0:00:14 > 0:00:16MILITARY DRUMMING
0:00:45 > 0:00:46'The tourists have gone.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'It is November, and this island in the Scottish Hebrides is shut,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55'except, that is, to a group of men brought here to learn how not to die.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'Phase two of the many phases
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'of the making of a Mountain and Arctic Warfare Royal Marine
0:01:01 > 0:01:03'is governed by a single word - survival.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11'The euphoria of initiation to an elite special forces unit is over.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14'Suddenly, the instructors are remote and laconic.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'Illogical requests, staring at a blank wall for hours,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'demand blind obedience and induce a mood of apprehension.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33'Their transport roars homewards to the mainland,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36'leaving them to learn to live by wits alone.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40'But for how long? Ten days, ten weeks? No-one will tell them.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53'Appreciation of pastoral beauty is hardly a priority.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55'Geese in flight are quantified
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'only by the calorific value of their slowest member.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00'This brutalising process began
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'some days earlier in a Plymouth classroom.'
0:02:03 > 0:02:07What we're going to go on to now are the different types of reptiles
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and insects that are edible and may save your life
0:02:10 > 0:02:15or your companion's life when you're out in a survival situation.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19What we have on the reptile side are lizards, snakes, frogs,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21that sort of thing.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23They are all edible.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30What we've got coming up for you now is a worm omelette.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39As Europeans, we're not used to eating insects, and people have died
0:02:39 > 0:02:42or got very seriously injured or in a bad situation
0:02:42 > 0:02:47because they haven't eaten things that have been around them.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50'Ophidiophobes and others of sensitive disposition
0:02:50 > 0:02:52'are advised to leave the room.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56'This is not a pretty sequence.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59'The novelists who glamorise undercover fighting
0:02:59 > 0:03:01'fail to mention episodes like this.'
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Whenever you're eating insects
0:03:03 > 0:03:06or are in a situation where you have to eat insects, never eat insects
0:03:07 > 0:03:12that are dead or suffering from a disease or ill, obviously.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17If they're walking around with crutches on, then don't eat them.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19What we have here are worms.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22If you haven't got anything to eat with it,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26they can just be eaten as they are, raw.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28LAUGHTER
0:03:28 > 0:03:32And they are highly nutritious. Not much in calories,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35but as you'll see, they're not that bad.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39If you all pass that round, make sure everyone gets a good taste.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I can't eat another thing.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I'll kick the ass out of it.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Everyone have a good old chomp at them.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59If some of you don't like the egg, you can leave it.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It's a bit like eating spaghetti.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07'In the Hebrides, they come face-to-face with a chilling reality.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Go round the back of the vehicle.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14'It is called the dislocation of expectation,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18'a ponderous definition which means precisely that.'
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Sit down.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48'Observed dispassionately by the resident monarch of the glen,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51'they move off for lesson one of their survival course.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53'It starts where Baden Powell left off.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57'They can't see out. They don't know where they're going.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59'They know it will not be comfortable.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03'They also know that having chosen to fight behind enemy lines,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05'their lives may depend on what they assimilate here.'
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Your wire snare.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Mostly, yours will be like that, when you get them out of your pockets.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Smooth it out,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23stand on the cord.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Pull it tight on your finger, and just run a little stick up and down.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36You want this to run smoothly right around whatever's neck goes in it.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42Have a short stick. Just split the end, can you all see that?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Place it...and just flick that in.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Make a nice pear shape.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54You don't want it too high,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57or you'll push it out of the way that way.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02And you don't want it too low, which will just flatten it.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06You're not trying to snare them by the leg, you want them by the neck.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Just turn it so it's about there,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12about a fist height off the ground.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Now, they duck down there, pull, and you've got them.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24A little bit of natural history for you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:31Can you see how all the rushes there are blowing with the wind?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Now, the rabbits during the day,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38if it's been raining or if it's a sunny day like this, an unusual day,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41come out and lie and dry off in the sun.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46This is where your big stick comes in handy.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50If you keep downwind, because they'll be on the leeward side,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53keep downwind, and you'll spot one.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Don't look at 'em. Don't try and stare him out. Just walk up.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Keep walking.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Go at a tangent to them. And when you spot them...
0:07:08 > 0:07:11..whack them on the head.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Just follow on behind, lads.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23The next thing you're going to come across is probably the ferret.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27That is what everyone thinks of when they think of a ferret.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Now, ferrets are descendants of polecats.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36So when you cross those two, you get one of them.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Those are the three variations.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43They're all ferrets. Who wants to try?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46The meat's good. It is quite strong, but it's good.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49'Haute cuisine, it conspicuously is not.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51'But yes, you can eat ferret.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55'Indeed, facing death, it appears you can eat damn nearly anything.'
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Not much to get hold of. Then just peel it away.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11That's all good to eat.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13And there he is.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Take that away, clean him up around the edges.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21'The prospective menu does not get better.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23'Eventually, they arrive at rats.'
0:08:25 > 0:08:28There he is, Rattus Norvegicus.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Our brown rat.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Er...what to say about this fellow?
0:08:37 > 0:08:4155% of rats carry leptospirosis.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Ratcatcher's yellows and Weil's Disease are the other names of it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It's a jaundice-type disease.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57So be careful. If you try and catch one alive, don't.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00If you've got one in a trap that's still alive,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05kill it first before you touch the trap. Be careful about your hands.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Don't fiddle and then put your hands in your mouth.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13If you're going to eat them, take the guts out of them and ditch them.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Don't keep the liver. Don't keep any of the innards.
0:09:17 > 0:09:25Use the meat, if you want. On my course, I had to. And I'm still here.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Skin it just the same as a rabbit. But don't use the innards.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Anybody want to try?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34'No. No-one wants to try.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37'But then, no-one yet is actually starving.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40'But what, by now, is going through their minds?'
0:09:40 > 0:09:43What the hell's going to happen next?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I mean, there's a lad on the course who has been here before,
0:09:46 > 0:09:51so he has told them, I suppose, in his words, how it was on his course.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And they will all have an inkling of it.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57But until you actually do something like this and you're actually faced
0:09:57 > 0:10:01with the prospect of going out there and having to fend for yourself,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04not having the comforts we're accustomed to,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06then the reality will hit home.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08How hard is it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10As hard as you want to make it yourself.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16'Shrewdly, one man grabs the carcass of the ferret.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18'But uppermost in all their minds
0:10:18 > 0:10:21'as they're hustled round the back of a deserted outhouse
0:10:21 > 0:10:24'is a deep uneasiness about where this game is going next.'
0:10:24 > 0:10:26About turn.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Move up against the wall.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Move till your faces are up against the wall.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Move right up, lads.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Move right up, move right up. Push up.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Right, sit down.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Cross legs.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Minus four.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10It's going to be cold this week, and wet.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Stand in front of each other's pile of clothing, facing me.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Take all your clothes off, except your nicks.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52In front of you, you will place your shirt, one pair of socks
0:11:52 > 0:11:53and a pair of boots.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56The remainder of your kit, you will place behind you.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Also, what you want to place in front of you is your survival kit
0:12:00 > 0:12:02that you want to take with you.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05While you're doing that,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I'll read you the rules and limitations of the exercise.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12These instructions will go with you anyway.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16The limits of the exercise are as laid down in reference B,
0:12:16 > 0:12:17which is a map.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20All buildings are strictly out of bounds.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Do not tear up fence posts.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Do not remove polythene sheeting from silo pits.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Do not raid private gardens.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Don't let me catch you talking to the locals
0:12:35 > 0:12:37unless someone is dying or in need of an emergency.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45If you jeopardise the exercise for me, I will jeopardise you.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50You can keep your watches.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54'What does happen next spells out how life will be from now on
0:12:54 > 0:12:57'in no uncertain manner. Stripped to their Y-fronts,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00'their earthly possessions from this moment may comprise
0:13:00 > 0:13:03'only what fits into a small tobacco tin.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07'One fishing line, fish hooks, matches, one razor-blade,
0:13:07 > 0:13:08'one jackknife.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22'The search procedure would do justice to the Gestapo,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24'but to outwit them if you can
0:13:24 > 0:13:27'is seen as initiative and thus fair game.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29'The intelligent contraband is a wire saw,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31'salt tablets and obviously money.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35'They're prepared to keep a billycan to drink from and their own boots,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38'but knives, forks and spoons are not allowed.'
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Come on, lads, move your fingers.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Put your boots on. Come on, get a move on.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49'They're thrown battledress and greatcoats,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53'all as supple as asbestos, left over from World War II.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54'It's not Trooping The Colour.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59'Sleeping bags and ground sheets, any waterproof items are prohibited.'
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Pick up your kit, on the back of the wagon. Get out there.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Get out there. You can leave that.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Right, sit down facing the front of the wagon, cross-legged. Don't talk.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Right, knickers off, bend over.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Down.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47OK.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50It has been known before.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Take the kit. No group is to be within 500 metres of any building.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04No contact is to be made with the local population or other groups.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14'Smuggling money to buy survival is the obvious temptation.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15'But it rarely works.'
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Now, look what we've found here. Is this to go to a show tonight?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33'A modest banknote is found in the hasp of a jackknife.'
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Quick as you can, lads, get your kit together. Good try.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Where was it? - In the jackknife.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Inside the jackknife? I wonder what else you've got. Look in his boots.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Mr Smith knows all these things, you know.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50'Mr Smith has reason to.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51'He's an officer,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54'was previously with the SBS and has been this way before.'
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Check that battle dress Mr Smith's issued with.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02'Nothing is overlooked. Even finger dressings are prised open.'
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You may as well take the whole thing off. We'll have to dress it now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Outside, on the back of the wagon.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Just put your kit and go. Go on.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Come on, then, get out there.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26'There are just three hours of daylight left
0:16:26 > 0:16:29'when they're bundled back into the trucks.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31'Six three-man teams are to be jettisoned
0:16:31 > 0:16:35'in six different locations on the island, all bleakly inhospitable.'
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Get your map out.
0:16:48 > 0:16:55On your map is there. OK? That's where you are.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58See you on Sunday.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09Just before you go, did you manage to get anything through?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Yeah.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12What did you get? Tell us.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I've got a wire saw in my boot.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19He got the wire saw.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21The fiver was just a decoy.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I knew they'd fall for it.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Good luck.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- Thanks. - Thank you very much.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33This is in the middle of nowhere.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35We've got three lochs...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Whereabouts are you headed for just now?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Right, they dropped us off about midway down this wood.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55We're going to cut down along the road and come up to this house
0:17:55 > 0:17:57so we know exactly where we are.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Then we want to try and get to the loch.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04'They've been given maps of unique obscurity.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07'They bear no place names, and such buildings as they show
0:18:07 > 0:18:08'are all out of bounds.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13'There's a boundary line within which for the next ten days,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15'they must live completely off the land.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21'The immediate essential is a bivouac,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23'reinforced by such priceless jewels
0:18:23 > 0:18:27'as a sheet of rusting corrugated iron rescued from a riverbed.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31'Scavenging plastic and metal artefacts,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35'anything which is wind or waterproof becomes a preoccupation.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55'0630, next day. This group have been luckier than some.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57'They have a breakfast,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59'although admittedly the menu is rather limited.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01'Stoat - grilled, baked or fried.'
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Chris, your first triumph.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Caught it this morning.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15It was dead when we caught it.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Last night, we found a trap when we first got here.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It was just over there. So we took that out and set it.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25And it was sprung earlier on when I checked it in the night.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28So I reset it again, and this morning we had this fellow, a stoat.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Not a lot of meat on him, though. I'm sure he'll make a stew.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40'All over the island, small pockets of Royal Marines are wakening
0:19:40 > 0:19:44'to the reality that room-service has been suspended.'
0:20:01 > 0:20:03We've got three hours of light,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06so we decided we'd find enough material to keep dry for the night.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09We've got some plastic sheets and fern to keep ourselves warm.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Then we put out as many snares as we could. We managed seven each,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15and this morning we got a rabbit and a hare.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20'It would seem that this group are doing rather well,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25'but they have unscheduled visitors with more critical ideas.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33You haven't considered one iota
0:20:33 > 0:20:35of the tactical situation of where you've put this.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Not one iota.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41And for yourself, having done the course as I know you've done,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43it's not good enough, is it, really?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48What we want you to do by the next time we come
0:20:48 > 0:20:49is to lift and shift that.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Let's have a bit more tactics considered.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00Shelter, tactical situation. Warmth, food, security.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05You haven't thought of it. We could see your smoke.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It's dispersing a little bit.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Probably would do even more if it was in the open.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14You can find a better position
0:21:14 > 0:21:17than just plonking it in the nearest wood, yeah?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21OK.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Disappointed?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Well, obviously we got a shelter up and it's raining,
0:21:26 > 0:21:27so to move is a bit of a blow.
0:21:27 > 0:21:33But such is life. Just have to move. I don't think we appreciated...
0:21:33 > 0:21:35OK, I know it's a tactical setting,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37but I think we took it for granted
0:21:37 > 0:21:39that it was just part of the exercise.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45So, it's no problem. We'll just move.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47How about you?
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Take it as it comes. You've got to expect these sort of things.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59You expect these sort of things to happen. So we'll move.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Make the best of it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06'Lieutenant Smith took such umbrage from the reprimand that neither he
0:22:06 > 0:22:09'nor his men were seen again until the exercise was over.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12'The line between enterprise and mutiny can be thin.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19'The hills are alive with prying instructors.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22'The spot checks are not for the men's protection,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25'they're to keep them apprehensive and on the hop.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32'Lieutenant Hutton is proud of his catch.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- I caught a hare, Chris. - Did you?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Yeah.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Where was that?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39On a line on that fence.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44'But MacLean is a hard man to impress'.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Great. Everybody's got to find somewhere to look.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51The first thing they'll search will be metal objects.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56But then surely...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I know you've got enough to survive, yeah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01But any way you had it, wouldn't your fire give you away?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Not necessarily.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14He's no relation to Katie Boyle.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20How's it going?
0:23:20 > 0:23:25What have you got there? Trout for breakfast?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27We had trout last night.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31The next thing you're going to do is after you've found that...
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You been making anything?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38I made that.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41If you get two of those, that's you.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46A lot. There is a lot on there. It's a fair size.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47That must weigh...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Six or seven pounds.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55You get a couple of those, and that will do you.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58You'll find that another thing is that the farmers round here
0:23:59 > 0:24:00put scraps out for the cows.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05They're treated very well. They put their rotting veg and stuff out.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09It's not a tip, but go where the cows are,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13and as soon as they put it down, you can beat the cattle to it.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17'Stealing rotting fodder from innocent cattle may not seem cricket,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19'but it's a handy tip.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28'It's handy, too, when you stumble across man-made shelter
0:24:28 > 0:24:32'from a bygone age, now the temporary residence of Russ Craig.'
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Russ, how are you getting on?
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Not too bad. Haven't caught anything yet, which is a bit unfortunate.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Got plenty of veg, though.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44We're just starting to get a bit fed up with that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Could do with some meat or fish. The other two lads are out now.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52One's gone into the other area you're not supposed to go into.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55There's two reservoirs there. We were talking to the lads yesterday
0:24:55 > 0:24:58up there, who we're also not supposed to talk to.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01They've caught a load of fish, so we've got some lines out
0:25:01 > 0:25:03and hopefully bring some fish back.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08And Jan's out at the moment putting some more snares out, changing them,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11because we've had a lot of the snares down that area.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Not been too successful, so he's moved them to the top, near the road.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Tell me about the bits and pieces you've managed to forage?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Just up there, there's a farm.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Apparently, a couple of days before we came on the island, he moved out.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25So they've ditched all their rubbish.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The best thing we've got is this Quality Street tin.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Which turns out to be a cooking pot. You can get loads in there.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Another good thing we found
0:25:35 > 0:25:38was a load of old kiddies' clothes and what have you.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Might not look much to you and I, but we've got spare trousers,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49a spare jacket. All sorts of bits and pieces.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Looks like rubbish to everybody else, but at night time,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55we take our boots off and wrap our feet in it
0:25:55 > 0:25:59and use the rest as pillows. Also made a hat out of a bit of it.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Got all sorts here. There's even a bra there.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Socks are another good thing.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I've worn these ones, because mine got wet yesterday.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Paper for lighting fires. It's all good kit.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21'Deprivation transforms them into something close to kleptomaniacs,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25'even down to accumulating weapons of suspect firepower.'
0:26:28 > 0:26:32We've got a gun, but not much ammunition for it, unfortunately.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38In here, we've got a load of plastic things, bottles.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42We've got plates, if we can catch something decent, to eat it off.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47And an electric razor for when we come out of the field.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51That's about it. We gave some stuff away yesterday.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54We swapped it for some veg.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55They took pity on us,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58because they've got stacks in their area, apparently.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Unknown to anybody else, we've also got a push-bike. And tonight...
0:27:05 > 0:27:07we're going down there.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11'Down there is a familiar landmark, Mary Logan's farm.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15'There are strict rules against touting aid from local residents.'
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Is that Mary Logan's? - That is Mary Logan's.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21I wasn't going to do that anyway. I went on a recce the other day.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25All I did was walk straight down the road to within 300 metres.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28They've got dogs, so it would be stupid to try anything anyway.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32But further down, I don't know, six or seven kilometres away,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35there's quite a lot of farmhouses. Might take a look down there.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41'The locals, equally, are warned, particularly Mary Logan,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43'a lady of kindly disposition.'
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Hello, Mary. Long time since I've seen you.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56We just came round to let you know again about the lads coming round.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59If you do see them, don't give them all your cups of tea
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and sandwiches and stuff like that. I've seen the twins down the road.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Did you? - Mmm.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05That's good.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07So you've not seen any of the lads?
0:28:07 > 0:28:08No, none at all.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12HE LAUGHS
0:28:13 > 0:28:14- None? - No, none at all.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17They've not been in your barn and asked for straw?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19No.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22If they take anything from you, Mary, would you tell us?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Then the exercise is over, and we'll replace it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29She lost a couple of ducks last time, didn't you?
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Two years ago.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32What will you tell them?
0:28:32 > 0:28:34If any of them should happen to knock on your door
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and ask for a cup of tea, what will you tell them?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39I'll not give them anything.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Good girl.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43We'll be coming round during the week,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46and we'll probably pop in and see you.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47Yes.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50And see the boys. OK?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53See you, Mary. Bye-bye, love.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54Bye.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Mary Logan's one of the people
0:28:59 > 0:29:02that doesn't take a blind bit of notice of what we say.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06She treats it very much as if she's an agent of some kind.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09And it's a big game for them.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14It's a nice, bright aspect from their normal lives,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18and they look for it with enthusiasm every year when we come down.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20And she doesn't take a blind bit of notice.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23She will actually take people in.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27She'd keep them in there for the whole time if she could.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31But from past experience, it's getting harder for her to do it,
0:29:31 > 0:29:33because we're watching closely.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35You did the course yourself.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Would you ever dream of going to someone like Mary Logan?
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Definitely not. I was approached by Mary on several occasions,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45and refused any sandwiches that she offered.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49'Day two of the ten day ordeal. Time for the commanding officer
0:29:49 > 0:29:52'to arrive with one of those "just what you need" requests.'
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I want to see a spoon from each of you the next time I come round.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00That's not a metallic spoon. That's a wooden spoon.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Made, designed, fashioned.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04He found a set in his pocket.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Found a set in his pocket?
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Well, I'd like to see a wooden spoon carved by each of you. One project.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17You've got sunken eyes. You look pathetic already. It's only day two.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20I do? Oh, right!
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Wait till Friday.
0:30:24 > 0:30:30We've all made a spoon each, and a fork. Jan's is a good one.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Look at that. Made a proper fork.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36That was after the captain came round. We've been here
0:30:36 > 0:30:40almost three days and been running around like blue-arsed flies,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43searching the area, trying to get food, and all he could go on about
0:30:43 > 0:30:45was why we hadn't made a wooden spoon.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49I thought it was quite incredible. We're in a survival situation,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and a wooden spoon was all he was interested in.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54"Why haven't you got a wooden spoon?" Well, we've got them now.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01'A soliloquy on the nature of the spoon.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04'Apparel fashioned from a fertiliser bag.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07'It's a far cry from the tunes of glory of the Royal Tournament
0:31:07 > 0:31:11'or the glittering promises of the recruiting posters.'
0:31:13 > 0:31:16If any of these guys are caught in a house on this trip,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18what will happen to them?
0:31:18 > 0:31:21They'll go back to Plymouth and back to their units.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24They know they're not allowed to use houses.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27If they're caught, they're caught and that's it. They will go back.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30And other infringements of the rules?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33If I find them eating cheese sandwiches or packets of cornflakes,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35caviar or whatever else,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39I will have a suitable punishment for them.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42But if I find them in a house, drinking cups of tea
0:31:42 > 0:31:46and keeping nice and warm, they will go back.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55'There are heavy penalties too for teams fraternising with one another.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58'Yet chance meetings on lonely roads do happen'.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03Hiya.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04You got a hare?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06We brought a hare down.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08For your emergency rations.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13The thing with what you were saying about how easy it is,
0:32:13 > 0:32:16we don't want it too hard, or else it'll be no good whatsoever.
0:32:16 > 0:32:22All we'll have then is 17 zombies. Anybody can produce that.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25The big thing is that they learn things
0:32:25 > 0:32:29and learn what it's going to be like,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31and just think what it would be like
0:32:31 > 0:32:34if they never had all this polythene and corrugated stuff.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Which they will do later on in Norway anyway.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39It is a luxury, polythene.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40It is. We let them use it,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44because if you do scavenge and you're on the trot,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47you'll use it. You will, at night, go to people's places.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Without that, you won't survive long at all.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54You can imagine how long a person would be able to stay out
0:32:54 > 0:32:56on a night here without any of that protection,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58even if you had a certain amount of clothes.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01A couple of days, and it would be an exposure case,
0:33:01 > 0:33:02and then they'd be dead.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07'Well, no-one has died yet, but there are seven days to go.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11'We shall rejoin them next week in the islands that are not always
0:33:11 > 0:33:14'what Mendelssohn and Samuel Johnson cracked them up to be.