Heads up : Our War: 10 Years in Afghanistan (filmed by soldiers)

[clippedgull]

I for one will be watching

BBC 3 21:00 tonight

1: Ambushed

This opening part of the series tells the story of a close-knit group of friends from 3 Platoon, 1st Battalion Royal Anglian regiment, who were sent to Helmand province in 2007. For most of them it was their first experience of war. The whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon's sergeant, who captured the moment when one of his men, 19-year-old Private Chris Gray, was killed in a Taliban ambush. The film explores the effects of his death on both his mates in the platoon and his family back in the UK.

Background info to the series here BBC - BBC TV blog: Our War: Dealing with death on the frontline in Afghanistan

 

[Seagull Steve]

Thanks for the reminder clippedgull, I will definitely be watching this tonight. It looks as if it going to be very interesting.

 

[chucky1973]

this is currently to close to home, my nephew is a Royal Marine and is in K company of 42 Commando and in his 2nd month of 6 on his first tour to Afgan, in the last week he has lost 4 members of 42 commando "family" and the latest one on Sunday was from his Company and a good friend, the current mood in our family is a bit down as it seems that the Taliban summer offensive has started and you just dont know whats going to happen next, there is a great site on Facebook called Herrick 14 which gives daily updates on our progress along with photos, but also sadly brings you first the fatalities direct from the MOD web site. I will watch tonight but with a bit of trepidation as I am not really sure I want to know what he is going through. I spoke with him yesterday and he was as expected very down and he said the mood of his fellow marines was rock bottom due to the 4 deaths, they are assigned to One Rifles regiment and they have also lost 2 men in the last two weeks, so 6 in total, not including the poor chap from the Scottish Highlanders who died Saturday. I feel it is going to be a long 4 months until he returns.

 

[chucky1973]

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If anyones wants to have a look

 

[DTES]

Looks brilliant. So I don't suppose there's any chance of anyone watching The Fairy Jobmother on C4 at the same time. I (and everyone else here) worked really hard on that

 

[clippedgull]

Looks brilliant. So I don't suppose there's any chance of anyone watching The Fairy Jobmother on C4 at the same time. I (and everyone else here) worked really hard on that

Will be recording that.

 

[DTES]

Will be recording that.

That's one viewer at least - good man

 

[pezza]

Will be watching my brothers in the military so wanna get a better insight, allways thought he was a desk jockey till I saw footage from his helmet camera bullets pinging of the dirt around him lol made me realise maybe he does more than he tells us. He's currently in training for his third tour of afghan but even when he was away on tour he used to phone once a week and ask what the Albion score was. True legend in my eyes

 

[ali jenkins]

This is a great, and sad, bit of television.

 

[chimneys]

Amazing and very humbling programme.

Cant believe it was relegated to BBC Three, but then again its no Apprentice or Britain's Got Talent!

RIP Chris Gray and all the other soldiers who will never come home.

 

[chucky1973]

a great insite into the conditions that our boys are dealing with day in day.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

That was a tremendous programme.

 

[Art Vs Science]

Amazing and very humbling programme.

Cant believe it was relegated to BBC Three, but then again its no Apprentice or Britain's Got Talent!

RIP Chris Gray and all the other soldiers who will never come home.

If this was the first showing of the documentary then yes, pretty poor of the BBC to deem it only worth of BBC 3 purely based on viewing figures although obviously a quality production. A very good insight into the realities of war. I knew someone that lost their life in Afghanistan, only finding out via a headline story in the Argus. Proper heroes indeed.

 

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If anyones wants to have a look

Please tell him he is in the thoughts of those at home, blokes i know that have been tell me that it's important to those serving there to know that they have public support.

 

[User removed 4]

If this was the first showing of the documentary then yes, pretty poor of the BBC to deem it only worth of BBC 3 purely based on viewing figures although obviously a quality production. A very good insight into the realities of war. I knew someone that lost their life in Afghanistan, only finding out via a headline story in the Argus. Proper heroes indeed.

Was that Jamie Janes by any chance ?

 

[Art Vs Science]

Was that Jamie Janes by any chance ?

No it wasn't It was Michael Pritchard. I worked with him and all he ever wanted to be was a Soldier. So bloody young. Still a little shocked to this day. The film was a great insight though if a little sad.

Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard killed in Afghanistan

 

[User removed 4]

No it wasn't It was Michael Pritchard. I worked with him and all he ever wanted to be was a Soldier. So bloody young. Still a little shocked to this day. The film was a great insight though if a little sad.

RIP.

 

[Art Vs Science]

RIP.

Thanks for that. I have edited the reply now with the link Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard killed in Afghanistan

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Would be great to watch, guess I got to wait till someone uploads it. Ross Kemp did a Documentary a while back on the war in Afghanistan, the whole series is on youtube.

Part 1 First episode

 

[clippedgull]

Part 2 tonight.