Occupation

[hornetrider]

Heads up for 9pm tonight. Three episodes, tonight, tomorrow and Thursday. Saw some clips this morning on the Beeb, looks pretty good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/sto...

[Smart Mart]

Cheers for that heads up, mate, quite enjoyed it.

As someone with absolutely no connection with the forces at all, I have no idea whether it was authentic or realistic but I'll definitely be watching it tomorrow night...

[KANEIT]

A bit lacking really. Hope the next few are an improvement.

[T89 Callan]

I didn't think much of it.

Would have been better without that Irish bloke who's in everything.

[andthensome]

Awesome , quality episode

[sassthathoopie]

Now that is why we pay the licence fee. Great series.

[Jem0911]

Can't believe this has only six posts!

Outstanding program, in every way.
10/10

[anonymous-user]

And to think I wasn't going to bother watching it, only decided to when I saw Stephen Graham was starring. Great stuff.

[Darkslider]

Take it there's only the three episodes? Seems to be riding on a bit of a coincidence but still hard hitting stuff at the end, I'm fairly sure there's some major inaccuracies throughout the series though. Are soldiers really allowed free rein throughout Basra in all their weapons and gear, free to pop in on friends and foes on their own?

[Arese]

Was it really that good? I watched the first one and thought it was terrible so didn't bother with the other two.

[Blackpig2]

I dont the PMCs have as good a relationship with the forces over there as depicted. Incident last november where a PMC on an escort run was ambushed outside a military base and the Yanks refused to assist or allow them entry.
On the whole not a bad series, few flashbacks for some I reckon.

Edited by Blackpig2 on Saturday 20th June 13:32

[T89 Callan]

On the whole it was worth watching but not great, the first episode wasn't too good, the second episode was excellent and the final episode was decent but ruined by Nesbitts innability to act any emotion.

Can't help thinking that if they had done a Band of Brothers style tie-up with HBO it would have been amazing.

[Invisible man]

I thought it was brilliant, having spent sme time in a country where the locals made it plain they hated you I can only wonder how it feels to be in one where they wanted to kill you. The last episode was incredibly moving and seemed very realistic

[Smart Mart]

Invisible man said:

... having spent sme time in a country where the locals made it plain they hated you...

Have you lived in Wales at some point then?

[rhinochopig]

• SPOILER WARNING*

I thought it was great. I drifted off a bit during the first episode, but got hooked after watching the start of the 2nd. I thought the ending was superb - it was very refreshing to see an non-hollywood ending. Great last image as well as each man was lost in their own misery, sat together, but seated just far enough apart to suggest that they were alone.