Once a Soldier - Series 1
Documentary following the lives of pensioners at the Royal Free Hospital in Chelsea
Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Always a Soldier
Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Len Tough is brought in for a four-day trial to be accepted into the ranks of the men in scarlet.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Changing the Guard
Documentary series about Chelsea Pensioners. The Hospital must shape up for the 21st century and the Pensioners make their views clear to the new top brass.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Comrades in Arms
Documentary series about Chelsea Pensioners. Frank Chambers and Joe Britton are reunited at the Royal Hospital nearly 70 years after they met as Royal Fusiliers.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Girls Allowed
Documentary charting the arrival of the first female veterans to join the ranks of the Chelsea Pensioners, which has been an all-male institution for over three centuries.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Ladies in Waiting
Documentary series about Chelsea Pensioners. Women are soon to be admitted to the Hospital, but is this all-male bastion prepared for the first ladies in scarlet?
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - New Boys
Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Ninety-year old ex-Japanese PoW Wally Hilling and 76-year-old Bill Brierley leave family and friends to join the group.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Not Forgotten
Documentary series about Chelsea Pensioners. Armistice Day approaches and a dozen men hope to be passed fit enough to attend the Festival of Remembrance.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - On Parade
Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Leave is cancelled and all 300 Chelsea Pensioners are ordered to the parade ground as HM the Queen takes the salute.
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Once a Soldier - Series 1 - Soldiering On
Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. The hospital needs to raise money to maintain its Grade 1 listed building and for the construction of a new infirmary.
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