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Fighting On

on BBC One London

Three years ago the widely acclaimed film Fighting for Life told the story of the bloody struggle by surgeons and nurses of Belfast's Royal Hospital to save the bomb-blasted lives of two young soldiers.
Trooper Keith Thompson, 18, was land-mined inside his armoured car, the explosion shattered his skull and removed a part of his brain. Second Lieutenant Paul Currell, 22, was blown apart by a remote-controlled bomb - his lungs were seared, he lost part of a hand and the whole of a leg.
That was three years ago. Since then Harold Williamson and a film crew have been following the two soldiers' slow climb back to some kind of normality. Keith Thompson has had to learn to walk, talk and read again. And then find a job. Paul Currell has had to learn to walk - and hang on to his army career as long as possible before attempting a return to Civvy Street. For both of them, it has been a long fight back - and it's not even over yet.

Contributors

Subject:
Keith Thompson
Subject:
Paul Currell
Reporter:
Harold Williamson
Photography:
David Feat
Photography:
Chris O'Dell
Film Editor:
Dick Pull
Producer:
Paul Hamann

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