98% drop out. These lunatics volunteer anyway.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestAs the recruits reach the end of training, thoughts turn to life beyond Lympstone. A familiar face, Corporal `Froggy' Chauffour, returns to prepare the troop for a final pass-out parade, and four contenders compete for the coveted King's Badge award, which the winner will carry with them throughout their career. Meanwhile, retiring Troop Commander `Ginge' Booth contemplates a future beyond the Royal Marines after 28 years of service.
Behind the scenes of one of the most arduous basic military training programmes in the world. Each episode focuses on a cross-section of trainees that are either struggling or excelling at the physical and mental challenges the training presents.
Practical Effects
Actual Royal Marines training. No dramatization needed.
Editing
Episode structures that weaponize your empathy.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Royal Marines Commando training has a 99% failure rate for open applicants — this series captures why that brutal selectivity creates one of the world's most elite fighting forces.
The 'bottom field' obstacle course appears in multiple episodes and becomes a running tally of who physically cannot continue.
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