About this season
What's it like to be in the SAS? What do SAS soldiers do? And how do they feel and what do they think when they're doing it? Based on strikingly candid interviews with former SAS soldiers, this landmark documentary series reveals for the first time the human experience of serving in the world's most famous elite military unit.
Episodes (4)
1. Kill or Be Killed
Aired 11 September 2016 • 47 min
For SAS soldiers, killing is a simple fact of life. How they rationalise this brutal part of their existence, and how do they let go of it when they return to the real world?
2. Undercover
Aired 14 September 2016 • 47 min
A former soldier captured while operating undercover in perilous post-Saddam Iraq recalls his intense period of captivity, mock executions and his fear of being torn apart by a mob or handed over to a violent gang or radical group. Plus, how selection and training prepares them for extreme situations and the importance of being able to think and act on your feet.
3. Aftershock
Aired 25 September 2016 • 47 min
A First Gulf War veteran reveals how his experiences in the desert left him plagued by psychological problems long after he left the service.
4. Hunted
Aired 27 September 2016 • 47 min
Semi-dramatised glimpse into the secretive world of the Special Air Service featuring a retelling of one of the regiment's most notorious chapters, that of Bravo Two Zero.