this opening part of the series tells the story of a close-knit group of friends from 3 platoon, 1st
battalion royal anglian regiment, who were sent to helmand province in 2007. for most of them it was
their first experience of war. the whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon's sergeant,
who captured the moment when one of his men, 19-year-old private chris gray, was killed in a taliban
ambush. the film explores the effects of his death on both his mates in the platoon and his family back
in the uk.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01175hg
