ANT VOICEOVER: Selection for the SAS
is a test like no other.
There's no stereotypical special forces operator.
We come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
The ultimate question we ask ourselves,
would I give my life to this person
on the battlefield to get me home?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Go! Ignore your pain!
Ignore the (BLEEP) suffering.
A new group of celebrity recruits...
I want a (BLEEP) yes Staff!
..have volunteered to leave their comfortable lives behind.
(COUGHS)
I won't let fear stop me.
That's it, yes! That's it!
It's go hard or go home.
(SCREAMS) Yes! Good effort!
They'll be trained...
Go!
..to survive the impossible.
Do not let go of that rope.
Staff, I can't! (SCREAMS)
Dive! (EXPLOSION)
Chief instructor Ant Middleton
and his team of directing staff will make no exceptions.
Don't be a (BLEEP) idiot, give me your number
and this will (BLEEP) stop!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Make a decision now.
I can't let them down.
You've done the right thing. (BLEEP) amazing effort.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Tonight...
The place is falling apart.
Just like living in a rental property, isn't it?
(LAUGHS)
..a shoot to kill mission...
Zero, I'm in position.
Have you identified the high value target?
..leads to a deadly mistake...
Let's go, come on. Hurry up.
Make a decision!
(GUNSHOT)
That's the biggest fail I've seen (BLEEP) ever!
..and a confronting interrogation.
Where would you place yourself currently?
Um...
Do you think you're smarter than everyone else?
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
What qualities do you think you bring to the team?
(SIGHS NERVOUSLY)
You're just as stumped as we are, aren't you?
Plus...
Let's go! Go! Move it!
Give me everything that you've got!
..an excruciating hill climb...
Move!
(WHIMPERS) Move!
..will force one recruit out of selection.
If you don't want to be here, give the DS your number!
(TENSE MUSIC)
Is today day eight or nine?
Nine.
Oh, wow.
It's the final 48 hours of the SAS selection course.
What's the situation up there?
It's a damp situation.
Of the 14 recruits that started...
just five remain.
Ah, these are still completely soaking.
I really think we've all got the ability
to get through this thing.
Well, we're all still here,
so, we've been good enough to get this far.
Yeah, exactly. We've all done our best.
(SIGHS)
My neck's sore.
Ooh, I can feel the front as well.
Ooh!
Yeah, I can't...can't hold my head up.
Yeah. Yeah.
(COUGHS)
(RECRUIT GROANS)
(SIGHS)
How's the eggs this morning?
Oh, hard to get down. Mm.
In pain and beyond exhausted...
I don't think I'm gonna eat porridge ever again.
..the recruits force down the unpleasant rations.
(YAWNS)
Even talking is a struggle.
(LAUGHS QUIETLY) What?
Sometimes when it's really quiet...
the theme song that I play in my mind,
like, it is just the funeral march.
Like (SINGS) # Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum... #
(LAUGHS) Oh, gosh.
That's depressing.
(LAUGHS)
(SNORTS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
I think today's the day, mate. No.
I physically feel like I can't.
Why's that you reckon?
Just 'cause my back locks up too bad.
Ah.
It just locks up to the point where my legs just won't move,
like, they won't drive.
Yeah.
I had an injury in 2017
and it still impacts me,
um, and my ability to this day.
I'll do my best to try and stay up.
Yeah, you just do your best.
Yeah. Push as hard as you can.
It's not about ourselves anymore, it's about the team.
But I'm so strong up here where it really matters
so, hopefully it'll get me through to the end.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Let's go!
Run here now, quick, move.
Today we're down to five.
Some of you may not be stood here this evening.
What we're about to do...
is gonna get harder.
It's gonna get tougher...
psychologically, physically and emotionally.
You're also gonna need plenty of grit
and determination today.
Remember any time during this course
you can voluntary withdraw.
If you're holding the team back, you have a serious decision to make.
Really getting to those moments now.
Those selfless moments.
It's not about us anymore. It's about the team.
Start (BLEEP) thinking about it.
Get your heads in the game and push on
until you can't go no more.
Right. Standby.
Go. Move. Let's go.
With the DS hunting for a withdrawal before final selection...
Let's move!
..only the strongest minds and bodies
will prove they still belong on the course.
Grit is when you've got nothing left
in the tank.
Go, let's go!
It's about really digging deep...
physically, psychologically to find that something extra.
Out the wagons. (BLEEP) get out!
Bergens on.
When your mind or your body's screaming at you to stop,
you've got to find that inner grit to push on.
Let's go, everyone move! Hurry up!
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Hurry up. Get in there. Move.
Yes, sir.
Move. Quicker, let's go!
Hurry up.
Down there to the DS.
The recruits are about to engage
in a time sensitive shoot-to-kill mission,
led by expert sniper, DS Staz.
In special forces,
I was chief sniper instructor
for the unit.
Take your bergen off.
Deployed on multiple combat operations.
Everybody (BLEEP) switch on.
I've operated in some of the most hostile environments.
Sniping is a (BLEEP) valuable skill set.
Sniping isn't just about (BLEEP) Hollywood,
shooting people from (BLEEP) 2mi away.
We're employed onto the battlefield to identify targets.
Snipers employed correctly can wreak havoc on our enemy.
The recruits must quickly identify a high value target
about to launch an imminent attack on SAS allies.
They must focus and decipher which hostile breaks away
and uses a mobile phone to order the attack.
If the recruits identify the hostile with the phone
as the high value target, they must eliminate him.
Only if the correct hostile is down and the operation completed
within two minutes will they pass the task.
If you positively identify a high value target,
you have to make a (BLEEP) decision.
Take out that individual.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Thirteen and six, off you go.
Working together, is Olympic gold diver, Matt
and international rugby star, Mahalia.
Right, stay low.
(BLEEP) follow me. Let's go.
This is a critical mission.
If we can remove an important commander,
it will disrupt our enemy
and potentially save hundreds of lives.
Right. Sniper pair.
13, you'll be the shooter, number six, you'll be the spotter.
You two are talking through everything.
Gather the intelligence and make a (BLEEP) decision.
This HVT has intel
that could potentially start a (BLEEP) war.
So, focus on behaviour.
Someone acting differently,
someone that might break away from the group.
Happy?
Yes, Staz. Yes, Staz.
Alright.
I'll be known as zero, OK?
Number six, number 13, zero, OK?
OK, move off.
Taking cover atop a nearby building,
the pair will have a direct line of sight to the hostiles...
while DS Staz supervises.
Zero, we've reached the sandbags.
Zero.
OK.
So, identify who is armed
and who is not.
Target on the right with two weapons.
Then a man with on weapon.
We've identified people with weapons.
Confirmed.
On the rugby field,
communication is really important.
OK so, you let me know
if we identify the High Value Target.
If there's one bit of instruction told wrong,
that could really be the difference between winning and losing the game.
The ones with weapons will probably be the bodyguards,
rather than the HVT themselves.
Zero. Confirmed.
Two people carrying the weapons systems
are protection party.
Having ruled out the armed personnel,
they narrow the HVT down to the five remaining men.
Remember, this person is going to pass on intel
so, look for someone breaking away.
There are two people walking away.
Anyone with access to a phone?
One talking on a mobile phone. Zero good copy.
This is a time sensitive operation.
Have you identified
the High Value Target?
Going by behaviour...
they all seem to be congregating around Royal Blue.
But I'm not sure.
(BLEEP)
Anxiety has a physiological effect
on your body.
Come on 13. Hurry up!
You know, the adrenaline makes your,
you know, it makes your hands clammy.
Which one is the HVT, Royal Blue?
You have to be 100% sure, 13.
Your neurones are firing faster.
Make a decision.
I have a clear shot of Royal Blue.
So, you have to like breathe it out and calm it down
and, you know, let it go again.
Let's (BLEEP) go! Come on!
Yeah, OK. Confirmed.
Royal Blue.
About to take the shot.
(GUNSHOT)
Zero, target down. Target down.
OK, let's move.
What the (BLEEP) happened there? That's a (BLEEP) mission failure.
Oh, god.
You incorrectly identified the High Value Target.
It couldn't be more obvious,
this guy on the (BLEEP) mobile phone.
He walks away, makes his phone call.
At that point you should be thinking,
"Who the (BLEEP) is that guy?"
You build an intelligence picture, and you work out who it is.
Yes, Staff. Yes, Staff.
Now, (BLEEP) off!
Over to (BLEEP) DS Jay.
(BLEEP) start switching on! Hurry up. Let's go.
Incorrectly identifying the target,
number six and number 13 have failed.
OK. 14, up!
(TENSE MUSIC)
With an odd number of recruits,
OG Bachelor Tim will fly solo on the mission.
OK, you are the shooter and the observer.
Sometimes this happens for real on the battlefield.
People will move into different areas,
different positions, alright?
Remember number 14,
this HVT is going to pass on intelligence.
So, look for anyone with any form of mobile communication.
Happy? Yes, Staff.
Right, standby to move.
(MEN YELLING)
Zero, I've identified the place where I should take some cover.
Zero.
Zero, I'm in position.
Zero, confirm you're in position.
(MEN YELLING)
Now, identify weapons.
There are two men with guns
and five men without guns, talking.
Any sign of comms?
The man with the red scarf around his neck is on the phone.
Zero, have you identified the potential HVT?
Remember, you need to be absolutely sure.
The person pulling the trigger has to be 100% confident
that they are engaging the correct target.
If you shoot the wrong person, you've incorrectly taken a life.
You have to live with that decision.
No, I've not identified the potential HVT as yet.
Zero, this is a sensitive operation.
I've always been generally not the best decision maker.
I've always been the person
that kind of goes mmm?
This is a time sensitive operation.
Have you identified positively
the High Value Target?
No confirmation on potential HVT yet.
(MEN YELLING)
Struggling to make a decision, time is running out.
Number 14, let's go. Come on.
At this point Staff, if you have any more intel.
Zero, negative.
No ID of the HVT at this time.
Special forces is all about making decisions
in high pressure situations.
(MEN YELLING)
The gunman is approaching myself, heading this way.
You have to push through all your fears.
Let's go, come on.
Hurry up.
Because ultimately if we don't, we're gonna die.
(MEN YELLING)
Two gunmen heading in my direction.
Confirm, that is two gunmen heading in your direction.
As number 14 hesitates, the enemy has spotted him
and move in his direction.
Make a (BLEEP) decision!
Now! (MEN YELLING)
Go, go, go! Now!
Make a (BLEEP) decision!
(TENSE MUSIC)
Gunman is approaching myself,
heading this way.
(MEN YELLING)
Engaged in a high pressure, time sensitive sniper task...
Two gunmen heading in my direction.
Have you identified the HVT?
..number 14's indecision
has led him to be located by the enemy.
(MEN YELLING)
Make a decision. 14.
Have you identified the HVT?
I couldn't 100% say that it was.
Make a (BLEEP) decision!
Number 14,
you have been compromised.
(GUNFIRE)
Extract, extract, extract! (BLEEP) go!
Get (BLEEP) down. What the (BLEEP) happened there?
What was the brief?
It's a time sensitive (BLEEP) mission.
It's (BLEEP) critical to make a decision
and identify who is the HVT and why.
Yes, Staff. Over to the (BLEEP) DS.
Off you go. Yes, Staff.
Indecisive, compromised
and running out of time, 14 has failed.
Four, seven, go on.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Last to take the shot, AFL field commentator, Abbey,
and Thai cave rescue Hero, Craig.
OK, stay down, stay down. Stay down.
OK.
Zero, give me a readout.
Remember, this HVT will be acting differently.
We have personnel,
one in, uh, distinguishing white clothes.
Maybe the HVT.
Within seconds,
Craig makes a hasty ID on the target.
Number seven, number four, you're working as a (BLEEP) pair.
Communicate!
My worst trait
is that I don't use the resources
that I've got in...in other people.
I'm a bit too much of a do it yourself
sort of guy sometimes I think.
You have the shot?
Yes.
Not questioning Craig's decision,
Abbey has the wrong target in the crosshairs.
I probably need to work
on my attention to detail...
particularly in stressful environments.
Are you sure?
You have the time.
Go.
(GUNSHOT)
OK, he's down. OK, target is down.
He's down, he's down.
Break away from the position. Move!
(BLEEP) get here!
Get (BLEEP) down! What the (BLEEP) happened there?
I told you to build up a (BLEEP) intelligence picture.
You ran straight in number seven, positively identified the HVT,
wearing white, permission to fire.
How the (BLEEP) do you know he's a HVT?
What led you to believe that?
Uh, distinguishing...
You fucking guessed? Distinguishing?
What-what was distinguishing about him?
A (BLEEP) different coloured shirt?
It's what we do on operations, we (BLEEP) run around,
(BLEEP) check this geezer out he's wearing a pink shit.
I might just (BLEEP) slot him. He looks like a bad dude.
Number four, were you happy to take that shot?
You're working as a (BLEEP) pair.
You both must agree.
You incorrectly identified the (BLEEP) HVT.
On a whim. On a (BLEEP) guess.
(BLEEP) fail.
Move, hurry up. Hurry up.
(BLEEP) hell. Talk about (BLEEP) epic fail.
If you (BLEEP) get out of there, which is lucky,
guess where you're ending up?
You're going straight back to a (BLEEP) court of law
to explain your (BLEEP) actions.
And to say I (BLEEP) shot him
because he had a (BLEEP) different coloured shit on?
Are you (BLEEP) taking the piss?
Are you (BLEEP) for real number seven?
Number four, not (BLEEP) paying attention to detail.
You've got (BLEEP) blood on your hands,
you (BLEEP) took the shot.
You gotta (BLEEP) live with that now.
Yes Staff.
That's the biggest (BLEEP) fail I've seen
(BLEEP) ever!
On a (BLEEP) sniper exercise.
Ever!
(BLEEP) off to the DS. Move.
With mounting pressure on the weakest to withdraw...
all have failed the task.
This state of the course you really need to start
(BLEEP) switching on.
You're not (BLEEP) paying attention to detail.
(BLEEP) number 13, number six, shot the wrong (BLEEP) person.
Number 14 you didn't take the shot.
Number four and number seven, (BLEEP) me.
Well, you better question
why you're on this (BLEEP) course.
Ask yourselves a serious question on the way back,
if you (BLEEP) belong here.
Special forces mission
require the best of the best.
Go. Move! Move!
It's do or die
and if you're not good enough, you are out.
Hurry up!
That was (BLEEP).
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Get back in, get into the accommodation.
Move. Hurry up.
Number seven, number four, get out of my sight.
Oh, my goodness.
Just make sure you fill your water bottles up.
Top 'em up.
So, what's your takeaway from that?
Listen to the (BLEEP) instructions.
(LAUGHS WEAKLY) I just feel like, I don't know.
(SIGHS)
Like I'm gonna give it everything and every time I do,
like I try and give it everything but it's just like
that constant screaming.
It was our own fault.
Yeah. We were that bad.
I'd even go so far as to say we deserved it.
Yeah.
(LAUGHS) Wow.
Now, you're thinking like a SAS recruit.
Oh, we did. It was bad.
I just feel like I'm, like, just doing dumb shit too
which makes me think
that they don't think that I should be here.
Are you still referring to this morning?
Yeah but not only that, like I've done a few things
that are just dumb.
Yeah. But I'm just very hard on myself.
You are very hard on yourself. (SIGHS)
Just learn from it.
But that's the thing every challenge I go into I go in with like
the right mindset of going, right, piece it all together,
everything that you've learnt.
Everything little thing.
I'm at my weakest when it comes to focusing
in stressful environments.
It's like I still just...
I don't know. Don't do what I set out to do.
When you're not able to actually go out there
and perform at the level that you expect of yourself.
(SIGHS)
Mentally that is really, really tough.
Coming up...
Give me everything that you've got!
..an excruciating grunt task...
(GROANS) Fight through the pain.
..pushes one recruit...
(SCREAMS) ..to withdraw.
If you don't want to be here, give the DS your number!
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
And... What in the world?
..a once in a lifetime desert storm...
wreaks havoc in the camp.
This whole place is falling apart.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
It's...it's gonna rain. Yeah.
No, I don't think it's gonna rain.
You don't think it's gonna rain? It's a dust storm.
Sandstorm. Nup.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Holy shit.
What in the world?
As one of the driest places on earth,
a storm in the Jordanian desert is a rare and alarming occurrence.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Oh, wow.
See, thunder. Thunder.
Great.
Imagine wind, sand and rain on top of everything else.
Who knows, they might not beast us in this weather.
Yeah, they will. They won't care.
Missions don't stop
because of the weather I don't reckon.
Alright listen in.
(BLEEP) obvious storm coming in.
We've got some sandbags,
make sure you get them all (BLEEP) filled up.
Start battening down all the sides of the doorways,
the main entry areas
because this place will (BLEEP) flood.
With the camp unprepared
for ferocious winds and lashing rains...
the recruits must start sandbagging before it floods.
Alright, let's do it.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Oh, god. Oh.
Do you want to hold, and I'll shovel?
Sure.
At this stage of the course,
you are at the end of your tether.
OK, go. (RECRUIT GRUNTS)
But you have to give more.
Quick, quick, quicker.
Good job, Mahls. Great work.
This is where grit comes to the forefront.
Next bag. (GRUNTS)
You've got to ignore the pain...
(RECRUIT GROANS)
..ignore the elements,
and just give absolutely everything you've got...
to get the job done.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Oh, my god. (GROANS)
As the downpour intensifies, so, does the urgency...
Timmy, Timmy. Move onto the next.
..as the water nears the door.
When you're hurting and you just wanna stop,
you need to literally grit your teeth
and just get it done.
Here, here, here.
Right, let's keep going.
Pain and discomfort are pretty horrible things.
But it's important to push yourself
perhaps beyond what you thought that you were capable of.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Beautiful. Work of art.
Oh, my god.
(GASPS) This whole place is falling apart.
But as the sandbags do their job...
(GROANS)
..water has penetrated the roof.
This is just what we didn't need.
Look where the most puddles are. Yeah.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
There are no limits on special forces selection.
(SIGHS EXHAUSTED) Yeah.
You've got to dig deep.
You cannot stop.
That's why the selection process
is the most brutal military course in the world.
How are you going to sleep in this? I dunno.
This side is OK
so, you guys will just have to move over to the other side.
Yeah, come over here and let this slide flood.
Yeah.
It's just like living in a rental property, isn't it?
(LAUGHTER)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Next...
Get up there, go, go, go!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
..an excruciating hill climb... (GROANS)
Start showing us that you (BLEEP) deserve
to be on this course.
..forces one recruit...
Move! Move! (WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
..to quit the course.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
If you don't want to be here, give the DS your numbers!
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Oh, my god!
Is this all you've got?
How many buckets do you reckon you've done?
Like, 50? Yeah.
Imagine if they brought us a cup of tea?
That'd be nice.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
Go! Fast as you can!
As the desert rain continues,
just one task stands between the recruits
and the final day of selection.
Getting so tired now.
Like I was just sitting there and just wanted to like...
drift off.
The only way to stay on the course now
is with intense mental and physical grit.
Move!
Alright let's go, dig in!
Hurry up!
Special forces selection, the hardest selection in the world.
To see who's the best of the best.
How do they get through? They find that (BLEEP) grit.
In a gruelling test of willpower,
the recruits must haul 40l of water
to the top of a steep 500m sand dune.
Needing to force out the feeble,
the DS want to take someone's number.
We will not bring forward the weak.
If you (BLEEP) up, you can voluntary withdraw.
That pressure is on your shoulders right now.
So, (BLEEP) make this count.
From here on, only the strongest of the strong
will make the final 24 hours of the course.
Standby.
Go! Move!
Move it!
Do not (BLEEP) walk! Let's go, come on!
We will only take forward the best.
Show us that you want to be here!
(EXCLAIMS)
Give me everything that you've got!
Tell you what 14 actually sounds like
he's doing some (BLEEP) work.
OG Bachelor Tim, charges ahead.
Get moving number 14!
If I'm in that place where I wanna tap out,
you kind of have to think, right, I'm not gonna let you beat me.
Let's go, come on!
I use that frustration and that anger
and then just grit my teeth
and drive it through.
Let's go, come on! Hurry up.
Come on 13!
Close behind, number 13, Matt, also advances quickly.
Get up there, go, go, go!
Grit is just pushing through when you want to stop.
Come on 13, (BLEEP) move!
It's just doing that extra crunch, that extra somersault,
that extra dive
when you just think
you cannot do a single bit more.
Keep moving!
13!
What the (BLEEP) has happened to you?
Someone creeping up behind.
He's (BLEEP) probably double your age.
Come on let's go!
I might well be the oldest person out there
and I certainly
won't be the strongest.
Come on 13, what are you (BLEEP) doing?
Get the (BLEEP) up!
Come on! Move it!
But I am determined to keep going
beyond when it feels like you should quit.
Let's go!
Good effort number seven.
(BLEEP) move!
Let's go 14.
Come on!
Let's see some grit.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Fight through the pain.
Come on!
Get up here!
Number six, (BLEEP) get out of first gear.
All the way. All the way in.
If you don't want to be here, give the DS your numbers!
This is where we find out who can stand the pain.
(SCREECHES)
Get the (BLEEP) water in your hand and move!
(GRUNTS) Or (BLEEP) get off this course.
This is where we separate the weak from the strong.
It's here where we see
who will break.
Number six!
Stop (BLEEP) around!
As the others push through the pain...
(SCREECHES) The fight is not over yet.
Get up this hill!
Number six.
Come on!
..number six's body is breaking down
and she teeters on the edge of withdrawal.
Come on, number six.
Think about your mum.
Think about if you want to (BLEEP) do this.
I think you've got (BLEEP) a little bit more in you than that.
(PANTS AND GROANS)
Use those emotions and get up that (BLEEP) hill.
When I was four my mum was in a hit and run car accident.
Come on. All the way up.
It really impacted our family a lot,
so, I just wanted to make my mum proud the whole time.
Let's go. Move.
And be the child that, you know,
would put a smile on her face
despite what she had to go through.
There.
Find your (BLEEP) rhythm.
Once you find your rhythm, you're absolutely fine.
And I want to do the same in this course.
Hurry up!
Start showing us that you (BLEEP) deserve
to be on this course.
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(BLEEP) drive and get that kit up there!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
As number six presses on, Tim approaches the top.
This way. (GRUNTS)
That's it. Get up there.
Come on. Come on.
Let's go. Follow me.
Let's go, all the way in.
Come on, move. Put it down there.
Make your way back down to your bergen.
Hurry up.
..and is first to pass.
Number seven, let's move.
Followed by Craig...
That's it, get 'em in there
and make your way back down to your bergen.
Get down to your bergen, move.
Let's go number 13.
..and Matt.
There you go. Right, move.
Back down as fast as you can.
As they descend...
Get up. Trying!
..Abbey pushes through
the debilitating pain and exhaustion.
Show us some (BLEEP) grit and determination.
Show us that you (BLEEP) want to be here!
(PANTS HEAVILY)
If you don't want to be here give us your (BLEEP) number!
(YELLS)
You (BLEEP) earn this, let's go.
Move! Move!
(SCREAMS)
Do not drop them. (SCREAMS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
When I'm in pain,
there is that little voice in your head
that's telling you to stop, telling you it hurts.
Hurry up! (BLEEP) dig deep!
I can't, I can't carry this.
(GROANS)
It's really hard to block it out.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
I said don't (BLEEP) drop them!
Move! (WHIMPERS)
Move! You can help it!
(GRUNTS) Good, that's it.
Let's get that one up there.
But I'm not a quitter.
(GRUNTS) Get that jerry can to the top. Go.
I will not VW.
I will not.
(GRUNTS) Let's go.
Put them down!
In the middle there.
Right, let's go! Move!
Come on six!
Mahalia is now the only recruit left to reach the summit...
All the way to the top!
..and still has a punishing 100m to go.
Family's the most important thing to me.
Come on!
They're the ones that have supported me
throughout this whole time.
So, when I'm tired and I wanna give up,
my family will be in the back of my mind,
pushing me through.
So, I can push through mentally
but physically, it's not how it works.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
I'm done, Staff.
Are you sure? Yes, Staff.
(BLEEP) outstanding effort.
Look at me. Look at me. Keep your (BLEEP) head held high.
Head held (BLEEP) high.
You pushed way beyond your physical, mental boundaries.
This is yours to take in.
No-one else, look, no-one will (BLEEP) understand
what you've been through apart from you.
(BLEEP) amazing.
I've loved having you on my (BLEEP) course.
It's been an absolute pleasure.
You've been (BLEEP) amazing
and I want you to (BLEEP) prove it
when you get out of here.
(BLEEP) push through, smash everything that you do,
do you understand me?
Yes, Staff. Thank you. Well done.
Make your way slowly down to the wagons.
Number six, Mahalia,
is the tenth recruit to withdraw from selection.
There's been many times where I've had to surrender.
When I haven't made certain teams
and then I've had to just stay back home
and train while my team toured the world
and played for our country.
Life definitely does have times where you have to accept
'cause it's out of your control and you can't make it happen.
It definitely takes courage to do that.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(PHONE RINGS)
Having withdrawn from selection,
Mahalia makes an emotional call home to family.
Hi Mahlie!
(SIGHS SADLY)
(TEARFULLY) Hello. Hi!
(LAUGHS)
This is not the face I want to see.
Well, it's the face you're looking at.
Unlucky.
Aww, love you babe.
Come on, what's up? Tell me. Talk to me.
The last day's tomorrow but I couldn't get through today.
Aww, it's alright darling.
Yeah, no, I definitely push myself a lot further
than I've ever pushed myself.
Um...
through pain...
but my...my back's just cooked.
This has gotta be one of the greatest things
that you could...you could do darling, you know?
To make it to the second last day.
That's, we are already proud of, I'm so proud of you, you know baby.
Yep.
How's everyone back home? How's the kids?
How's General?
Aww, General!
(LAUGHS)
General!
Hello, my boy!
(LAUGHS GENTLY)
Alright darling.
Good to hear your voice and see your face.
We love you.
Love youse. Love you baby.
See youse. See ya!
(BLEEP).
Sorry Staff. Don't be sorry. Listen.
(BLEEP) amazing.
Well done. Listen, it was one of those.
I didn't want...
Your body gives up. It gives up.
Listen, it is what it is,
and you should take absolutely loads from this.
Yeah, definitely.
Despite all the pain, like, the experiences have been unreal.
Like even the mindset, like,
it's just put me in different perspectives
and thinking differently,
um, which is gonna help me a lot going forward.
Good, well, it's been an absolute pleasure
having you on my course.
No, thank you.
But I just want to tell you you're an amazing woman.
Thank you very much. You're a strong woman and...
Youse are all amazing.
So much respect for you all.
Thank you. Absolutely amazing.
Building resilience has been massive for me.
There were many times where my body just physically didn't want to move.
But in my head I really felt like
I pushed myself that little bit extra
that I've never pushed myself before so, I'm super proud of my effort.
I'm absolutely feeling gutted that my body held me back
because I wanted to make it to the end
but sometimes you've just got to accept it
and leave your ego behind and do what's best for the team.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Making it to the last 24 hours of the course,
the recruits breathe a sigh of relief.
(COUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
Tim!
(LAUGHS)
Oh, god.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Dammit, the rain's back.
But a waterlogged camp isn't as much fun.
Just need my umbrella.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Oh, no.
(GROANS)
Oh, my god!
The tea towels they are at the end if you need them.
Oh, thanks.
(LAUGHS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
As the recruits battle the volatile conditions...
the DS meet to discuss them, ahead of final selection.
Right, today we're getting to the part of the course
where we're starting to lay a lot of pressure,
a lot of stress together,
to see how they cope with it, you know,
and push them to a point to see
if I could get their numbers off them.
Mm. And that's exactly what we've done.
So, no better task than a sniper task.
Staz, you ran with that. Yeah.
So, first pair to, 13 and six.
It was a fail.
Then, number 14, uh, the long wolf.
OK I'm going to extract. Extract, extract.
(BLEEP) go!
He didn't take the shot.
Moving on, we had four and seven.
It was terrible.
They'd been there I think no more than 30 seconds.
The immediate request that came through to me on that was,
happy, permission to fire.
He's down. OK, target is down.
He's down, he's down.
It's just like, do you not (BLEEP) question
that one little bit?
You know, this is stuff you shouldn't be failing.
Yep.
So, the water resupply.
It was a resupply but at the end of the day
it was a beasting to see how much they could push themselves beyond
the fact their body's telling them to give in.
Seven seemed to dig out blind,
it was like the best I reckon I've seen him perform the whole lot.
He found that second gear from somewhere and then obviously
the signature tune of number four was wailing from behind.
(SCREAMS)
As well all know she struggled and I'm just surprised she,
how she never quit.
Number four's hanging on by a thread.
Straightaway number 14 took the lead on that, and he was strong.
He was strong. Yeah, really strong.
He created the big, um, distance between him and the main pack.
13 shocked me because at the start he had his chest out like this,
he was gagging for it, look at him and then he went.
Then he was like ugh.
He was surprising.
What I'd like to do tonight before we go onto tomorrow
is bring them all in individually,
all four of them and give them a good roasting...
Quiz 'em.
..on why they're here.
It'll give us a good indication when we bring them in
on how they're gonna cope with tomorrow.
Let's do it.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Number seven.
Is that seven?
Each recruit will be called for interrogation
to determine whether they deserve their place on the course.
Stand there, hands on the post.
Bringing the recruits in at that stage of the course
is just to see if you have
the psychological resilience
to move onto the final exercise.
It's a form of making them sweat.
Making them realise
that they might be at the back end of the course
but they're not there yet.
Sit.
The moment you start to get complacent,
you will not pass selection.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Number seven...
think about this question.
Do you think you deserve to be here?
You?
Yes.
Why?
Because I think overall my contribution
to the team is positive.
(BLEEP) boring.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Tell us what qualities you think you bring to the team.
I think I'm a, uh, rational thinker.
Did you say rational thinker?
After you (BLEEP) killed an innocent (BLEEP) person
just by the colour of their shirt?
So, let's (BLEEP) cross that out.
Let's start again.
Go.
Um...
You're just as stumped as we are, aren't you?
Yes, Staff.
(TENSE MUSIC)
This morning, you didn't work as a pair.
Yes, Staff.
Give me some (BLEEP) reasoning.
Elaborate.
Um...
I've proven that, uh,
capable of making some pretty bad misjudgements.
Are you weak at being a team player, is that what you're saying?
I have...
I've tried.
Where would you place yourself currently in the team?
Be (BLEEP) honest.
I think second.
Yep. Second?
Interesting.
Who would you place last?
Calling out the weakest is a horrible question.
But it is absolutely critical.
Trust in each other is so important.
Would I have this person
on the battlefield next to me?
Would I give my life to this person to get me through the other side?
Um...
(CLEARS THROAT)
number four.
You think she's been (BLEEP) worse than you?
Yes, Staff.
Ultimately, if your team think you're weak,
then you don't belong on this course.
Number 14.
OK.
Next to front the DS is Tim Robards.
Sit.
Do you feel like you deserve to be here?
I do feel like I deserve to be here, Staff.
Why?
I believe that, um...
I bring some intelligence, I've been trying to listen.
Intelligence? Intelligence.
Intelligence? Intelligence, yes, Staff.
Um, trying to listen and take in the information
and process and I believe I've been trying to stay rational.
Do you think you're smarter than everyone else?
I don't, I wouldn't say I'm smarter than everyone else,
but I can process things, block things out.
I just focus on...
Right, your (BLEEP) waffling now number 14.
Where would you currently place yourself in the team?
(SIGHS)
The battlefield requires extreme confidence.
It's about having the courage in your capabilities.
Believing in yourself.
If you don't, you'll get yourself killed.
Be honest.
Overall, I'd place myself first I think, Staff.
First?
That's noble.
(CLEARS HIS THROAT)
OK.
Who would you place last?
At the moment number four, Staff.
Only because I've just seen her falling a little bit behind
and-and a bit of fear creeping in,
little bit of doubt.
Keep the noise down.
Stand up.
Number four down the bottom again.
Interesting.
Yeah.
Number 13.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Matt Mitcham is the third recruit to face interrogation.
13, tell us
what qualities you feel you bring to the team.
Uh, I believe I bring...
energy and enthusiasm
and good morale to the team.
Um...
I sing and...
I sing around the camp and bring...
make the mood light and make people laugh.
You sing around camp?
I do, Staff.
Go on then.
Sing us a song.
Uh, today I was singing,
# Drip, drop, drop, drop,
# Splashing all around... #
Do you think a (BLEEP) special forces soldier sings
(BLEEP) drip, drop, drip, drop?
I'm not sure, Staff.
Take a (BLEEP) guess.
Out on the battlefield...
Take a (BLEEP) guess.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(TENSE MUSIC)
You sing around camp?
I do, Staff.
Sing us a song.
Go on then.
Uh, today I was singing,
# Drip, drop, drop, drop,
# Splashing all around... #
Do you think a (BLEEP) special forces soldier sings
(BLEEP) drip, drop, drip, drop?
I'm not sure, Staff.
Take a (BLEEP) guess.
Out on the battlefield...
Take a (BLEEP) guess!
Um...
Have a guess!
On the battlefield, no. No!
Tell us your weaknesses then.
I can be impulsive.
I identify that it's under moments of high stress
that I miss certain elements and that is what...
(BLEEP) hell I'm gonna fall asleep.
Where would you place yourself currently in the team?
Second.
Who's last?
Number four, Staff.
You put her below number seven?
I do, Staff.
Number 13 is the third recruit to place Abbey last.
Shit.
(SIGHS)
How'd you go?
Um, like, as soon as I left I'm like,
(SIGHS)
like, with the ranking of each other,
felt like a horrible task to do.
Yeah. There shouldn't, yeah.
Yeah.
I said...
that I felt that I was after Tim and that,
um, I thought went you and then you.
(SIGHS) So, I'm sorry.
No, you're alright.
(CRAIG C CLEARS HIS THROAT)
Uh, so I went Tim, me, you and you.
Ah, yeah, no, you're alright.
Abbey you've been a great...
team player, great support and everything
but just the communication put you down there as well.
Yeah.
When a recruit has been singled out
people can get demoralised
and start on a downward spiral.
And if you let that weakness infect you,
you become a burden to the team.
So tight.
It is so tight.
And you've still gotta comment on us, you know.
(LAUGHS WEAKLY)
Number four.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Abbey Holmes is the final recruit to endure
the confronting interrogation.
Stand there, face the post.
Number four, she'll be interesting.
'Cause (BLEEP) hell, if your team don't think that you're good enough,
you don't (BLEEP) deserve to be here.
Mm.
Step up.
Sit down.
(LAUGHS AWKWARDLY)
Why are you (BLEEP) smiling?
You've got nothing to smile about.
Number four,
who would you place last in the team?
Um...
I think...
number seven, Staff.
(TENSE MUSIC)
OK.
Where would you place yourself?
Probably three, Staff.
Give me some (BLEEP) reasoning.
Elaborate.
I feel like at different times of the course I've probably lacked,
I guess, that attention to detail piece.
Or retention of information,
um, which is obviously something that is quite critical
with what you guys do.
When I'm under pressure, um, I just...
Fall apart.
Yes, Staff.
I know that I can't afford to (BLEEP) up.
Do you think you deserve to be here number four?
(EERIE MUSIC)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Probably when I'm under pressure I just...
Fall apart.
Yes, Staff.
I know that I can't afford to (BLEEP) up.
Do you think you deserve to be here, number four?
Yes, Staff.
You didn't sound too sure.
I know that there are things that I need to really work on.
But I am very determined,
very driven.
So, I think that I'm capable and deserving of doing this.
I think I deserve to be here, Staff.
Why?
Integrity.
I work hard.
I'm motivated. I wanna be better every single day.
I'm always team first, I always put my team first.
I would prefer to be the best (BLEEP) teammate
that there ever is than the strongest individual in a pack.
I know that obviously coming in here I have had my fears
and whatnot but I really feel like
I've tried to attack everything 100%.
So, yes, I deserve to be here Staff.
You know the answers.
So, make sure you (BLEEP) get them right, do you understand?
Yes, Staff.
If I listened to the people who told me I couldn't do something
or that I'd never get there or that I'd never achieve it,
I wouldn't have.
It is those people that really drive you to be better
and get better and prove them wrong.
Go straight back to the accommodation.
Yes, Staff.
If you think there's a limit, you can keep climbing.
I want to find that threshold and I want to smash it.
Do you know what?
Quite impressed with that.
Like I said, prove how much you want to be here.
And she's done exactly that.
That's a good sort of reality check before they go in the final exercise
on the final day.
Make them think about their team,
make them think about their strengths,
make them think about their weaknesses
so, hopefully that will prepare them for what's about to come
because if they get it wrong tomorrow,
they won't pass the course.
Mm.
Everybody on the (BLEEP) parade square, go!
(TENSE MUSIC)
Final four.
You all indeed deserve to be here.
This will be your last night on camp.
Make the most of it because tomorrow,
huge, huge task ahead of you.
Most difficult and most painful
that you will have experienced on this course.
I want you to push harder than you've ever push before.
You have everything you need to get to the end of this course.
Some of you to pass it.
We've done our bit.
Now, it's over to you to (BLEEP) make it count.
Go, come on, move!
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