(STIRRING MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Deep within the Jordanian desert...
..in arid and unforgiving conditions...
..14 new celebrities
are being dropped in the hostile environment...
MAN: Starting to get a bit hot.
Putting their glamorous
and, at times, controversial lives on hold.
All have volunteered for the course, and all have a point to prove.
When I started on 'Neighbours',
I was in people's loungerooms night after night, day after day.
But there was something that happened about five years ago
that was shocking for the public and shocking for me.
"Craig McLachlan, disgraced actor.
"Workplace bully, monster."
So, I'm here to exorcise some pretty extreme pain
with some pretty extreme pain.
WOMAN: Oh, shit, man.
I'm currently Australia's fastest man,
over 800m.
I'm two-time Australian Olympian.
But recently, I had to display a lot of courage
facing the doping allegations, facing the public.
The only way you stay strong
is just by understanding what you stand for.
This is the chance to show Australia what that is
and who I am.
I could go for just
pouring a bottle of water over my head right now.
I had always wanted to be a role model.
I was an Olympic gold medallist, I was a world record holder.
And then the Twitter scandal,
and instantly overnight I was not a role model.
People did not want to be like me.
I lost money, I lost opportunities,
and I lost a lot of my self-respect.
I want to be more emotionally resilient than I am.
Exactly why I'm doing this.
ANT: This is the birthplace of the desert rats,
the original SAS.
The Middle Eastern desert is a hostile environment.
You have blistering days and absolutely freezing nights.
Winds, sand, heat, cold.
If you don't know what you're doing, it will kill you very quick.
LINDY: Oh.
It's going to be like this for days.
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
WOMAN: What?
WOMAN: What's going on?
Going in.
STEPHANIE: Oh, my god.
Oh, shit.
MAN: Shit!
WOMAN: Oh, my god!
(WOMAN SHOUTS)
Oh, my god!
OLLIE: Get on the (BLEEP) floor!
Get on your (BLEEP) knees!
Get on your (BLEEP)...
(INDISTINCT COMMOTION)
Get on your...
Get down, get down!
STAFF: Stay down!
STAFF: Close your (BLEEP) eyes!
Don't you realise where the (BEEP) you are?
Head in. On your knees. Close your (BLEEP) eyes.
Put your head down.
There you go. Head down.
STAFF: On your knees!
Head down.
ANTHONY: I'm former rugby legend,
three-time premiership player, State of Origin player,
and former three-time boxing world champion.
I'm the baddest athlete to ever come out, period.
(BLEEP) you better not give me any (BLEEP) trouble,
'cause I'll smash your head into the sand,
do you understand me?
I wanna see what I got.
See what I got left in me, you know what I mean?
I want to finish the course. That's my goal.
(BLEEP) stay there.
On your (BLEEP) knees. On your knees!
Head down.
On your (BLEEP) knees!
TIM: Public sees me as the original Bachelor.
Don't (BLEEP) move, keeping your head down.
Just turned 40.
Probably going through a mid-life crisis.
I need to prove to myself that I'm not done yet.
OLLIE: Keep your (BLEEP) head down.
My most known name is Cocaine Cassie.
I was arrested and charged with drug trafficking in Columbia...
..but I want to leave the name, Cocaine Cassie behind me.
Up! Up!
On your knees!
Head down!
ABBEY: I feel like people know that I work in the footy space.
ANT: (BLEEP) head down.
Obviously in broadcasting,
but what they don't know is what came before that,
which was the 100 goals, which was a premiership in the AFLW.
but you still come across those dinosaurs
that don't believe that women belong in football.
(BLEEP) head down.
Yeah, we certainly copped a little bit.
Stand up.
There's not too many women that have completed the SAS course,
so I hope that I can get to the end.
STAFF: Up.
ANT: Start (BLEEP) switching on,
and start realising where you are.
(BLEEP) belong to us now.
The recruits must surrender themselves to the course.
STAZ: Do not break the (BLEEP) line.
Understanding
that they no longer control themselves or the situation.
JAY: Do not let go of the person in front of you.
And putting their trust into the DS.
STAZ: Keep your heads down.
The moment they do that,
and let their guard down and allow us in...
..the quicker they'll adapt to the course.
Surrender yourself.
Give yourself to the desert.
If you don't... Get on your knees.
..(BLEEP).
You are about to be buried alive.
STAFF: Sit.
Selection for the SAS is a test like no other.
These celebrities aren't going to be bubble-wrapped.
They're not in Australia anymore.
And they realise they're in a (BLEEP) shit situation.
Go!
A new group of celebrity recruits...
If you don't want to be here, give me your (BLEEP) numbers.
(ANTHONY GRUNTS) Strip.
..have volunteered
to leave their comfortable lives behind...
This won't be like sitting in my comfy actor's chair...
Go! ..having someone bring me coffee.
You're now in charge of a live grenade.
Yes, staff. STAFF: Go!
WOMAN: Oh, (BLEEP).
ANT: Dive!
They'll be trained...
ANT: Get down, the enemy!
WOMAN: Take cover!
..to survive the impossible.
The moment we stop, we're dead!
Chief instructor, Ant Middleton...
The team that I've assembled
is the most highly decorated, most deadly to date.
STAFF: Go! ..DS Staz...
Staz was awarded the gallantry cross.
There's only three people alive that have that award.
I want a (BLEEP), "Yes, staff!"
..DS Jay...
I've completed four tours of Afghanistan,
three tours of Iraq.
(EXPLOSION)
Give me a read out!
..and DS Ollie... Move! Move!
Stop, stop! (GUNFIRE)
..will make no exceptions.
(ABBEY CRYING) STAFF: Go!
(ABBEY WHIMPERS)
STAFF: No, no, no! (BLEEP).
What the (BLEEP) are you doing?
Do you think if I didn't drag you out,
you wouldn't be a (BLEEP) dead man?
Found not guilty of any wrongful behaviour.
Are you trying to pull the wool over my (BLEEP) eyes?
No other test asks as much...
We all (BLEEP) up.
..or means as much...
With shame comes guilt.
I'm trying so hard, Staff. I know you are.
..to the few who make it through.
(WHISPERING) Do not (BLEEP) move.
Do not (BLEEP) move an inch.
Once you're put into a situation where you're being buried alive,
every part of your being is being stripped away from you.
When I push you in, you (BLEEP) crawl in,
lie on your back, arms down by your sides,
is that understood?
Yes. (BLEEP) go.
Claustrophobia will kick in.
Go on your back, arms by your sides,
is that understood? Yes.
Go. You have absolutely no control.
Arms by your side.
Go.
(BLEEP) quiet time for you. Let's go.
The moment you start to panic...
In. ..you'll go into meltdown.
Lock them in.
It's your mind that will get you out of any given situation.
You must give yourself to the desert.
This is where you surrender...
..to the process.
(PANICKED BREATHING)
Being buried alive is the closest thing to being dead.
Faced with your own mortality is terrifying.
Horrible, disgusting feeling.
And the sand's hitting the top,
it's trickling through in complete darkness.
Deafening silence.
You are left with only your mind.
You have a limited supply of oxygen.
You are now buried in the desert.
We will leave you in here until the very last moment.
The reason why we do it on day one
is because if they cannot take charge of their minds
then they will not get through this course.
Being in a tight space for a long time
is probably my biggest fear.
There is nothing worse.
The emotional side takes over,
and it can be telling you, "You're gonna die.
"This is the worst thing. This is your worst-case scenario."
(ANTHONY PRAYING IN ARABIC)
As a Muslim, I'm asking God to forgive me.
I'm thanking him for everything he gives me,
I'm thanking him for the air I breathe...
..and the health that I have.
ANT: Bury them deeper.
Over the years, because I believed in my talent,
I believed in my ability...
..I've been betrayed with the media.
I'm always looked at to be the bad boy or the villain.
Like I'm an arrogant pig.
But I'm the coolest cat.
I'm laid back, I'm relaxed,
and I want to show people the real me,
the real Anthony Mundine.
Good.
After a hideous 45 minutes buried alive...
STAFF: Don't (BLEEP) move.
..the recruits are finally freed.
ANT: Start (BLEEP) switching on.
OLLIE: Get your (BLEEP) head down.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Go! Let's go!
Move, move!
Come to me, follow the DS!
Follow the DS, go!
Hurry up! Move!
Hurry up!
Do not be last!
Old man, let's go!
But the mental and physical test is only beginning...
STAFF: (BLEEP) move it!
..as the recruits embark on a 10km run to base camp...
STAFF: (BLEEP) run!
..in the oppressive desert heat.
STAFF: Let's go.
STAZ: In the desert environment, the heat in the day is unrelenting.
Hurry up!
It's horrible, it's disgusting.
Your body feels like it's cooking from the inside out.
Don't be fucking last.
If you don't take charge of your emotions,
of your brain, of the situation,
can be crippling.
Come on, (BLEEP).
Is that the quickest you can (BLEEP) move?
Suffering the traumatic burial...
OLLIE: Stop walking!
..and now the scorching heat,
Cassie is overwhelmed.
(CASSIE BREATHES RAGGEDLY)
When I'm anxious and scared, I go into panic.
Shut off.
It all strings back to prison
and not having control over anything that's coming up.
OLLIE: Get in there. Move your feet.
Suck it in.
You want to (BLEEP) push yourself, don't you?
That's (BLEEP) up to you.
I know that.
Do you understand me?
Do you understand?
Get your (BLEEP) head up.
Have some (BLEEP) pride.
(CASSIE BREATHES DEEPLY)
OLLIE: Keep those feet moving.
Barely able to walk, Cassie rejoins the others.
Put your (BLEEP) chest out and have a bit of pride.
Let's go.
JAY: Two ranks. Do not (BLEEP) break two ranks.
STAZ: Hurry the (BLEEP) up!
As they make the arduous trek through the heavy sand...
CASSIE: It's coming back.
..it becomes too much for Cassie.
OLLIE: Right, stop.
You with the (BLEEP) orange shirt, come here.
Pick her up.
Move your (BLEEP) feet. STAFF: Alright, let's go.
Sorry. All the way in.
JAY: Rest of you, some (BLEEP) words of encouragement for her.
Keep moving those legs.
OLLIE: Right, change over.
You with the white shirt.
Jump over, Cas. Don't (BLEEP) drop her like that.
Pathetic!
It's embarrassing, get up!
You need to breathe.
We're going to walk in now altogether.
Let's go.
Exhausted and suffering...
Keep moving.
..the recruits arrive at base camp for the first time.
For the next ten days,
they will eat, sleep, and endure intense training...
(BLEEP) move it.
..at this abandoned military compound.
Let's go, let's go!
Hurry up.
Hurry up!
Pin your ears back and listen in very carefully.
This is not a (BLEEP) army boot camp.
We are here to deliver the most authentic
and real selection process outside of the SAS.
If you are weak, easily offended,
or physically unfit...
..I suggest you turn around right now
and (BLEEP) off.
Leave now.
We do not give a (BLEEP) about what you've done,
who you are, where you've been.
We're gonna strip you down.
Trust me.
You're gonna take off those masks...
..and we will put that mirror in front of you every single time.
For most of you, that will be too much.
You will not like what you see in the mirror.
I'm an addict recovery.
I was using crystal meth
because I'm prone to low self-esteem,
even though I scored the highest-scoring dive
in Olympic history.
So, I want to do the course
to learn how to deal with self-doubt.
Let me introduce you to the team.
To my right is DS Jay.
Spent 14 years in the military, ten years in the SAS.
When it comes to modern-day warfare, there's no better soldier out there.
To my left is DS Staz.
I went all through training with Staz.
From the Royal Marines to the Special Forces.
Staz was awarded the conspicuous Gallantry Cross.
There's only three people alive to this day...
..that have that award.
Talk about bravery and courage.
Unrivalled.
And to my far left is DS Ollie.
Ollie was in the first desert storm, when modern-day warfare,
ie, the desert,
was moulded and formed.
We have lost multiple comrades.
Personally myself, I've buried nine
in the space of 18 months.
Please get that into your heads.
This is not a (BLEEP) joke.
This is not a holiday camp.
There's three ways off this course.
Number one, you VW.
You voluntarily withdraw yourself...
..take off your number, and you hand it to the DS.
Second option.
We, the DS, deem
you do not deserve to go on any further.
Do not be that person.
That would be shit if I had to quit because of the DS.
I will tell them it's shit.
They better have a good reason.
It's not to say I'm anti-authority.
You don't survive for 16 years
and play 325 games being an AFL footballer
if you can't handle authority.
Probably not so much when I'm there on the course,
but I'm happy for them to test it.
If they're talking that much shit,
and it's so bad, I'll definitely say something.
Third way out of this course is if you make it to the end.
You're about to enter a whole world
of (BLEEP) pain, suffering, and hardship.
Fight through it...
..you'll find out who you really are.
Right, listen in.
What everyone of you
has got placed in front of you
is known as a bergen.
And when I say strip...
..you are going to remove all of your clothes.
Strip.
Chop, chop.
CRAIG: I suffer extreme social anxiety.
Come on, get a (BLEEP) move on then.
I find it very difficult
to trust situations where there are a lot of people.
Especially women.
STAZ: Consider this a luxury.
JAY: Might be the only shower you get.
I'm more anxious about being in a new group of people...
..than I am about climbing up the side of a mountain.
I know that sounds bizarre, but for me, I'm afraid it's true.
STAZ: Try and get rid of that grime,
that (BLEEP) sand that will get absolutely everywhere.
Next one forward, please.
My character on 'Neighbours' was this sexy, naughty partyer.
And it definitely set in for people that I was like her.
Don't need as much water for the hobbit, do we?
So, I'm here to show people that I am strong and powerful.
Take the kit out, put it on.
And I want to break the stereotype of being just a sex symbol.
STAZ: Come on, then, hurry the (BLEEP) up.
I'm very small, but I'm very mighty.
When I call your name,
you will come out to the DS,
and you'll be given a number.
You'll put that number on your top left upper arm.
Sainsbury.
Move it!
Anderson.
Akermanis.
Mundine.
Cordner.
People associate best with me
by playing rugby league for the Roosters.
But in 2020, I retired
because of concussions and ongoing concussion symptoms.
Holms.
Murphy.
Challen.
I'm doing this course for me.
McLachlan.
Bol.
Rice.
And to prove to myself that I can still...
Klim. ..deal with the challenges
that are going to get thrown my way.
Mitcham. Thank you, staff.
Robards.
The bullshit stories
you've been telling the outside world
are (BLEEP) irrelevant.
From this moment on, to the DS,
you are simply a (BLEEP) number.
Everyone get your packs
and put them on your backs.
OK. Follow on.
As the recruits leave the parade square...
..they're about to be given a tour of base camp...
..and their new reality.
Beautiful white rock referred to as recruit rock, OK?
Number one, put your hand up.
You're Duty Recruit for today.
Anything that you need individually...
..and collectively
goes through the Duty Recruit.
You will then come down, up to your white rock...
..stand to attention and shout, "Staff..."
..and wait till one of the DS comes out...
and addresses you. CASSIE: Yes, staff.
Toilets, dunnies, lavatory,
whatever the (BLEEP) you want to call it
is all done here.
When I was told that I was being sent to prison,
it was like my whole world had just ended.
Emptying the dunny will be done into this barrel here.
This is your accommodation.
My first night in prison, I was attacked, I was robbed.
I don't think I slept at all.
It was scary.
When you move out for your detail for the day
onto the parade square,
make sure everything is (BLEEP) put away.
Make sure you look after yourselves...
..and make sure you look after each other.
As the recruits get a moment to recover...
Sorry, I'm Abbey as well.
We haven't met properly. Yeah, Craig.
Nice to meet you, Craig.
..for Cassie,
the reality of base camp hits too close to home.
MATTHEW: It's all part of the process.
(CASSIE CRIES) Get it out. Get it out.
You alright, girlfriend?
All you have to do is your best...
..which is going to be different to everybody else's best
but as long as you're doing your best,
you're doing your job.
And you are doing your best so far.
CASSIE: This is all so similar to jail.
I know.
ANT: Catch that train, let's go! Coming up...
JAY: Faster!
The recruits risk life and limb...
(CASSIE CRIES OUT)
..in a terrifying task.
Let's get to the next carriage, come on!
Get that (BLEEP) package off!
Let's go!
OLLIE: Your gravestones will say, "(BLEEP) RIP dickhead."
And later...
..Craig's side of the story.
I was found not guilty of any wrongful behaviour.
Calm down.
(CAMELS GRUNTING)
MATTHEW: We haven't met properly.
Craig. I'm Matthew, nice to meet you.
I'm just trying to place where I know you from.
Is it 'Play School'?
'Play School'?
I haven't had that one before.
No? No, definitely not 'Play School'.
I'm Thai cave rescue.
No, I'm not a hero.
No.
I'm just an ordinary guy,
and have a set of skills and experiences
that's enabled me to help people out.
I get a lot of,
"I don't know where I know you from,"
but nobody's ever said
'Play School'.
But I've never done anything like this before,
so I'm really intrigued about how this will go.
You've just got one of those faces.
It's day one of the ruthless SAS selection course.
As the recruits recover
from the shocking start to the course...
..there's an opportunity to discover more about each other.
ZIMA: What's your name again? Cassie.
No, no, no, what are you called, what do they call you?
Cocaine Cassie. No!
Oh, my god, no, I'm talking about... Oh.
..what the DS is calling you.
What are you called, the number one...
What is the number one thing?
Duty recruit. Duty recruit, OK.
I've been labelled as an international drug mule,
and it is true.
I'm the person who committed the crime.
But I was set up
by someone who I considered to be my friend.
JAY: Duty recruit!
PETER: They called Cassie.
Shit.
Triggered by the intensity of the course
and the prison-like camp,
the DS have questions for number one.
"An Australian woman has been sentenced
"to up to six years in prison in Columbia...
"..for trafficking cocaine."
"She finished a working holiday when she was arrested."
Put your hands up.
CASSIE: I was offered by my friend to go with her overseas...
..but I didn't realise it was trafficking drugs.
Hands down. Turn around.
Until, obviously, everything that happened in Columbia.
"Her case drew significant interest in Australia
"after she claimed that she had been..."
"Coerced into carrying..." "..coerced into carrying drugs."
"She told the course in Bogota
"that she had been threatened by a man with a gun."
The day that I was supposed to leave Columbia,
they made a point of being there in the hotel,
packing my suitcase.
I knew then...
..that something was going into my luggage.
Pull your chair in.
Number one, you're an emotional wreck.
(CASSIE CRIES)
What's triggering these emotions?
(CASSIE SIGHS)
I spent three years in a Columbian jail...
..and it's just all very triggering.
And I'm trying to deal with it as it comes...
..but it's not easy.
(CASSIE CONTINUES CRYING)
You spent three years in prison?
Three years in prison
and two years and nine months in parole in Columbia.
Why did you go to prison?
Smuggling drugs.
How old were you?
Barely 22 years old.
It was just a nasty, nasty environment.
I was the rich, white girl and being targeted.
I didn't know how I was going to survive.
I was almost sure that someone would kill me there.
What's triggering?
You say you've entered...
..into this environment. I feel...
I feel like I've entered back into one of the yards there.
Even the way that we eat food,
the way we sleep.
The guards there are very much the same.
They yell at us.
We're a number.
How did they treat you?
They would treat us like dog shit.
They would hit us, gas us.
Gas you? Yes.
How?
With guns that sent the gas tins through with pepper gas.
It was just... They were really nasty.
You had to survive there, did you?
I did.
Every day.
Do you feel like you've done your time?
Do you think you've paid back for the crime that you committed?
I do.
Did you know what you were doing?
Yes.
I was extremely naive.
I was still very young.
And I didn't know how to get out of it.
If I didn't go through with this, I was a dead lady.
When you got sentenced, what was going through your head?
Was it, "I'm not going to make it?"
I literally thought I was going to kill myself.
I...
..wanted to.
That's the easy way out, though, isn't it?
Isn't it?
I just saw a life of sadness and pain...
..and it was such...
..a horrible feeling
that I have up all hope.
I had a lot of time to process...
..having been manipulated and tricked by...
..someone I thought was my friend...
..having been raped.
It was hard getting through those days.
Ridiculously hard...
..because it's not for the weak at all.
I saw people that were lost
in consuming drugs
just to make that day a little bit easier to get by...
..that would kill themselves.
I saw people hung from staircases...
..stabbings.
But I wasn't going to let that prison be the end of me.
I wouldn't let it.
And I think I've got so many years of emotion built up
because I was never allowed to show any.
I had to be strong. (CASSIE SNIFFS)
And if I cried, I'd be victimising myself.
So I've just swallowed it all down and just kept going.
One day at a time.
One step at a time, one day at a time,
probably for you, one hour at a time.
One minute at a time. Yeah.
I think about how close I had been to taking my own life...
..but I think it wouldn't have shown the person I am at all.
I thought, OK,
I made the wrong decisions to get where I was.
I had to pay the price.
No one else was going to pay it for me.
It was either, suck it up, learn to deal with it,
or let it consume me.
This process is the same,
however, we're not prison guards in Columbia.
No.
We're experienced special forces operators...
..that have the mindset to be able to harness our emotions...
..to be able to think differently...
..to be able to ignore the outside world.
This process is very quick.
We strip you down, and then we build you up.
That's the difference here.
We will build you up...
..make you realise what you're capable of.
You should be leading the way out there.
Do you know that?
Draw strength from that experience.
Use that experience to your advantage.
I bet the majority of those out there
haven't been anywhere like this in their lives, ever.
So, you've survived 100% of your bad days...
..so you're a survivor.
Yes, Staff, I am.
You can lose that part of your life, lose that identity.
Was it Cocaine Cassie?
I don't want to hear (BLEEP) Cocaine Cassie...
..(BLEEP) bantered around here.
That bullshit stays (BLEEP) dead and buried
in that coffin.
Do you understand me?
Guard!
I finished my sentence.
I did my time.
I paid the price.
Stand up.
I've accepted everything that happened,
and I don't expect someone to feel sorry for me
because of the things that did happen.
And I'm trying to move on with my life.
I'm not the same person I was nearly seven years ago.
Go down.
I still have those memories that won't ever go.
There's still pain.
But I want to stand up for myself
because everybody has their opinion on me...
..and I'm yet to see one
that's even close to the person I am.
I'm not Cocaine Cassie.
I'm just Cassie.
(COUGHING)
I have to go to the toilet.
Wish me luck, I'm the first one in the loo.
Zima's in there now. Oh!
Hello?
So, there's no toilet paper I don't think?
(BLEEP).
Oh, my god.
I'm just gonna stand here and try to air dry for a little bit.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm gonna sneeze.
As actress, Number Two Zima, adapts to the primitive facilities...
I've got so much sand in my underwear and they're wet.
Balinese prince, Number 12 Lindy, struggles with the desert dust.
How are you feeling girlfriend?
Oh, it's just allergies, so bad.
Yes, I am Michael Klim's ex-wife.
And yes I literally come from the royal family in Bali.
Oh, my god, I've got like period, I've got allergies.
This is just great.
I know that I'm going to be in this constant battle
because every day I'm going to be out of my comfort zone,
I'm going to be scared.
There's no toilet paper.
I hate public toilets.
I don't know where to put my used pads.
(COUGHS)
I hate camping.
I hate being dirty.
(SNEEZES) Allergies.
Dust. So bad.
Being with complete strangers, hate that.
I've never even had a flatmate.
Where was that bin, do you reckon?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
And then you've got, you know, just my physical body,
I don't think, you know, physically, I'm not strong.
Like I know I'm not.
(SNEEZES)
I will try really, really hard to not let fear stop me
on this SAS course.
(SNEEZES) God.
Bless you. Worst allergies.
Have you always suffered from allergies?
Yeah.
It is a big emotion for me
and it's probably the thing that I need to crack
and that's the reason I'm doing this course.
I just want to kind of find out if I'm worthy.
The dust really did a number on me.
ANT: Go! Move, let's go, let's go!
Into your vehicles.
After a harrowing morning and barely time to recover,
the recruits must brace themselves for more pain.
Go! Move!
As they further surrender to the course
with another brutal task.
The celebrities are not prepared for what's about to come.
The battlefield isn't a game.
This is real shit
and we will push people physically to their limits,
psychologically beyond anything that they've ever experienced.
These recruits are about to step into a whole world of pain.
They must surrender themselves to the most dangerous,
overwhelming experience of their lives...
Move quicker! Let's go!
Where you're literally walking that line of life and death.
In front of me. In front.
Facing the DS.
Every mission that we do is bigger than us,
is bigger than the team.
That's why we do it, that's why we put our lives at risk.
What you're doing right now
is probably one of the most dangerous entry
and exits onto a mission.
You are about to board a moving train.
No (BLEEP) joke.
(TRAIN HONKS)
Vital to passing the task,
the recruits must first run at pace over the precarious tracks
to infiltrate the accelerating train.
(TRAIN HONKS)
If they make it on board,
they're to search every carriage
in order to recover a mission essential item
hidden inside a military cache.
Got it. Alright let's go, let's go.
To complete the mission,
they'll need to exfiltrate the speeding train
with a dangerous leap...
I've got it.
And escape to a designated extraction point.
To ensure a pass,
the task must be completed within three minutes.
What's super important is that you're fast and efficient
every single time.
Fast and efficient.
We go onto operations with (BLEEP) purpose,
knowing that mission is more important than our lives.
Do not (BLEEP) this first mission up.
When I call you forward, I will call you by your numbers,
away we go. Is everyone happy?
ALL: Yes, Staff. Good.
Number Three, Number Seven, let's go!
Called to task are Thai cave rescue hero,
Craig Challan
and AFL Hall of Famer, Jason Akermanis.
Move!
Relying on other people for your own success is a risk.
You're only as strong as your weakest link.
Hurry up!
It's just 101 for teams.
You (BLEEP) know what's happening anyway.
Number Seven hurry up, let's go!
There's no point you getting over the line
and they're five minutes behind you.
You don't even complete the challenge.
Listen very carefully.
You're about to board a moving train.
Once you board that train,
you're after mission essential information.
It's a military cache.
You cannot miss it
and then once you've got it, (BLEEP) get off.
Do you understand? BOTH: Yeah.
First part of the mission, on the train.
Second part, cache.
Third part off, go!
Catch that train!
Move! Move!
Keep running Number Three, keep running.
Get in there, start searching.
ANT: Move!
I'm 57 years old and I'm a cave diver,
so no experience in a military environment.
Come on! Keep going! Faster!
Going into this course
I certainly won't be the strongest or the fastest.
Move! Move!
Come on!
Keep (BLEEP) running!
I'd like to think that I've got the determination
to just keep going.
Do not stop running!
I don't take to quitting very well.
Keep going!
As Number Seven Craig struggles to even reach the train,
Number Three Jason...
Come on. ..searches the carriages.
When a team, it's harder...
JAY: Keep going!
..because you've got other people that can let you down.
Come on, faster! Faster!
If they're just incapable of being better
I just can't cop that.
(BLEEP) these things.
Come on, faster! Faster!
If they're that incompetent they're letting down they're team,
and they're on my team,
I will be saying absolutely categorically,
they don't deserve to be here.
(BLEEP) get on, get on, get on, go! Go!
(HEAVY BREATHING)
Exhausted, Craig must now join his teammate
and find the cache before time runs out.
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Catching up, Number Seven looks through boxes
unchecked by Number Three,
finding the mission essential item.
Alright let's go!
Let's get to the extraction point at the front of the train.
Go! Fast as you can!
Go!
Go! Go, go!
OLLIE: Over here, move it.
Get to the DS!
Hurry up!
Well, you threw yourself into it with commitment.
Talk me through it.
How'd it go? He's fast, I'm slow.
I nearly didn't make it...
Did he help? Nah.
You'd got on and then I'd checked everything
but it was good you came on 'cause it was up the way a bit.
Well, all in all, not a bad effort.
Fast as you can down there, go.
I am a fairly determined person.
Sometimes I'm a little bit too determined.
So, you've just got to keep going beyond
when it feels like you should quite.
I haven't recovered yet from that run.
Go (BLEEP) chase the train.
Go! Run!
Move, move, move, catch that train! Catch that train!
Number 13 Matthew, and Number Two Zima
are next to attempt the dangerous mission.
Do not let it get away from you. Move, move.
I'm her to show people that I am strong and powerful.
Move, move, move.
I did my own stunts on 'Neighbours'.
But I think my height will affect me.
Move, do not let it get away from you.
I'm like five foot short and my steps are really teeny tiny.
Move, move, move, move.
So, I'm gonna have to work really hard
to get through this course.
Move, move, move, move.
Go!
As the seconds tick away, they search the open carriages...
What's in here?
Hey, hey, Seven!
..finding the military cache...
You got it? OK, go to the extraction point!
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
With the cache in hand,
they must still exit the train on time to pass the task.
STAZ: Move! Hurry up.
JAY: Come on!
You have to exit this (BLEEP) train
and get that (BLEEP) package off.
Stand by.
Positive jump.
Go!
STAFF: Go, go!
Hurry up! OLLIE: Down here!
Number Two and Number 13 are the second team to pass the task.
You did well keeping up with your little,
your little legs. I'm really fast.
Number Nine and Number One!
Let's go.
Attempting the daunting mission next are convicted drug smuggler Cassie...
Move, let's go. ..and exiled actor, Craig McLachlan.
CRAIG: I haven't worked with anyone since January 2018.
(BLEEP) move, let's go!
Got about (BLEEP) 45 second, now move!
I'm hoping taking on the SAS course
to learn to trust again.
If I can do that, that will be a huge win for me.
Right you two, chase the train, let's go!
JAY: Come on, get up here! Get on that train!
Do not be last!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Come on, Cas.
(GROANS)
Get up! Come on. Ow!
Up. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Stand up. Look at me, look at me.
Look at me, look at me, look at me. My eye.
In the Middle Eastern desert...
Come on Number One, let's go.
..the recruits are undertaking a perilous task
to retrieve a military cache from a moving train...
Chase the train, let's go! Move! Get on that train!
..in under three minutes.
Do not be last!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Come on Cas!
Go! Get up! Come on, up! Let's go! Let's go, let's go!
Stand up, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me!
OK, look at me.
Listen (BLEEP) Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Look at me. No, go! Go! Go! Chase that train!
Falling on the precarious tracks, Number One gets left behind
as Number Nine must make the train to have any chance of passing.
Go, go, go!
Keep (BLEEP) running!
Do not stop!
Sit down here.
The medic will patch you up.
With Cassie injured... (BLEEP) get on the train.
Go. Start searching.
..Craig must complete the mission alone.
We get tested in life
and there are certain challenges we plan for.
There are certain challenges that come completely unexpectedly.
Speed it up, come on!
But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Come on let's go, speed it up.
Come on let's go, faster, come on!
Alright, come here, you failed to pick up the box, OK?
What the (BLEEP), where is it?
Where's your (BLEEP) oppo?
I lost her before I boarded the train.
Right, then the right thing to do
was get that mission essential item and get the (BLEEP) off.
Understand Staff. But the problem is,
you (BLEEP) haven't got it.
Yes, Staff. Alright?
(BLEEP) off over there as fast as you can.
Thank you, Staff.
You are about to board a moving train.
Serious shit right now.
Go get on the train, move!
Catch that train, catch that train.
Let's go.
Catch that train!
One of you at least get on that train!
OLLIE: The moving train is about cognitive overload.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Get in there, start searching.
Come on! Come on! Come on! Let's go!
Don't stop. Get the (BLEEP) up there.
Your survivor brain is kicking in,
thinking what the (BLEEP) are you doing?
JAY: OK, that's it, get to the exit, get to the exit point, keep going.
They'll be crippled by fear.
Come on, speed it up!
(BLEEP) I don't know. I don't know what it looks like.
It takes courage, it takes determination.
STAZ: Stand by.
You have to surrender to that jump,
you have to believe that you can make it.
Jump off. STAFF: Go!
Go! Two-footed landing. That's it.
And it's this moment that will decide
who will pass and who will fail.
Good effort with that. Go and sit down there.
Yes Staff. Yes Staff.
Go as fast as you can. STAFF: Stop!
Stop!
You've failed to locate the MEI.
Proceed to the exit point which is front of the train.
Right you two, you've failed.
(BLEEP) useless.
So far only three out of seven teams have passed the task.
Number Six, Number Eight.
Let's go.
Lastly, international rugby star Number Six Mahalia...
Hurry up. Let's (BLEEP) go!
..and retired NRL star, Number Eight, Boyd,
step into the fray.
Catch that train.
Let's go, move!
Let's go.
Come on, get up here!
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
Throughout my state of origin career
I've always put that pressure on myself to perform
and, and to be the best.
JAY: Get searching these boxes!
The high expectations and standards that I put on myself
that's what really drove me.
So, coming into the course,
I'll be going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
Have you got it? Nah.
Look, look, look.
Struggling to find the black military case...
Here. Got it?
What's this? Let's go, grab it.
Where do we get off?
..the pair grab every and any item they see.
He's got it. Got it.
Go.
(BLEEP) turn around, let's move to the extraction point.
Wait. Hold here.
When I say go, you jump and exit this train.
Commit to the (BLEEP) jump. Stand by! Go!
Stand by, go!
Down to the DS, go!
OLLIE: Get here, oi!
(BLEEP).
Let's go, let's go.
Get here!
What the fuck have you got?
Some pens.
Some pens, a bit of cardboard and some hessian.
Yeah.
What you think the enemy are going to do?
They're going to build a big fire and blow everyone up?
(BLEEP) hell!
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Right.
Well you (BLEEP) failed, that's for sure.
Yes, Staff.
Everyone was relying on you to do that job,
do that one mission and you (BLEEP) couldn't complete.
On your (BLEEP) gravestones it will say (BLEEP),
"RIP dickhead."
Yes, Staff.
Won't it? Yes, Staff.
Leave that shit here.
Take those off.
In fact just (BLEEP) run down there.
Go, go, go, go.
ANT: Move you two, let's go.
I played Dr Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Show'.
As a performer,
you're signing up for the fetish nature of it.
So, it's sexual.
You're touching each other. That was just the world of theatre.
It's been an intense first day
on the punishing SAS selection course.
And it's duty recruit...
Doing good.
..Number One, Cassie's responsibility to keep her fellow recruits fed.
This really makes me feel like I'm back in prison.
Really? Yeah.
They made us work in the kitchen.
Did they? Was the one of your main jobs?
No, my main job was an English teacher.
Oh, wow. Well that's quite...
So... ..good.
Rewarding, don't you reckon?
Definitely fun.
So, you speak Spanish? I do.
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
Ah, Peter.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
How many languages do you speak?
Too many.
I'm really proud of my ability to let go of the sand.
Yeah.
Like I'm such a shower person.
Like I have four showers a day.
You have four a day?
Not like face wash, just like get under.
I was like really worried about my, like,
anxiousness around like being dirty.
Mmm.
Whereas I'm like, actually I feel like I'm like, oh well.
I'm just too tired to.
Yeah, that's how I feel too.
My boyfriend's the same, he's so clean
but like I grew up on a farm rolling mud
so I'm kind of,
I finally getting a chance and he's not going to be like...
Oh, I don't mind getting dirty if I can shower.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm like, let me roll in it.
I mean I used insect repellent as deodorant earlier
so it's like you know...
Does that work? It did.
I don't have BO at all.
I can just smell insect repellent.
Well, because I can't smell I can't even smell my own BO.
ZIMA: Can you not smell? No, I can,
but because of my allergies I can't smell anything.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
I'm going to go back and lay down. Yeah.
(COUGHS) Good call.
My water bottle.
What's it feel like?
It's (BLEEP).
I think I've done something bad to it.
As the afternoon draws to an end...
'Cause it's all swollen,
like it's all puffy.
..Number Three AFL Hall of Famer Jason Akermanis...
I just need to see the doctor but I don't know to do it.
..complains of an injured foot.
You can go and ask...
The DS? Yeah.
So, just say, "Staff," if you need to see Dan.
It's (BLEEP) sore.
It was so hard to run.
Cas. Yeah?
I need you to go and ask for the doctor through the DS.
OK. Are you OK?
For Number Three.
Staff!
Hearing's good but not that good.
Good afternoon Staff.
How you feeling Number One, all patched up good to go?
Yes. Bang up but patched up.
Good.
Number Three needs the medic please.
What for? He's hurt his foot.
No, later. Yes, Staff.
Thank you.
Go on. Move, move Number One, let's go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
He said no.
Oh, it's just a (BLEEP) doctor.
You stupid (BLEEP).
It's not a (BLEEP) band aid.
(BLEEP) wankers.
Each day the DS convene to discuss the recruits' performance,
assessing their efforts
and separating the strong from the weak.
Right. End of day one
and all 14 are still here.
That's a surprise.
The majority of the group are just blending in at the moment.
Jay, Number Two.
JAY: Number Two, she looks like she's got a strong demeanour.
Pulled her weight on the train.
Yeah, I was quite happy with what I saw.
She's got that kind of attitude
of someone that will be here for a while.
She's not a quitter.
Well, she doesn't look like one. Yeah, she's not going anywhere soon,
is she?
Little pocket rocket.
Number Eight.
Big boy. His train task, he was with...
Six. Yeah, Six.
How did they get on?
(LAUGHS) Yeah, I mean A for effort. Yeah.
Going through the train, they opened a couple of the boxes,
the boxes had (BLEEP) all sorts of shit inside.
What the (BLEEP) have you got?
Some pens. Some pens?
A bit of cardboard and some hessian.
Can you imagine like the enemy getting to the other end
and they're like, "I don't (BLEEP) believe it, they've got the pens.
"Not only that,
"they've taken the sandbags and the (BLEEP) cardboard.
"How are we going to light a fire tonight
"when we pressing them weapons of mass destruction?"
It was comedy gold.
Number Nine.
He failed the mission
but he seems like someone that really wants to be here.
Yeah, he does, he does.
I mean the run onto the train was phenomenal.
One faceplanted and he went back to one.
Go, go, go! He did, yeah.
Chase that train!
JAY: He ran all the way back to the train
and he made it and got on there.
Number Three has come to Recruit Rock
saying that he's got a foot injury.
He sprinted onto the train, jumped off the train...
Yeah, he sprinted to me and sprinted off, yeah.
I didn't see no limping at all, did you?
No, nothing.
See, I think Number Three is looking for a way out.
Coming up...
These toes are (BLEEP).
Doesn't really look swollen, does it?
..Jason's worrying injury.
There's swelling in here. Where?
I reckon these two toes are swollen a bit.
Well, I can't see anything here.
Duty recruit!
As the recruits recover
from day one on the gruelling SAS selection course,
AFL Hall of Famer, Number Three Jason Akermanis...
Go and get me Number Three please. Yes, Staff.
Hurry up.
Number Three.
As quick as you can. Yeah.
Number Three has now developed a worrying limp.
What's wrong Number Three?
I don't know but it's not good.
Let me have a look.
You sprinted fine on the train, you jumped off the train fine.
No, it looks like that.
Oh, it's (BLEEP) not good mate. It's not good.
Staff.
On the footy field, I was the king of what I did.
Oh, you think you've done it here? No, it's just in here.
So, what I've been through
and the years and years of what we go through as footballers,
the hardest field sport on the planet...
It's either in there or it's in one of these.
Right.
There's no need to prove myself to anyone.
Grab your, your shoe and go and see the medic.
People try and bend the rules,
bending the rules is all part of the game.
You play footy,
you try and bend the rules for your advantage.
I do that all the time.
Bend the rules.
(SIGHS) It's very sore.
This is not good.
It's very sore, this is not good?
Yeah, I think, I don't know if I've cracked in there
'cause, you know, normally if I get pain, it's this level.
It feels way worse.
Like I did some running and (BLEEP) me.
I was in so much pain.
What happened? Tell me what happened.
Yeah, I...
I reckon...
What were we doing?
We went up a sand hill, came down,
and then we went and maybe when we went to the rock,
we had to go to a rock and back,
touch the rock.
Alright. Alright.
Let's have a look at it. Why don't you hop up there?
And just point, point where it hurts.
These toes are feeling (BLEEP).
Doesn't really look swollen, does it?
No, but it's painful.
Yeah, yeah, no, I hear you.
If you want to pull your other foot off, and yeah.
'Cause I mean normally,
I'm just trying to get my head around what's happened here,
so we can try and work out what we're dealing with.
I get that you've got a bunch of pain but there's not,
there's not a history there of a fracture, you know like a...
Yeah, it's certainly not...
to my eye any, any more swollen than the other.
And when I push?
That's not great.
Do you feel me touching them?
No, not on these two.
I don't think you've broken a bone.
You know, it's not like you've sort of twisted it or rolled it,
or, you know, come off the, an obstacle funny.
What, what are you hoping I can do for you?
I'm telling you there's nothing we can do,
if it's going to be that painful.
So, we either, I get a discharge
or I have to just hand my,
and just say, "I can't, I can't, physically I can't do it."
But I'm not seeing anything here that would lead me to think
I need to medically take you off the course
to be honest with you.
It's not bad enough, is that what you're saying?
Well, I can't see anything here. There's nothing.
Yeah. There, do you see anything?
It doesn't to... Nah, they look good.
I mean, you're telling me it hurts but...
There's swelling in here but... Where, where?
I reckon these two, these two toes are swollen a bit.
OK.
What do I do?
Put your boots back on. OK.
And you won't even try some basic pain relief
and just see how it goes?
Oh, mate.
I mean, you're sort of getting well ahead of yourself.
Honestly? No.
OK.
Thanks mate. Thanks for your time.
Cheers.
Without a medical withdrawal for his injury,
Number Three is now left with only one option.
To voluntarily withdraw from the course.
Staff.
You're too strong for me. I can compete with you.
Go grab your kit. You've gone soft.
I've got out exactly what I would hope to get out of it.
I didn't leave injured, that injured.
I'm a bit sore but not that injured.
Good luck.
And I don't need to come on a course like this
and prove anything else to anyone else.
Number Nine!
Craig McLachlan.
Golden boy of Australian television.
Wow.
"Found not guilty,"
but that doesn't mean that everyone believes that.
And that can stick with you for life.
Mm-hm.
STAZ: Number Nine.
(BLEEP) move!
About five years ago...
Hurry up!
..my integrity was questioned, my reputation was trashed.
Everything was completely demolished and destroyed.
I haven't worked with anyone in five years.
The effect on your mental health is profound.
STAZ: Right step. Sit down.
Number Nine.
How do you think you're doing on the course?
I know I'm the oldest
and I might be getting old but I'm not obsolete,
and I hope I'm proving that to you.
What we've seen today made us realise
that you want to be here, you're here for the right reasons.
I want to know about you 'cause we're intrigued about you.
Well, I always wanted to perform.
When I was 20 or 21,
the audition for 'Neighbours' came up.
An actor.
Yes, Staff.
I (BLEEP) don't like actors.
Are you acting on this course?
No.
You sure?
Yes, Staff.
To be honest with you, I love the work.
But I don't show business.
Ah.
I don't love that world.
Why?
So, in 2014,
I played Dr Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Show'.
So, sexual.
The show is absurd.
Yeah. Fetish, fetish?
It's fetishy, you know, it's absurd.
And as a performer when you sign on for that show,
you're signing up for the fetish nature of it,
the comedy.
During the rehearsal process, you're in close quarter,
you're trying out new gags, you're touching each other.
Not inappropriately,
not within the parameters of what that show is.
Professional.
Absolutely.
But that was just the world of theatre.
With everybody.
Then I get a letter from a certain journalist saying
that allegations were being made.
I asked who was making them. They never told me.
Mmm.
There was a massive criminal case.
Criminal case. Criminally charged.
People were saying, you...
For what? Criminally charged?
For what?
I was charged with 14, 15, 16 offences.
16 charges is a (BLEEP) lot of charges.
It's one thing to be so publicly crucified,
it's another thing to be charged.
I was found not guilty of any wrongful behaviour.
It's because I was (BLEEP) innocent.
Calm down.
Take a breath.
There's a lot of anger there.
I've been profoundly hurt.
So, you know, there's,
there's always going to be some residual anger.
You think you ever became the victim?
People who only months before looked me in the eye and said,
"you create the most wonderful work environments imaginable,"
abandonment.
Total abandonment.
A tiny handful of courageous people I've had friendships with
over 30 years were always there
but the vast majority, gone.
That must have (BLEEP) hurt.
You bet it (BLEEP) hurt.
You've got to let, let it go.
You're here for yourself
and this is exactly what this process is about.
Suck it up, embrace it.
I promise you, you will get so much out of this.
That's why I'm here.
Good.
Guard!
Let's go.
For me, the big takeaway from this experience
will be moving forward
to find that I can function without anger
and fear but beyond that, learning to trust people again.
Thank you, Staff. Good evening.
And there are new friendships made,
a prospect that that could be a very real outcome for me.
Bring it.
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