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Starts at 9 tonight , anyone going to give it a watch ?
I'll give it a go
Yep purely in the hope that the guy in the trailer breaks down and crys for his mum.
It'll be interesting to see how watchable they can make navving around the beacons and the elan valley!
Ive done a 72 hour selection around Pen Fan ,just water no food and being screamed at ,cold wet ,dragged through a river zip tied , screamed at some more , point to point knowing your going to get lifted at some point and a little more beasting , all to say ive done it.
Would I do it now im older
No thanks I prefer tea and cake !
I'm just looking forwards to Rory McGrath, Tony Robinson, Philip Pope, Jimmy Mulville and Julia Hills reunited after all this time.
Wonder if they'll have to do a halo jump?
Oh dear!
They've found their first victim.
/sees hyperventilation being treat with O2. Boots TV screen.
Passes Drac a paper bag to let him calm down. 😉
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Haha I saw that Drac
I'm hoping the sound of O2 was added later and the 'medic' was using the mask as a valuable placebo.
The SBS dude looks like he's walked off the set of TOWIE !!?
Slap him round the face and tell him to get a grip.
Perhaps some chest physio might help? 😀
I'm hoping the sound of O2 was added later.
The distant shot showed the bag inflated, why even put one on?
Perhaps some chest physio might help?
Well maybe that's why he's gone to hospital.
SBS ? Are they as hard as SAS, or do the SAS make fun of them?
Well maybe that's why he's gone to hospital.
Certainly hope not. We just do getting rid of gunk.
SBS ? Are they as hard as SAS, or do the SAS make fun of them?
You can ask him that, I'll be hiding behind the door.
Certainly hope not. We just do getting rid of gunk.
An odd sock will do that.
An odd sock will do that.
Not on the NHS it wont.
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SBS ? Are they as hard as SAS, or do the SAS make fun of them?
They're just a bit wetter.... 😉
They're just a bit wetter....
Black rubber fetishists 😀
I think SBS are harder but Peter Andre's brother seems to have got in
Not on the NHS it wont.
Blue roll then.
Portable suction and uro cath?
Good to see the mma guy took the time to help his estranged son on the first task .
OW!
Jesus that Foxy is a hell of a machine.
Absolute waste of TV schedule. Peter Andre could storm an embassy better than these guys. Reality TV rubbish.
I thought it was great better than the BBC version which was too dramatised.
Absolute trash !
Some units and their exploits are best kept secret.
Where do they get these weapon grade bell end contestants from ffs 😥
You would have thought they would have done some research before hand and at a minimum, trained on Pen y fan. Most are comical.
I guess may be all in the filming, but so far this lot look pretty hopeless compared to the BBC ones.*
Hat's off to the person who sold the same idea to both sides though. Clearly a fan of "A Fistful of Dollars"
*given it lasts 8 days rather than 12 for the BBC one, I'm going with this lot being 33% more hopeless
They seemed to go straight into the tough stuff too where as the BBC built up slowly.
Some units and their exploits are best kept secret.
I doubt they'll be revealing anything more than that's already known. Lots of book out there and I can remember watching a similar programme as a kid.
I'm not talking about technicalities Drac !
Oh! 😳
To me the Special Forces personnel are held in high esteem..
Quietly confident, silent types who just get the job done!
This current SF fad goes against that.
True but these type of shows come around every so often, I don't think it does any real harm.
I suspect they laugh at them as much as we did the guy hyperventilating.
i wonder who the private providers were ?
A joke.
You would have thought they would have done some research before hand and at a minimum, trained on Pen y fan. Most are comical.
Yeah, some of them didn't appear to have done a huge amount of preparation, if any. They can't train for the mental stuff and maybe Pen Y Fan after that first day and no sleep would be too much for some, but all should have been prepared for the first day 8 miler with a pack. I don't want to appear cynical, but there seemed to be a focus on that bloke who went in with his estranged son, maybe he'll go all the way, despite appearing completely out of his depth. I wonder if they're setting it up for him to make his son proud with a big hug and tears at the end.
Yeah, i'm shocked at the lack of preparation from most of them. Mildly entertaining giggling at the supposed tellings off though. Good luck to them if they tried to form up a bunch of SF lads and do that...
I would expect the contestants to have done the fan dance a couple of times, be capable of a BFT and have prepared themselves for a bit of sleep deprivation and listening to really loud death metal mixed with Westlife.
I know a few women who would have done a better job...
I had big beard envy of the main instructor though. it was plush...
I had big beard envy of the main instructor though. it was plush...
haha, i thought he was a cross between peter andre and brian blessed
Steely eyed, flat bellied, professional. Not pissy eyed, fat bellied, hysterical. That's how you do it.
Not sure how they've mentioned the SAS as all the guys named where ex SBS, but I guess the general public aren't overly aware of them.
They seemed to go straight into the tough stuff too where as the BBC built up slowly
the 8 miler isn't that hard
the Fan was a mental test, "Hollywood" didn't have breakfast, but that should not have made a difference, he should have been capable of keeping going
obvious issues are the poor quality of the candidates and the shortness of the actual programme making. A lot seemed to be suffering from bad blisters. Carrying weight is also something you can or can't do and 30lb's isn't real weight so they all should have been capable
According to an ex SAS mate of mine, SBS= sunglasses & Bermuda shorts.
That wooden beard, plucked eyebrows and Beckhamesque hard man voice was enough to have me tugging over.
I mean turning over.
It's quite common for blokes to have to have served with both SB and Hereford, either on exchange, secondment or "cross decking". Since SB came under the command of DSF, and open to all arms (which it is much better off for) the differences/ignominy between the two isn't what it once was.
Foxy's a dreamboat. (flutters)
bit yeah they do seem to have picked a pack of lemons.
ypud think any half decent club runner wpuld do the fan dance (not saying i could but i'm pretty sure i wouldnt have been last out of that shower)
I don't normally watch these programmes, so not sure how it works. I wonder how much the production team influence things (in selection and during filming) to get a rough outcome they want. I presume they select based on best telly probabilities. Did they tell the candidates to continue doing what they do with no extra preparation so that their selection probabilities don't get skewed?. Maybe they select knowing that the overweight IT consultant who still lives with his Mum and spends half his life on STW forums, is going to fall flat on his face on the first day, likely involving an ambulance. The nuckle head cage fighter wannabe from Barnsley who thinks he's big and tough enough will crumble on day 2 or 3. The Oxford graduate who rowed for his college and spends his weekends doing tri-athlons might or might not crumble days 7 or 8. The research Biologist who can't tie his own shoelaces. All will probably give good material (tasks and personal interacting) at different stages of the test. Very high chances of ambulances and RAF search and rescue Heli being involved, possibly booked beforehand.
The bloke who appeared to be the focus in the first programme, turns up with his estranged son, on a bonding path, son gets knocked out day one, father determined to make his son proud, father falls apart on day two, only survives being ousted because one of the SAS 'staff' falls in love with him. You couldn't write this material, or could you?.
The beat-boxing was good though.
Wife wanted to watch it. I turned over but did manage a chuckle at the "diving" board.
This was the most feared "test".
Has nailed it.B.A.Nana
There's no true survival of the fittest it's who the producers think tells a good story. I watched the first, will watch the second, and then may not bother. A bit like "Hunted".
What I do think is rubbish is the interference of medics when people have a bit of a turn.
It's not real life for sure.
Yeah, my point was, if they all breezed the first 5 days it wouldn't make good telly. So, there must be some fixing involved. Probably just being told that they couldn't prepare beyond what they normally do..
The selection will be very much to get TV figures yes. Also though these are people off the street, they're not forces staff applying to get into the SAS. They seen an ad in a paper and thought that'll be a laugh. Maybe they trained maybe they didn't but it wouldn't be with the experience of those that were or are in the forces already.
Marching over a Welsh mountain twice in 90 minutes whilst under the impression they had to keep up with that Foxy bloke is going to break them mentally and physically. That's what they were trying to do, they wanted to see who would push on regardless.
obvious issues are the poor quality of the candidates and the shortness of the actual programme making. A lot seemed to be suffering from bad blisters. Carrying weight is also something you can or can't do and 30lb's isn't real weight so they all should have been capable
Yes, but it wouldn't exactly make riveting tv to watch 30 blokes smash each test and parade them round like action men for an hour would it.
As for people saying they should have practiced and trained on Pen y fan before the show started, how exciting that would be.
It's an experience and a test, not an enduro event where you should have a couple of practice laps to make sure you know each and every turn.
I saw a trailer for this I think. Is it the one with the guy saying that the impossible for most people was a walk in the park for him?
Is it the one with the guy saying that the impossible for most people was a walk in the park for him?
Yup that's him. He's going to be bigger than Jason Statham too. He's set himself up to be pushed more than the rest.
It's an experience and a test, not an enduro event where you should have a couple of practice laps to make sure you know each and every turn.
Exactly.
I found the tactical questioning interesting. The DS really went at the more guarded, suspicious blokes but the "open books" who were just completely honest seemed to disarm them. The beatboxer should have done a little dance, that would really have ****ed them up.
Yup that's him.
Please tell me it looks like he'll fall flat on his face. My interest in this does not extend to actually watching.
Sorry no spoilers. 😆
I think he's using it as an audition to showcase his awesomeness as a wanna be Hollywood stuntman .
I think he'll be out by programme 3 .
All I could think of was riding down Pen y Fan.
All I could think of was riding down Pen y Fan.
Hahaha! I did think "Oooh! Is that what the fuss is about, looks good."
Everything I've read suggests it's footpath and a shit one to ride down at that.
Did look good on the show though
Round 2 just starting.
Looked very tough this week, reckon the 19 year old may be a odds on favorite.
I liked him.
Fair play too him carrying the big fella up the hill .
Super Army Soldiers is one of the best tv clips ever, love it when Vinny Jones turns up....
Fair play too him carrying the big fella up the hill
Only to have the big fella bail out. Wuss.
I seriously hope for the 19-year-olds sake that he doesn't go on to win this. As a career in the Army after having won this series would just be pure hell ! The abuse he'd get my goodness !!
They just got pudding!
Strange that "ant" got the lead instructor role. He did 4 years SF service, whereas the other seem to have done 10yrs plus. Maybe it was his gig?
That scots chap is ****ing nails. Got to WO2 [i]in the R.Scots[/i] before hitting and passing selection. That ain't common from that rank.
The WO2 was the one of the two guys that got lifted in Iraq many moons ago. I remember the job to extract them. Bloody cake and arse show that was. 🙄
Are you sure moose?
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Must have been a shit lob for the tankies getting them out but nice to know it happens.
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Yup. one on the right.