Lads' Army
| Lads' Army | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Bad Lads' Army (2004) Bad Lads' Army: Officer Class (2005) Bad Lads' Army: Extreme (2006) |
| Genre | Reality |
| Voices of | Kevin Whately (2002) Dennis Waterman (2004–2006) |
| Composer | Daniel Pemberton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Twenty Twenty |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 3 June 2002 – 29 August 2006 |
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Lads' Army (known in later series as Bad Lads' Army, Bad Lads' Army: Officer Class and Bad Lads' Army: Extreme) was a reality game show that constitutes a historically derived social experiment. Shown on ITV, the series is based on the premise of subjecting today's delinquent young men to the conditions of conscripts to British Army National Service of the 1950s to see if this could rehabilitate them.
The narrator for the first series was Kevin Whately, then Dennis Waterman took over until the show ended in 2006. Within each series a small number of the recruits have either walked out (after a 24-hour cooling off period), or been ejected. The majority of the remaining recruits claimed some benefit from the experience, with some choosing to enlist in the real British Army following their time on the show.