This programme contains strong language.
Walk forward, walk, walk, walk. Sit down.
The hardest battle in the Special Forces is
the one you'll face in your mind.
Guard!
Lose that battle and you won't last two seconds.
Turn round.
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
of SAS selection...
Goodbye.
..by an elite team of ex special forces soldiers.
Go on Bob, fight back.
Stripped of all home comforts,
they will be pushed further than ever before.
Oh, my God.
If I pass 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.
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...
No other test asks as much...
You don't want to give it a go?
No, it's... 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.
Ah, Bobby, can you pop this spot?
Has it got a head to it?
That's you, pretty girl. Thank you so much.
My skin is just falling apart at this point.
God, mine's so dry it feels like pita bread.
It's the start of the third phase of the course...
My hair looks mental.
That's the least of your worries.
..and 14 celebrity recruits remain.
Oh, lovely, lovely.
It is just swings
and roundabouts in this place, isn't it?
Oh, my God, the highs and lows.
There aren't many highs.
LAUGHTER
Oh, Shaz. I do love ya.
Here we go, day three, Oppos, pairs, buddies. Let's go.
Let's look who we want to put together
for today's two tasks.
For the next 24 hours
the recruits will be working in pairs.
Here's an interesting one for you. I'm thinking number three.
I've asked them. They're gonna get something.
But they're done apart from that.
And number 14. Hmmm.
Oh, my God.
Can you help put this down?
Pity anyone who's with 14, to be honest.
I don't think she's turned up yet. And she doesn't want to be here.
That'll be interesting where that goes.
Yes? OK. Next one then, number five.
I've got a pair of socks and a sleeping bag.
With number six.
Someone's taken a size eight, they were my boots.
If they're not on the tongue they're not mine.
I..I reckon pairing them two
together could potentially break five.
Oh. He's acing it.
Maybe he needs a little bit more pressure anyway?
Right, next pair. I'm thinking number four.
How are you feeling today, Miss Marnie?
Bobs, I'm just worried if they try and make me carry Anthony.
With number eight...
Well, he's strong and she's been weak. Yeah.
Yeah, hopefully it'll sort of whip her into shape.
Yeah.Sounds good.
I'm really sorry, I'm gonna brush my teeth
and it's electric. It's not a vibrator.
Can you imagine if that's what you
packed in your little essential bag?
"Like, I'm sorry, I just can't live without it."
Must need my bullet.
It's live or die.
Get on parade.
Right, everyone. Get a march on.
Button, put your gloves and your hat on.
Come on, everyone.
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Good morning.
ALL: Good morning, Staff.
Good to go? ALL: Yes, Staff.
That's what I like to hear.
In special forces most of the time we're in pairs.
In that buddy-buddy system you live,
breathe, fart, sleep together.
And you'll drag each other through to the next phase.
Whatever that takes.
Standby. Go!
So far we've tested these recruits emotionally.
But now we're ramping up the pressure physically
and taking it to the next level.
Tighty-tighty, let's go.
We're putting them through hardship and endurance as a test...
Come on then, hurry up. Let's keep it moving.
..to see if they can support each other...
Stop there. ..when it really matters.
Because on the battle field you have to be prepared
to die for that person.
Special forces operate in extremely harsh environments.
You don't have to just worry about the enemy,
you are literally fighting against the terrain
and the environment.
Sometimes we are moving mission-essential kit
into locations that are difficult to get to.
We have to use what we call a pulk, or a sled.
Make sure you're there to support your oppo.
That's the whole point in having an opposite number.
Someone who's got your six. Is that understood?
ALL: Yes, Staff.
Right, first things first, sort your spikes out now. Go.
Now the recruits have been paired with their oppos...
I'm ...I'm a size seven.
Same, so there's...this is XL.
..they must pull over 130lb of kit in
a race across 3km of icy terrain.
Uh, what's this one?
This looks tiny.
Anthony, which goes to the back?
I'm trying to figure it out myself.
I wouldn't say I'm a diva or anything, like.
I don't think I'm a diva.
I can't get it on.
Let's go!
I can only do what's physically possible.
So, if I'm doing something that
I don't believe is physically possible, I can't do it.
I can't get it on.
I just feel like a lot of people they're just each man
for themself kind of world.
I mean, I'm not like that.
I can't get it on.
I'm stressed out, I'm not doing it. I'm literally not doing it.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Marnie, Marnie,
oi, oi, oi, no, no, no, no, no.
No, I don't want it. I'm fucking done. I'm so done.
I wouldn't leave a man behind,
but ultimately not many people are like that.
Oh, fuck off.
Take her number, get rid of her.
I just want to go. I just want to go home. I can see that.
I've accepted it. I'm just not cut out for it. It is what it is.
You've come to the end of the course for yourself.
Yeah. And that's fine.
Number four, Marnie Simpson,
is the second recruit to leave the course.
Does this go round the back?
No, I thought it went round the front.
Come on then, hurry up. Let's go.
With Marnie gone, her oppo, number eight,
Anthony, will have to compete on his own.
For many, many years I was a boxer by myself.
As a wrestler I'm by myself.
I live very much in the moment.
And I give my all in the moment that I'm in.
Come on. Three minutes.
I've got an unwavering amount of self-belief.
And I don't quit.
Go big man, steady pace,
steady pace. Keep going. Really good job.
The first pair to leave the starting point...
Follow DS Foxy's line.
..are recruit number six, Tez.. Keep going brother.
..and his oppo, number five, Pete.
Everyone has said to me,
"Why are you going back to the course?"
And my initial reaction was because last time I failed,
and I fucked up. And I hate that. And that's why I'm back.
Listen, when we get to that ditch there
we'll have ten seconds, catch our breath.
Keep going to the ditch, Tez. My man. Come on.
I have a lot of what-ifs and I hate what-ifs.
I have too many in my life already and, fuck it.
You only live once, don't you?
Well, I nearly didn't after the last one.
Really good, Tez.
My thighs are burning.
Just behind the race leaders...
Good work. You're doing great. That's it, Bob.
..are oppos number 15, Bobby...
Let's go. Nice.
..with number nine, Lani.
And number two, Rachel with her oppo, number ten, Georgia...
OK, you've got this.
Close her off, get past 'em...
..closely followed by recruit number eight, Anthony.
Go. Rapid. Go.
Uh... I can't fucking move it.
Let's go.
Yet to join the race are number 14, Shazia and number three, Bianca.
Argh. I'm a team player.
I used to run a strip club for six years.
Get your Bergen on.
You get the tyre on, you get your Bergen on.
There we go.
I have to take charge of 40 girls a night, security, staff, the lot.
Argh.
Let's go. Come on, babe, you can do it.
I think I was probably a nice boss.
But I wanted to make sure,
being a woman in a male-dominated industry,
that I wanted to bring that duty of care to the girls.
Let's go, push it. Push it.
Come on, Shaz. Come on, babe.
That's it. Let's go for it, team.
I want to see you pumping them legs.
Ground zone battle baby.
After 20 minutes,
the new race leaders are number seven, Ovie,
and his oppo, number 11, Chris.
You let me know when you think you want have a swap.
In second place, working without an oppo...
Go eight, push!
..is number eight, Anthony.
Pete, can we swap at the, at this lip?
OK, let's swap. Hold on.
Having started the race first...
OK. I'm sorry, man. You need to push for me, yeah? Yeah, yeah, I'm so sorry.
..number five, Pete,
and number six, Tez, are now in last place.
Come on, Tez.
I am not physically fit at all.
I think the physical side of things is gonna be tough.
Come on. Push, push, push. Argh.
But I don't care about excelling at any of these tasks.
I don't care about being the best.
If I'm like the worst person who passes every task,
but I pass, that's fine. I don't mind.
I don't need a first. I just want to pass.
Argh. Number six, you are doing absolutely jack shit.
I'm pulling, I promise.
No, I don't see any pulling, I don't see any movement.
Go on. Argh. Argh.
Come on, Tez. Argh.
That's it 15. Fuck! Argh.
You put that rage inside and you fucking drive on.
Everybody's hurting. Who wants it?
Come on. Come on. Quick!
Pulling heavy equipment across this terrain...
Who the fuck led me to do this?
..knee deep in snow
is one of the most physically demanding tasks
that these celebs are gonna face on this course.
Argh. Come on Tez, please, man.
Every step you take forward
just takes a little bit more of your energy.
Come on, Tez.
Your legs are burning...
Come on!
..and your lungs feel like you're sucking air from Mars.
Come on Tez, push for me.
Help him out, you're just doing nothing.
You are becoming a safety problem. Let's go.
If your team mate's not pulling their weight,
you're gonna be in a whole world of hurt.
Keep coming. Allah. Keep it going.
Argh. Argh.
Do something, six! He's doing it all on his own.
Argh. We cannot wait any longer.
You are a safety liability. Let's go.
Come on. I'm sorry, Pete. I can't do it, man.
What do you want to do?
Close your arm. Don't walk. Get past 'em...
The remaining 13 recruits
are halfway through a three-kilometre race.
Oh...
You're a fucking beast.
At the front of the pack are oppos...Just move!
..number seven, Ovie...
Closing in. ..and number 11, Chris.
..followed by recruit number eight, Anthony.
Argh. Push me.
Help him out. You're just doing nothing.
Struggling at the back are number five, Pete...
Come on, Tez, please man.
..and number six, Tez.
You better get this fucking thing at the top of this hill
or I'm taking your armband. Do you understand?
Yeah.
Number six, you are useless!
Stand up. Give me your armband, now.
Give me your armband now.
You've got nothing left to give.
You're becoming a safety problem. OK? All right, go round there.
Get the medic to look at you
and I'll see you when you get back. Go.
Number five, you're on your own now.
Fucking failure.
Do not fucking stop it here. Get it over that hill, OK?
Get as much momentum as you can. Let's go.
I don't find it easy relying on other people.
I rely on me.
Yeah, a bit of a lone wolf really.
You can do it. Get a stride, get momentum and go.
I'm not very good at, you know, letting people in on stuff because
I feel like it's my problem and I should be able to deal with it.
Lean. Let's go.
You've got this, let's go.
And that's not right, because in the end all you're doing is
creating a bigger fucking hole for yourself, aren't ya?
Nice work, 15.
You're still in the fight. Nice work.
Come on, Rach. Yeah.
Come on Georgia.
We're gonna fucking finish this, Rach. Come on, Rach.
You're doing amazing.
Come on, 14, let's go.
Use them poles number three, come on.
In second to last place are oppos number 14, Shazia...
Come on. Strong, number three. Strong.
..and number three, Bianca.
Well done. That's it.
Well done, number three. Well done.
I'm sure people have this preconceived idea about me,
you know? Oh, yeah, she's this party girl.
She's a bimbo.
She's all about the glamour and stuff.
Come on, number three. Go.
Push. Keep driving, come on.
I really want to change people's perception and be like,
yeah, that girl's got a lot about her.
She's got a bit of grit in her. She's got the fight.
Ah, argh.
Take control of your body, number three. Come on.
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to see it through to the end.
Come on!
Falling further behind without an oppo is number five, Pete.
You better make this fucking work now, let's go.
Argh! No more stopping. Let's go. Argh!
Oh, fuck. Come on, Pete.
Take some water.
I'm dizzy. Argh.
It ain't gonna stop. Let's go.
You look like a shower of shit.
He ain't gonna make it. He's gonna die.
We're almost there, we're almost there.
Good effort, you two.
After one hour and eight minutes, the first pair to finish the race...
I'm just glad to be standing on...fucking land.
Get your Bergens off. Sit on your Bergens.
..number 11, Chris, and number seven, Ovie.
Go on, then, keep going.
Followed 16 minutes later by number eight, Anthony.
Argh.
After an hour and 35 minutes,
oppos number 15, Bobby, and number nine, Lani,
finish the race.
Ah, ah.
Fucking hell, has he got a gum shield in?
Argh. Come on, head down,
let's work hard. Let's get up there, come on.
33 minutes after the winners,
and number 14, Shazia...
Well done.
Fucking good effort, number three.
..and number three, Bianca.
I don't know why I'm crying.
It's an amazing achievement. That's why.
Oi, number three, drink some water. Sort yourself out.
Come here, you. Amazing work.
Bianca, you were amazing.
You were amazing. We did it together.
After feeling dizzy earlier in the race, number five, Pete...
Tough race, mate.
..will be taken back to base to be medically assessed.
Fuck. Yeah, these things happen.
Whoo! We did it, though!
Is he still there? Yeah, he was still doing it. Poor Pete.
COUGHING
Checking you over now, your lungs are nice and clear.
Everything about you at this point in time is good.
So, from a medical perspective,
I'm happy for you to carry on.
However, next time anything like this happens, you're out.
Yes, staff.
Fucking hell, it broke me. It broke me. It was so hard.
I just think when you don't do a good job, you beat yourself up.
Yeah. We've had four leave altogether.
I'm actually really gonna miss Pete. We're all gonna fall apart.
Where is he now?
Not by himself, but.
ALL CHEER
You all right? Oh, my God.
You look shit. What's happened?
I feel fucked. Oh, my God, you had me worried.
The Messiah has returned.
Fuck me, I've got more lives than a fucking cat.
OK, Chris, do the honours on 4.
4.
And number 6.
It'll be a pleasure.
The DS meet with psychologist Doctor Alia...
We started with the pulk race.
..to assess the recruits' performance on the morning's task.
Working in pairs, oppos, whatever you want to call it.
Foxy, if you want to run us through that, mate.
Briefed them up,
gave them the time to sort themselves out.
7 and 11 seemed to work well as a team.
They both put in the lion's share.
Yeah. 5 and 6 got their shit together at the start.
But it wasn't that long before number 6,
he...he was...was just walking. He wasn't even pushing,
he wasn't doing anything. He was struggling walking,
keeping up with 5.
And it got to a point where it was starting to become
a bit of a safety thing.
Mm-hm.
Number 5 gave 110%. Head down,
fucking just going for it, right up to probably
the last 300-400 metres.
At which point he started to stumble, fall a bit.
I didn't see the necessity to take any further risks with him.
I just wanted to get him checked out.
His determination, his motivation's great.
But he's now got dig even deeper for every other task that we do.
I've got faith in him. He really wants to be here.
And then the last two to come in, number 3 and number 14.
14, she was trying, but she's just not capable.
Do you reckon she gave 100... Her 100%?
I don't think she knows what 100% is.
She's just not used to pushing herself to that limit.
She's struggling massively with the physical side of
the course, but mentally,
I don't think she's ready to give up.
3, I'd say did probably 75% of the work, um, which I didn't expect.
She's had a few emotional moments today. She was crying.
Right. She's got quite an anxious disposition
and there's quite a lot of turmoil that she's been open about.
The question is what happens under pressure,
especially when the pressure builds
that kind of cumulative effect.
I want to see what she's all about.
Find out a little bit more about her.
SHOUTING:Number 3.
3.
3, 3, 3.
All right, three, you're gonna roll with me.
OK. Meet me over here.
What? Gazza exclusive, wonder what it's about. Yeah, 2006.
SHE SNIFFS You got the sniffles?
Ah, just crying.
All right, well, get ready for more of that.
Sit.
Hi, Staff.
Bring your chair forward.
What are you crying for?
Oh, just... I've just been very, very emotional.
The...the tears are gonna come because just had a baby
and I had a really bad time in my pregnancy,
so I kind of lost myself a little bit.
I had antenatal depression,
which I've never had to deal with depression before.
Then my baby come along,
and she was the best thing that's ever happened to me.
So, on the task today, her name's Sunshine,
so, going up the mountain, she was my drive.
So, I was like doing the steps, like thinking about her,
thinking that she was gonna be at the top.
When I got to the top, it was a massive achievement,
but then she wasn't there.
So, that's where the emotion come from today.
Then I felt good about my day... Sorry.
What the fuck? Fucking hell! Hang on a minute, just stop a minute.
Stop. Sorry. Stop.
Right. First things first.
You need to fucking calm down and take a step back. Sorry, sorry.
I just asked you what you were crying for now.
Not every moment you've cried since you were ten.
Oh, it's cos I...
Sorry, I think it's cos I'm just nervous I guess.
So, I'm just going blah-blah-blah.
It is. Just calm yourself down.
How do you think you're getting on on the course up to now?
Um, I know that, like, my fitness isn't there.
I think I've done all right, but I thought I could do better.
Right, so we can understand you a little bit better,
take us back to you growing up.
Good upbringing?
Yeah. Um, obviously with the name that I have,
it caused a lot of, like, bullying in my school.
They thought I'm maybe something I wasn't.
But I was just quite laid back and just kept myself to myself.
Uh, bit of a troubled upbringing.
Troubled in what way?
Um, it was just very public. Uh, obviously my dad was an alcoholic,
so I took a lot of that. Um, like I felt,
uh, that if he loved me enough he would stop.
Cos we really wanted him and loved him,
and we wanted him around. So, I took a lot of that on.
Are you a little bit under confident?
I'm quite insecure. Like, I do give myself a hard time.
So, back to this course, what's the gold standard?
I want to make it to the end.
I didn't... I came in here to make it to the end.
And that's it. I want to do my best.
I'm just nervous right now for the next task
because I just... I'll be scared to fail it.
When it comes to tasks,
all we ask is that you try your hardest, 100%.
Task this morning, it's done now.
We now watch how you bounce back. That's what we care about.
Yes, Staff. And you can only do the best job you can on that task,
on that given day.
You were leaps and bounds above your partner.
And you were a workhorse,
and you did what was...what was asked of you.
You gave a good account of yourself.
All the things that you think are your weaknesses,
you can turn them into positive pools of resilience.
Somewhere along the line you've built a fucking hard armour.
Mm-hm. You've just got to learn how to use it here.
Yes, Staff. Thank you, Staff.
Guard.
I definitely think I've got a thick skin.
Growing up publicly,
going through a very traumatic time as well as a family.
I feel like it's put me
to this actual moment where I can just push everything out
as a release.
Where have you been, babe?
I've had a chat. And how was that?
Yeah, it was fine. Sure? You got all emotional.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't get upset, darling.
I'm just ready to go at any moment, aren't I?
Cos of these bloody hormones.
Yeah, but it's all good, it's all good.
Where I'm in my vulnerable state of being tired,
exhausted, and being tested, and every aspect,
it's gonna be like an open door for emotions
to probably let out,
which I've kept embedded in me for a long time.
Feel better for it, though.
I needed to just let some tears out.
We've got each other. That's what we're here for.
CHICKENS CLUCK
Thought we were just gonna have them
bobbing around under the beds, as little pets.
What, the chickens? Yeah.
I couldn't believe it when I saw Cherry with that
chicken in her hand.
I don't know if I could be assertive with a chicken like that.
The recruits are halfway through the third phase of the course.
I can't bear the thought of wings and the sound, the motion.
Like the whoo-whoo-whoo,
and all the fucking sawdust
and the straw going. Bollocks to that.
I just want to say, I wasn't sure about you at first,
but you're an absolute... GEORGIA LAUGHS
You're...you're solid gold, you are.
Weren't you sure about me at first?
I don't know cos I'm not very loud. Yeah.
And, and you're loud. And that's your thing.
Ah, thanks. Well, I think you're great, Rachel.
Well, I think you're great, too.
It's been nice bonding today.
Bloody hell. No, you've done great.
Number 15.
Yes, Staff. Everybody on parade, five minutes.
Full kit and gum shields in your pocket.
Yes, Staff.
Five minutes, full kit, on parade, gum shield in your mouth.
Full kit, five minutes.
I don't think Bergen. Gum shield in your mouth.
In the mouth you say? In your mouth.
Go, go, go, one in front of the other.
Fucking hurry up.
THEY LAUGH
Take your fucking gum shields out.
Number 15. Yeah.
When I came on there,
what did I say to you when you were stood there?
Five minutes, in the square, gum shield.
Gum shield where?
I thought you said in the mouth, Staff.
Fucking absolute melt.
Sorry, Staff.
Good job it's black. We'd have never noticed
the difference in your gob would we?
No, Staff.
Over to the gate. Go.
THEY LAUGH
Aggression is essential in the special forces,
but if you are not capable
of committing violence when required...
Go, let's go. This way.
..then you're no use to no-one.
The celebrities have spent time bonding with each other.
One file, let's go.
But when you're at war,
you do not get to choose your enemy.
Stand up straight. Stop fidgeting and listen in.
In the SF world, one of the worst scenarios,
and the most frightening scenario is close quarter battle.
Hand-to-hand combat.
Kill or be killed. Do you understand that?
ALL: Yes, Staff.
There's only two words of command you will hear.
"Fight", of which you will fight until you hear, "Stop."
Are we clear?
ALL: Yes, Staff.
Take your Bergens off. Drop them behind you.
Number 8, you will not be fighting due to medical reasons.
OK, staff.
Having sustained an eye injury in a professional fight,
number 8 Anthony will not compete.
Number 9, number 15.
Number 9, quick, number 9.
Don't want to ruin those pearly whites.
Preparing to fight is number 15 Bobby...
Good to go.
..who only two days ago was considered
the worst recruit on the course.
Physical fighting, no experience at all, really.
I mean, I've got a fake nose
and a mouth full of veneers, so, er...
Straight shots.
Do not stop until chief instructor says stop.
Cost a fair bit and I don't want to be taking my teeth home
in a duty free bag.
This is your bread and butter, yeah? Don't need psyching up.
Bobby's opponent is number nine,
World Heavyweight Champion boxer, Lani.
As soon as that bell goes,
it's like I've learnt to flick a switch.
Both know what you've got to do.
Mm-hm. All right. Do not stop till I tell you to stop.
It's just like I go into this beast mode.
Full-on aggression.
I'm going to take your head off.
Fight! Let's go!
Keep your head up, number 15.
Keep your head up, 15!
Look where you're going!
Go on, number nine!
That's it!
Early in the fight...
Find the enemy, find the enemy!
..number nine, Lani, takes a commanding lead.
Go on, 15, get back in there.
Go, 15! That's it, 15!
Good! Good!
But moments later, number 15, Bobby, is back in the fight.
Stop! Stop!
Into the middle.
Stay there.
You both did exactly what we asked you to do.
Number nine...
..you won that.
Number 15, good account of yourself.
You went forward and that's all we asked.
Back. Deglove.
Fuck. Warrior shit.
Well done, mate.
Thank you. Proud of you, son.
The warrior mindset.
Number seven. Number 11.
The next pair to fight are two of
the strongest recruits on the course.
If it starts collapsing in on you, throw some fucking uppercuts.
Former England rugby captain, number 11, Chris...
This is a battlefield. He's the enemy.
Arms like bee's wings. Do not fucking stop punching.
..and professional basketball player, number seven, Ovie.
I'm a tall guy. I'm a big guy.
It's very clear what we have to do. Very clear what we have to do.
Yes, staff. Staff.
I feel like I can be dangerous.
I can handle myself in a fistfight.
Stand by, yeah, gloves up. Fight!
Go on, 11! Go on, 11!
Keep going, 11!
That's it!
Keep going forward! Swing!
Stop, stop, stop. Swing, 11! Fight!
I've dislocated my shoulder. What's wrong? Stop, stop, stop.
It's gone. Popped out?
It's popped out? Where's the med?
Go over there.
Wait over there for the medic.
After suffering a shoulder injury, number 11, Chris,
will be assessed by the medic.
Number ten, over there. Number two, over there.
Let's go, two. Get fired up.
Let's get over here. Let's go.
Next up are oppos...
Let your arms go, yeah?
Yeah? Yeah? Mm.
..number ten, Georgia...
You fall down or get knocked down, you get back up.
..and number two, Rachel.
Stay in the fight.
I don't want to get my nose broken again.
I've broken my nose twice.
If anyone breaks my nose a third time,
they are paying for the plastic surgery.
Gloves up. You know what you've got to do. Do it well.
I'll get really cross if they do that.
Fight!
Lock and punch!
Throw punches, number two! Throw punches!
Horrible.
Throw punches, number two! Throw punches!
Throw that big right hand!
Stop!
Take your gloves off, come back to the middle.
Exactly what we asked you to do.
A good account on both parts.
Thank you, staff. Number ten, you won that.
Thank you, staff. I agree, staff.
I don't care if you agree or not, I'm telling you, and she won.
You blocked more punches with your face,
but you kept coming forward.
Thank you, staff. Thank you, staff. Back to the line.
Stand by.
Fight!
Go! Big shot to the head!
To the head! Head!
In the special forces, a lot of our operational work
will involve violence.
It's horrible, it's nasty, but you have to do it.
Throw big shots!
In our world, violence is not something you're going to avoid.
A lot of these celebrities will have not been in any violent situation
before in their lives.
Turn around and fight!
You have to face it head on.
You cannot turn your back.
You turn your back, you will lose, and you will fucking suffer.
Stop! Stop!
Go over there. Go over there.
Exciting shit. Jump back in.
Fighting's exhausting, isn't it?
You both went forward. However...
..you won it. You lost.
Yes, staff. Yes, staff.
Back into the line.
Number five, you won that, but well done.
Thank you, staff. Back in there.
Fucking touch me, I'll fucking knock you out! Get over there.
Number three, over there.
Number 14, over there.
Next to fight...
Do not fucking stop, just keep punching.
..is recruit number three, Bianca...
Normally, I'm a lover, not a fighter,
but in this course, I'm definitely going to be a fighter,
that's for sure!
Move forward.
That's all you do is move forward
and throw hard shots straight up the centre.
Bianca's oppo is number 14, Shazia.
I have never been in a punch-up before.
Well, maybe I have with my brothers.
Come to the centre.
But that's just scratching each other
and pulling each other's hair out.
It's not actually boxing.
Stand by.
Fight!
Throw punches! Do not turn your back!
Don't turn your back, 14!
Do not turn your back! I just told you that!
Keep coming! Keep going!
No, stop! Stop!
Right, let me remind you,
do not turn your back and do not stop.
Do you understand me? Get your gloves up.
Fight.
Let's go, 14! Let's go, 14!
Swing! Swing, 14.
Fight! Get in!
14, no!
Stop!
Go over there, take your glove off. Go over there, take your glove off.
You two, back into your line.
Number three win.
Number 14, lose.
Get your jackets on. Get your hats on.
I remind you, you don't get a choice to choose your enemy.
You have to be violent, you have to go forward.
You turn your back, you have lost a fight.
If somebody behind you is relying on you,
you've now probably fucking lost their life as well.
Well done, guys.
I was so scared to do that. We've done it now.
Yeah. It's over, you all right?
I know, I felt so bad.
I can just see, the headlines are going to be so funny.
It'll be, like, "Bianca fights Shaz."
"Bianca Gascoigne knacks me out."
Nobody... We didn't fall over, either of us. No.
I couldn't watch Chris and...
I know. I just couldn't watch it.
I was nearly crying. I know.
Bobby, you all right?
Hard that, innit? Yes.
OK, you're going to feel pressure... Yeah.
..but let me know if there's any tenderness anywhere, OK?
After injuring his shoulder on the previous task...
Right.
..number 11, Chris, is examined by Dr Raj.
Squeeze my fingers tightly. Don't let go.
OK, and relax.
OK, so your shoulder is unstable.
This could pop at any time.
So, for that reason,
I'm going to have to medically withdraw you from the course.
Oh, fuck.
It's just one of those things.
Yeah...
I mean, yeah, OK.
OK, I'm going to have a chat with the DS.
As a sports person,
you gradually come to terms with your body can't do it.
Your body's not what it is ten years ago.
When you do get to that stage where you do have
to, unfortunately, move on from what you love doing,
it's really hard...
Oh, fuck.
..but you can still have a buzz.
It's just a different one.
Number 11, Chris Robshaw,
is the fourth recruit to leave the course.
Devastated.
I'm sick of failing. I'm sick of getting tasks wrong.
Not passing, I'm sick of that.
That gets to me after a while.
Of course. It really pisses me off that I can't pass.
I don't... I don't know why I'm not passing them.
Who am I? Where am I? What is going on?
All right, so since the first and the second task,
personal concern for me, on my radar, is number 14.
Having already lost three recruits in this phase...
She does not look happy to be here.
No. No. Everything's a chore.
Yeah.
..the DS are concerned about number 14, Shazia.
There's something going on there.
I can't put my hand on it.
I can't work out what is wrong with her.
She's not having fun here.
She's not trying to embrace it, to be honest.
And it's crazy how much she's gone inside her shell.
She's not excelled by any stretch on the course.
She's, if you like, she's been the course handbrake.
It's almost like she's shut down.
I also feel that, in her mind,
she thinks as long as she doesn't give up
and just coasts at her pace, then that's enough,
and that's all she needs to do because she's either trying
to escape something or be here for a reason that we don't really know.
She's a proper blank canvas.
One thing we know from her profile is that she isn't someone
to show her emotions.
She does that through her humour.
Her humour is a coping mechanism
and we've taken that away from her so early on,
and so, she was left without a weapon, really.
But there's a lot of resilience
and if she chooses to work with the process as opposed to against it,
we're going to see a very different candidate show up.
It might be worth you having a word with her and see... Mm.
..what's going on... Mm-hm. ..where her head is,
and to make sure that, mentally,
she's in the right place to continue.
Yeah. Cos for us, at the moment,
she doesn't look like that is the case.
Number 14!
14!
Number 14!
SF selection is probably the most physically
and psychologically testing course on the planet.
Our role as military psychologists is to ensure that they have access
to the tools they need in order to see themselves past
the obstacles that we present them with.
What are you doing?
They said that you shouted number 14.
Yes, so what are you doing?
I was just walk... Erm... Running round there, here.
Fuck... Go to the med centre, now.
When we see recruits who are struggling physically or mentally,
who are depleted and exhausted...
I'm Dr Alia Bojilova. Nice to meet you. Shazia.
..it is our job to help them find the tools they need
to continue forward.
How are you finding the experience so far?
Erm... Well, as you know, I'm a comedian.
This is as far removed from comedy as...
..as...as anything, really.
Some of these tasks, like the boxing match, the DS said, you know,
sometimes violence is the only answer,
which goes against everything that, say, a rational kind of
Guardian-reading person has been brought up to believe.
Mm.
I've been told that it's wrong and now I'm saying...
I'm not saying that it's right, but I'm...I'm saying,
"Oh, I understand why you do it."
You participated in all of these tasks that you found confronting
in so many different ways.
Where did this resilience come from?
I think when I came into comedy, everybody was mainly a white male.
I was the only one, only Asian female at the time,
and I got a lot of shit for it.
I got attacked outside a gig once.
And I just... When I think about it, I look back on it,
I think, "God, I... I must have been stupid or just...
"Why did I carry on?" I don't know why I carried on.
What was the hardest moment that you can recall on that journey?
Following your passion, realising that you have a purpose,
and that you're going to pursue it, no matter what other people
think of it?
The hardest thing is to keep going.
Mm. There's so many times I've wanted to give up,
so many times I've thought, "Why am I doing this? What's the point?"
Mm-hm.
There's a lot of failure in comedy.
And to keep picking yourself up and keep going...
But I've had a lot of failure in here and it...
..it just reminds me of that same pattern.
Right.
Oh, God, I've been through this before.
What will be your way through it?
You have to take each day as it comes,
but now it's actually gone down to each hour.
Take each hour as it comes.
I want to remind you of your strength.
I just want to tell you this -
experiences like this are confronting,
they're designed to deplete you.
What would it take for you to finish this?
I have to not...
..lose faith in myself.
I have to not lose faith in myself.
I think you have to be resilient to be a comic,
but you have to be more resilient to be a female comic.
How was it? I've never... I've never seen a psychologist in my life.
You never had any therapy?
Never. I started crying.
Oh, God, they... Well, they know how to do that.
CHUCKLING
There was a time in Pakistan,
and I think I did some anal sex joke or something, and, er...
..people got offended.
Come here.
I got death threats where they said,
"Oh, if she goes onstage tonight, we're going to kill her."
The next night, I had two armed bodyguards.
I thought, "My God, I'm only telling jokes..."
You work in an environment where you work mostly on your own, right?
Yeah, she did say that.
And you are not used to being shouted at,
you know, cos this is so out of your comfort zone,
every single part of it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
..but I didn't give up.
I kept going and now I'm here.
But you haven't gone. I mean, look, you're still here.
There's nine people left and you're still here.
It's not over!
Dig deep now! Let's go!
In the special forces,
it's paramount that you can hold your nerve.
We are constantly faced with situations
where we could lose our lives.
We need to know if people can deal with that pressure.
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