Once a Soldier
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Play S1 E1Documentary following the lives of pensioners at the Royal Free Hospital in Chelsea.
20071 season
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Season 1
9 episodes
- 1. Always a SoldierLen Tough is brought in for a four-day trial to be accepted into the ranks of the men in scarlet.CCApr 5, 2007
- 2. New BoysNinety-year old ex-Japanese PoW Wally Hilling and 76-year-old Bill Brierley leave family and friends to join the group.CCApr 12, 2007
- 3. On ParadeLeave is cancelled and all 300 Chelsea Pensioners are ordered to the parade ground as HM the Queen takes the salute.CCApr 19, 2007
- 4. Comrades in ArmsFrank Chambers and Joe Britton are reunited at the Royal Hospital nearly 70 years after they met as Royal Fusiliers.CCApr 26, 2007
- 5. Soldiering OnThe hospital needs to raise money to maintain its Grade 1 listed building and for the construction of a new infirmary.CCMay 3, 2007
- 6. Ladies in WaitingWomen are soon to be admitted to the Hospital, but is this all-male bastion prepared for the first ladies in scarlet?CCMay 10, 2007
- 7. Not ForgottenArmistice Day approaches and a dozen men hope to be passed fit enough to attend the Festival of Remembrance.CCMay 17, 2007
- 8. Changing the GuardThe Hospital must shape up for the 21st century and the Pensioners make their views clear to the new top brass.CCMay 24, 2007
- 9. Girls AllowedThe first female veterans to join the ranks of the Chelsea Pensioners, which has been an all-male institution for over three centuries.CCMay 31, 2007
Once a Soldier
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