Ross Kemp In Afghanistan

Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Overview

Candid and brutally honest - this is Ross Kemp's very personal account of British soldiers at war. Ross endures the stifling heat, constant threat of snipers, RPG attacks and land mines; discovering first hand what it's like to fight on Britain's front line.

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Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Episode 5

Ross joins 1 Royal Anglian as they capture a compound. The compound they capture and destroy is the one in which the three men were killed.

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Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Episode 4

While Ross is back in the UK three soldiers from B Company are killed in a tragic blue-on-blue accident. On the 23rd August Privates Aaron James McClure, Robert Graham Foster and John Thrumble died when the air support called in to help defeat the enemy hit the compound in which the three were engaging the Taliban from.

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Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Episode 3

Episode three focuses on the life of the soldier - what's it like to live on Britain's front line at the Now Zad base.

It's at Now Zad that the Royal Anglians suffered their first casualty, Private Chris Gray, killed during a fierce fire fight with Taliban fighters in May 2007.

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Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Episode 2

Ross arrives at Camp Bastion, he's given a medical briefing then straight out on an offensive operation in the 'green zone', a thin strip of agricultural land that lines the banks of the Helmand.

It's during this first foray that Ross experiences the dangers faced by British soldiers.

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Ross Kemp In Afghanistan: Episode 1

Ross prepares for deployment and joins up with 1 Royal Anglian as they train during a cold British winter on Salisbury Plain.

They're training for what they will face in Afghanistan which includes convoy protection and deploying from Chinook helicopters.

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