198950 minEnded

How to Make a Royal Marines Officer

Network:BBC One

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Aired on Jul 5, 1989, 8:30 PM

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Description

Two-part documentary following the progress of 29 men who want to become Royal Marine officers.

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Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 50 min
Premiered: June 28, 1989
Ended: July 5, 1989
Schedule: Wednesday at 9:30 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Part 1

Twenty-nine young men arrive at the Commando Training Centre in Devon to undergo 12 months of what is believed to be the toughest infantry training in the world. There to learn the art of war and win the coveted green beret, the young officers' first lesson is that their own side takes no prisoners.Ă‚Â

Jun 28, 1989

50 min

Part 2

The soldiers are casually dismissing the rest of the world as 'civvies'. But no civilians would willingly undergo the final commando test that produces the coveted green beret - 30 miles across crippling Dartmoor terrain, carrying 40lbs in less than seven hours. Seven hours ten minutes is, as one of them discovers, not acceptable.

Jul 5, 1989