNFIRE
LAUGHTER
You sort want to shoot everything, do you know what I mean? Yeah.
OLLIE:15!
Come on, number 15!
Come on, let's go, fuck's sakes. Jeez!
Next to attempt the hostage rescue
is recruit number 15, reality TV star Bobby Norris.
A hostage has been taken,
and intel has told us he's in that building over there, all right?
Yes, Staff.
Three years ago, I never would have walked into a gym.
I never would have took my fillers out.
We've been compromised. Do you know what that means?
It means the enemy know we're here.
I'm at a stage in my life, ultimately,
where I'm trying to just face fears and find out about me now.
You are part of a rescue mission.
Your job is to save the life of that hostage.
Do you understand that? Yes, Staff.
Got it? Yes, Staff.
OK, we're gonna move covertly until we get fucking fired at.
I mean, it's an extreme way to find out about yourself.
Some people go live up a mountain,
Do you know what I mean? With some sheep.
But that's boring.
Come on. Just walk.
You're walking like you've crapped your pants. Just walk.
So let's go join the SAS.
LOUD EXPLOSION
Get down, get down! Shut up!
Crawl, crawl!
Run! Keep running! Run!
Run, run! Run, you clown, run!
Get over there. Get over there, you fucking idiot! Run in there.
Get down. Listen... Listen, look at us!
Yes, Staff. Your job is to save the life of the hostage.
Are you happy? Here's your gun.
Quick, quick, we're under fire! We're under fire!
Let's go to the back. Come here! Get up there!
Get up there! Get in there, get in there!
Get in!
Whoa, get in! GET IN!
GET IN!
HELP ME! GET IN!
STOP!
BOBBY PANTS
Stand there.
Take a deep breath and calm down.
Take control of your body.
Yeah, sure. Yes, Staff.
What was your mission? What was the fucking...?
Save the hostage.
There you are. Say that again.
Save the hostage.
Turn around.
You've shot the hostage!
For fuck's sake. I fucked up.
That's a fucking fail!
Yes, Staff.
I expect better from you. Get out there.
BOBBY SIGHS
It's a hostage rescue.
A lot of information that they were given
to deal with under pressure in there.
We had six people pass.
Five and six were strong - very strong passes.
They got in there, they assessed the situation,
they dealt with the threats, and they rescued the hostage.
What happened with two? Was she a stoppage?
After she'd been shot.
Before she even noticed him, let alone turned and pulled the trigger.
Number 15, again, had an absolute stinker.
Fucking done the hostage.
Everything's a drama to him.
Definitely we need to look at 15 later on.
Shit. That's a...
That's a bad day at the office, ain't it? Fucking hell.
It doesn't smell that bad, does it?
Oh, fucking watery peas.
Oh, bless you.
The recruits are 16 hours into the first day of the course.
Of the 15 that started, 14 remain.
I can't get over how cold it is.
So, Marnie, how've you found your day?
MARNIE CHUCKLES
Traumatising.
BOBBY LAUGHS
OLLIE:15!
WHISPERING:You've got your number, yeah? Your number.
BOBBY:Oh, thank you.
OLLIE:Come on, number 15!
Having failed both of today's tasks...
Come on, then, hurry up!
What's his name? Bobby? Bobby Norris.
..the DS want to find out more about recruit number 15 - Bobby.
I like the guy.
But I'd like to find out where this shit's coming from.
OLLIE:Go on, step up.
OLLIE:Sit down.
DOOR SLAMS
Fucking relax!
Every time I have seen you today, you've either been shaking...
..crying or hysterical.
How have you found today?
So, yeah, granted, it ain't gone too well with the heights.
It's not just heights. It's fucking everything.
What do you want to get from this experience?
I want to be able to walk away proud.
But more than anything, I think,
if I can overcome fears or just not be so consumed by 'em...
..to the point that, like, physically, it takes over my body
and it stops me being able to put one foot in front of the other.
I want to be able to take the control back, you know?
That is the reason I'm here.
You were on TOWIE, wasn't it, yeah? Yeah.
Were you like this before TOWIE, in terms of,
you're saying phobias, fears?
I had...
..like, fears and phobias before,
but I think the nature of my job,
a lot of people get online abuse and trolls and stuff. Mm-hm.
Erm, people had took the time
to digitally impose my face onto, like, videos of,
people being beheaded, shot. Disturbing, dark shit.
I fell down a rabbit hole of just filling my face with Botox.
Because really it was, I think, like a mask.
But one day it just didn't feel like it suited me any more.
I wanted to just be happy in my own skin, being me.
That's really what we want to see out of you.
We want to see the real you inside.
We don't care what you look like.
And you have an opportunity to do that here.
But you really have to step up to the line
and take a step forward when we ask you to.
Yes, Staff. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Absolutely, yeah.
You've not got long to prove it to us.
This course moves fast.
And we have not got time to carry people on this course, yeah?
We want as many of yous
to get as far as you possibly can on this course,
build resilience, strength.
We want to see the best of number 15, yeah?
Yes, Staff. I mean that.
So we need to see it
and we need to see it fucking sharpish, yeah?
Thank you. Enough said, yeah? Yeah, thank you.
Guard!
He's got one more day.
He's got tomorrow. He's got tomorrow.
I've spent too long giving
a shit about what trolls say about me online.
Thank you, Staff.
And I'm not willing to put up with it any more.
I'm 100% sticking this out.
In my head, I've committed to this to the end.
How you feeling, man? You all right? Yeah.
They said, "You've got to up it and got to be stronger", basically.
I'm not someone that kind of walks away from anything.
I wouldn't give someone the satisfaction of being the quitter.
What they want to see is someone fucking trying to get the job done.
I'm gonna prove myself tomorrow.
Standby! Go!
Keep coming! Let's go!
Without discipline, there would be no Special Forces.
Following orders and managing your time is crucial.
Standby.
If you can't get it right at the beginning,
you're not gonna get it right when it really fucking matters.
ELLIE SCREAMS
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