Series
SAS: Who Dares Wins
RealityDocumentary
Selection for the SAS is one of the world's toughest job interviews and physical fitness is only the starting point. What's really being tested is psychological resilience and character as candidates undergo sleep deprivation, interrogation and a series of increasingly complex mind games. In this programme, five ex-special forces soldiers re-create tasks from the SAS's secret selection process, putting 30 civilian men through the ultimate test of their physical and - more importantly - their psychological resilience.
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Seasons & episodes
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1Character19 Oct 2015 · 47mThe recruits' first task is an unexpected one: writing an essay about themselves. Then they face an eight-mile combat fitness test while their essays are dissected for an insight into their character.
2Weakness26 Oct 2015 · 47mThe remaining recruits must choose their weakest colleagues, who then lead the next exercise. And there's the 'Sickener': a series of physical challenges that won't end until five recruits give up.
3Fear2 Nov 2015 · 47mThe directing staff test the remaining recruits' resistance to fear, with mind games and an intimidating challenge to dive backwards from a cliff into the freezing sea 12 metres below.
4Survival9 Nov 2015 · 47mThe directing staff have to whittle the group down to the six they think may have what it takes to complete the final stage: a punishing 72-hour cat-and-mouse chase across challenging terrain.
5Interrogation16 Nov 2015 · 47mThe remaining recruits each face the final, notoriously gruelling stage of selection alone: 24 hours of interrogation. Do any of them have what it takes to succeed in the Special Forces?
Details
- First aired
- 19 Oct 2015
- Last aired
- 21 Feb 2023
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 45
- Votes
- 7 on TMDB
Cast
Jason FoxDirecting Staff
Chris OliverSelf - Directing Staff
