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Once a SoldierSeries 1
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Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Ninety-year old ex-Japanese PoW Wally Hilling and 76-year-old Bill Brierley leave family and friends to join the group.

Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners, former British soldiers who live within the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Every year about fifty old soldiers die at the hospital, making room for new men to join the ranks. Ninety-year-old former Japanese PoW Wally Hilling and 76-year-old Bill Brierley leave family, friends and homes to live in a small, square windowless berth and become uniform-wearing Chelsea Pensioners. How will they handle the transition from civvy to new recruit?

30 minutes

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Wed 15 Jul 200919:30
BBC Four

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  • Thu 12 Apr 200720:30
    BBC Four
  • Fri 13 Apr 200702:20
    BBC Four
  • Sun 22 Jul 200719:00
    BBC Four
  • Mon 23 Jul 200701:55
    BBC Four
  • Fri 6 Feb 200919:00
    BBC Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Scotland & Northern Ireland only
  • Wed 15 Jul 200919:30
    BBC Four