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Faint, Yet Pursuing

Episode 3 of 7

First transmitted in 1985, the prospective members of the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre (MAWC), a specialist unit of the Royal Marines are on a survival course on the Hebrides.

First transmitted in 1985, this series follows the progress of 25 prospective members of the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre (MAWC), a specialist unit of the Royal Marines. This programme follows the candidates as they are left to live off the land. They find that they can survive the cold and wet but the effects of hunger quickly takes its toll. Meanwhile, the course instructors are ever vigilant for signs of them breaking the rules. If the they do break the rules and they manage get away with it their chances of survival increase but if they are caught they are expelled from the course.

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33 minutes

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Tue 28 May 1985 20:25
±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire

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Writer Ian Wooldridge
Narrator Ian Wooldridge
Film Recordist Fred Clark
Dubbing Mixer Mike Harwood
Camera Operator Ian Kennedy
Film Editor Steve Felton
Producer Michael Begg

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  • Tue 28 May 1985 20:25
    ±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire

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