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Our War: Series 1: Episode 2: The Invisible Enemy

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The Invisible Enemy

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Episode 2: The Invisible Enemy

Series 1

BBC Three - Our War, Series 1, The Invisible Enemy

How a Grenadier Guardsman's death made the public more aware of the human cost of IEDs.

Documentary focusing on a Grenadier Guards platoon, and showing how a guardsman's death was a turning point in the public's awareness of the human cost of IEDs.

The second episode focuses on a young platoon from the Grenadier Guards and their terrifying struggle with landmines, also known as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). 

Captain Alex Rawlins filmed his men as they lost of one their mates, 23-year-old Guardsman Jamie Janes, who stood on a landmine during a patrol.

The film shows how Jamie Janes's death became a turning point in the British public's awareness of the human cost of IEDs and how a misspelled letter turned into a political storm for the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Our War: Series 1

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

The story of ten years of conflict in Afghanistan, from the soldiers' perspective

Series marking the ten-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, telling the story of the conflict through the words and pictures of the young soldiers themselves

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