A series of six programmes in which British men and women recall their unusual or little known lives in uniform.
2: Two Legionnaires
Few of the world's fighting forces have captured the imagination of would-be soldiers more completely than the notorious French Foreign Legion. Back in the 1930s two young Britons decided to enlist: John Yeowell who hoped for a military career, and Bill Crooks , who joined up as the result of a schoolboy bet that once in the Legion he could escape within six months. last night's Legion episode struck home most directly with me. I can still hear Robert Preston 's bugle call (in the feature film Beau Geste) as the fort went up in flames ... (DAILY MAIL) Editor ROLAND ARMSTRONG Written and produced by CHRISTOPHER cook