Introduction

A 1995 BBC documentary about the British Army’s Royal Military Police.

Outline

It’s summer, it’s pay day and the living seems easy for those young British soldiers who have plenty of energy and money to burn.

But in a NAAFI pub in a barracks in north Germany an argument leads to an outbreak of violence.

Two soldiers and a civilian receive horrific injuries from a gang of young men.

The Redcaps catch the gang, but that’s when the problems really begin.

Who did what -and to whom? Captain Wooldridge, a detective in the Royal Military Police’s special investigation branch, finds that bringing the criminals to justice is not straightforward.

Redcaps Series

You can find a full index and outline of Redcaps here.

Production & Filming Details

• Narrator(s): Tom Wilkinson.
• Producer(s): Kevin Mann, Roger Mills and Edward Mirzoeff.
• Release Date: 23 November 1995.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.