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Helmand: Tour of Duty

Ten soldiers from the Welsh Guards share their untold stories from the front line of the war in Afghanistan during the bloodiest summer for the British armed forces in half a century.

A decade on from the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan, this film tells the story of a single group of soldiers from the Welsh Guards deployed to the front line of the war in Helmand Province in 2009, built on the unfiltered accounts of ten men alongside testimony from their family members.

Their bond was unbreakable, but across the six-month tour, their regiment took unprecedented casualties, losing a man at nearly every military rank up to lieutenant colonel, while many others suffered life-changing injuries.

9 months left to watch

1 hour, 19 minutes

SignedAudio described

Last on

Sun 9 Nov 202522:50

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorHannah Lowes
EditorTom Dixon-Spain
Assistant ProducerAnna Winstone
Production ManagerDan Wheatley
Director of photographyMei Williams
Executive ProducerGwenllian Hughes
Executive ProducerHamish Fergusson
Production CompanyPassion Docs Ltd
Production CompanyKailash Films

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Oct 202421:00
  • Tue 5 Nov 202423:50
  • Fri 8 Nov 202402:05
  • Mon 11 Nov 202422:40
  • Sun 9 Nov 202522:50

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