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[ABA]UNDIES
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 |  Subject: Undercover Soldier  Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:21 pm | |
| For those who may have missed it or would like to see it again.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dtxgt/
I watched it, and though i found some things obviously not right, hitting etc, for the most part he has little evidence of anything less word of mouth and hearsay. What do you think??
From The Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1713448.ece
| Quote: | A BBC reporter who joined the Army to expose bullying may be sent to war, it emerged yesterday.
Russell Sharp, 25, did 15 weeks before lying so he could quit on “compassionate” grounds.
And last night after furious top brass found out who he was they threatened to haul him back to complete his training — and send him into action.
Senior officers hit the roof because Sharp, whose TV film Undercover Soldier was screened on Thursday, had only a week left of the 16-week course at Catterick, North Yorks, when he said his “girlfriend” was expecting.
She turned out to be a fellow undercover Beeb reporter who was NOT pregnant.
One of the officers demanding Sharp be held to the four-year stint he signed up for stormed: “It cost £19,000 to train him and now we are one soldier down. It would teach him a lesson.”
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Sharp’s programme did not show any filmed evidence of ill-treatment, though he claimed to have witnessed it.
The MoD refused to comment but a senior source confirmed: “The Army could bring Private Sharp back to finish his training. We could even consider options to deploy him to Iraq or Afghanistan.” |
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[ABA]Chud
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:25 pm | |
| Its the MOD follow up action that is the best thing to come out of this. The discipline on our side as by the time this come out action had already been taken but more importantly.....
The fact that he is being recalled to service for lying about why he wanted to be discharged. He said it was cos his girlfriend was pregnant and could not cope, in fact she was another reporter.
They are also investigating the fact that he was receiving 2 wages, both from the public purse as he works for BBC (license fee) and the third possible action is breaking the official secrets act.
I will be happy to see him recalled and deployed on ops so he can see how it really is!!!! and that everyone looks out for each other. (except for him perhaps)
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[ABA] Strima
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:48 pm | |
| There is a massive thread about this on ARRSE. There are a lot of unhappy teddies around because of this, me included.
A waste of the license and tax payers money which mainly pointed out rumours and hearsay.
I have complained to the BBC but I doubt there will be a response and I know several have already received answer back from their MP's so hopefully there may be some action on this.
I pity Pte Sharp as he is the main target here, the main culprits are the production staff who have kept their heads down over this.
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[ABA]UNDIES
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:46 pm | |
| I too complained, though not over the content, but over the fact they seem to be fine with showing it on BBC 1, but it took 4 days to show it on IPlayer, which incidentally, also cost the fee payers £36 million!!
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[ABA]LittleDragon
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:38 pm | |
| awesome the best treatment would bring him back and make him do his 4 year stint, in the infantry, thats at least 2 tours of the desert, then do a follow up programme and see how clever he is - hope his next shits a hedgehog......................
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[ABA]Spike
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:46 pm | |
| If that crap was going on then ye they should be in the poo, but he should be sent down for doing the vid, or on ops to see why we are trained like this, but i bet some of the recruits needed a slap to wake em up, i know theres a few in my section that need it.
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[ABA]Chud
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| | Subject: Re: Undercover Soldier Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:59 am | |
| The guy got slapped cos he turned and faced "up range" with a loaded gun.
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