Bad Lads Army

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Dennis Waterman (voiceover)
Dennis Waterman (voiceover)
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ITV2 coverage (''Bad Lads' Army: Privates Exposed): [[Lord Brocket]]
== Co-hosts ==
== Co-hosts ==
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The main staff:
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The main staff:<br>
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Corporal [[Richard Nauyokas]]<br>
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Corporal [[Richard Nauyokas]]
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Corporal Joe Murray<br>
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Provost Sgt. Tim Weston<br>
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Corporal Joe Murray
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Sgt. Rae<br>
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Provost Sgt. Tim Weston
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Sgt. Rae
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Captain Dodds
Captain Dodds
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Twenty Twenty for ITV1, 2002 to present
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Twenty Twenty for ITV1/2, 3 June 2002 to 29 August 2006 (33 episodes in 4 series)
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Reality show that began as an experiment to see if the youth of today could hack 1950s style national service, the first series was a success but subsequent series' have had a twist: now criminals sign themselves up to it to see if they can become better people.
Reality show that began as an experiment to see if the youth of today could hack 1950s style national service, the first series was a success but subsequent series' have had a twist: now criminals sign themselves up to it to see if they can become better people.
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Basically, it's army officers shouting at people for the best part of four weeks and seeing how our victims tolerate and deal with it and it's hugely entertaining. For the show's fourth series, ''Bad Lads Army Extreme'', the show has adopted more of conventions of modern reality television.
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Basically, it's army officers shouting at people for the best part of four weeks and seeing how our victims tolerate and deal with it and it's hugely entertaining.
The show has always traditionally split the group into two sections, red and blue, and competition has always been an element. This time round the show is rather more structured - the sections spend much of their time in each episode working towards a final challenge, the winning section of which gets to hold the "Pegasus Cup". Winning a challenge also means they get a reward. However losing a challenge means your section being punished whilst the others enjoy themselves - there are no prizes for second place.
The show has always traditionally split the group into two sections, red and blue, and competition has always been an element. This time round the show is rather more structured - the sections spend much of their time in each episode working towards a final challenge, the winning section of which gets to hold the "Pegasus Cup". Winning a challenge also means they get a reward. However losing a challenge means your section being punished whilst the others enjoy themselves - there are no prizes for second place.
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''"There are no prizes for second place..."''
''"There are no prizes for second place..."''
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== Theme music ==
== Theme music ==
By Daniel Pemberton, and is tremendous.
By Daniel Pemberton, and is tremendous.
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== Trivia ==
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The show was originally called "Lads' Army" in the first series, it was then changed to "Bad Lads' Army" in the second series, "Bad Lads' Army: Officer Class" in the third series and "Bad Lads' Army: Extreme" in the fourth and final series.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lads_Army Wikipedia entry]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lads_Army Wikipedia entry]
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Revision as of 01:33, 7 November 2010

Contents

Host

Dennis Waterman (voiceover)

ITV2 coverage (Bad Lads' Army: Privates Exposed): Lord Brocket

Co-hosts

The main staff:
Corporal Richard Nauyokas
Corporal Joe Murray
Provost Sgt. Tim Weston
Sgt. Rae
Captain Dodds

Broadcast

Twenty Twenty for ITV1/2, 3 June 2002 to 29 August 2006 (33 episodes in 4 series)

Synopsis

Reality show that began as an experiment to see if the youth of today could hack 1950s style national service, the first series was a success but subsequent series' have had a twist: now criminals sign themselves up to it to see if they can become better people.

Basically, it's army officers shouting at people for the best part of four weeks and seeing how our victims tolerate and deal with it and it's hugely entertaining.

The show has always traditionally split the group into two sections, red and blue, and competition has always been an element. This time round the show is rather more structured - the sections spend much of their time in each episode working towards a final challenge, the winning section of which gets to hold the "Pegasus Cup". Winning a challenge also means they get a reward. However losing a challenge means your section being punished whilst the others enjoy themselves - there are no prizes for second place.

The section which wins the most challenges gets to do a proper parachute jump at the end of the series.

Catchphrases

"There are no prizes for second place..."

Theme music

By Daniel Pemberton, and is tremendous.

Trivia

The show was originally called "Lads' Army" in the first series, it was then changed to "Bad Lads' Army" in the second series, "Bad Lads' Army: Officer Class" in the third series and "Bad Lads' Army: Extreme" in the fourth and final series.

Web links

Official site

Wikipedia entry

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