About this season
Selection for the SAS is one of the world's toughest job interviews and physical fitness is only the starting point. What's really being tested is psychological resilience and character as candidates undergo sleep deprivation, interrogation and a series of increasingly complex mind games. In this programme, five ex-special forces soldiers re-create tasks from the SAS's secret selection process, putting 30 civilian men through the ultimate test of their physical and - more importantly - their psychological resilience.
Episodes (6)
1. Exposure
Aired 5 January 2020 • 47 min
Led by Ant Middleton, 25 men and women - including an ex-SAS operator working as a mole - face the latest intense course, beginning with a swim to a remote Scottish island.
2. Aggression
Aired 12 January 2020 • 47 min
The recruits are pushed to control their aggression, as they're trained with guns and take part in hand-to-hand combat, in an episode exploring loss, loyalty and self-control.
3. Unity
Aired 19 January 2020 • 47 min
The recruits take on the intense close-combat murderball and surf immersion - a notorious water beasting that simulates water torture.
4. Grit
Aired 26 January 2020 • 47 min
The recruits' grit is tested as Jay's undercover status is revealed and he launches a brutal beasting to expose the weakest in the group.
5. Pressure
Aired 2 February 2020 • 47 min
The recruits are stalked across the Scottish Highlands by a military-trained hunter force, before facing extreme interrogation on limited sleep and rations. Who will crack?
6. Reckoning
Aired 9 February 2020 • 47 min
The last six recruits face deep interrogation and a day of sickeners, including `drownproofing' - simulated drowning. Only the physically and mentally elite will make it through.