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This programme contains strong language throughout.

Selection for the SAS is a test like no other.

We're looking for people that don't fit the mould.

That are willing to break the rules.

That have got a maverick element about them.

To find that, it takes men to a world far from our own.

In this series, an elite team of ex-special forces soldiers

is putting 25 civilians...

Submerge yourself!

..through the toughest stage of selection...

Jungle phase IS selection.

If you can soldier in the jungle, you can soldier anywhere.

Let's go! Go!

..each task based on the real process.

You are fighting for a place on this course.

Operating in the harshest environment known to man...

Some of us are that close to passing out.

..each recruit must go beyond the physical...

How many chances do you want? One more, Staff.

..to come face to face with their true character.

In my head, the demons are there,

always saying, "Am I good enough to be here?"

GUNSHOT, SHOUTING

This is where we find out do people run or do people fight?

I just want to see your heads.

No other test asks as much...

..or means as much...

..to the few who make it through.

This programme contains strong language

It's a vital part of selection

to be able to control your emotions.

I used to take my family head off and leave it firmly on my doorstep.

And when I used to get into Afghanistan,

I used to pick up my operational head

and stick that on, and it wasn't full of emotion.

It was just my Afghan head.

I had no qualms in doing what I had to do.

"I've just done... Right, I've done that job."

Little black box in the back of my head

and it's onto the next task.

Didn't feel no remorse about, you know...

It's just a job.

Today has to be the last day.

I'm done. It isn't.

Eight recruits have made it to the penultimate stage of SAS selection.

And we've never been right.

In just hours, they will be sent on a mission

testing everything they have learned so far.

At this stage of selection, character and personality's massive.

You don't want someone that's narcissistic,

but you do.

You don't want someone that's semi-psychopathic, but you do.

It's about control - controlling the narcissism,

controlling the psychopathic tendencies,

because if you don't control it, you could lose your life.

Everybody on the square! Wet kit! Wet kit, working dress. Let's go.

Come on, you miserable fucks.

Go! ALL: One! Two! Three! Four!

If you work as a team at this, it's actually easy.

Up top! Up top!

All right, D. So, what I did today

is I've put some more psych tests through... Mm-hm.

..to see where their strengths are,

where their weaknesses are and... OK.

Military doctor Sundeep has put each remaining recruit

through a test deigned to reveal hidden personality traits.

A couple of surprising results.

Even I was surprised by some of the things that are coming through.

The results of number six, Charlie, stand out.

His figures - interesting. He's got pretty much

most of the characteristics that we're looking for.

The big "but" with him - in terms of emotional stability,

he's the lowest of the group.

It's all in your mind. It's all in your mind.

I've had a privileged background.

From a schooling perspective, I had a good education.

I didn't come from a broken home.

Loving parents.

If you compare yourself to the rest of the world,

then, you know, I'd hit the jackpot.

Um, and up until five years ago, I couldn't fault it.

Get off your knees.

But you're exactly right. You know, has he got a brain on him? Yes.

Um, is he a door kicker? No.

What I'm worried about with him is that he'll break mentally.

That's what I would put down as a red flag.

Get off your knees, number nine. Get off your knees!

Moses comes across as someone who is rock solid,

physically and mentally,

but, you know, a lot of the guys that project strength,

they tend to sometimes be hiding things.

I've seen cracks in his mental stability.

If he goes onto the final stage of this course,

ie the interrogation, I can see him cracking.

This is probably the easiest session you're going to get.

If you don't start livening up, we'll change it.

I was in prison for two years.

That's when I was doing robberies. It was scary coming out.

It was, "Well, what now? What do I do? Is this it?"

When you have someone that feeds you,

tells you when to go shower, tells you when to go socialise,

tells you when to smoke...

The fear of not knowing what to do petrified me.

Down, up, down...

SUNDEEP: Steve, number 10.

Now, the thing for me is about impulsiveness

and that ability to control.

The question for us is going to be whether he has genuinely learnt.

But when he's under stress again,

will he crack and revert back to old ways?

He's one of these people that there's no happy medium with him.

He's at the top of the world or he's at the fucking...

in the pits of hell.

Right, you lot, get over here! Hurry it up.

Get into a gaggle where you can all listen in.

You will be conducting a jungle mission.

Take a look around you and remember what's been taught.

You know it's hostile out there. If you fuck up, you're gone.

In two teams, the recruits will undertake a mission

that replicates operating behind enemy lines.

Right, I'm going to split you into teams.

Team one. Team two.

All right, team one, over here with me.

From different starting points,

the teams must cover 8km of harsh terrain

before scaling a 2,000m peak.

First to the top will be extracted by helicopter.

The final exercise in the jungle is a test of character.

When extreme pressure and extreme stress is placed on you,

your true character will always be exposed.

Can you dig deep within yourself

and control it for mission success?

Number ten, you have been chosen as team leader.

The leader of team one is Steven...

Fight! ..whose inability to control aggression marked him out to the DS.

Stop!

You were like a fucking animal. You were just fucking...

I told you to stop about three times and you were like...

Steven was kicked out of the army aged 19 due to a gambling addiction.

Ended up, er, drinking a lot,

ended up in prison six months after being discharged.

I just couldn't fucking get over it.

Forget about all that bollocks that happened in the fucking military.

I've given this responsibility onto you because you deserve it.

Yes, Staff. OK? Make it count. Yes, Staff.

The first task for Steven's team is to find a hidden box of supplies

at a location known as a cache.

Everyone happy? Yes. OK.

You're on your own now, gents. You're on your own.

A cache is a location that some

vital bit of equipment or information has been left.

There could be weapons, there could be money,

there could be anything that's going to assist you

to get out of that country alive.

Got it? Me and Mark will carry this. Yep. OK. OK.

Pick it up, guys. Pick it up, come on.

Head down. Oh!

We're going to move down a bit out of the spray,

move downriver a bit, open it up, find out where we're going. OK.

Let's move, come on. Just be careful. Go.

'I love my family

'and I want them to feel good about me, as well, you know.

'I think people,'

they just see this weak person

from the gambling that can't control an addiction.

So, to show people that I am strong, you know, is quite important to me.

Right, get in against this bank.

We'll sort the kit out, get it in the bergens.

I'm going to read the instructions.

Further instructions tell team one

to carry the box to a location 2km downstream and bury it.

Go into the river. Go into the river, Mark.

All right, let's stop here.

Check we're still headed east, someone?

We're on 18 for about another 120m.

Team two is struggling to find their cache.

What's the next instruction? Bearing on 130 military. Yeah.

Charlie steps in to help team leader Moses.

'I think there's a time for everyone to lead'

because I've been in emotionally charged environments

when people are looking for someone to take control.

So, it's not here. Well, is it worth us just having a quick minute

scouting down there? Fuck it, let's go. One more.

'I guess, when my dad died, which was five years ago now,

'I think I had half an hour'

of shock and then an hour of sadness and then...

..I made the decision that it's time to step up.

I feel like it's my responsibility

to make sure that everyone is all right.

I see it, I see it. You got it? Yep. Shh.

Yeah. Got it? Yep. Let's go.

Team two is now an hour behind team one.

They're using the terrain quite well

and they're floating the box along the river... Yeah, yeah.

..which is the right thing to do.

Steven has lead his team

to the spot where he thinks the box should be buried.

Moses is struggling to find his burial site.

So, how many steps? 90? It didn't say steps.

Just until we see a clearing near a feature, near a wooden...

Walk on nine. Is that 70? 70, bearing...

You can walk 10m in the jungle

and I'll tell you to turn round and look

and tell me which way you've just come

and you won't be able to do it. It all looks the same.

"Take a bearing of 70 degrees. Walk on the 70-degree bearing..."

You can't do anything if you can't navigate.

What's the point in trying to go out to do an operation

when you can't even get to the fucking operation area?

Keep going. There we go.

Team two starts digging as team one finishes hiding their box,

but team leader Steven makes a discovery.

We've buried it in the fucking sand. Fucking hell.

They've dug it in the wrong place.

They didn't go on the black sand as per the detail.

Ah, right. Yeah, yeah. You know, so they've got to relocate it.

He's missed a key instruction,

meaning they've been digging in the wrong place.

Just take your time, mate. We'll dig. You just take your time,

read through everything over and over again.

They've lost valuable time and team two takes the lead.

Walk forward, let's go. So, time's against us now.

We're going against the other team now. Let's go.

Moses pushes his team onto the final stage of the mission,

a 1,000m climb to the helicopter landing site.

Right, guys, listen in.

You need to make your way up this feature here

to an extraction point.

Only one team is going to get extracted, do you understand?

ALL: Staff. Only one team will be extracted.

Come on, let's go.

Minutes later, Steven's team start their ascent.

Keep pushing. You're doing well. Come on.

It's a race to the summit

where only one team will be airlifted back to base.

Just control your breathing. Forget about your legs.

Let's give it everything.

Are we halfway?

Not yet.

Two teams of recruits are on the final stage of a mission,

racing each other to a helicopter extraction point.

Come on, let's go.

On an operation, you have to get to the extraction point.

Come on boys, let's go.

There was one time when we were trying to make our way to a safe LS,

landing site, for the helicopter to come back in on.

I was point man, leading the squadron out of this gunfight

and we were getting information coming in that there

was 400 enemy forces that had

basically gathered and were trying to close in and fix our

position and start basically killing us.

Keep pushing. Let's go.

That's it just push, push, push, dig in.

And then we'd just get told again, there's four guys setting up

a hasty ambush in front of the point man and you're like, "Jesus,"

and my mouth's going dry.

I suddenly had a reality check and was like,

"Maybe we're not getting out of here."

250 left, boys.

50 minutes, we get to the top.

And when I was thinking that, I just pictured my daughter and I

wondered whether I'd see her again.

And then you just suddenly kick back into, "Right, let's get on this.

"We're not dead yet, let's get out of here."

Let's go.

Control your breathing, forget about your legs.

OK, move.

This has got to be the top here, buddy.

Keep pushing. That's it.

Team two, come here.

Are you lot getting there?

The tough pace Moses set for team two has paid off.

Take your Bergens off and sit down on your Bergens.

Well done, boys. Well done, lads.

All right, listen in.

You're the first team to reach your extraction point,

so you will be getting extracted by helicopter.

Thank you, Staff. OK?

Team one, however,

will be fucking grabbing your kit and walking back down the hill.

Shortly after, Steven leads team one to the summit.

OK, unfortunate for you, you're the second team in.

OK, you're 14 minutes behind the first team.

There's only one helicopter,

there's only one team going out on that extraction.

Pays to be first, fellas, hey?

We fucking pushed it. That was hard work, well done.

All right, gents, the helicopter's not going to land.

We're going to literally clip on and we're going to get fucking pulled

the fuck over here.

You've earned this moment. Well done, team leader.

Fucking enjoy this, guys. Embrace it.

Clip on!

Stand up!

'Everyone plans a mission to get to a helicopter extraction point,

'ie to get the hell out of there.'

Woohoo!

Oh, my God!

Until I got to that helicopter extraction point,

I was still in the zone.

As soon as you get out of there in a safe manner, that's when I

started to think about the mission

and you can start relaxing.

Woohoo!

Woo!

Yeah! THEY LAUGH

Fucking hell! Woohoo!

I love it!

The losing team now face a four-hour journey back to base.

Does anyone want a hand with anything?

Yeah, can you massage my feet?

Worth a try!

So, right, I'll start with number 10.

You can tell this means the world to him.

You know, with his background and being discharged from the military,

this, for him, is sort of like a second chance.

He overdoes it, doesn't he, basically?

And he sort of fucks up by overdoing it, but I think with a bit

of guidance, I think he'll be an asset to any team

because he's the type of guy, when the shit times are there,

he's the one that will just keep on going and going and going and going.

I just feel that that guy, you know, even with the world on his

shoulders, he'd ask for more and not ask for any help doing it.

Yeah, yeah. You've hit the nail on the head there, mate.

Ollie, number 16.

Very impressive.

You know, he's always been a strong contender,

but the only thing I'll say against him is I do feel that he's

not in his natural surroundings with these people.

He's just... He's just like that, separate.

He's a grafter, but he just... Look at the mould and that bit's

slightly fucking odd-shaped, you know what I mean?

If you've got a square and he's fucking, you know...

It's strange.

He's an individual.

"For those of you that haven't heard,

"I won the regional champs today and, as you can imagine, I'm very happy."

With questions about recruit 16's character,

the DS dig deeper into his past.

I came to cycling quite late, actually.

I certainly got much better results in cycling than I did in anything

else I'd done sports wise

and then when I got into the competitive cycling

that just trumped everything else I'd done so far.

"Master Tour Majorca update -

"stage two, mountain stage, first solo victory putting me

"in the leader's jersey going into the last day."

Winning's a big thing, yeah. It's a great feeling.

For me, I would sit down at the beginning of the year and

plan the whole year. We do a diary of racing and training

and I would pick, you know, maybe even just one race

that I'd desperately want to win,

but you could have months and months leading up to that

of preparation and training and then to actually win that one race,

you enjoy it, yeah, you love it.

Friends and family and all your team mates giving you praise

and everything and you just, yeah, it's a great feeling.

This one looks interesting, this next one.

"Andy Hasting was given a four year ban by UK Anti-Doping

"after testing positive for two anabolic steroids in December."

Wow.

It's, unfortunately, cast a shadow over all of the team's hard work.

So because he's part of a team, as well...

He dragged his team into it, yeah.

16! 1-6!

See you later.

Talk to me about that.

Um...

So, yeah, I'm serving a four-year ban for taking banned substances.

Did you take them?

Yes.

Why, is it because you were weak?

You weren't strong enough to keep up with the pack?

No, quite the opposite.

I was doing really well.

Fucking let your team down, didn't you?

They got fucking stripped of their medals, didn't they?

Yeah, yeah.

For guys like us, when we go on selection, if I found out that

someone got past the hills when they were using drugs,

I'd be fuming that I'd fucking put in all that hard effort

to get to where I am and then some fucker just breezed through it

because he was using drugs.

And if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do it.

Guard!

We never judge people, people change.

Selection process is designed to see if you have.

You almost get stuck in a little, sort of,

the cycling bubble world and it's very addictive.

You do become fairly selfish with it because you're training all

the time or you're racing and the racing,

there's a lot of travelling involved.

You look back at what you've done over the years and missing

people's weddings to go bike racing and you think...

you know, "Wow."

I certainly want...

to be less selfish.

The recruits have been away from home for seven days and have

had no contact with their families.

Have you got children?

I've got five. Three step children... Really?

And two are my own.

That's why I'm here, to, like, be a role model for them.

Charlie? What's your... What's your, like...

What's my motive? Er...

I'm intrigued.

Uh, yeah, so...

Don't avoid the question.

Why are you here?

So, uh, my dad died about five years ago,

um, which is, you know, it's kind of the way things are,

but... And relatively... And the thing is I never...

'Some people share, some people don't.'

And, um...

I think maybe it's just

a strategy that I use.

Maybe there's a fear that once I open the taps

that there's no closing them.

Don't worry about that, mate.

You opened it up.

I think I've never really dealt with it.

Yeah? Yeah.

But I think that's in your own time.

I think it's losing control, I don't like the idea of.

I like to feel I'm in control at all times,

so I tend to bottle it up, I guess.

But it is good for me to talk about it because...

Yeah, yeah, yeah definitely, definitely.

And it's what... My wife says it, as well... Yeah.

I am, you know, I'm too closed with it.

I think me and her will get along. My wife? Yeah. Yeah.

Because she likes you and I fucking love you. Thanks, man!

Do you know what I mean? Yeah.

With the recruits sleep deprived and exhausted,

the DS make them an offer designed to test their emotions.

Take a seat here.

All right. Yes.

I'm going to show you something now.

Your choice how you choose to proceed, OK?

OK.

Hello! Woo!

No? No. You don't want to watch it? No, don't want to watch it.

Steve, well done.

Nah, I don't want to watch it. Are you sure? Yeah. 100%?

Yeah, I'm 100%, yeah. OK, off you go. All right.

'I'd speak to home sometimes but not an awful lot.

'I didn't really want to do it too much.'

You know, you could have a good call which would affect you in some way

emotionally or you could have a bad call which would have a different

reaction, a different effect on you emotionally,

but neither of them are really good for you out there.

Take a seat.

Next is recruit 19, Mohammed, who drew attention to himself when

he arrived with cuts on his fist.

So where does your anger come from, then?

I was born in Iraq and I moved to England when I was six.

I used to walk home from school and I was with my mother and

she wears the headscarf, so they used to stone my mother and I.

I'm going to show you something. OK.

It's totally your choice if you choose to watch it or not, all right?

First of all, hi, Mohammed. Salaam-Alaikum.

I hope you are doing well.

Remember, you are already the Beast from the Middle East.

So, it's time to be the Beast of the Jungle.

Your mother the other day was asking me what do you think Mohammed

is doing now?

I told her, "He is racing to the top of the jungle."

So my boxing name is the Beast from the Middle East.

My dad was quite worried for me.

He doesn't like seeing me get hit, but I got him a ticket

and he came and it was beautiful

because I couldn't hear anyone's voices,

you know, because, like, it was...

My adrenaline was so high,

but I could only hear my dad's.

We are all proud of you, especially your mamma.

Goodbye, good luck.

'You need to control your emotions.

'They're going to happen, you know.

'You're a human being, we're all human beings.

'If you start clouding your mind with other stuff,

'it's going to have an effect on how you do business, you know?'

ALL TALK

How did you get into crime and all that in the first place?

Crime, erm...

Oh, we'll be all day with that, like.

Based on my upbringing,

I don't often hang out with people

such as yourself...

..in that... For God's sake!

You would probably cross the road if you saw me in the street, wouldn't ya?

N... Put your phone away. In London, yeah.

If it was dark, I'd be like, "Oh, God, don't want to get mugged".

No, but...no, but it's true, it's true.

Tomorrow, the recruits face the final test

before the Resistance to Interrogation phase.

Number one, Anthony.

I ain't seen much of him.

I don't know whether it's a case of him being a mega introvert,

not wanting to show anything,

or whether he's just hiding behind the others. I don't know.

I tell you what, he's fucking flagging on the fitness side now.

Yeah? Mm.

Number 19.

He's fucking slugging along.

He just goes, goes, goes, where, you know...

It's almost like, you know, only when it's needed he goes boom...

You see, I really like the bloke, and I really do,

but, for me, it's not enough.

For me, he's too inconsistent.

Foxy, number 18?

LAUGHTER

Yeah. Strong, gets stuck in, covered in mud.

His enthusiasm has never wavered, even when it's shit.

But he's fucking too brash and in-your-face and loud.

He's just, like... He's awesome,

but then he pisses me off.

'When I was little I wanted to join the navy

'and that didn't work out,

'so I travelled and then I decided to have a go at a music career.

'It was a really good experience, but I learnt...'

this isn't the way I want to live,

or this isn't what I want to be a part of.

'I'm 29 now'

and you never know what's going to happen, so we'll see.

BANGING

SHUFFLING

DOOR SLAMS

Do you consider yourself to be, like,

a confident type of guy, who, you know,

entertains or like be the man, you know, the centre of attention?

I've led an interesting life, Staff. Have you really?

Er, I was an urban poet. And, er...

What is that? What does that mean?

It's basically a rapper, but I would...

You was a rapper? Urban poet!

Do you reckon you can knock out something for us.

Here's one I like, which is... Go on. Suppose it's quite relevant. Let's do it.

# He can tell me this

# And she can tell me that

# He can tell me hers is his and overact

# But I'm in and out of everywhere

# Too hard to track

# My, my presence fills this room when it's hardly packed

# My mind's amazed with these things I'm afraid to say

# There's no way I find a exit from the maze today

# Am I straight or gay?

# Why do I hate the way?

# I can turn a true colour from great to grey

# Express how I feel

# Yearn to progress

# I can never know enough

# Less is more, more is less. #

Pretty talented, eh?

Some people may say that, some people don't.

I've had old ladies that are like,

"Oh, it's not for me, but I appreciate it anyway".

Erm... LAUGHTER

I've done it for all sorts of people, you know?

I don't care, I just jump out and, like... It was...

When I do something, I give it 100%.

Well, I like your rapping.

Thank you, Staff.

Urban poetry. Urban... Sorry.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

Guard!

Thank you, Staff.

Don't thank me.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

SHUFFLING

'If someone's not got the right personality and character,

'you won't want to work with them.

'So, at this stage of selection, you start looking at

'whether you could actually sit in an observation post with them

'for two weeks, going to the toilet next to that person,

'shitting in clingfilm etc, you know?'

You've got to make sure you're with the right person

to do that shit with, you know?

BOAT WHIRS

The first time I had a boxing match,

I remember I was quite nervous.

Fear of being humiliated,

fear of not achieving what I'm...

..you know, I'm physically able to do.

I don't want my mental strength to be weak.

The eight recruits now face

one of the most intimidating tasks on selection -

a test of controlling fear.

Once everyone's out, you got to get over here.

Right, pin your ears back,

watch in and pay attention.

You'll walk down, hold on to the stick.

You will look forward.

Put your hands over your chest and simply fall backwards.

WHIRRING

THEY WHISPER

That looks mental!

I ain't doing that.

'The first time I got shot at, I shit my pants.

'Fear almost stopped me in my tracks,

'but I had to fight through.'

The moment that I crossed that fear barrier,

it became adrenaline.

'The mixture of adrenaline, fear and excitement...'

is a very handy cocktail

'that I used during my days as point man.'

ALL TALK You'll be fine.

WHIRRING

If you get this wrong,

you're going to fucking hurt yourself.

Fuck up one little bit, you're going to land on your back and, trust me...

hurts enough just going in properly.

Number nine, let's do this.

Take your time.

First to attempt the dive is Moses.

Feet together.

You got this.

BOAT WHIRS

MOSES SHOUTS Well done, Moses!

Yeah!

Easy! All right?

Fucking easy!

MOSES GRUNTS

Compose yourself, look forward.

Good.

BOAT WHIRS

'I've felt fear in probably every fire fight.

'We were going out to conduct a mission

'and six minutes before we were landing,'

the sky just erupted in a hail of bullets.

You could see tracer fire from all over

just ripping through the sky.

'You know, you could feel the fear building up inside you.

'We were literally flying into the unknown.'

BOAT WHIRS

And then just acknowledged the fear,

but got a grip of myself and said, "Right."

You know, your survival and fight instinct kicked in.

And we realised we were there to achieve something.

You got this? Yes, Staff. Let's do it, then.

'We are after people that can push that to one side

'and get on with the job.

'That's what we're looking for.'

BOAT WHIRS Good.

Number 18, let's have ya.

Do not look up, it'll over-rotate you.

Do not look left or right. You will not lean back.

Are you happy? Yes, Staff. Let's get it done.

Take your time.

Hold on to the stick, that's what it's there for.

Oof!

BOAT WHIRS

HE GRUNTS

Number 18...

that's what the pole was for,

so you can compose yourself -

get nice and straight,

and not over-rotate it and smash your ball bag on the water.

I'd rather someone take

twice as long to get something done, but do it correctly,

than someone who thinks they know best.

'It's not rocket science.

'Just do as you're told.'

And, if you get it wrong on the battlefield,

you're going to die.

Number 19, get up here.

Good man.

Heels over the edge, remember.

Hold on to the stick, that's what it's there for.

Look forward.

Number 19, you can fucking do this,

you know you can.

Put your arms there. That's it.

Look forward, keep your body tight and fall backwards.

Come on. You can fucking do this!

Come on. A couple of seconds and it'll be done.

'As a Muslim, I pray five times a day.'

It's always a motivational boost for me,

it's a mental boost for me, it's a refreshener.

It makes me feel relaxed, relieved and...

'I believe that, after the prayer,

'I'm going to be even stronger than I was before I prayed.

'For me, it's a mental boost, a big mental boost.'

Come on, Mo.

Put your arms there. I've got you, I've got you.

Stay nice and straight. Now, look forward.

You can block this out and you can do it.

Just do exactly what I say and just fall backwards.

Do... Whatever fucking up there that makes it go, get it done.

HE SHOUTS

BOAT WHIRS

HE COUGHS

Sit down, compose yourself.

WHIRRING DROWNS SPEECH

You all right? Yeah. Number 19...

..a good effort. Thanks, Staff.

HE EXHALES DEEPLY

'Of the eight remaining recruits,

'the DS will cull two before the final interrogation phase.'

So number one, definitely he's got nothing left.

19, he got up there,

but you could tell he was absolutely shitting his pants

but he fucking done it, he fucking done it.

For carrying a lot of bulk, he's slow

but it's about whether you can trust him

and he's got a fucking shitload of integrity.

Number 18, a bit cocky, actually got a bit on my nerves.

I said, "Look, you went and fucked it up

"cos you couldn't follow simple instructions!"

Yeah, it's between 19 and 18.

He wants everyone off.

Staff.

Jump.

This is where we started earlier.

Do we have to wait here?

GUNSHOTS, SHOUTING AND SCREAMING

I remember my selection.

Out of nowhere came these screaming lunatics

and the next thing I was in total darkness

being thrown on the floor.

There's a bag over your head, you're being roughed to the ground,

you're being kicked around a little bit.

Now somebody else has got control of your life...

..and it is absolutely petrifying.

The idea is to try and simulate what would happen in reality.

When things go wrong in war that's what happens,

you know, you're likely to get captured.

Camina!

Agacha la cabeza! Vamos, vamos, vamos! Camine, camine!

Vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos! Agacha la cabeza!

'Two recruits are separated from the rest of the group.'

Unfortunately, gents...

..it's the end of the road for you two.

Oh, fucking hell.

Listen, it's nothing person, you two dug out blind,

but we had to take forward who we thought we could build a team.

Cheers Staff, thank you. No, you're welcome, mate.

I appreciate that, thank you. Any time.

When the shock of capture came, it was very real.

In the back of my mind I was on selection,

but my mind was playing tricks.

I couldn't differentiate between reality

and what was going on.

That's why it's done at the end of selection,

is because they're already physically and mentally drained,

but now they have to use their intellect,

they have to switch on, they have to switch their minds on

to be able to get them through that final stage -

the interrogation phase.

It's there that we see the thinking soldier.

'Next time...'

Interrogation has a reputation of being fearsome.

Date of birth.

You strip down to your bare essentials.

You fucking twat, hood him.

When something happens and it's a shock,

my emotions do kick in.

He's fragile.

I believe we're actually wasting our time on him.

You've passed this course.

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