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Category: DVD
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 183 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014138602857
ASIN: B0013U4RSM
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: April 7, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk review
The hugely acclaimed series from Sky makes its way to DVD, and if you haven't checked in with it already, then this is the ideal opportunity to see what the fuss surrounding Ross Kemp in Afghanistan is all about. Kemp, of course, is still primarily known for playing Grant Mitchell in EastEnders. But here there's no fiction: Ross Kemp in Afghanistan sees him joining his father's old regiment - 1 Royal Anglian - to get first hand experience of the work of the British Army in the fight against the Taliban. What differentiates Ross Kemp in Aghanistan from the news reports and documentaries that have also tackled similar subject matter is the sheer candidness of it. There's no hiding the brutality of war, or the intensity of the fighting here. Some of the footage is quite extraordinary and frequently shocking. And you can hardly accuse Kemp of shirking the action: he's often slap-bang in the midst of it. A superb piece of work, and a very enlightening one, Ross Kemp in Afghanistan was richly rewarded with plaudits when it was first broadcast, and rightly so. It's a towering piece of television, whatever your position on the war itself, and one that simply must piece be seen. Superb. --Jon Foster
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Heartbreaking eyeopener March 5, 2008
K. Burgess (London)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This has to be the best programme i have ever watched on TV in my life, It was a true account of what really goes on.
Not many people can actually say they know why our boys are there or what it is they do, this dvd will show you really what life is like for them.......
Hat off to Ross and his crew for getting out there and risking their lives too.
My Brother Cpl Darren Bonner died out in Afghan last year A true hero like all the others,
I have copies of the programmes yet have still placed an order for my official copy
.*.*.*.*.*.* an absolute must buy .*.*.*.*.*.*.*
BRILLIANT! March 11, 2008
Ratboyslim32 (UK)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Ross Kemp, an actor who played a hard-man in a long-running British TV soap. Can he really be serious about being a war correspondent? Simply-put, this is an awesome documentary and Ross Kemp puts seasoned journalist to shame. From Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Iraq, I am not aware of a journalist getting this close to what the troops on the ground have to endure since Max Hastings reported from the Falklands War. Ross Kemp really transposes to the viewer the horrors of war and how brave the British soldier is. And what makes this feat even more remarkable is that he is on patrol with the soldiers...but not armed! That takes real courage; to be shot at, mortared; RPG'd and have no form of defence.
During the documentary, there are times when Ross Kemp's naivety does become noticeable e.g. when he tries to explain to a "local" that if they stop shooting, then the British Forces can start helping them. If only the Afghan solution can be that simple!
This documentary does not glorify war; it shows it for what it is.
Ross Kemp (and his crew) must win an award for this bit of film-making!
Brilliant Show February 29, 2008
Luke Kelland (Somerset, UK)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Despite the bix set not being released yet, i can safely say I will be purchasing it when it is. This series was a gritty and real look at life on front line in the worst war we had faught since the falklands. Kemp deserves awards for this, and I have full resepct for him placing himself in the line of fire to show us Brits what are boys are doing over there.
If you missed the series on sky one I recommend you get hols of this asap, your ideas of war will never be the same again.
Not what I expected April 3, 2008
Creme brulee (germany)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having watched the trailers for this programme and listening to Ross Kemp narrate that 'he has fought as a soldier, he has mourned as a soldier.........' was, to be honest, getting on my nerves. How can he mourn as a soldier? You have to be one, be married to one, have sons, daughters, friends as one to really understand what it's like to mourn as a soldier.
I didn't want to watch any of the programme as I thought it would be all about Ross and his ego. Fortunately for me my husband was watching it one night and I sat down in the middle of it. I watched it every week after that. Honest. Moving. Emotional. Unforgettable.
At times both my husband and myself were brought to tears.
The public eye see our soldiers past and present as photo's, numbers, statistics. Hopefully this programme will show them what it really is to be a soldier.
great veiwing March 2, 2008
A. M. Hastings (e.sussex england)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
my son was serving with the anglians when ross kemp was there and it really showed what the men had to go through.it makes me very proud.he should definately get an award for this prgramme.
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