
Behind the scenes of one of the most arduous basic military training programmes in the world. Each episode focuses on a cross-section of trainees that are either struggling or excelling at the physical and mental challenges the training presents.
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Air Date: 2014-07-14
This first episode follows 56 new recruits through this so-called 'shock of capture'. The recruits spend these openin...
Air Date: 2014-07-21
The raw recruits take the next step on their training and there are challenging new lessons at every turn. If they ca...
Air Date: 2014-07-28
Six weeks into their training, the marine recruits face their first pass-or-fail test. They must complete a tough ser...
Air Date: 2014-08-04
The troop 174 recruits reach the challenging halfway point in training. The second half of the course includes more c...
Air Date: 2014-08-11
As training progresses, exercises start to imitate life at war, and the nature of the job begins to worry some of the...
Air Date: 2014-08-18
As training progresses, more and more recruits start to struggle with the tough demands placed upon them.
Air Date: 2014-08-25
The recruits are within touching distance of their green berets, but first they must face Lympstone's ultimate challe...
Air Date: 2014-09-01
As the recruits reach the end of training, thoughts turn to life beyond Lympstone. A familiar face, Corporal `Froggy'...