Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline Advanced Tactics training. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The Paras here. Production & Filming Details Release Date: April 1983. Running Time: 60 minutes. Rating:… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline Basic Parachute Training at RAF Brize Norton. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The Paras here. Production & Filming Details Release Date: April 1983. Running… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline Pre-Parachute (P company) selection in Aldershot. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The Paras here. Production & Filming Details Release Date: March 1983. Running Time:… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline Battle Camp at Sennybridge Training Area, Wales. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The Paras here. Production & Filming Details Release Date: March 1983. Running… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline Basic tactics and fitness training in the Aldershot area. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The Paras here. Production & Filming Details Release Date: March… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline The recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon form up at Browning Barracks, Aldershot and are introduced to army life. The Paras Series You can find a full index and overview of The… Read More

Introduction Glyn Worsnip follows recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training for the British Parachute Regiment between January and June 1982. Outline The Paras is a 1983 BBC TV documentary series about British Parachute Regiment recruits of 480 (Training) Platoon undertaking their basic training at the Depot of the Parachute Regiment (Depot Para)… Read More

Introduction Documentary series filmed over 12 months and featuring unparalleled access to the elite Parachute Regiment following the process by which new recruits are turned into elite soldiers trained to kill. Outline The Parachute Regiment take part in a major international joint exercise alongside the US Airborne Division parachuting along the Latvian border. The Paras:… Read More

Introduction Documentary series filmed over 12 months and featuring unparalleled access to the elite Parachute Regiment following the process by which new recruits are turned into elite soldiers trained to kill. Outline The remaining recruits are subjected to the most physical and psychologically challenging part of the course yet as they endure the Army’s toughest… Read More

Introduction Documentary series filmed over 12 months and featuring unparalleled access to the elite Parachute Regiment following the process by which new recruits are turned into elite soldiers trained to kill. Outline Forty-one raw recruits arrive at Catterick barracks in North Yorkshire to begin to learn the very basics of being a paratrooper – going… Read More