1 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,400 For Allied forces in the Gulf, 2 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,960 the preparation is over. The real battle? Only days away. 3 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,840 This relentless activity is a reminder that if final-hour diplomacy stumbles, 4 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,680 then action against Iraq will be both certain and uncompromising. 5 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,520 Saddam Hussein says it will be "The Mother of all Battles." 6 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 President Bush demanded that the conflict must be swift and decisive. 7 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,080 This will not be another vietnam. 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:46,280 This will not be a protracted, drawn-out war. 9 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,720 Israel retained the right to defend itself 10 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,920 and would retaliate if Iraq took any offensive action. 11 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,520 A Defence spokesman said Israeli jets could be over Iraqi territory 12 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,000 within 20 minutes. 13 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,720 The UN Secretary-General said, 14 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,600 only God knows if there would be peace or war. 15 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,920 When I walk out of here, I want quiet! 16 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,920 - Fags, factor 20, bacon sandwich. - Ta. 17 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,360 It's mine, it's mine, it's mine! 18 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:40,080 - This is for Kate's birthday. - Yeah? 19 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,680 "Dearest Kate. I'm truly sorry I can't be with you on your birthday." 20 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,160 Shit. Four years old. I've missed every one of them. 21 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,800 22 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,880 "*Darling", "you've got to let me know" 23 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,560 24 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,880 - Here you go. - See you soon. 25 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,440 Give me a hug. 26 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,320 You take care of Mummy, OK? 27 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,800 You could always get that dog you were talking about. 28 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Piss off, Andy. 29 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,320 See you when I see you. 30 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,920 - New boots? - I do. Gucci. 31 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,400 Very chic. 32 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,680 Image is very important, especially when you're dealing with rag-heads. 33 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,840 Yeah. Watch your step, Chris. 34 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,800 35 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,160 36 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,440 If anyone touches you while I'm away, 37 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:33,920 I'll knot their bollocks so tight, they'll be pissing out their ears. 38 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,160 Hey, where's Tony? 39 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,560 Shit! 40 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,960 Bring my bergen, will you, mate? 41 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,640 42 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,120 {y: I}*Should I stay or should I go now 43 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,720 44 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,040 Hello, mate! 45 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,000 All right, mate? 46 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,440 Mate! Easy! 47 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,440 - Room for a midget? - NO! 48 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,000 - Where's his gear? - Stan's got it. 49 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,200 - How do I look? - " 50 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,040 "Every soldier" {y: I}hopes for a major war in his lifetime. 51 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,400 {y: I}This one was mine. 52 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,360 The Scud missiles' launch platforms 53 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,960 will make them too difficult to locate and attack, let alone destroy. 54 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,840 The attack on Tel Aviv 55 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,240 has not, so far, resulted in any response from Israel 56 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,120 It's not yet been confirmed, but it looks like all our tasking's changed 57 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,400 and it'll be against Scuds since Israel has been taking hits. 58 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,000 A lot of pissed-off people in Tel Aviv. 59 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,320 - How long have we got? - Three days, who knows? 60 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,520 Plenty of time. 61 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Eat over there, shit over there, sleep wherever you can find a space. 62 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,320 The MO's along the end of the track, so don't forget to get your jabs. 63 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,080 - We got jack shit. - Chris, this'll do. 64 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,640 - Hi, Ray. - Oh, great, I've got the Kiwi 65 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,240 - What the hell is this? - Lego. 66 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,320 Very thoughtful of you. Just what we needed. 67 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,680 Watch it! Jesus! 68 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,920 Sid's got a brew-up. 69 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,320 Great, lads, listen in. 70 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,120 I know it's a pain in the arse and not on. 71 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:53,880 This is your nuclear, biological and chemical protection suit and bits. 72 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,040 Just think of it as a large condom with legs. 73 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,000 - What have we got here? - Blankets, beds, Coke, 74 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,080 and most importantly of all soft toilet roll 75 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,720 - Did you see the doc? - Yeah. 76 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,920 - Jabs? - No. I did get some morphine, though. 77 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,120 There's two apiece. 78 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,760 Seven across: "Turncoats for the opera". Five letters. 79 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,680 It's a crossword clue. 80 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,600 {y: I}That night we had our first attack. 81 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,120 - What's the score on the jabs, mate? - Stan says: "No jabs". 82 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,040 I asked them if these suits worked. He said: "Whatever turns you on." 83 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Don't fart in it, it's fatal 84 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,120 Can you get two into one suit? 85 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,480 - For what, mate? - Fun. You feel lonely in here. 86 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,240 Looks like TV to me. 87 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,880 What are you thinking? 88 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,360 Seven across: "Turncoats for the opera". 89 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,720 Andy! 90 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,040 Warning order. Eight-man patrol You command, Ray will be 2 i/c. 91 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,640 You will be cutting a communications line. 92 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,640 No move for three days. Briefing at 0800 tomorrow. 93 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,320 Okay, boss. 94 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,159 It's not too clever staying up here. 95 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,320 I don't want to lose you in some bone incident. 96 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,160 OK, let's get on with it. As you know, your task is against Scud. 97 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,120 Ground: Northwest of Baghdad. 98 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,560 Your area of concern will be this northern main supply route. 99 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,880 The Scuds landing in Israel are causing the alliance problems. 100 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,520 Two nights ago, the Israeli air force was in the air 101 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,640 waiting to attack targets inside Iraq. 102 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,480 If Israeljoins in the war, 103 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,160 the alliance with the Arab states will crumble, 104 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,360 which, of course, is what Iraq wants. 105 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:27,480 But if the Scud attacks on Israel don't stop within two weeks, 106 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,160 Israel willjoin the war. We're not concerned about the fixed silos. 107 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,320 Air strikes are taking care of those. 108 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,560 The mobile launchers are a different matter. 109 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,480 They're almost impossible to locate, but they have one weakness: 110 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,560 To programme in their targets, they need assistance from Baghdad. 111 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,400 This information is fed through fibre-optic cables 112 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,960 buried along the MSRs between Baghdad and the border towns. 113 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Cut those cables and they can't fly. 114 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,560 Missi?n in two parts: 115 00:09:54,760 --> 00:10:00,040 One, locate and destroy the fibre- optic cable along the northern MSR; 116 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,360 two, destroy mobile Scud. 117 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,800 Repeat: One, locate and destroy the fibre-optic cable 118 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,520 along the northern MSR; 119 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,880 two, destroy mobile Scud. Any questions? 120 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,600 This terrain's crap. It's like a billiard table. 121 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,360 How the hell are we going to find a hide in that? 122 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,320 - Maps? - One in a million. 123 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,160 Air navigation, otherwise jack shit. 124 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,360 - If we get better, they're yours. - Shit. 125 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:34,200 Wind your neck in, Chris. This is what it's all about, mate. 126 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,120 Getting on with what you've got. 127 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,920 - So how are we getting in? - There's no point taking vehicles. 128 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,720 We'lljust stick out like a bulldog's bollocks. 129 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,480 Looks like a heli drop-off. 130 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:46,640 Give Harry and his crew a warning order. 131 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,960 If we're going to find the cable, we have to hit the MSR at its narrowest. 132 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,880 That'll be at a bend. Everybody cuts corners, what about here? 133 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,600 Shouldn't be any military activity whatsoever. 134 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,360 Just be aware of the airfield in the southwest. 135 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,440 No population. Looks good to me. 136 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,320 - Weather? - Much like a spring day in the UK. 137 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Are the cables above ground or buried in pipes? 138 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,160 Don't know yet. We're waiting for more intelligence. 139 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,240 Will we need to use plastic explosives, 140 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,160 or do we give them a tap with a hammer? 141 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,440 A boy in D Squadron used to lay fibre optics for a telecom company. 142 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:20,200 I'll see if he knows the score. 143 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,960 Once we cut the lines, someone will renew them. 144 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:28,680 Exactly. If you can take them out, it will slow down the repair time. 145 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,160 - Great. - We'll be operating here, 146 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,880 around 178K from the Syrian border. 147 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,400 It's more than twice that far to Saudi. We'll infill by heli. 148 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,360 Our drop-off point being around 20K south of the MSR. 149 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:45,400 From there, move north to the MSR 150 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,360 and find a hide in the area of this bend. 151 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,560 Once in position, find a cable 152 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:57,000 and place the charges on staggered timings along a 3-4K length. 153 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,960 If we get into any shit, we call AWACS on the TACBEs. 154 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,480 Get some air support while we wait for the heli pick-up. 155 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:06,920 If that doesn't happen, tab to Syria. 156 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,200 OK. 157 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,160 - What do you want TACBEs for? - To order pizza. I need eight. 158 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,800 Eight? You work in pairs, don't you? 159 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,680 - OK, four. - Four TACBEs. 160 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,640 They're to call in air support, you understand? 161 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,080 - Yeah. - They're not for any other purpose. 162 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,520 - Right. What's this? - That is a shiny thing. 163 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,840 - But I want one. - You don't know what it does. 164 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,600 As much link as we can carry for the Minimis and 5.56 for the 203s. 165 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,480 What's your score with the 203 bombs and claymores? 166 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,400 Are you out of your skulls? 167 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,080 The Regiment hasn't been together since Worid War II. 168 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,880 We're not scaled up for this. We're skint. 169 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,880 - Whose is all this? - It's A and D Squadrons'. 170 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,000 We're operational in three days. 171 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,320 So are they. You don't even have a job, yet. 172 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,080 Why bring us out if you haven't got any kit? 173 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,960 Ray, find some claymores and 203 bombs, 174 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,480 and take Chris with you. 175 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,800 Cyril, have a word with the other squadrons. 176 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,800 - See if you can get some gear. - Ha! 177 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,720 "Dearest Jilly. If you're reading this, I'm dead." 178 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,440 "Don't mope around. Get the insurance money and have a good time." 179 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:37,560 "PS Don't forget 500 pounds is for the next squadron piss-up." 180 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,600 "PPS I love you." 181 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,760 - Are those the TACBEs? - Yeah. There's only one between two. 182 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,880 - Have you tested the 319? - No, I'll test it tomorrow. 183 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,320 We've got our call sign - Bravo Two Zero. 184 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,600 Sounds good to me. I like the easy-to-remember ones. 185 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,240 Doesn't get any easier, does it? 186 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,120 No. 187 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,160 - What's that shiny thing? - It's a SatNav. 188 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,040 Put it on the list, mate. Mark can have it. 189 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:32,960 Yeah. 190 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,000 Well seeing as you've got no brew left, I'm off. 191 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,560 "Dearest Kate. My dearest, dearest shiny thing." 192 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,160 "This is a letter I've never wanted to write." 193 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,400 "Or you to read." 194 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,560 "Here we check"- "zeroed" {y: I}the Minimis and 203s. 195 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,040 {y: I}Weapons are just a tool 196 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,360 {y: I}So long as they go bang and hit "what you're aiming at", "that'll do." 197 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,920 - Nice to have known you, wankers. - And you, dickheads. 198 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,400 "The kit's divided equally", "so if anything goes wrong", 199 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,520 {y: I}any two of us can carry out {y: I}the task with some success. 200 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,440 "We only took the essentials", "but" "even that added up to 209lbs each", 201 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,160 {y: I}the weight of a 15 stone man. 202 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,080 - How does it fee"I?" - Bloody hell! 203 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,160 How far have we got to tab with this? 204 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Right, gents. Listen up. 205 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,080 Sort out your kit and bag it up. 206 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,920 Next of kin, one bag. Squadron, another. 207 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,000 Remember to label which is which. 208 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,640 Don't want your parents knowing you wear stockings and suspenders 209 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,160 every chance you get, do we? 210 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,720 Last Supper's around six. 211 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,880 We might be getting some fresh in, especially for you. 212 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,920 Why don't we stuff them all in bin-liners and take them with us? 213 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,000 We're not a bunch of new age trave"lle"rs. 214 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:48,920 It's always a question of style with you. 215 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,040 - You are what you wear. - And what you carry. 216 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,240 Everything goes into the bergens except for the NBC kit, 217 00:16:55,440 --> 00:17:00,040 which, in deference to Chris, we will carry in these designer sandbags. 218 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,079 Right, anything we've forgotten? 219 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,599 Aye. Cover story. There's a high chance of dipping out on this one. 220 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,200 The obvious one is pilot rescue. 221 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,800 We're a search team looking for downed pilots, 222 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,280 - and our own heli went down. - Sounds good. 223 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,400 - You want a piccie? - Yeah, might as well 224 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,720 Watch it, watch it. 225 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,280 - You got the shiny thing. - No, Chris. Leave that. 226 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,120 Let the loadies do that, the lazy bastards. 227 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,120 I'm going for a piss. 228 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,880 For my parents, for Jilly, for Kate when she's 15, and one for you. 229 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,520 Tossers! 230 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,320 What does mine say? 231 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,120 "Cock this up and I'll come back to haunt you." 232 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,000 - Seriously. If it goes wrong... - Yeah? 233 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,160 Can I have your sailboard? 234 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,840 - Yeah, if you do one thing for me. - Aye. 235 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,280 - Pay off the mortgage on my house. - Right-oh. 236 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,240 - Andy. - Oi, clever bollocks. 237 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,880 - Introduce yourself. - Name and proof-of-life statement. 238 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,880 We need to know you're alive if we have to give a ransom away. 239 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:32,720 Andy McNab, 31. If I win, I'd like to travel and work with children. 240 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,400 Thank you. Stan. 241 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,680 - Stan Rigby. - Otherwise known as "Doctor Sex". 242 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,320 Statement: "Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400." 243 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,440 Tony Benati. Swiss-Italian. Ex-Royal Marine. 244 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,120 - Hobbies: Tall women. - Statement? 245 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:58,440 Statement? "That's another fine mess you've gotten me into!" 246 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,680 - Mark Warner, mate. - Mate! 247 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,560 Kiwi. Australian SAS. Statement: 248 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,400 "I'm five foot six, and that's official!" 249 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,560 And I'm shy! 250 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,320 Dinger. 251 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,200 Ex-para. Chain-smoker. 252 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,320 Statement: "My God, my Country, my Harley Davidson." 253 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,320 - Not necessarily in that order. - You wanker. 254 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,880 Baz Lane. Ex-para like Dinger, only better looking. 255 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,320 Statement: "I will give up smoking next year." 256 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,480 This year! Shit. 257 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:47,480 Chris. Statement: "I have an XR4i and the colour is green." 258 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,600 Tony, mail I'll stick it in your kit when you're done. 259 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,440 - You've forgotten Ray. - Brilliant! My poll tax demand. 260 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:01,760 - Ray! - "Ray Davies. From Reader's Digest: 261 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,480 Congratulations, you've been selected from many in your area 262 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,400 for a free entry into our special prize draw." 263 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,920 That's shit, that is. 264 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,760 - Is that your statement? - Yes. 265 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,520 - You all set? - Yeah. 266 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,040 Since yesterday, more Roland missiles are en route, 267 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,880 so we'll be going down a bit lower, to about 80 feet, to avoid them. 268 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,440 OK. Let's go through those contact drills again, Harry. 269 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:40,080 All right, then. Contact on landing. We'll break and drop you 40Ks west. 270 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,280 Contact on departure. Get me on the TACBE and I'll come back, 271 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,600 and give you one minute. 272 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,000 I want plenty of covering fire on the approach, OK? 273 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,480 OK. 274 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:54,320 If we go down, whatever way you go, we'll go the other. 275 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,480 Nothing personal, but to the Iraqis we're simply aircrew, 276 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,360 whereas you guys are Friday the 13th. 277 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,920 - Harold, we've got our slot. - All right, let's get to work. 278 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,360 - Go well? - Well? 279 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,400 They've stolen half of D Squadron's kit, 280 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,080 and there's a complaint from the Americans, 281 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,400 but for a three day turnaround, it's not bad. 282 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,040 120, 80 feet, 90 knots. 283 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,480 Roger that, 80 feet, 90 knots. 284 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:49,040 - Re-entrant left, four miles. - Roger that. Re-entrant left. 285 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,000 Building left. Lights have just come on. 286 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,280 Roger that. Lights on. 287 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,480 Tell your crew we're now over the border. 288 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,360 OK. 289 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,960 - We're over the border. - We're over the border! 290 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,720 - Clear lines. - We're over the border. 291 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,040 - Body armour? - Sit on it, mate. 292 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,360 - Protect your bollocks. - You ain't got any, mate. 293 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,720 {y: I}I went over every detail of the job. 294 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,360 {y: I}I was worried by {y: I}the lack of intelligence and kit. 295 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,160 "No recent satellite pics", "no decent maps." 296 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,160 {y: I}But these things happen. {y: I}You get on with what you've got. 297 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,960 {y: I}At least we were well armed. {y: I}I was conscious too 298 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,480 {y: I}about the high proportionof green sweets. 299 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,640 {y: I}I needed to swap them for red ones {y: I}at the first opportunity. 300 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,480 Lock on! 301 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,640 - Lock on! - Shit! 302 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,800 - Breaking left. - Break left. 303 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,680 Fine. 304 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,280 Chaffing. 305 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,040 "7"0, 60 feet. 306 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,320 - 50 feet. - 50 feet. Roger. 307 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,320 Bollocks to it. If this is going to happen, I don't want to hear it. 308 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,080 - Deploy. - Should be there. 309 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,480 Was that a Roland? 310 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,640 It's all right for you. We have to come back this way. 311 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,640 Two minutes to landing. 312 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,040 Two minutes! Two minutes! 313 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:46,680 Ready! 314 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,280 12 feet, 10 feet! 315 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,080 Eight feet! 316 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,160 Six feet! 317 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,040 Four feet! 318 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,960 That's it. Go, go, go! 319 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,440 Four gone, five gone, six gone. 320 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:12,800 Approximately 15 seconds. 321 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,640 Seven gone. 322 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,640 Andy's doing the final sweep. 323 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:30,760 Eight gone. All clear. Let's go, go, go! 324 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,960 What the hell is that doing here? 325 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,520 Where are the dogs? 326 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,040 There's a plantation over there, about half a K. 327 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,240 - It wasn't on the map. - No. 328 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,760 What the f...? 329 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,800 Scud. 330 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,600 Get a fix on those positions. Chris! 331 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,920 Get the rest of them in. 332 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,680 "It was over a two"- "hour hike" "to the MSR", "the main supply route." 333 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,920 {y: I}The danger of finding "a hide"- "out in pitch black" 334 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:17,960 {y: I}is that at first light you could find {y: I}yourself in a housing estate. 335 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,480 "The MSR wasn't a road like the M1", {y: I}but a white strip of sunbaked sand. 336 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,640 {y: I}I saw the junction boxes straight away. 337 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,080 {y: I}That gave us the landline. 338 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,240 {y: I}But we had a problem. 339 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,720 Give us a hand, mate. It's going to be a squirty one. 340 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,960 There's a battery of S60s right on our doorstep. 341 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,320 - We'll have to move. - Now? 342 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,680 No, we'll wait till dark. Good news is I've located a landline. 343 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,960 - Any joy, Baz? - No. 344 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,680 No problem. Lost comms plan comes into effect as of noon. 345 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,880 The heli will meet us tonight with a new one. 346 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,120 Do we have to hump all this stuff back to the Rv? 347 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,440 No, we'll go. Ray and his lot can stay here. 348 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,440 Did you say you've seen a landline? 349 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,440 Yeah. Stan, you can take the next stag. 350 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,640 This is Bravo Two Zero. 351 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,520 We are a ground call sign, over. 352 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,600 From now on, we each carry our own shit. 353 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,880 Sounds like a thought for today. 354 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,680 This is Bravo Two Zero. We are a ground call sign, over. 355 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,160 Why don't we cut it as soon as it gets dark and then piss off? 356 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:32,160 Without a radio we're in the shit. This is going to take a few days. 357 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,280 Let's Rv with the heli, get a new one. Then we'll crack on. 358 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,760 This is Bravo Two Zero. We are a ground call sign, over. 359 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:45,600 This is Bravo Two Zero. We are a ground call sign, over. 360 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,240 No luck? 361 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,800 I'm sending OK, but I don't know if they're getting it. 362 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,320 We might have a bum frequency. 363 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,160 Meaning what? 364 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,280 Well if they give us a new radio tonight, 365 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,480 it still wouldn't work. 366 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,200 It's noon. 367 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,120 Lost comms plan comes into effect now at the base. 368 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,200 So do we go for the Rv tonight or what? 369 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,800 We go for the Rv. 370 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,160 Mm. 371 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,080 Hello, governor. 372 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,680 {y: I}It had to be Ray. If it had been "anyone else", "Tony or Stan", 373 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,720 {y: I}they might have talked the kid down. 374 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,840 "His own kids might love him", "but he'd" {y: I}never get a job playing Santa Claus. 375 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,920 Lovely piece of choccie, yeah. Look at that, look at that. 376 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,280 From the old country. Here you are, here. 377 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,800 Come on. Shit! 378 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,920 {y: I}Why didn't we shoot him.? 379 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:18,120 "0ne", "that's a definite compromise." "Two", "if their boys get hold of us", 380 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,400 {y: I}we're not going to last five minutes. "Three", "we're not into that", "anyway." 381 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,440 - What's going on? - He's legging it to the MSR. 382 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,000 There's a truck full of jundies bang in the middle. 383 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,320 Get on the guard net, tell them we have a compromise. 384 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,880 We're going to head for the Rv. Stan, get back on stag. 385 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,720 Hello, Zero. This is Bravo Two Zero. Radio check, over. 386 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,280 Hello, Zero. Hello, Zero. This is Bravo Two Zero. 387 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,560 Radio check, over. 388 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,880 Hey, Dinger? 389 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:57,640 - Is there an apostrophe in "we're"? - As in what? 390 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,240 - As in "we're in the shit". - Oh, yes. 391 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,920 Hello, Zero. Hello, Zero. This is Bravo Two Zero. 392 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,000 Radio check, over. 393 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:27,800 Listen in! We're going to follow the dead ground south to the Rv. 394 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,520 If we make good distance now, we can make the rest in darkness. 395 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,640 Leave all your shit here. Just take your bergens. 396 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,240 - Is a brew out of the question? - Signals kit? 397 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,280 Top of my bergen. Code's in my map pocket. 398 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,400 - Medic kit? - Top of my bergen. 399 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,400 - OK. Who's got the shiny thing? - I've got it. 400 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,560 Bollocks, what's that? 401 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:52,160 - Armour. - Stand to! Come on! Stand to! 402 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,560 - Coming in. - Man coming in! 403 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,280 It's a bulldozer. I think he's lost. 404 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,400 Lost? A sodding bulldozer lost? 405 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,840 - Which way is he heading? - Over there, mate. 406 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,760 OK, we wait it out till he's gone. 407 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,239 Fucking hell! 408 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,159 Let's get on with it. 409 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,880 - Go west, young man, go west. - Let's make like rag-heads. 410 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,520 - Well? - The soldiers just told him to piss off. 411 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,600 He's heading for the guns. 412 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,520 We should have a uni?n, these hours are scandalous 413 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:18,480 Yeah. The food's shit, too. 414 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,800 {y: I}We had to make the RV with the heli. 415 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,920 "At least if we had a contact on the planes", 416 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,240 {y: I}we wouldn't be sitting targets. 417 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:34,160 - Stand to! Stand to! - Stand to! 418 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,880 {y: I}0f course you're afraid. {y: I}Anyone who says they're not 419 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,480 {y: I}is either lying or needs to see a shrink. 420 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,760 {y: I}You want to make a big hole to hide in. 421 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,600 {y: I}You'd get your spoon out {y: I}and dig if it would help. 422 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,000 {y: I}Then training takes over. "You psyche yourself up", 423 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,320 "check all your pouches are closed", "your pockets done", 424 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,520 {y: I}and your magazines are on tight. 425 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,400 Come on, come on. 426 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,000 What's happening? What's happening behind me, Tony? 427 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,600 Talk to me, mate! 428 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,040 I can't see jack shit, but I can hear them to your half right! 429 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,560 - We've got to go! - Ready! 430 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,200 - Ready! - Ready! 431 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,880 Ready! Ray, you ready? 432 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,560 Shit! 433 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,640 We're going to go for it. Stand your ground! 434 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,000 - Stand your ground! - Stand your ground! 435 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,800 - Chris, stand by! - Aye! 436 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,960 "You move forward", "take the fight to them." 437 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,000 {y: I}It's the last thing they're expecting. 438 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,760 "You're dead anyway", {y: I}so anything you do is a bonus. 439 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,160 Coming through! 440 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,080 - Coming through! - Coming through! 441 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,880 Coming through! 442 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,440 Stoppage! Bastards! 443 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,960 - Coming through! - Coming through! 444 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,440 - Gunner! - Coming through! 445 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,360 Coming through! 446 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,480 Shit! 447 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,800 Here, here, lay it here. 448 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:05,160 Coming through! Coming through! Coming through! 449 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,320 Down! 450 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,880 Left! 451 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,600 Aargh! 452 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,640 Oh, God! 453 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,400 Fucking outrageous! 454 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,320 Now what? 455 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:20,160 Right! We're going to pick up our bergens. 456 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:25,000 We're going to head west. We've got an hour till last light. 457 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,440 We wait till it gets dark and sort our shit out. 458 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,760 - Pass it on. - Back to the bergens. 459 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,240 - Across the MSR? - Across the MSR. 460 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,240 Once it gets dark, we double back. 461 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:38,880 Back to the bergens! 462 00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:45,640 "For the next hour", {y: I}we fought with the jundies 463 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,560 {y: I}as they pursued us across the plain. 464 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,080 Good here, ain't it 465 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:10,800 Argh! 466 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:15,000 - Man down! Man down! - Man down! Man down! 467 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,800 You all right, mate? Yeah? Come on. 468 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,920 Let's go. Let's go! 469 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,560 Shit! 470 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,480 - Present off the wife. - Where's the bloody medic kit? 471 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,760 {y: I}The bergens were binned. 472 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,040 {y: I}We couldn't move {y: I}quickly enough with them. 473 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:52,200 {y: I}0ur belt kits carried what we "couldn't do without" - "water and ammo." 474 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,720 {y: I}We could hear contacts in the distance. 475 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,040 "Whoever they were firing at", "it wasn't us." 476 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,600 On me! On me! 477 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,240 To your right, to your right! On me! 478 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,080 Five, six. 479 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,600 Seven. 480 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:05,680 - Did anybody see Stan go down? - No, mate. 481 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,280 OK. Three minutes, then we go back for him. 482 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,160 Go right! Go right! 483 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,040 - You OK? - Christ! 484 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:26,080 I'm dehydrating. I'm still wearing my thermals. 485 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,160 - Mark, give us a fix, mate. - OK, mate. 486 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:32,800 Tony. 487 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,280 - Shit, it's a green one. - Give it here. I'll have it. 488 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,280 You're a doctor. Aren't you going to ask me? 489 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,600 - What? - How my herpes is getting on. 490 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,040 Baz. You've got the radio, mate? 491 00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:02,000 No, it was shot to shit. We've still got the TACBE, though. 492 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,120 - Yes! - Let's call in the AWACS 493 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,880 and get shot of this nonsense. 494 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:13,920 - Chris, you got the medic kit? - No, but I saved my flask. 495 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:18,560 Oh, great One of us takes a round, we'll be glad to have a quick nib. 496 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:23,000 - You OK? - My leg's buggered. 497 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,920 I must've hurt it on a hill It's not broken. 498 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:31,000 - You want me to have a look at it? - No, if I keep moving it'll be OK. 499 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,320 Take a look at it, Stan. 500 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:38,200 Shit. 501 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,640 - No. - Shit. 502 00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:44,440 - Baz, get on the TACBE. - Yeah. 503 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,920 Yeah, let's get in some air support. 504 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:52,240 Hello, AWACS. This is Bravo Two Zero. 505 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,640 We are a ground call sign, over. 506 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,920 - No link. - Yeah. 507 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,720 Hello, AWACS. This is Bravo Two Zero. 508 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,440 We are a ground call sign, over. 509 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:10,080 Christ, is it my imagination or is it getting cold? 510 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,040 Hello, AWACS. This is Bravo Two Zero. 511 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:17,760 We are a ground call sign. I have a fix for you, over. 512 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,040 Oh, shit! 513 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:32,640 Hello, any call sign. This is Bravo Two Zero. 514 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:36,680 We are a ground call sign and need assistance, over. 515 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,840 OK. Options. 516 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,320 We either go for the heli Rv or we head for Syria. 517 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:55,520 - How far is the border? - At line of sight, about 170Ks. 518 00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:00,360 - It's a hell of a long tab. - Don't worry about it, mate. 519 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:03,360 On the other hand, between us and the heli 520 00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,720 there's a lot of pissed-off people. 521 00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,560 Even if we make the heli Rv, doesn't mean Harry will 522 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,000 If there's one set of guns, there'll be more. Many more. 523 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,840 - So it's the border. - Yeah. 524 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,880 - Yeah. - Are you up to it? 525 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,600 OK. Chris, you go lead scout. 526 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,040 Then Stan and Ray. I'll back them. Then the rest of you. 527 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,080 OK, let's go! 528 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,680 - Here, stick that on your head. - Cheers. 529 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:57,080 {y: I}We'd left the contact well behind {y: I}and were looking good. 530 00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,640 {y: I}Then the weather changed. {y: I}"Spring day in the UK'; my arse. 531 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,800 {y: I}It was the worst this region {y: I}had experienced in 30 years. 532 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,280 Aircraft. We're going to stop and try the TACBE. 533 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:30,000 We're going to try the TACBE. We're going to try the TACBE. 534 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,600 Get me a fix, Mark. 535 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,800 Hello, any call sign. This is Bravo Two Zero. 536 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,480 We're a ground call sign, and we're in the shit, over. 537 00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:01,880 Hello, any call sign. This is Bravo Two Zero. 538 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:06,560 We're a ground call sign and we're in the shit, over. 539 00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:09,920 Say again, Bravo Two Zero. You're weak. 540 00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:14,280 Turn back north, turn back north, over. 541 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:24,480 Hello, any call sign. This is Bravo Two Zero, over. 542 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:27,560 No joy. 543 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:41,640 - Where's Ray? - And Stan and Chris? 544 00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:46,040 Where are they? 545 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,720 I told them to stop. 546 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,160 {y: I}We tabbed all night {y: I}but never found Ray or the others. 547 00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:02,840 {y: I}I knew he was in a shit state. 548 00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:05,600 {y: I}I should have checked {y: I}that he passed the message on. 549 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,280 {y: I}I should have checked. 550 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:20,480 {y: I}That night we did 85K. {y: I}That's two marathons. 551 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,720 {y: I}The only cover we could find {y: I}stood out like a dog's bollocks. 552 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,920 {y: I}This meant we'd leave sign "the moment we moved off", 553 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:31,880 {y: I}but this was the least of our worries. {y: I}Mark was down with hypothermia. 554 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:35,320 "Yeah", "hypothermia in the desert." 555 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:41,680 Listen, mate. You're not as cold as your body wants you to think. 556 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,760 - I'm not? - No. 557 00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,640 And what's more... 558 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:53,320 ...you're showing none of the symptoms of hypothermia. 559 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,320 That's good, mate. 560 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:04,760 Tell me, am I hallucinating or is this snow? 561 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:13,040 Bollocks to it. I'm going to make a brew. 562 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:15,800 Not only are we freezing to death, 563 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,680 you've now decided to put a sign out saying: "Here we are, come get us." 564 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,160 What is it? Coffee or hot chocolate? 565 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,120 OK, mate. Drink up. 566 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,800 You made it through last night. You ain't going to fall down on me now. 567 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,280 Are you still thinking about Ray and his crew? 568 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,520 - Yeah. - Well don't. 569 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:29,760 They're big and ugly enough to sort themselves out. 570 00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:37,400 Oh, shit! 571 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:42,040 Another bleeding shepherd! And he's pinged us. 572 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:45,320 Looks like he's desperate for company. 573 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,040 - I don't believe it! - Where do they all come from? 574 00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:51,120 - Tony, you better go talk to him. - My Arabic is shit. 575 00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,720 Well you've got three minutes to become really fluent. 576 00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,240 - English? - Yeah. Tony. 577 00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,240 Mohammed. 578 00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:16,880 What's he saying, mate? 579 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:21,920 Where is the market? 580 00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,480 He's asking the way to Sainsbury's? 581 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,760 Oh, fucking outrageous! 582 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:47,200 {y: I}Still 70Ks to the border and we "needed to make it by first light", 583 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,480 "because if the Iraqis didn't kill us", {y: I}the weather was going to. 584 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,920 Make sure it's got a heater and a radio. 585 00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,720 - Anything else? - Yeah. Power steering, 586 00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:04,680 electric windows, ABS, CD player, mobile phone. 587 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:07,400 Shut up, will you? 588 00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:19,520 I don't believe this! 589 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,200 - Get out! - Please! 590 00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,320 We've been looking at the things all day. 591 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:29,040 - Get out! - Don't shoot! Please! 592 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:32,920 Please! 593 00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:36,800 Please! No shoot, no kill! 594 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,480 Please! 595 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,520 - Shut up! - Move! 596 00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:53,360 Please don't hurt my father. We're Christian. You see? 597 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,000 See? 598 00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:56,720 Him Muslim! 599 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,040 Fuck off, mate! 600 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,320 Cigarettes! Here, I give you cigarettes! 601 00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:08,560 Here! 602 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,280 What's his fucking problem? 603 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:19,440 You are stealing his taxi. It's his living. 604 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:25,000 Move! 605 00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:28,960 Down, down, down! 606 00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,720 It's going to be a tight fit, ain't it? 607 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,000 - What did you do with them? - They'll live. 608 00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:49,800 Pissed-off, but they'll live. 609 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,440 Anybody know how to put these in forward? 610 00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,680 No, down. 611 00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,360 No, up. 612 00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:09,760 Baz, give me some directions when we come to the junctions. 613 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,520 - Point me west. - How many Ks to the border? 614 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:16,440 - About 35, mate. - We'll drive as far as we can. 615 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:18,560 We'll dump it and cross on foot. 616 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,360 You see? Why didn't you lift something like that? 617 00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:25,640 Mark, shut up. You were dying of hypothermia an hour ago. 618 00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,080 Bollocks, mate! 619 00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,560 620 00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,720 {y: I}and covered with blackheads 621 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,680 622 00:57:57,600 --> 00:57:59,920 623 00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:03,680 624 00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,200 Anybody get that sign? 625 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:33,560 "Baghdad welcomes careful drivers." 626 00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,560 But... 627 00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:44,760 Did you know that Saddam Hussein is an anagram 628 00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:46,640 of "He's a sad nudist"? 629 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:51,400 - Where did the "m" go? - I swapped it for a "t". 630 00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:54,880 - You can't do that. - Well I just did. 631 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:56,640 That's not right. 632 00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:33,280 What's the score? 633 00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:37,800 Looks like some sort of checkpoint. 634 00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,600 - How far to the border, Mark? - Still waiting, mate. 635 00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:53,600 Do we stay or do we go? 636 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,640 We're going to go for that ridge on the left. OK? 637 01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:14,320 It's about 11K, mate. 11K to the border. 638 01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:21,600 - As soon as he pings us. - We'll take the other two. 639 01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:41,320 Stand by. 640 01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:45,800 Stand by. 641 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,920 Go, go, go! 642 01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:54,360 Go! Come on! 643 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:10,960 OK, Mark! 644 01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:12,880 Coming through! 645 01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:44,440 On me, on me, on me! 646 01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:50,200 One, two, three. Come on, come on! 647 01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:52,280 Four! Go! 648 01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:11,840 - Is that the border? - That's it, mate. 649 01:02:18,360 --> 01:02:20,360 Let's do it. 650 01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:43,800 Sentries. 651 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,520 Heavy machine guns. Trucks. 652 01:03:56,720 --> 01:04:00,400 Military vehicles. The whole fucking army's there. 653 01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,400 Shit! 654 01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:37,240 Go, go, go! 655 01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:37,240 Shit! 656 01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:42,360 Come on, Ding, we can make it. 657 01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,960 Bollocks to this! 658 01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:57,080 I'm freezing! 659 01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:02,680 The last one. 660 01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:10,280 Ain't got none left, have you, mate? 661 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:19,320 Ta. 662 01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:27,040 Ready? 663 01:06:28,120 --> 01:06:29,400 Let's go. 664 01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:31,240 {y: I}It took Mark and me most of the night 665 01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:33,840 {y: I}to work our way {y: I}through the Iraqi positions. 666 01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:36,760 {y: I}In all the confusi?n "we lost Tony", "Baz and Dinger." 667 01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:40,320 {y: I}There was no time to think about that. {y: I}We were low on ammo. 668 01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:43,160 {y: I}Soon the only weapon left "would be the darkness", 669 01:06:43,360 --> 01:06:45,040 {y: I}and that was fading fast. 670 01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:41,320 Let's go! 671 01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:00,560 Mark! 672 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:07,320 Mark! 673 01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:11,240 Mark... 674 01:08:39,399 --> 01:08:41,399 {y: I}0nly 2Ks to go. 675 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:43,240 "Four hours till last light", {y: I}and I could try again. 676 01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:03,320 - Tel Aviv! - Tel Aviv! 677 01:11:19,480 --> 01:11:22,400 - Your name? - McNab. 678 01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:24,720 - Rank? - Sergeant. 679 01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:28,000 Your unit? 680 01:11:34,120 --> 01:11:35,680 Your unit? 681 01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:41,240 I cannot answer that question. 682 01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:46,040 - You are an Israeli? - No, I'm British. 683 01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:48,600 - I'm just a British soldier. - You are an Israeli! 684 01:11:49,200 --> 01:11:51,440 Do you take me for a foo"I?" 685 01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:55,720 Can you tell me what you are doing here? 686 01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:09,360 I'm a British soldier. 687 01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,400 Just a British soldier. 688 01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:19,600 You are an Israeli! 689 01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:21,440 Pig! 690 01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:49,520 Once again, what is your name? 691 01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:53,640 McNab. 692 01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:56,800 - Your rank? - Sergeant. 693 01:12:59,960 --> 01:13:02,120 And your unit? 694 01:13:03,040 --> 01:13:07,680 Under the Geneva Convention, I'm afraid I can't answer that question. 695 01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:13,800 Fool! 696 01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:19,920 We are not in Geneva. 697 01:13:56,480 --> 01:13:59,800 - What is that? - It's gold. 698 01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:09,520 Take it off. Show me. 699 01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:15,480 - You like my English? - Yeah, it's very good. 700 01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:19,000 Of course it is. Do you think I'm stupid? 701 01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:22,600 You think we're all stupid. 702 01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:30,920 Please. 703 01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:36,880 I want you to tell me what Israel is doing here. 704 01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:40,000 - Now. - I'm sorry. I can't answer that... 705 01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,680 Fucking outrageous. 706 01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:23,480 These coins are what? 707 01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:28,800 Gold. Gold sovereigns. 708 01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:32,120 Why do you carry such wealth? 709 01:15:32,320 --> 01:15:36,040 In case we need food. It's bad to steal 710 01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:38,000 Quite so. 711 01:15:57,880 --> 01:16:00,520 "His boots were handmade", {y: I}probably in London. 712 01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:02,640 {y: I}This boy had to be a rupert. 713 01:16:02,840 --> 01:16:06,480 - Your name is? - McNab. 714 01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:08,920 - Rank? - Sergeant. 715 01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:13,040 - What do your friends call you? - Andy. 716 01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:15,360 Andy. 717 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:17,640 Perhaps you can help me. 718 01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:21,360 Of course, we have captured the other members of your group. 719 01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:23,520 What I need to know now, Andy... 720 01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:28,800 Are you the same group that was discovered three days ago? 721 01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:35,560 - I'm trying to help you, Andy. - I don't understand. 722 01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:40,040 I'm trying to help, but you're confusing me. 723 01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:43,880 I don't know jack shit. 724 01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,000 Have you eaten recently? 725 01:16:47,880 --> 01:16:49,240 No. 726 01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:55,240 So, Andy. What was your unit doing in this part of the worid? 727 01:16:56,720 --> 01:17:00,760 Israeli, British... doesn't matter much to me. 728 01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:02,480 For now. 729 01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:07,240 However, both countries would not send men who know jack shit 730 01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:10,680 into their enemy's territory. 731 01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:14,120 You are special forces, Andy. 732 01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:16,800 I understand that you are still doing your duty, 733 01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:22,720 and you must understand that I have to do mine. 734 01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:27,160 So, what was your task, Andy? 735 01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:30,640 Please, don't insult me. 736 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:34,800 I don't even... I don't even know where I am. 737 01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:38,680 The officers just order us about, they don't tell us anything. 738 01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:43,520 I hate the army. They didn't tell me I would have to do things like this. 739 01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:47,040 I mean, I don't even know why we're at war. 740 01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:55,760 Do you know who the White Socks are, Andy? 741 01:17:55,960 --> 01:17:57,960 No. 742 01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:04,560 They are our secret police, 743 01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:09,080 and their methods are far more brutal than ours. 744 01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:12,840 So, I will ask you again: 745 01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:17,160 What is your unit, and what were you doing in northern Iraq? 746 01:18:18,040 --> 01:18:22,600 If you answer me truthfully, I will see what I can do to protect you. 747 01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:29,120 There is nothing more I can do to help you. 748 01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:39,560 Whoever your God is, you'll need him now. 749 01:19:09,640 --> 01:19:12,760 - This is fucking outrageous! - Dinger? 750 01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:14,840 Andy! 751 01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:36,240 Bastard! 752 01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:05,360 - Who's farted? - Dinger, shut the fuck up. 753 01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:09,680 - You like? - Mmm. My favourite. What is it? 754 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,840 I make another just for you. 755 01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:17,520 We're amongst barbarians. 756 01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:41,720 Did you see what happened to Tony? 757 01:20:43,720 --> 01:20:47,440 No. What about Baz? 758 01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:51,040 Dead. 759 01:20:52,960 --> 01:20:56,480 Hypothermia. We had to cross the river. 760 01:20:56,680 --> 01:20:59,640 Oh, Andy. He was in a shit state, mate. 761 01:20:59,840 --> 01:21:03,680 I compromised myself to the locals hoping they'd help, 762 01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:05,920 but it was too late. 763 01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:10,560 - What about Mark? - He's dead, mate. 764 01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:16,440 He took some rounds really close up. 765 01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:25,280 - How far did you get? - I was there. I could almost taste it. 766 01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:29,960 - No talk, or bang, bang! - Yeah, yeah. OK, mate. 767 01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:53,120 - Argh! - Up, up, up! 768 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:29,160 - You all right? - Scared shitless. 769 01:22:32,440 --> 01:22:35,840 Well at least they can't make us pregnant. 770 01:23:12,400 --> 01:23:14,640 Hello? 771 01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:19,400 Are you sitting comfortably? 772 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:23,640 Andy, isn't it? 773 01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:27,360 Yes. 774 01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,120 How are you feeling? 775 01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:35,480 I think I need medical attention, and my friend also. 776 01:23:35,680 --> 01:23:39,600 Of course. We are not animals. 777 01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:47,080 But first you will tell us what you are doing in our country. 778 01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:50,360 I'm trying to help you, but I don't... 779 01:23:56,280 --> 01:23:59,040 You are not helping us at all Andy. 780 01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:01,760 Tell me the plans of the Israelis, Andy. 781 01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:05,160 I have told you, I'm not an Israeli. 782 01:24:15,960 --> 01:24:17,560 Oh, shit! 783 01:24:27,880 --> 01:24:30,320 {y: I}There's nothing you can do about pain. 784 01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:32,680 {y: I}You've just got to accept it. 785 01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:35,360 {y: I}But it's great when your body says: {y: I}"That's enough'; 786 01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:38,920 {y: I}and starts to drift you off {y: I}into unconsciousness. 787 01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:50,000 - Ding? - Andy! 788 01:24:56,720 --> 01:24:58,640 Help me. 789 01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:02,880 Please help me. 790 01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:30,480 I can prove I'm not an Israeli. 791 01:25:33,040 --> 01:25:36,600 - How? - Because I have a foreskin. 792 01:25:38,120 --> 01:25:41,160 - A what, Andy? - A foreskin. 793 01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:45,200 Jews are circumcised, it's part of their religion. 794 01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:52,880 Let me show you. 795 01:26:08,760 --> 01:26:11,720 See! Foreskin. 796 01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:16,560 "I pulled as hard as I could", {y: I}which was difficult due to the cold. 797 01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:31,120 So, Andy. Now you will tell me, huh? 798 01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:36,240 What is your missi?n and what else are the British planning to do? 799 01:26:42,480 --> 01:26:45,760 "We might be captured", {y: I}but we still had a job to do. 800 01:26:45,960 --> 01:26:48,760 {y: I}The Regiment needed time {y: I}to carry out damage limitation. 801 01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:50,480 {y: I}They had to assume the worst. 802 01:26:50,680 --> 01:26:53,040 {y: I}That we'd been captured {y: I}and told the Iraqis everything. 803 01:26:53,240 --> 01:26:56,360 {y: I}0ther operations would {y: I}have to be cancelled or changed. 804 01:26:56,560 --> 01:26:59,200 "Queen and Country" - "that's bullshit." 805 01:27:03,280 --> 01:27:06,120 - Shall we start again, Andy? - No! 806 01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:41,160 So, Andy. Tell us. 807 01:27:50,600 --> 01:27:53,280 I'm a member of a search and rescue team. 808 01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:55,880 And what do you do, Andy? 809 01:27:57,760 --> 01:28:00,680 We rescue downed pilots. 810 01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:03,440 - I'm a medic. - Medic? 811 01:28:05,920 --> 01:28:07,680 And what was your missi?n on this occasi?n? 812 01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:10,960 I don't know. The officer knew. 813 01:28:12,480 --> 01:28:15,840 They operate on a "need to know" basis. 814 01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:23,160 They don't tell us anything, just to get on the heli. 815 01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:25,520 - The helicopter. - Good, Andy. 816 01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:28,960 Now you'll eat. Then we will talk some more. 817 01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:33,760 Thank you. And my friend? 818 01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:35,600 Yes, yes. 819 01:28:35,800 --> 01:28:40,440 But first you will sign a paper for the Red Cross. 820 01:28:40,640 --> 01:28:43,520 So they know you are all right. 821 01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:53,960 I can't. The army will punish me if you ever send me home. 822 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:17,440 {y: I}I tried to find God. {y: I}I begged Him to help us 823 01:29:17,640 --> 01:29:20,920 {y: I}and said as much of the Lord's Prayer {y: I}as I could remember. 824 01:29:21,120 --> 01:29:23,720 {y: I}Nothing happened. 825 01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:33,080 Manchester United win. Very good team. 826 01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:36,200 You look very happy now. You look very happy. 827 01:29:45,960 --> 01:29:47,720 - Stan? - Hey, no look! 828 01:29:54,360 --> 01:29:56,640 - Come here often, wanker? - Hey, guys, no talking! 829 01:29:56,840 --> 01:29:58,360 No talking, Dinger! 830 01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:00,480 - Stan's here. - Shut up, shut up! 831 01:30:07,360 --> 01:30:10,120 You're in a terrible state, Andy. 832 01:30:12,720 --> 01:30:16,880 How are your teeth? Are they still giving you some problems? 833 01:30:18,880 --> 01:30:21,040 They're broken. 834 01:30:24,280 --> 01:30:29,800 We have a dentist here. He worked in Guy's for nine years. 835 01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:32,360 One of the best. 836 01:30:38,920 --> 01:30:41,400 Open wide, please. 837 01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:00,440 Do you really think we are going to help you? 838 01:31:00,640 --> 01:31:04,280 You are irrelevant to us. You lied to us. 839 01:31:04,480 --> 01:31:07,400 You are the men from the South, aren't you? 840 01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:09,960 You're stupid. Stupid. 841 01:31:10,640 --> 01:31:14,040 I'm helping you all I can, but I'm just a medic. 842 01:31:14,240 --> 01:31:17,480 How many medics, Andy, leave 100 men dead, 843 01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:19,960 and another 100 in the hospita"I?" 844 01:31:20,160 --> 01:31:23,480 Tell me what your task was. Tell me. Tell me! 845 01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:26,080 I told you I don't know anything about that. 846 01:31:26,280 --> 01:31:29,880 I'm a medic. Please. Please! 847 01:31:33,280 --> 01:31:35,000 I need him on his back. 848 01:31:52,600 --> 01:31:56,800 Do it! Bomb me, you bastards! I'm down here! 849 01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,200 Don't do it! He don't mean it! 850 01:31:59,400 --> 01:32:02,440 Fuck it! Do it! Do it! 851 01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:07,600 Why are you getting me into trouble? 852 01:32:19,320 --> 01:32:22,640 I asked you for an answer yesterday. Do you have it for me? 853 01:32:24,640 --> 01:32:26,600 Yes, sir. 854 01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:32,440 Tosca. "Turncoats for the opera." 855 01:32:32,640 --> 01:32:35,520 Five letters. 856 01:32:35,720 --> 01:32:40,320 T- O-S... 857 01:32:40,520 --> 01:32:45,480 ...C- A. Tosca. 858 01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:54,960 You and your friends will not last much longer. 859 01:32:56,920 --> 01:33:01,760 We have others in the hospital You know that, Andy? 860 01:33:03,120 --> 01:33:07,360 Look, you are the senior rank here, huh? 861 01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:11,200 No one knows you are alive. 862 01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:15,320 We can let you die, and no one would know. 863 01:33:16,160 --> 01:33:18,720 Your government, they do not care about you. 864 01:33:18,920 --> 01:33:21,680 To them, you are just a tool to be used. 865 01:33:24,040 --> 01:33:30,240 Andy, if you will not tell me who you are and what you are doing, 866 01:33:30,440 --> 01:33:33,240 we will simply let the others die. 867 01:33:34,120 --> 01:33:35,840 Think about it, Andy. 868 01:33:36,680 --> 01:33:38,440 You bad boy, Dinger! Bad boy! 869 01:33:38,640 --> 01:33:40,000 {y: I}This wasn't a film 870 01:33:40,200 --> 01:33:43,040 {y: I}where the actor sticks out {y: I}his chest and shouts: "Never.!" 871 01:33:43,240 --> 01:33:48,760 {y: I}This was real We'd all fulfilled {y: I}our obligations to operational security. 872 01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:51,880 {y: I}It was now time {y: I}to fulfil our obligations to each other. 873 01:33:52,080 --> 01:33:53,360 Very bad boy! 874 01:34:15,680 --> 01:34:17,720 This is disgusting. 875 01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:22,760 Why did you do that? 876 01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:25,160 The window was open, so I threw it out. 877 01:34:25,360 --> 01:34:27,480 I opened the window because those fags are killing me. 878 01:34:27,680 --> 01:34:29,720 Sorry. I see shit and have to react. 879 01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:32,560 - What's this? Jam?! - Don't even think about it. 880 01:34:32,760 --> 01:34:34,080 Don't... 881 01:34:34,280 --> 01:34:38,040 - Jam again! - I'm closing the window. 882 01:34:38,240 --> 01:34:43,080 Clash, Sex Pistols, Showaddywaddy? 883 01:34:43,680 --> 01:34:45,200 That's not mine. 884 01:34:45,400 --> 01:34:47,400 Sorry, your whole tape co"lle"ction is contaminated. 885 01:34:53,920 --> 01:34:55,760 Unbelievable. 886 01:35:08,840 --> 01:35:10,640 COP. 887 01:35:17,080 --> 01:35:22,160 - A what? - Close Observation Platoon. 888 01:35:22,360 --> 01:35:25,040 Every infantry unit has one. 889 01:35:25,240 --> 01:35:29,520 We closely observe what's going on. 890 01:35:30,480 --> 01:35:33,000 In this case it was the MSR. 891 01:35:33,200 --> 01:35:37,240 - MS...? ...R. The Main Supply Route. 892 01:35:38,760 --> 01:35:42,120 We had to report on movements there. 893 01:35:42,320 --> 01:35:45,600 It was just a patrol put together for the job. 894 01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:50,000 Tell me what happened. 895 01:35:50,200 --> 01:35:54,960 A shepherd walked into our position, so we had to get out. 896 01:36:00,480 --> 01:36:04,320 - So you headed north? - Yeah, for Syria. 897 01:36:04,520 --> 01:36:06,720 It was the only way out. 898 01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:10,360 - How did you get in? - A helicopter. 899 01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:14,680 Show me. 900 01:36:23,360 --> 01:36:26,080 "What I told them was a good story", {y: I}and almost true. 901 01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:29,120 {y: I}I simply left out words {y: I}like "Scud"and "The Regiment". 902 01:36:29,320 --> 01:36:33,160 {y: I}I had nothing to lose. Chances were {y: I}we were dead anyway. 903 01:36:33,360 --> 01:36:36,880 {y: I}It was now a question of {y: I}waiting to see if they believed me. 904 01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:39,280 Here. 905 01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:44,600 "They let me be for the next few days", {y: I}just working on Dinger and Stan. 906 01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:47,040 {y: I}They wanted to confirm my story. 907 01:36:47,240 --> 01:36:50,360 {y: I}I would soon find out {y: I}if it had worked out or not. 908 01:37:07,680 --> 01:37:10,640 "I wasn't afraid", "I was depressed." 909 01:37:10,840 --> 01:37:14,280 {y: I}I thought of Jilly and Kate not even {y: I}knowing if I was alive or dead. 910 01:37:14,480 --> 01:37:17,800 "If they were going to do it", "let's just" {y: I}crack on and make it quick. 911 01:37:19,160 --> 01:37:23,360 Ray's bloody dead. God knows where Stan is. 912 01:37:24,520 --> 01:37:30,000 No bloody comms, no decent maps, no bloody backup. 913 01:37:30,800 --> 01:37:33,080 They can't even get the weather right. 914 01:37:34,800 --> 01:37:37,160 And all my sweets are green. 915 01:37:37,360 --> 01:37:41,400 Green for Christ's sake! I hate bloody green. 916 01:39:10,200 --> 01:39:14,800 Back in Rhodesia, there's a tree ca"lle"d morula tree... 917 01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:17,240 {y: I}The next few days were relatively happy. 918 01:39:17,480 --> 01:39:21,040 {y: I}All we could do was talk about "families", "life and each other." 919 01:39:21,240 --> 01:39:23,120 {y: I}Here was Dinger on God: 920 01:39:23,320 --> 01:39:25,080 I don't believe in the old bastard. 921 01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:28,320 {y: I}0n his family: 922 01:39:28,520 --> 01:39:31,920 We had the most God-awful row the night before we left. 923 01:39:32,120 --> 01:39:33,800 Still hurts when I think about it. 924 01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:35,480 {y: I}0n me: 925 01:39:35,680 --> 01:39:37,960 Henry vlll, that's who you are. 926 01:39:38,160 --> 01:39:41,520 31, and already you've got three wives. What's your excuse? 927 01:39:41,720 --> 01:39:44,400 "Adoption", "mate. Never knew my mother." 928 01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:47,320 That explains everything, does it? Your taste in music? 929 01:39:47,520 --> 01:39:50,480 Your appalling clothes? Why did you join the army? 930 01:39:50,680 --> 01:39:51,960 {y: I}What.? 931 01:39:52,160 --> 01:39:54,000 Why did you join the army? 932 01:39:54,200 --> 01:39:55,640 {y: I}To keep out of trouble. 933 01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:57,840 You thought if you joined there'd be no more trouble? 934 01:39:58,040 --> 01:40:01,560 {y: I}Best thing I ever did. {y: I}Never been in trouble since. 935 01:40:01,760 --> 01:40:04,320 What the bloody hell do you call this? 936 01:40:05,080 --> 01:40:08,840 937 01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:12,280 938 01:40:12,480 --> 01:40:16,400 939 01:40:16,600 --> 01:40:19,880 940 01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:23,400 941 01:40:23,600 --> 01:40:26,960 942 01:40:34,040 --> 01:40:35,800 Hands, Andy. 943 01:40:48,760 --> 01:40:51,120 Andy? Do you like Michael Jackson? 944 01:40:52,720 --> 01:40:55,040 Yeah, I do. 945 01:40:55,240 --> 01:40:57,800 Did you know I sing in a group here in the city? 946 01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:01,120 Play every Saturday night. Play the Meridien Hotel 947 01:41:01,320 --> 01:41:06,280 - No, I don't believe you. - Why? Don't you like my voice? 948 01:41:06,480 --> 01:41:11,160 949 01:41:11,360 --> 01:41:13,520 Will you show me London after the war? 950 01:41:14,240 --> 01:41:15,920 Yeah, sure. 951 01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:18,040 Andy, I love you. 952 01:41:18,760 --> 01:41:23,400 - Do you love me? - Yes, Jeral, I love you. 953 01:41:37,520 --> 01:41:38,800 Hands, Andy. 954 01:41:52,400 --> 01:41:55,160 I'm pissed off sucking up to that little wanker for your fags. 955 01:41:55,360 --> 01:41:57,400 I will never divulge what you two get up to. 956 01:41:57,600 --> 01:42:00,280 - I licked shit off my hands for them. - Ah, quit honking. 957 01:42:00,480 --> 01:42:03,200 I'm saving one for the firing squad. Can't be long now. 958 01:42:03,400 --> 01:42:06,440 Do you really think it's going to be like "Breaker Morant"? 959 01:42:06,640 --> 01:42:10,000 Dawn sky, chaplain, last fag, 960 01:42:10,200 --> 01:42:13,840 instead of bend over, bang, straight into the bin-liner? 961 01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:20,120 {y: I}We weren't shot. "Not that week", "not the following." 962 01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:24,080 {y: I}Apart from the chance of being blown "apart by the bombs falling on the city", 963 01:42:24,280 --> 01:42:29,080 {y: I}we slowly began to believe that {y: I}we might just get out in one piece. 964 01:42:36,800 --> 01:42:39,520 Reports in from Syria inform us that a British soldier 965 01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:42,640 crossed the border in the area where you were captured. 966 01:42:44,600 --> 01:42:48,360 They say in Damascus that he's SAS. 967 01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:54,160 Are they treating you well? 968 01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:06,040 Oh... For you. 969 01:43:14,120 --> 01:43:17,040 Well done, Chris. Well done. 970 01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:22,720 But they're all green! 971 01:44:16,480 --> 01:44:18,280 Stan! Dinger! 972 01:44:22,440 --> 01:44:24,480 You are going home. 973 01:44:26,400 --> 01:44:28,400 Not Andy. 974 01:44:29,920 --> 01:44:31,680 Not Andy? 975 01:44:32,680 --> 01:44:35,120 Not Andy. 976 01:44:37,120 --> 01:44:40,920 - Don't worry, we'll get you out of here. - I'll call Jilly, mate. 977 01:44:41,120 --> 01:44:43,120 Here, catch. 978 01:44:52,560 --> 01:44:54,720 {y: I}This was the worst time for me. 979 01:44:54,920 --> 01:44:57,880 "Why had they kept me behind", {y: I}except to shoot me.? 980 01:44:58,080 --> 01:44:59,680 "Dying didn't worry me", 981 01:44:59,880 --> 01:45:03,000 {y: I}but I'd taken it for granted that {y: I}we were going to go together. 982 01:45:03,200 --> 01:45:05,280 "I kept seeing my own funeral in Hereford", 983 01:45:05,480 --> 01:45:08,080 {y: I}with Dinger smoking {y: I}all the way through the service. 984 01:45:08,280 --> 01:45:10,600 {y: I}When a colonel had said "what a good soldier I'd been", 985 01:45:10,800 --> 01:45:13,520 {y: I}Dinger would have shouted: "Wanker.!" 986 01:45:13,720 --> 01:45:15,880 {y: I}Then they would've drunk {y: I}the 500 pounds of booze 987 01:45:16,080 --> 01:45:18,680 "I paid for the last piss"- "up." 988 01:45:18,880 --> 01:45:21,440 "And then I got to thinking about Kate", 989 01:45:21,640 --> 01:45:25,520 {y: I}and by first light {y: I}she'd made me feel more composed. 990 01:45:58,040 --> 01:45:59,840 The Iraqi soldiers seemed to deserve 991 01:46:00,040 --> 01:46:04,200 pity rather than anger. 200,000 of them gave themselves up. 992 01:46:04,400 --> 01:46:06,600 All they want to do is go home to their families. 993 01:46:06,800 --> 01:46:10,560 They are war-weary and have no spirit left for the battle. 994 01:46:10,760 --> 01:46:13,680 The road north from Kuwait to the Iraqi port of Basra 995 01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:15,640 showed the cruel reality. 996 01:46:15,840 --> 01:46:18,680 The highway littered with the burnt-out, smashed remains 997 01:46:18,880 --> 01:46:20,920 of vehicles the Iraqis stole in Kuwait. 998 01:46:21,120 --> 01:46:24,360 Saddam promised them glory, but they've lost it instead. 999 01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:27,160 As far as I'm concerned, it's over. 1000 01:46:27,360 --> 01:46:29,600 Saddam Hussein had better know it's over. 1001 01:46:29,800 --> 01:46:32,600 If Saddam makes the mistake of starting it again, 1002 01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:35,640 then he's going to have a lot more trouble than he has in Iraq right now. 1003 01:46:37,680 --> 01:46:39,680 Reagan, Jack. 1004 01:46:41,640 --> 01:46:43,240 - Simpson. - First name? 1005 01:46:43,440 --> 01:46:46,800 - Peter. - Through those doors, up there. 1006 01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:49,040 McNab, British Army. 1007 01:46:49,240 --> 01:46:53,520 If we don't move quickly, they'll start taking hostages. Come with me. 1008 01:47:00,680 --> 01:47:02,640 Mark! 1009 01:47:05,480 --> 01:47:07,520 Mark! 1010 01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:15,080 Mark. 1011 01:47:25,680 --> 01:47:28,840 I got shot, mate. In my foot! 1012 01:47:30,560 --> 01:47:35,080 Next thing, they handcuffed me to a bed and left me to rot. 1013 01:47:35,280 --> 01:47:37,200 Mark! 1014 01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:41,320 - Can you see it? - What? 1015 01:47:41,520 --> 01:47:44,120 - My foot, mate. - How can I miss it? 1016 01:47:44,320 --> 01:47:46,600 It's the size of a marrow! 1017 01:47:56,720 --> 01:48:00,040 One thing that's bugged me ever since we landed in Saudi... 1018 01:48:00,800 --> 01:48:02,080 Yeah? 1019 01:48:02,280 --> 01:48:03,800 - The piece of breeze-block. - Yeah? 1020 01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:06,160 - The one in my bergen. - Yeah? 1021 01:48:07,520 --> 01:48:10,080 Did you have anything to do with it? 1022 01:48:20,400 --> 01:48:22,400 Here. It's my sweet. 1023 01:48:25,400 --> 01:48:27,320 What colour is it, mate? 1024 01:48:34,520 --> 01:48:38,600 "It was green", "but I guess" {y: I}you can't have everything. 1025 01:48:38,800 --> 01:48:42,080 {y: I}Back in the UK "we had an outrageous piss"- "up." 1026 01:48:42,280 --> 01:48:44,440 "Then the psychiatrist turned up to test us", 1027 01:48:44,640 --> 01:48:47,480 {y: I}looking for "post"- "traumatic stress disorder." 1028 01:48:47,680 --> 01:48:51,280 {y: I}It turned out they were more {y: I}strung out than we were. 1029 01:48:54,320 --> 01:48:57,520 "War is barbaric", "but if you think" {y: I}this is the bit where I say 1030 01:48:57,720 --> 01:49:01,480 {y: I}I want to spend the rest of my days "hugging trees", "don't hold your breath." 1031 01:49:01,680 --> 01:49:03,640 Hi! 1032 01:49:09,000 --> 01:49:10,480 Hi! 1033 01:49:23,720 --> 01:49:28,000 {y: I}We're soldiers. {y: I}It's my professi?n and I'm proud of it. 1034 01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:30,840 {y: I}Nobody said you had to be crap at it. 1035 01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:34,560 "As for the men who tortured us" - {y: I}they had a job to do as well 1036 01:49:34,760 --> 01:49:38,520 {y: I}It's just that some of them {y: I}enjoyed it a bit too much. 1037 01:49:38,720 --> 01:49:40,400 {y: I}lf I met any of them "in the street tomorrow", 1038 01:49:40,600 --> 01:49:42,560 "and thought I could get away with it", 1039 01:49:42,760 --> 01:49:44,720 {y: I}I'd slot them.