New series 1/5. Supervised by armed-forces personnel, 24 young men undergo a punishing four-weektraining regime based on preparations for the 1944 Normandy landings. The Raw Recruits. Basic training gets under way - but when elementary lessons in personal hygiene progress to nights spent in the freezing cold, enthusiasm begins to wane.
Will advice from D-Day veterans spur the volunteers on, or does the younger generation lack the mental grit to stick the course?D-Day: Turningthe Tide follows at 9pm on BBC4. Series producers Graham Cooper and Dale Templar ; Executive producers
Vicki Barrass and Marc Goodchild www.bbc.co.uk/ww2 Taking up the fight: page 26