Raw Recruits

For 45 British teenagers, it's day one of Basic Army Training in Harrogate. For the next 22 weeks they'll leave their civilian lives behind and be known as 19 Platoon of Burma Company. At only 16 and 17 years old, they're taking on the challenge to become Britain's youngest soldiers. No other European country trains their soldiers this young.

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S1 F1 – Episode 1
9. Januar 2016
45 Min.
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In these initial weeks, the teens must pick up a vast range of new and essential skills - sharpish. They learn weapon handling, how to strip down a rifle correctly and target indication as well as experiencing first-hand the effects of CS Gas - to learn to trust their gas masks.
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S1 F2 – Episode 2
9. Januar 2016
45 Min.
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The Junior Soldiers of 19 Platoon continue their Army Phase 1 training at AFC in Harrogate, as the army start to assess who is mentally and physically strong enough to become a soldier.
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S1 F3 – Episode 3
9. Januar 2016
45 Min.
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Our raw recruits are now asked to confront the realities of soldiering, and the difficult truths associated with it, chief among them the fact that they'll potentially be taking lives and risking their own. In the remembrance garden Padre Andrew Earle shows them a monument to all the former Junior Soldiers who've died since the college was opened over 30 years ago.
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S1 F4 – Episode 4
9. Januar 2016
45 Min.
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In the four months of training so far the harsh physical and mental conditioning has taken its toll; there are only 40 recruits left now. The remaining Junior Soldiers must use everything they've learnt so far and face all oncoming hurdles together as a fully-functioning platoon.
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