Jason Fox
Directing Staff
SAS: Who Dares Wins (2015)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 19, 2015
Episode 46 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.special-forces, tmdb.military-training, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.sas, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.endurance, imdb.special-forces + 2 more, imdb.military-propaganda, imdb.british-propaganda
Production Companies: Minnow Films, Film 45, Discovery Channel
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Character
The 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.
Oct. 19, 2015, midnight
S1E2 - Weakness
The 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.
Oct. 26, 2015, midnight
S1E3 - Fear
The 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.
Nov. 2, 2015, midnight
S1E4 - Survival
The 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.
Nov. 9, 2015, midnight
S1E5 - Interrogation
The 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?
Nov. 16, 2015, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 2091 min.
Released: Oct. 19, 2015
Last Air Date: Feb. 21, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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