Overview
- Channel 4 premiered the eight-part season on January 4, with episodes scheduled at 9pm on Sundays and Mondays.
- Fourteen recruits are split into Team UK and Team Australia under Chief Instructor Billy Billingham with Directing Staff Jason Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver.
- Filmed in North Africa, the selection-style course strips away comforts and tests discipline, endurance and resilience under unforgiving conditions.
- Cast and press detail genuine injuries during filming, including an Olympic swimmer’s broken nose in a bout as well as ankle and knee setbacks for other participants.
- Participants say viewers miss much of the psychological “mind games,” and the opener featured candid personal revelations from the recruits.