Of course it was scripted. All army basic training was/is scripted. The only difference here was that it was filmed and the participants gave interviews. All we see is 7, 8, or 10, episode of about 45 minutes. The lads were being trained 24 hrs/day 7 days/week. There would be lots of tedium for an audience, so we only saw what was deemed interesting by the producers. To people who think it was pointless I would say: 'If you never served in the British army you will never know how meaningful it was/is'. These days H&S plus PCness has watered training methods down. But I would still say if you haven't served don't knock it. For those people who want follow ups on the recruits. Don't wait for ITV. The internet is full of them. Just Google, "What happened after Bad Lads Army"
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