- Title: Soldier Girls: On The Road To Afghanistan
- Date: 6th March 2009
- Summary: The powerful and moving story of two women training to be army officers at Sandhurst Military Academy. Holly is 21 and in her last term at Sandhurst. In a few months she will be going out to Afghanistan with the Royal Artillery. Educated at public school,Holly is a self-confessed 'military virgin' who thinks blowing things up 'sounds cool'. Fellow cadet,Sarah,23,is a veteran of the war in Iraq. Unlike Holly she is from a working-class background and admits she gets 'the mickey taken out of her' at Sandhurst because of her accent. She too is headed for Afghanistan within months. Pushed to the brink in the last stage of their training,Holly and Sarah are flown to France where they struggle with sleep deprivation,exposure,digging trenches,and full-scale battle simulations complete with rifles and bayonets. How will Holly,who has never experienced war before,fare? And will Sarah,for all her experience of active combat,be able to command the respect of her troops? 320 soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Seven of these are women,including Corporal Sarah Bryant. As Holly and Sarah prepare to leave Sandhurst and join their regiments,how do they feel about the risks they are about to take with their own lives,and the lives of their soldiers?
- Collection: KEO Films
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Keo Films Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:06/03/2009
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 2000s