Season 1
2002 | 10 Episodes
In this reality show, a military training facility 1950s style has been reconstructed and several professional soldiers were extensively trained in the period's style as Montgomery platoon's commanding officer, CSM Glen Thomas, drill sergeant, provost sergeant, PE instructor and section corporals, and on Sunday an Anglican padre. There thirty volunteering 'bad lads' aged 18 to 24, mostly with criminal records, are to pass the period's standard four weeks training course which recruits were routinely given in the Fifties. It's a grim life from another age, when 'boys' were generally expected to 'take like a man' constant discomfort, verbal abuse and even utter humiliation without cringing or protesting. Today's bad lads have the option to leave without being hunted down as deserters, and a few do even in the first days...
Country: United Kingdom
Type: unscripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2002
Also Known As: Bad Lads Army, Bad Lads Army: Officer ClassBad Lads Army: Extreme, Lads Army | See more »
Production Co: Twenty Twenty Television
2002 | 10 Episodes
2004 | 8 Episodes
2005 | 7 Episodes
2006 | 7 Episodes
Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best Features
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National Television Award
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