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Here, under the scorching African sun... | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
GUNFIRE AND SCREAMS | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
..we have created the ultimate military boot camp... | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
Oh, my God. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:12 | |
..with veterans of six of the world's fiercest Special Forces units. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
22 of Britain's toughest civilians are about to enter | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
a fortnight of hell. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
-Get it up! -I'm trying... -Get it up! | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
WOMAN SCREAMS | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
Each and every one of them believes they have | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
what it takes to make it to the end. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
I've never quit anything in my life. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
-I'm ready for it. -Do I have what it takes to win the show? | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Hell, yeah, I do. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
And standing in their way are former operatives | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
from the South Korean Special Forces... | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
What is going on here? | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
-Get up! You want to quit? -MAN GROANS | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
..the US Army's Green Berets... | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
If you throw up, stick it in your pocket and keep going! | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
SHOUTING | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
..GROM from Poland... | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
Do not move. Do not talk. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Two minutes, prepare your baggage. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
..the South African Special Forces... | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Get up! Get up! | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
I want it done now! | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
..the Australian SAS... | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
GUNFIRE | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
Yes, yes, yes, come on. Come on, run. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
..and GIGN from France. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:14 | |
-Fighting stance! -THEY SHOUT | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
Living under a strict military regime, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
our recruits will experience the unique selection methods | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
to understand the characteristics and skills required | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
to become a member of one of these elite units. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
-Down! -SHE VOMITS | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
What's happening? | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
Who has the inner strength to make it to the end... | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
We are not going to stop until somebody quits! | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
..and to win Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week? | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
From this point on, you are in my world! | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
Each of these individuals have been put through a rigorous | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
cross-examination and their physical, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
mental and emotional toughness is about to be put to the test. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
We are the best. We are the UK's finest and fittest. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
Stepping into the unknown, you don't know what's happening. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
I want to make it to the end for all the older guys out there. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
It's just about keeping a positive mind-set. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
I don't know what's going to be around the corner. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
So, our recruits have just arrived in South Africa. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
They think that they're on their way to base camp, but, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
they have no idea what's in store for them. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Africa is full of deadly and scary things, including me. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
I've had 22 years of active service in the South African Special Forces, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
affectionately known as the Recces. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
These recruits should be ready for a baptism of fire. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
I'm roasting, man! | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
It'll be the worst 48 hours of their lives. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Formed during apartheid in 1972, the Recces, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
abbreviated from the 1st Reconnaissance Commandos, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
have always been comprised of both black and white operatives. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
Deployed in the South African border war, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
and the Rhodesian bush conflict during the '70s, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
their selection takes place over 57 weeks, | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
making it one of the longest special forces | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
recruitment processes in the world. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
GUNFIRE AND SCREAMING | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
Get out. Let's go, let's get a move on, yeah? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
The training Clinton is overseeing is based on elements | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
of the real Recce recruitment process. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Get up! Come on, get up! | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
On your face now, get down! | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
Down! | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
Motivating and monitoring the candidates, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
alongside every special forces veteran they're set to encounter, | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
will be our military trained directing staff, known simply as DS. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
Welcome to my country. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
These are my rules, my playground. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
You do as I tell you to do, you do it the way I tell you to do it. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
When I say "up", get up. Get up! | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
(There's a few shellshocked faces in there already.) | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
My name is Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Agnew. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
From this point on, you will call me Colonel. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
And I will call you anything I like. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
I'm one of the best ironmen triathletes in Wales, | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
nationally ranked. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
People say, "What is your greatest achievement?" | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
Whether it's ironman or sailing the Atlantic single-handed. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
Obviously, not many people have done that. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
My mind-set is, if I wasn't good at it, I wouldn't do it. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
I need the pressure and the social accolade of my peers. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
Quitting just wouldn't be an option with other people around. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
For the next 48 hours, you are under my command. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
Being a driving instructor, I feel that I'm very patient, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
I can take a lot of stick. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
When I think of special forces, I just think of the best of the best. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
I would love to be part of the special forces. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
I don't really see that many Muslim men or women doing these sorts of | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
things so, for me, it's just to break the ice and say, you know, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
we can do these sorts of things. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
I want you to be motivated, I want you to be disciplined. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
I want you to be obedient. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:50 | |
-Yes? -ALL: Yes, Colonel. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
-MOCKINGLY: -Yes, Colonel. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
Let me try that again. Yes? | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
ALL: Yes, Colonel! | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
What's driven me to be here - stereotypes. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
It drives me round the bend. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:06 | |
Just because I like to have my nails done, I like to do my hair, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
people automatically think either bimbo, or she can't lift weights. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:14 | |
I lift heavier weights than I would say 90% | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
of the men who go to my cross fit gym. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
When I say go, left around the dead wood. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
Then you fall back into your positions. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
First exercises are to assess their physical ability. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
Secondly, with that I want to assess their ability to switch on | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
and perform under duress. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:33 | |
Ready, move! | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
This is completely new terrain. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:38 | |
They are under physical strain, the weather is beating down on them, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
and I want to see who is actually going to be alert. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
Left, left, left. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Left by the tree! | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
-Left! -Did he say left by the tree? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
I think some of them are a little confused | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
as to what their right and left actually are. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
Oh, bollocks! | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
Three, two, one. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
Obviously, some of us don't understand the meaning of left. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
Some of you don't understand the meaning of run. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
When I was a kid, I always wanted to join the TA and because I was deaf, | 0:07:12 | 0:07:18 | |
I just couldn't do it. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
I think this is probably my opportunity to try | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
something very similar. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:24 | |
Some of my friends call me nutter, because I don't stop. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
I'm always on the move. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
You all good? | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
-Are we all good? -ALL: -Yes, Colonel. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
I was a ladies' hairdresser for 25 years. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
I was a hovercraft pilot for the Ministry of Defence. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
Now I'm a prison officer. You know, you can have people in your face, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
shouting, screaming, spitting on you, all sorts. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
Physically, I train all the time. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
I can push myself till I'm sick, I can push myself till I pass out. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
I was made for this programme. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
This time, we have 25 seconds. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
Move! | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
Right side, right side. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
We've already got one recruit that is limping. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
-Five, four, three. -He can't have hurt himself already, surely? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
Pick your heads up. Face the morning sun. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
You, in the pink shirt, come here. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
So what's the matter with your leg? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
-I just pulled my hamstring. -Do you want keep going? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
-Yes, Colonel. -If I see you lagging, you'll be gone. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
-Yes? -Yes, Colonel. -You understand? -Yes, Colonel. -Go! | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
Come on, Stevie! | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Five, four, three, two, one. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:56 | |
Yeah, come here. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
We've just started. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
We have a long way to go. It's going to get worse from here. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
Pack your bags and get out of here. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
Off you go. Go on. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
That way. Go. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
Go on. Make it snappy. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
Nine minutes in and 51-year-old prison officer | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Sommerville is the first recruit to exit. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
Push up position! Down! | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
Go! | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
-What happened to your leg? -Sitting in the lorry, then jumping off | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
and running hard just popped my hamstring. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
But, it really just needed stretching. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
-Yeah. -I'm probably one of the fittest people here. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
I was the person that can win this. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
I have the mental strength way above and beyond. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
Jack-knife position, down! | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
Go! | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
That's your feet. Go! | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
Go! When I say go, left around the tree. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
-I'm done. -You're done? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
-Yep. -Excuse me, no, no, no. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
Come here, come here. It's not how these things work. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
Are you quitting? And don't fall over on me. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
Don't fall over on me. Stand still. Are you done? Look at me. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:13 | |
-I'm done. -You quit? | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
Off you go. Pack your bag. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:17 | |
Electrician and ironman enthusiast Francis withdraws | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
from the competition after just 14 minutes. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
And we're down two in the first few minutes. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
Next, come on, right around the tree. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
You fall in in position from first to last. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
Go! | 0:10:35 | 0:10:36 | |
Sort of keep this covering your head, OK? | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
-Just cool down. -Listen, cool down. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
Dehydration has clearly taken its toll. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
At home, you know, he completes ironmans, but he's just not keeping up. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
There are some incredibly fit people here and, well, if you ask me, | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
he's just not up to the pace of it. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
-Recce! -First man here, first man here! | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
Three, two... | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
THEY SHOUT | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
Done and dusted. Look at me. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
You, you. Hey, you, you, and you. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
Stay behind. The rest of you, get your uniform on. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
Dismissed! | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
That's not fast enough. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Get a move on! | 0:11:23 | 0:11:24 | |
You keep quiet and you get dressed. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
Those held back our recruit Sparks, Downham, Donoghue, Nawaz and Blowes. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:35 | |
You are struggling physically already. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
Yeah? So you're in the bottom five. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
Yes? Do you understand what I'm saying to you? | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
ALL: Yes, Colonel. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:42 | |
If you want to stay here, pick it up. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Dismissed. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
I know I'm not the fastest runner in the world, but, yeah, | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
I've got a lot more to give, so I've just got to prove it to him. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
I thought he was going to boot me out, to be honest with you. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
But he stared at me and he just went, "Go and get your kit on. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
"Move it. Buck your ideas up." | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
We've lost two people ready. Did you think that would happen this quickly? | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
Yeah, I did. Obviously, you come in, you're a little arrogant, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
you think this is a walk in the park. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
If you're not prepared, it's going to bite you in the ass. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
So what can you actually tell me about the South African Special Forces? The Recces. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
The rest of the world is a different environment, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
so this is ours. We work in very hot temperatures, we walk long distances. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
We carry heavy kit and we are masters at reconnaissance | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
and offensive operations. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
Let's go, let's go, let's go! | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
It's less than one hour since our South African Special Forces veteran | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
has taken charge. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:40 | |
With their 12kg backpacks on, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
the 20 remaining recruits are led to the next stage. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
The South African bush is where | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
the real Recces selection process is based. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
Candidates undergo a six-and-a-half day week, | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
training up to 20 hours a day, | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
and must endure increasingly long route marches between each exercise. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
I'm back in the car on the dirt track trying to find our recruits, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
because, apparently, we've lost someone. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
It's definitely difficult walking in this heat with one of those massive | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
bergens on your back, let alone running. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
-Recruit Isrolia is the man down. -Are you feeling nauseous? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
-Yeah. -OK. -It's the heat. I'll wait for the medics. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
Make sure all of you have water. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
At 36 Celsius, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
exercising in extreme temperatures can lead to heat stroke - | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
a deadly condition if not identified quickly. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
Isrolia, what's going on? | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
I was pushing beyond my limits. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
What is it you're finding so difficult at the moment? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
It's the heat. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
Everything's good. Yeah. Heart rate's come down quite nicely. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
It's up to you as to whether you want to push yourself. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-What are you going to do? -I'm good to go. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
-You sure you want to get back in there? -Yeah, definitely. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
-You're sure? -Definitely. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Growing up on the streets of Hackney, life was pretty rough. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
I was doing bad stuff, basically. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
I'd hang around with my friends and then I had a change of heart. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
I've learned to channel all my negative energy into my training | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
and, ever since then, I work full time, I help people get fit. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Isrolia, there's a gap right there. Fill it. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
-Now you stick next to your man on your left-hand side, have you got it? Say something! -Yes, sir. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
Let's go, let's go. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
All right, so here we are, back again. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
-How was the run-up here? -ALL: Good, Colonel. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
-Any issues? -No, Colonel. -Liars. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
Who had the issue with the run? | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Me, Colonel. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
So when I asked if somebody had an issue, you didn't put your hand up. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
-Are you trying to piss me off? -No, Colonel. -No, you must be. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
Because it must be a special kind of stupid for you to do this. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
Right, next exercise. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
Stewart. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:06 | |
-Sir. -Logan. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
You are the team leaders for this next challenge. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Get yourself to this rock. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
Right, Stewart, starting with you, make your first pick. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:19 | |
Blowes. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
Logan. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
LOGAN MUMBLES | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
-Speak up, man. -Sorry, Staff Sergeant. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
Staff Sergeant? This morning I said that I am a Lieutenant Colonel | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
and you address me as Colonel. Yeah? | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
-Sorry, Colonel. -Come on, Logan, you don't get his name wrong. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
Ferguson. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
Fox. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
The recruits are divided into a yellow and orange team. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
Here's the rules. You have two drums per team. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
That has to be carried by poles. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
The drums may not be separated from each other. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
Using a map and compass, they must navigate the 4.8km course, | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
passing through two checkpoints before they reach the finish line. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
Both teams stand by. Go! | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
-Go, go, go! -Let's go, let's go. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
TEAMS SHOUT | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
For the yellows, gym fanatic Logan | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
makes his voice heard immediately. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
We could have two people... One person that side, one person there. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
One person here. One person there. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
-Two carrying it. -One can sit in there, one can sit in there. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
And then we can do the same rope at the front. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
We're going to put two barrels there, two people at the front, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
two people at the back. It's not hard. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
I do a lot of gym, twice a day. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Before work, six in the morning, after work. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
Constantly lifting engines. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
I do two three-mile runs every day. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
I am physically fit. I can do it. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
I didn't come 6,000 miles, left my missus at home, left work, to quit. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
I'm telling you now, I will win it. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
On the orange team, their leader Stewart is subdued. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
We need to get the barrels on to measure how far they are apart | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
and then get these ones as close... | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
-Are they full? -Yes. -Right. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
When I'm in a group, I'm always quite the loud voice, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
even in the dental practice, people said they hear me three surgeries | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
down. I've never really done any team sports. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
Like, everything I've done has been really solo endurance events. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
And I'm quite a competitive person by nature, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
as well, so I do like to be the best at everything I do. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
OK, we're going to walk on the bearing, OK? | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
We're going to walk on a bearing. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
Logan has assigned navigating duties to recruits Mark, Flynn and Birch. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
We're going to go towards the middle of them two buildings. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
-Let's roll. -We're staying behind you. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
And it's the yellows who are the first to depart. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
-All together. -One, two, three. -Lift! | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
Belted. Where's a navigator in front of us? | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
Designed to test the recruits' teamwork, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
their structure weighs a total of 260 kg. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Get the march on. Left! Left. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
Each 40 gallon drum is half full of water, | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
making it unstable and therefore harder to carry across the terrain. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:04 | |
Just take your time, take your time. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Lack of a clear strategy by Stewart is costing his team valuable time. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
Stewart, are we any closer to getting going? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
We'll be good to go in a couple of minutes, sir. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
-Then get going. -On three. Right, one, two, three, up. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
OK. This way. 261. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
We're going this way. All right. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
Team Stewart have finally got their barrels all together. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
Meanwhile, Logan's team are way over there. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
In a combat situation, | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
the Recces are often required to carry supplies behind enemy lines. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
Soldiers need to pull their weight, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
as failure can ultimately put lives at risk. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
-Just how difficult is it? -It is difficult. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Because somebody's going to bear more weight than others. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
People are going to be passengers a little. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
A good leader would have stood back, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:54 | |
assessed the situation to get the job done properly. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
So, does Logan have what it takes to be a leader? | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
I picked him this morning because he seemed to be very on top of the game | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
in terms of obeying commands. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
-And how about Stewart? -Yes, Stewart, | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
I thought there was a quiet confidence about him that I spotted. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
I thought I'd like to give him an opportunity to see if he could do | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
something worthwhile as a leader. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
Listen up, Stewart, we're bang on 261 direction here, OK? | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
But it's GP and mountain rescue medic Allan | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
who seizes the opportunity to take control on the orange team. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
Listen up, we've got 400 metres, OK? | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
We need to be that way, where that track is over there. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
My first love is probably fell running. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
Now I've moved over to ultra marathons. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
This is my time out, as it were, from the family, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
and they support this, because they know I need my kind of medicine. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
I'm bloody-minded and stubborn, which, | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
in my daily work can be not the best thing in the world. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
But I'm hoping for this it'll be the right thing. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Stewart! Stewart, listen up! | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
It's 640 metres, OK? | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
It's due North... 640 metres, guys. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
Stewart, take control, mate. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
-Go on, let's do it. -Stewart, are you in charge or not? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
-I am in charge. -So why is everybody speaking | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
and you not saying anything? | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:17 | |
Can you jog? Can you jog? | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
After 2km, the yellows reach the first checkpoint. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
-Right, let's move fast. Let's move fast. -Two orange ones. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
-Two, three, up. -Up! -Shoulders. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
Soon after, team leader Logan has a cause for concern. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:40 | |
Ah, my groin, my groin, my groin. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
Oh! Oh! | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
My groins are finished. They're just locking up, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
bro, I swear to God. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:51 | |
With the yellow team at a standstill, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
the orange team have the perfect opportunity to make up ground. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
Got it. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:01 | |
Oh, man! | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
-Are you fine? -I'm fine, I'm absolutely fine. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
Clinton, the orange team has broken their equipment. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
They've got to reassemble it all. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
They couldn't get moving as quick as possible. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
All right, just watch it unfold, don't interfere. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
-Get it on, yeah? -In the middle, in the middle. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
Come on! So the yellow team have made it out in front | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
and they're right by the finish line. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
Guys, hydrate, hydrate, rapid. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
They complete the course in a time of one hour and two minutes. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
No way. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:34 | |
They're breaking. Breaking up and slapping up and that, | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
but we can do this, man, we can do this. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
I was in the bottom five so I felt I had a lot to prove in this | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
exercise and I think I'm quite good when it comes to team building, | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
so I was helpful when it came to build our contraption. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
I ended up in the bottom five. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
I did feel as if I had something to prove. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
I wanted to show them that, you know, I had strengths, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
that I'm strong, | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
and that I'm able in other ways. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
14 minutes later, and the orange team finally make it to the end. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
Right, team, that's it. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
End of the exercise. Put the drums down, you're finished. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
-Three, two, one down! -I did find it very challenging. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
Everybody ended up with quite a few viewpoints. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Allan is quite a vocal leader. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:16 | |
Maybe I should have been a bit of a grey man, kept my mouth shut, but... | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
I thought I needed to take over. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
Yeah. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
Let me congratulate the yellow team | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
on finishing first. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
So, Logan, how do you think your team fared on this task? | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
Got very strong members, Colonel, and very good navigators. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Right, select here from the team. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
What did you think of him? | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
-Isrolia? -Our leader did well, he's a good communicator. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
He motivated us well. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:57 | |
Three quarters through he did get a little injury in his groin. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
-Yeah. -But he did his best. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
-Stewart. -Colonel. -Let me hear your version. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
It wasn't one of my best days, Colonel. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
What did you do wrong, do you think? | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
I didn't manage the team individually | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
as well as I could have done. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
Just so you know, for both teams, leadership plays | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
a very important role, so does teamwork. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
You've got to think on that, work on that. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
Next challenge, your DS will follow you into the field. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
Run down there, pick up your concrete block and I'll see you at the finishing line. On my mark, go! | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
Part two of the carry challenge is a 1.5km run in possession of a | 0:23:45 | 0:23:50 | |
17kg concrete block and their 12kg bergen. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:55 | |
So, Clinton, what is this task actually all about? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
In the South African Special Forces, we use the carry challenge | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
in order to assess teamwork and mental toughness. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
I want them to start understanding that although | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
it's individual, they are part of a bigger team, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
and they need to start looking out for one another. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
So let's see how it goes. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:11 | |
Follow me. Go. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
Keep following the road, keep following the road. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
Come on, let's go, let's go, guys. Let's go! | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
And original Recce training drill, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
real troops run this with a 35kg block. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
As the temperature hits 39 degrees, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
this exercise will require strength and stamina. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
This heat being oppressive, and this temperature, is normal, | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
this is we operate in. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:41 | |
These young recruits, coming from another country where | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
the temperatures are a lot lower, this is really a killer. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
And they will have to really dig deep. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
-Come on! -After only 300 metres, | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
Nawaz is the first to show signs of fatigue. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Go, Nawaz, go, Nawaz. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Come on, mate, let's go, let's go, let's go. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
Quickly followed by Isrolia. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
Just don't pass out again. Let's go, let's go, let's go. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
Up at the front, Stewart, Durance, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
Blowes and Allan are gunning for individual glory. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
Come on, you brick. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:17 | |
Whilst Donohue and Palomar are working together as a team. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
-Come on, Donohue. -I'm coming. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
Stay on me. Relax your fingers. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
-Get your hand inside it. -Got it. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
As are Downham and Flynn from the yellows. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
Focus, keep it high, come on. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
But disaster strikes for Isrolia. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
He breaks his block. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
Oi. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
It's the last time that thing drops. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
You heard what I said? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
Approaching the finish, from the orange team, it's marathon enthusiast Blowes, | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
who earlier was in Clinton's weakest five. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
So here comes Blowes with that breeze block and that's impressive. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
This will definitely put him on all of the right radars. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
He's first to complete the run, in nine minutes and five seconds. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:11 | |
All right, Blowes, slow down. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
Put your block down, put it down. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
First one in. Well done, Blowes, how are you? | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
-Yeah, good, mate. -You are literally dripping right now. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
-That's not water, is it? That's completely sweat. -Sweat, yeah. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
Always dreamed of being in the army when I was a kid. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
And it was like posters on the wall. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
I think I've got what it takes physically | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
to get through this because I'm an endurance athlete. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
I've been running competitively for the last ten, 11 years. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
My wife always says if I was to put as much effort into work as I do | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
training, we'd probably be a lot richer than we are. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
You've been pretty quiet all day. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
Have you been deliberately playing the background? | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
No. I've been... I got bollocked this morning. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
I just thought sod it, I'm a runner, that's what I do. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
Step up. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Orange team member Durant is second. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
Sparks from the yellows is third. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
And Thomson from the orange team is the first girl in. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
Third row that way. Get in there and go rest, yeah? | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
-How hard was it? -It's pretty hard, actually, | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
to have weight on your back and weight on your front as well. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
It's really difficult to regulate your breathing, | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
but it's just keeping a steady pace and cracking on, I think. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
Nawaz, who was in Clinton's bottom five earlier, | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
is the final orange team member over the line. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
Right, Nawaz, put your block down. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
No, Nawaz, I said put the block down, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
not chuck the fricking thing down. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
I'm really starting to feel it, really, in terms of | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
physical ability, but mentally, I'm still there. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
Yellow team member Isrolia is the penultimate recruit | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
to finish and who, so far in the competition, | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
has drawn attention to himself for all the wrong reasons. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
How come you're the only individual now that has an incomplete block? | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
How is it that you managed to screw this up, really? | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
-It fell on a stone. -It fell on a stone? | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
No, it didn't fall on the stone. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:09 | |
-I dropped it on a stone. -Oh, you dropped it on the stone. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
You see, now there were getting to something, | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
because things just don't fall, yeah? | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
You have no idea. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
So Isrolia had a terrible time getting in and he got in trouble | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
for breaking that breeze block. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
But, you may have noticed that we are missing one more recruit. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
Isrolia wasn't the last. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
Big Logan is with the medics. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
Yellow team leader Logan has suffered a recurrence of his groin problem. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 | |
I just don't want to fail. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
OK. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:43 | |
I just want to keep up with everybody. I don't want to fail. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
Things aren't going well because he's taken absolutely ages to come here. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:52 | |
But, to be fair to him, he's kept going. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
Right, Logan, so you're substantially late | 0:29:08 | 0:29:10 | |
after everybody else. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
-What's going on? -My hamstrings, Colonel. -Your hamstring? | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
-Are you going to quit? -No, Colonel. -Are you sure? -Yes, Colonel. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
Take your stuff away. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:20 | |
You had, was it an injury? | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
-What happened on the way? -Taped them up because we were just running, | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
-they just locked up on me. -Yeah. -You know what it is, | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
it's just different terrain with the boots and... | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
So do you think you've got what it takes to keep going? | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
Yeah, I'm going to keep going today until I can't move no more. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
-Stand up, stand up! -Go. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
-Stand to attention. Let's go. -Stand to attention. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
You've completed this task and, interestingly enough, | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
just prior to this I'd been speaking to you about the value of teamwork. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
It's about teamwork. It's not about you as an individual, | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
it's about the team. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:06 | |
Some of you need to understand that. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
If you just picked up and looked after yourself, | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
yet I just said teamwork to you. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
So the winning team was defined by the last person | 0:30:16 | 0:30:19 | |
of that team to cross the finish line. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
And that team happened to be Team Orange. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
The losing team is obviously then Team Yellow. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:31 | |
And there are going to be consequences to this. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
All right. For tonight, this will be your camp and I will be | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
very generous and I will bring you some dinner. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
-Yeah? Sounds like a good plan? -ALL: Yes, Colonel. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:51 | |
Off the back of that, I'm pretty sure Logan feels awful. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:58 | |
And everyone is wondering what on earth is that punishment. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:02 | |
It's my fault completely and the team shouldn't have to pay. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:06 | |
I should have to pay for it. We should have won it. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
I'm glad we passed the line first on that task. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
The girls, we all started slowing down, so we kind of teamed together, | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
got morale up and thought, you know, | 0:31:14 | 0:31:15 | |
if we can do it together we can get through the end of it. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:19 | |
You referred to dinner and I come and find you here | 0:31:22 | 0:31:26 | |
stood above this carcass. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:27 | |
Can you please explain to me what on earth is going on? | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
In a survival situation, | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
when you've been compromised and you have to run away from the enemy, | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
you have to look after yourself. You won't have much with you, | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
and so what you do is you have the nearest thing possible. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
So, when you shoot an animal | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
there's a lot of things that you can actually use on it. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
Grab a leg there, Reg... | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
-Oh, my God, you want me to grab hold? -Yeah. It's kicking a little, don't worry. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
It still moving. Why is it still moving? | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
-Just the nerves. -Just the nerves. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
It is ten hours since our recruits have been under the command | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
of Clinton and this is their first meal. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
You can all have a look. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
You're pretending it's not here, but it is. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
Dinner. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
Yeah? Good, eh? | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
-ALL: Yes, Colonel. -Yeah, good stuff. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
This is part of special forces training. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:23 | |
You're taught to survive in the wild. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
The first thing you do, you need to gut the animal. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
There is a mental barrier that must be passed by killing, | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
skinning and preparing an animal for consumption on a combat mission. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:38 | |
Well this is nice and warm still. Man! | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
Lighting a fire to cook is not an option when behind enemy lines, | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
as flames or smoke will give your location away. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
I'm trying to find the liver for you. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:51 | |
There it is. Beautiful. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
Look at that. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:58 | |
HE GAGS | 0:32:58 | 0:33:00 | |
All right. There we have the liver. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
During military training, recruits burn an average | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
of 4,500 calories a day. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
Help yourself. It's...hors d'oeuvres. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
No, you want me to cook it for you with onions? | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
-Not at all, Colonel. -Off you go. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
Highly nutritious, yet also the most perishable organ, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
raw liver is abundant in both protein and vitamins. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
Logan, I hear this is good for hamstrings. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
-Yeah. -Mr Nawaz, can I tempt you to an hors d'oeuvre? | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
-No, thank you, Colonel. -Are you sure? | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
-I'm very sure, Colonel. -And why aren't you going to eat any of this? | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
Unfortunately, it's not been sacrificed in the correct way, Colonel. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
All right, OK. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
Next up it's liquid refreshment. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
All right, here we have the stomach. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
There is a lot of moisture in the stomach. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
Replenishing fluid loss is vital | 0:33:56 | 0:33:59 | |
to preventing dehydration in extreme heat. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:02 | |
This is very hydrating and very nutritious. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
Squeeze all of it in there. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
Nectar of the gods, I'm telling you. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
-Sparks, off you go, lad. -Thank you, Colonel. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
No, thank you, Colonel. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:22 | |
And why ever not, Mr Isrolia? | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
-I don't drink -BLEEP, -Colonel. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:26 | |
But you talk a lot of it. You're going to wimp out on this one, too? | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
All right. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:32 | |
Come on, Donoghue. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
-Thanks, Colonel. -Drink up. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:36 | |
-Breathe in, breathe in! -Go on. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
Thank you, Colonel. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:45 | |
-I'm good. -Yeah, yeah, I can see that. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
Have some stuff. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
-Should I hold on to you? -No, thanks, Sir. | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
-No, thanks, please. -I haven't even got to you. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:03 | |
-No, thanks. -At least you could have a smell of this. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:06 | |
-No, thank you. -Are you sure? -Sure. -Come on. Just a little one. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
I'm going to give you a whiff. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:10 | |
Refreshing. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
FERGUSON GAGS | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
All right. So, there you have it. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
Losing team, yellow, you're at that end of the camp. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:31 | |
Orange team, you're at that end of the camp, | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
and that's where you stay for tonight. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
All you've got with you is that which you have - | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
your bergens and everything in it. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
-Understood? -ALL: -Yes, Colonel. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:42 | |
Go. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
The smell's the most repulsive thing | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
I've ever smelt in my life, man. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:54 | |
Just horrendous smell. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
Even if someone pays me 3,000 quid, | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
I'm not going to drink that. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
'In the bottom five after the first exercise of the day, | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
'recruit Donoghue has redeemed herself.' | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
I kind of conquered something there, eating that and drinking that. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
It was a bit of a moment in my life. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:36:16 | 0:36:17 | |
As night falls, the two teams bed down in the bush. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
Are we sleeping in a circle? | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
You know what we can do - head to toe. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
Spooning - let's do a giant spoon. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
Mate, I'm not spooning nobody on here. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
So, Stewart and Logan, they were our team leaders today. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
How do you think they fared? | 0:36:42 | 0:36:43 | |
I think Logan, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
I don't think he put in his fair effort in the drum carry. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
Communication was a little rough in the beginning, | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
-but I think he picked it up and that was nice. -And how about Stewart? | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
I noticed there was definitely some issues | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
between him and Allan at one point earlier. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:56 | |
Stewart completely lost the plot and, yeah, fell to pieces. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
I mean, on a scale of one to zero, he was zero. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
Logan kept getting your name wrong all day | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
and he is the captain of the losing team tonight, | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
do you think there is going to be any repercussions? | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
Yeah, I have said they're going to pay the price, | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
and they will pay the price. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:14 | |
I think all of these people don't seem to understand that | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
professional soldiering is a matter of life and death - | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
you screw up, people are going to die, including yourself. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:22 | |
SNORING | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
I can see a shooting star. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:35 | |
-Look up, look! -That's lucky. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
-Do you see it? -No. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:38 | |
-Move! -Up, get up. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
Get! Get up! | 0:37:50 | 0:37:53 | |
Up, up, up. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:55 | |
Over the shoulder. Quickly, move it. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
Approaching 1am in the morning, the yellow team are rudely awoken. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:01 | |
Come on, sunshine. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Today, recruit, today. I want it done now. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
Heads down. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
Marched out of camp, they have no idea where they are heading. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
17 hours into their Recces training, | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
and the yellow team are about to endure their punishment | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
for losing the previous challenge. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
We're putting the recruits through the capture phase. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
It puts them under mental pressure. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
We deprive them of some of their senses. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
Subjected to sensory deprivation, the recruits are hooded, | 0:38:36 | 0:38:40 | |
their hands are tied... | 0:38:40 | 0:38:42 | |
..and they are regularly manoeuvred into stress positions. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:47 | |
It's sore, it's uncomfortable, | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
but it helps you prepare | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
for what you're going to face in the real world. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
Ah. | 0:38:58 | 0:38:59 | |
The purpose of this phase is to simulate | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
the most extreme physical and mentally stressful conditions | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
that could be experienced operationally. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
What don't you understand about sitting still in this position? | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
This is done to ensure recruits tap into their strength of mind, | 0:39:12 | 0:39:16 | |
as opposed to merely physical attributes. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
The recruits are routinely kept moving | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
in order to deprive them of any rest whatsoever. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
Psychologically, their sense of reality and time has been broken. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:38 | |
RECRUIT COUGHS | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
DS staff are walking around and monitoring all of the recruits | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
because the minute they get tired, | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
we start to see them rock and nearly fall over. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
In the cold, if their body temperature goes below 32 degrees, | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
hypothermia is a real threat. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
After four and a half hours of sleep deprivation, | 0:40:06 | 0:40:09 | |
it's time for one last ploy to break the recruits. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
Ah! | 0:40:18 | 0:40:20 | |
Ah! Ah! | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
Urgh! | 0:40:25 | 0:40:26 | |
Well, if they were falling asleep, they definitely aren't any more. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
Isrolia... Isrolia's getting the worst of it. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
But it's Logan who's first to succumb to the elements. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
Sit up straight. Bend your elbows. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
Logan has just been taken away by the medical staff | 0:40:41 | 0:40:44 | |
because, apparently, he's having his vitals checked. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
I feel like I'm going to pass out. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
My body started getting weak. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
I'm not used to the cold like this, man. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
Because it's so cold, your body's been trying to generate heat, | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
so you've been shivering, burning up energy, | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
energy you don't have, you guys haven't eaten. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
Just minutes later, the medical team attend to recruit Okafor. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:13 | |
With the cold conditions, she's become first stage hypothermic. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
Just busy reheating her, just warming her up | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
and we'll take it from there. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
It's sunrise on day two, | 0:41:27 | 0:41:29 | |
and the yellow team's ordeal is finally over. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:32 | |
I can't breathe or talk. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
I can't breathe! | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
Isrolia is the first to be walked out and he's... | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
he's clearly struggling. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
Loosen up the mask. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:44 | |
-I can't breathe! -HE PANTS | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
Isrolia, can you hear me? | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
-Yes, sir. -Do you recognise my voice? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
-Yes, Colonel. -All right. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
Look at me. Look at me. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
-Are you OK? -Yeah. -Answer me. -Yes, Colonel. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
-Are you sure? -Yes, Colonel. -Can I cut you loose? | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
Sorry, yes, Colonel. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:02 | |
What kept you out here? Why did you stick it out? | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
I really don't know myself. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
-The thought of... -HE SHIVERS | 0:42:10 | 0:42:11 | |
The thought of quitting came into my mind a lot of times, | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
but I don't know. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
-I'm good to take your hood off? -Yes, Colonel, thank you. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
OK, look at me. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
Look at me. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:24 | |
Can I cut you loose? | 0:42:24 | 0:42:25 | |
Yes, Colonel. Please. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
Is that the longest that you ever had? | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
Just give me a minute. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
Pull it together, mate, you've got it. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
You all right? | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
Probably the most raw emotion | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
that I felt ever | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
going through my body, through my soul. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:44 | |
I just couldn't control it any more. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
I was so deeply cold. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
I have never felt that cold before in my life. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
What an absolute punishment. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
I've never been through anything like that ever before. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:57 | |
I saw at one point they took you away. | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
My whole body shut down, bro. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:00 | |
-Yeah? -Shut down. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
What do you think's brought that on? | 0:43:02 | 0:43:03 | |
It's the lack of food, sugar. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
-It was ice cold through the night. -Yeah. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:10 | |
-But I ain't giving up. -Yeah. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:11 | |
I've still got a bit more left in me. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
Back in the South African bush, | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
it's breakfast time for the orange team. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
Oh, I'm so happy. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:26 | |
Just take the one. | 0:43:26 | 0:43:27 | |
The yellows return having had virtually no sleep for 26 hours. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:33 | |
I tell you what, mate, I was close to pulling the plug last night. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
I'm not even joking. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:38 | |
Fair play to them. We were just lying here and we were cold, | 0:43:38 | 0:43:41 | |
and they're telling us they had cold water dousing them, | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
stress positions. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:46 | |
Yeah. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:47 | |
Yeah, so good luck to them, eh? | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
Now only one challenge stands between the recruits | 0:43:52 | 0:43:55 | |
and the final parade, | 0:43:55 | 0:43:57 | |
where anyone can be sent home. | 0:43:57 | 0:43:59 | |
It's time for the last drill | 0:43:59 | 0:44:01 | |
under their South African special force veteran. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:03 | |
In front of you, | 0:44:09 | 0:44:10 | |
you have an original piece of special forces kit. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:13 | |
This drill is an exercise straight from Recce selection. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:17 | |
Weighing a total of 75kg, | 0:44:17 | 0:44:19 | |
the octopus has five balls connected by a metre long chain. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:23 | |
It must be carried 800 metres up an incline | 0:44:23 | 0:44:27 | |
and it's a race to the finish. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:29 | |
There will be four people on a ball. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
The fifth ball will be suspended by the rest of the team. | 0:44:32 | 0:44:35 | |
The team will be penalised with 20 push-ups | 0:44:35 | 0:44:37 | |
every time the ball touches the ground. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:40 | |
Is that clear? | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
-ALL: -Yes, Colonel. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:43 | |
Today is a chance for the team leaders, Logan and Stewart, | 0:44:43 | 0:44:49 | |
to fix your cock-ups from yesterday. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:51 | |
-Is that clear? -LOGAN AND STEWART: -Yes, Colonel. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:53 | |
There will be a staggered start. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:55 | |
When I say go, orange team, you get going, | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
yellow team, follow the DS. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
Go. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:03 | |
Led by Stewart, the Orange team split into two groups of five. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:10 | |
Once that goes up in the air, it can't touch the ground again, guys. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:15 | |
Not just a trial of strength, strategy is key, | 0:45:15 | 0:45:19 | |
as the loose ball hangs awkwardly, upsetting the balance of the group. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
The chances of them stopping and having to do those 20 push-ups, | 0:45:23 | 0:45:27 | |
it looks like it's already about to happen. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
20 push-ups. Not touching the chain. Let's go. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:33 | |
-One. -ALL: -One. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
-Two. -Two. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:36 | |
-Three. -Three. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
I take it that this is something that is very specific to the Recces? | 0:45:38 | 0:45:42 | |
Yeah, I had to go through that myself. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:43 | |
Manhandling a heavy piece of equipment that's lashed with chains | 0:45:43 | 0:45:46 | |
so there's no stability to it, | 0:45:46 | 0:45:48 | |
so that means you're forced, as an individual, | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
to actually pull your weight and contribute to the team. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:54 | |
This last challenge is going to really be a test to them | 0:45:54 | 0:45:57 | |
and it would be nice to kind of confirm things | 0:45:57 | 0:45:59 | |
-that I know and maybe bring up stuff that I don't know, so... -Right. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
After losing the previous challenge, | 0:46:04 | 0:46:06 | |
the pressure is on for the yellows. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:08 | |
This is their final chance to impress Clinton. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:12 | |
Team, you had no sleep last night, but you have the advantage | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
cos you can see what's happening up the hill. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:16 | |
Make it count. On my command, go. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:18 | |
Logan. Logan. | 0:46:18 | 0:46:20 | |
Come on, guys, let's go. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:23 | |
Logan's team have just set off | 0:46:23 | 0:46:24 | |
and they're trying to get their technique right. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:26 | |
It already looks like they've got | 0:46:26 | 0:46:28 | |
more of an idea of what they need to do, | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
in terms of keeping that ball away from the floor, | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
than the other team. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:33 | |
Right, come on, strong now, strong. | 0:46:36 | 0:46:37 | |
How are you doing, team two? Are you all right? Keep moving. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:41 | |
Battling the heat and short of sleep, | 0:46:42 | 0:46:45 | |
the yellows soon falter. | 0:46:45 | 0:46:46 | |
My hands are too sweaty to keep a grip on it. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:49 | |
-I can't... -DS: -Team one is losing it, put it down, everybody. | 0:46:49 | 0:46:52 | |
Down. Stop, stop. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:54 | |
Everybody, all down. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
Push-up position. Ready. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:58 | |
-ALL: -One. Two. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:01 | |
Meanwhile, the orange team have passed the halfway stage | 0:47:03 | 0:47:07 | |
and Stewart is under pressure from the DS. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
-DS: -The other team is catching up. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:11 | |
-Can you hear them, Stewart? -I can hear them. -Can you hear them? | 0:47:11 | 0:47:14 | |
We're still in front, guys. Keep going. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:15 | |
Don't worry about the team behind, we're doing fine. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
-Can you hear them? -They're far enough away. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
They're not far enough. | 0:47:20 | 0:47:21 | |
We're far enough ahead for my liking. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
You like back-chatting, eh? | 0:47:23 | 0:47:25 | |
I just like having a bit of a laugh, Staff. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:26 | |
Oh, you've got time to laugh. This is a joke? | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
-You cannot deal with that -BLEEP, -Stewart. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:32 | |
Back on track, the yellows begin to feel the strain. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:38 | |
I can't see, | 0:47:38 | 0:47:39 | |
I've got so much sweat in my eyes. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:41 | |
This is tough. | 0:47:44 | 0:47:46 | |
Their leader, Logan, is struggling with the same injury from yesterday. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:50 | |
Come on, Logan. Come on, you've got this. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:54 | |
It's my legs. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
-You see me yesterday? I had to stop. -I know, but... | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
I'm just causing injury to myself if I can't... | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
-Quitting's not an option. -I'm not quitting. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:02 | |
-I know. -I've got an injury. -I know. -What is the hardest thing? | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
It's the backpack, | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
as well as this weight, as well as going up. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
I think they're leaving the girls to do the heavy lifting, | 0:48:10 | 0:48:13 | |
in all honesty, Reggie, mate. | 0:48:13 | 0:48:14 | |
Is it an unfair switch, do you think? | 0:48:14 | 0:48:16 | |
-Team Parrott and Downham. -PARROTT LAUGHS | 0:48:16 | 0:48:18 | |
What's happening, Downham, are the boys not pulling their weight? | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
Er... Nah, they are, it's just me and Parrott are stronger, you know? | 0:48:21 | 0:48:25 | |
On the orange team, every aching muscle is put to the test. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:32 | |
Right, guys, push them up! | 0:48:32 | 0:48:34 | |
Quick, quick, quick. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:35 | |
Wait, wait, wait. It's not on the floor yet. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:38 | |
And Nawaz is suffering the most. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
Nawaz needs help. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
Nawaz, I'll get that off you. We need you at the front. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
All right, I'm good, I'm good. I'm OK, man. I'm OK. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
I don't think you're capable of going on, Nawaz. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:50 | |
I would seek medical attention if you can. | 0:48:50 | 0:48:51 | |
I'm OK, man, I'm OK. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
Under intense scrutiny, | 0:48:54 | 0:48:56 | |
both teams know this is their last chance to prove themselves. | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
Come on, boys. Grit your teeth, dig in. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
Come on, team two. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:06 | |
The orange team give it one final push... | 0:49:07 | 0:49:09 | |
-Lift it up! -Keep walking, keep walking. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:13 | |
Blowes' guide is good. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:14 | |
Help me. Help me. Pull me. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:17 | |
Keep the tension on that chain. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:20 | |
..and under the watchful eye of Clinton make it to the end. | 0:49:20 | 0:49:24 | |
One, two. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:26 | |
And three! | 0:49:26 | 0:49:28 | |
Take it down. Take it down. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:29 | |
You're absolutely dripping at the moment with sweat, | 0:49:29 | 0:49:31 | |
but you managed to get through it. | 0:49:31 | 0:49:33 | |
Was anybody in particular struggling on your team? | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
Nawaz was struggling a wee bit towards the end there. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
I think the water's getting the better of him, | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
the heat's bringing him down, but we got him through. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:41 | |
He's going to make it to the end. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:42 | |
That was the hardest thing I've ever done, ever. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
It was horrific. | 0:49:46 | 0:49:47 | |
In sight of the finish line, | 0:49:49 | 0:49:50 | |
Logan's seeking urgent medical attention. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:53 | |
Again. | 0:49:53 | 0:49:55 | |
Keep going. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:56 | |
Yeah. | 0:49:56 | 0:49:57 | |
In doing so, he's compromised the yellow team's progress. | 0:49:57 | 0:50:01 | |
Ah! | 0:50:01 | 0:50:02 | |
Your team's right by the finish line. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:06 | |
-I know. -How desperate to get back are you? | 0:50:06 | 0:50:08 | |
-As fast she does this. -Yeah? | 0:50:08 | 0:50:10 | |
Ah! | 0:50:10 | 0:50:11 | |
Let's go, guys. Watch this rock here. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
With Logan absent, | 0:50:14 | 0:50:15 | |
the yellows stumble within touching distance of the finish. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
-DC: -Brace up, let's go. Brace up, let's go. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
Brace up. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:23 | |
-ALL: -One. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:24 | |
Two. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
Three. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:27 | |
Four. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
Five. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:30 | |
Six. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:32 | |
Seven. | 0:50:32 | 0:50:33 | |
Eight. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:34 | |
Nine. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:35 | |
Ten. | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
And after serving their punishment, complete the course. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:40 | |
So, Logan's team in the yellow have had Logan rejoin them now. | 0:50:43 | 0:50:46 | |
They just got beasted all of 20 metres away from finishing, | 0:50:46 | 0:50:51 | |
which has definitely affected their time. | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
The hardest thing I've ever done. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:58 | |
Easily. There's just... | 0:50:58 | 0:51:00 | |
..no break at all. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:03 | |
I do feel bad, cos I got, like, literally 30 seconds, | 0:51:04 | 0:51:07 | |
40 seconds from the end, | 0:51:07 | 0:51:09 | |
and I should have been holding the ball at the end, | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
but my legs gave in. | 0:51:11 | 0:51:13 | |
All right, people, the next time I see you will be on the parade. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:18 | |
DS, take over. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:19 | |
The recruits have survived two days of hell | 0:51:24 | 0:51:27 | |
at the hands of the South African special forces veteran. | 0:51:27 | 0:51:30 | |
It's now time for them to head to base camp. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:33 | |
This is where they'll be housed, in military designed quarters, | 0:51:35 | 0:51:39 | |
for the remainder of their training. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
But first, they must line up on parade | 0:51:41 | 0:51:44 | |
to face Clinton and find out who will be sent home. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:47 | |
Now, seeing our recruits at this stage of their training, | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
does it take you back to being a Recce yourself, | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
-when you started out? -Yeah, pretty much. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
You think about what we went through, you know, | 0:51:56 | 0:51:58 | |
and how you kind of experienced the same things, | 0:51:58 | 0:52:00 | |
and how you were feeling, so I know exactly what it is, | 0:52:00 | 0:52:02 | |
-I know what it's like to be there. -Who stands out for you? | 0:52:02 | 0:52:04 | |
So, Blowes, he's been quiet, | 0:52:04 | 0:52:06 | |
but he's really stood out for me. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:07 | |
I think Downham, Donoghue, Parrot, they're strong candidates for me. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:12 | |
The top four for me are really digging in | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
and are actually volunteering to do all the hard work. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
So how close to knowing for sure who you want to see go are you? | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
I've got about a 90% chance at this stage that I know exactly who it is. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:24 | |
Today, I think I sort of redeemed myself to a degree, | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
but then with the backchat | 0:52:30 | 0:52:31 | |
and various other discrepancies up the hill, | 0:52:31 | 0:52:34 | |
I think I've sort of brought myself back down a peg or two again, | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
so I still think I'm definitely in the firing line. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:39 | |
The Colonel's going to shout at me, probably. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:42 | |
Again. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
I don't know after that. I could do with some sleep, though. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:47 | |
I think we all could, cos my team has had it bad. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:51 | |
Yeah, definitely, I think I'm in the firing line. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:57 | |
He don't like me for some reason. | 0:52:57 | 0:53:00 | |
Yeah, so... | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
I reckon he might call my name out. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:03 | |
The results of the last challenge are in. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
The winners of that are the orange team. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:24 | |
The losers are the yellow team. | 0:53:26 | 0:53:29 | |
But today you're not being assessed in your team formations, | 0:53:31 | 0:53:35 | |
you're being assessed as individuals. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:37 | |
So while you're standing there, | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
take off your armbands and keep it in your right hand. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:42 | |
Take them off. | 0:53:42 | 0:53:43 | |
The race to finish last amongst this group has been hard fought, | 0:53:50 | 0:53:54 | |
and there are a number of candidates that vied for that position. | 0:53:54 | 0:53:57 | |
Isrolia, I've called you out a number of times | 0:54:05 | 0:54:09 | |
about your dishonesty. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
You're weak physically, | 0:54:12 | 0:54:15 | |
you're not adding a lot of value to your team and to this group. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:19 | |
Mentally, you're not as strong as you should be. | 0:54:19 | 0:54:21 | |
Logan... | 0:54:25 | 0:54:27 | |
..your leadership skills are mediocre. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:31 | |
You have failed three challenges physically in the last 48 hours. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:37 | |
Stewart, your leadership skills are nonexistent, | 0:54:41 | 0:54:45 | |
and getting worse by the moment. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:48 | |
Your contribution to your team has been dismal. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
Nawaz, you are physically weak. | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
You're a liability, and I think you're getting worse. | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
Logan... | 0:55:13 | 0:55:14 | |
You are no longer part of this process. | 0:55:15 | 0:55:17 | |
Please exit off my parade now. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
There are some of you in this group that are heading for the same way. | 0:55:33 | 0:55:37 | |
It's been tough. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
It's going to get tougher. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:42 | |
Good luck. | 0:55:45 | 0:55:46 | |
He called out four people and you're one of the four. | 0:55:51 | 0:55:55 | |
-Do you think that you're the weakest out of that four? -No. | 0:55:55 | 0:55:57 | |
Obviously my legs are seizing up, | 0:55:57 | 0:55:59 | |
and I've actually done damage to my legs, | 0:55:59 | 0:56:01 | |
because my legs are taped up. | 0:56:01 | 0:56:03 | |
But I don't know, it's the Colonel's decision, isn't it? | 0:56:03 | 0:56:06 | |
-Yeah. -What can I say? That's how it is, isn't it, bro? | 0:56:06 | 0:56:09 | |
I'm really gutted for Logan. | 0:56:17 | 0:56:19 | |
Best of luck to him. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:20 | |
And he is a top lad, | 0:56:20 | 0:56:21 | |
so it was really great to sort of share those couple of days with him | 0:56:21 | 0:56:24 | |
and gutted to see him go. | 0:56:24 | 0:56:26 | |
I wasn't expecting still to be here. | 0:56:27 | 0:56:29 | |
It's a bit of a shock, to be honest. | 0:56:29 | 0:56:31 | |
A good shock? | 0:56:31 | 0:56:32 | |
Er, I'm not sure, cos I'm pretty tired, at the minute. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
I think most people are just happy still to be in the game. | 0:56:35 | 0:56:39 | |
On the left, quick march. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:40 | |
The recruits are led inside our specially-made base. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:46 | |
OK, find your bed space. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:47 | |
Bergens off. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:48 | |
Stick your bergens under the bed right out of the way. | 0:56:48 | 0:56:51 | |
Run by directing staff, | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
they must adhere to a strict military code. | 0:56:53 | 0:56:57 | |
Always follow instructions from the DS staff. | 0:56:57 | 0:57:00 | |
-We all happy with that one? -ALL: -Yes, sir. | 0:57:00 | 0:57:02 | |
Good. | 0:57:02 | 0:57:03 | |
After familiarising themselves with their new lodging... | 0:57:04 | 0:57:08 | |
..our physically shattered recruits are granted some downtime. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
Quite the five-star accommodation, isn't it? | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
But Isrolia cannot rest. | 0:57:19 | 0:57:22 | |
Yeah, so basically, I've made my mind up, | 0:57:22 | 0:57:24 | |
and I'm making a decision that I'm going to throw the towel in. | 0:57:24 | 0:57:28 | |
So why have you definitely decided to go? | 0:57:33 | 0:57:35 | |
Why are you so sure this is the right thing for you? | 0:57:35 | 0:57:37 | |
I'm not feeling motivated. | 0:57:37 | 0:57:38 | |
I don't get along with authority too well. | 0:57:38 | 0:57:40 | |
Yeah, it's a bit too much, to be honest. | 0:57:40 | 0:57:42 | |
-Mate, it was a pleasure meeting you. -Thank you very much. | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
Listen, look after yourself. All right, take care, man. | 0:57:44 | 0:57:47 | |
See you in London. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:48 | |
He is the fourth civilian to exit the process. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:53 | |
Now, 18 recruits remain. | 0:57:53 | 0:57:54 | |
Next time... | 0:58:01 | 0:58:03 | |
HORN BLARES | 0:58:03 | 0:58:05 | |
Full speed! | 0:58:05 | 0:58:06 | |
Our recruits face a torturous 48 hours | 0:58:06 | 0:58:08 | |
under the direction of a former operator | 0:58:08 | 0:58:11 | |
from the Polish special forces. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:13 | |
Do not move and do not talk. | 0:58:13 | 0:58:15 | |
The pressure rises. | 0:58:15 | 0:58:17 | |
What are you doing? | 0:58:17 | 0:58:19 | |
Physical strain begins to show. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
And respect must be earned. | 0:58:24 | 0:58:26 | |
I dismiss you from the group. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:28 |