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Dame Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes returns to the army training grounds where she enjoyed a successful career as a physical training instructor.

Dame Kelly Holmes returns to the army training grounds where she enjoyed a successful career as a physical training instructor during one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the British Army. As she meets the first woman to become an army commando and a female WWII veteran who drove injured soldiers returning from the battlefield, she also joins the basic training of a batch of male and female recruits starting out on their army careers together.

Kelly also has the opportunity to fulfil a long-held ambition when she takes command of a Challenger 2 tank.

45 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kelly Holmes
Narrator Siobhan Finneran
Series Producer Ali McBride
Executive Producer Rob Unsworth
Executive Producer Claire Hughes

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