BBC Television are looking for
people
to take part in a major new series…
AND WE WANT YOU!
We are currently inviting applications for a new
series which will mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day. If you
are male, aged 18-24 and consider yourself to be strong and relatively
fit, then we want to hear from you.
We are looking for volunteers to take part in a
physically and mentally challenging 4 week rapid training exercise,
based on the training that the D-Day forces undertook 60 years ago. This
will be filmed and shown as part of the BBC’s range of television and
radio events commemorating the D-Day landings.
Of the applications we receive we will invite 200 to
join us for a selection weekend on 14th/15th
February. You will be put through physical and mental tests which will
separate the men from the boys – this is not for the faint hearted.
From there 24 recruits will be chosen to take part in
the programme. If selected you will be taken straight to a training camp
somewhere in Britain where from 16th February - 14th
March you will be put through four weeks of physically and mentally
challenging training by the Army and the Royal Navy including the Royal
Marines.
Veterans from the D-Day landings will be at our
present-day training camps to offer an insight into what it was like to
train for and take part in the Normandy invasion. Through the training
exercises, you will experience some of the physical and emotional tests
they endured 60 years ago. The difference is that you will not have to
risk your life and take part in any real military conflict. During the
four weeks you will live on a military base and will have food and
accommodation provided by us.
NB. Please only apply if you are available from 14th
Feb – 14th March 2004.
If you are interested and available please contact
Martin Conway on
0208 752 4450 or
martin.conway@bbc.co.uk by Friday 6th
Feb for an application form. The deadline for forms to be returned is
Wednesday 11th Feb.
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