Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16 - Episode Guide

On the first day the physical demands are high for the rookies as they are pushed to their limits with fitness assessments, and the teens are taught how to strip down a rifle correctly, as well as how to use their gas masks, before the platoon heads out for its first exercise.

The raw recruits of 19 Platoon continue their Army Phase 1 training, travelling to Catterick to spend three days and two nights out in the open.

The raw recruits are asked to confront the realities of soldiering, chief among them the fact that they will potentially be taking lives and risking their own.

19 Platoon heads for Otterburn in Northumberland for a final tactical exercise designed to utilise every aspect of their training and test them to the limit.

While the girls grapple with the reality of not seeing their parents for six weeks, the boys are already in trouble thanks to an illicit cigarette butt.

Allegations of bullying mean that one junior soldier faces being kicked out for bad behaviour, while another tearful recruit wants to leave.

The platoon head to Normandy to visit the graves of 4,000 soldiers, leading some to confirm their commitment to serving their country, while others question their future.

The soldiers are trained to kill using bullets and bayonettes, and undergo their toughest physical test to date.

Graduation arrives, the final celebration of six months of hard graft. But will all the junior soldiers graduate to their chosen regiment?

Having completed training, the young privates are dispersed across the length and breadth of the country to join their chosen regiments.