diod anyone watch navy school?

[gymboywalton]

i really enjoyed it!

i couldn't believe how young hugh(?) was- not kowing how to clean his own shoes etc and i was GUTTED for poor Rowan.

Really good tv programme

[Jetcatisback]

I watched it on catch up - poor Rowan but really glad he got his second chance.

Some of them seemed so young and clueless - guess that will sharp change then!

[gymboywalton]

absolutely!

i was quite shocked when they had the room inspection and the room got TRASHED!

[GruntledOne]

Which channel?

[LarrytheCucumber]

i was quite shocked when they had the room inspection and the room got TRASHED! I would have been more shocked if it hadn't been. All part of the discipline.

[LineyReborn]

Channel 4.

I hope they bother to show the female recruits as an intertwined part of the main series and they're not just given a little 'segment'.

[GruntledOne]

I've seen similar programmes about army training where the room inspections are dealt with the same way. I can see the importance of it for navy recruits in particular, given that they will always be working in conditions where space is at a premium, especially on submarines. I would never manage that degree of neatness!

[Purplestarssparkle]

Ah the joys of room inspections in basic when you come back and find your whole bed chucked and wardrobe into the middle on the floor with all your roommates too

[228agreenend]

I ended up watching it twice, once with eldest son(live), and once with younger son(recorded)! I really enjoyed it. I was surprised that Rowan was allowed to rejoin with a heart condition, although pleased also. It looks like it's going to be a good series.

[Kewcumber]

My DS (10) has just announced he wants to join the navy! WOuld this be good for him to watch?

[228agreenend]

Yes. The first episode was meeting the candidates and watching them settle in to their new life. it shows the discipline of the navy, but also,the comradeship and will give him a taste of what's it like.

[LarrytheCucumber]

Kewcumber yes it probably would, as would sending him to Sea Cadets.

[GruntledOne]

It looks like they're not going to stick with the same group of people but are going to swap around between different intakes.

[Truckingalong]

The shouty one (forget her name and title) had a voice like fog horn leghorn but was great and I loved their reaction to her - she's a machine!!

[GruntledOne]

What sounded slightly troubling was some of the abuse shown in the opening sequence - instructors yelling at people that they were "mutants", for instance. Obviously I don't know what the context was, but there is a danger that that sort of attitude leads to the type of bullying that has had extremely serious consequences in the military in recent years.

[LarrytheCucumber]

Gruntled DS used to be called all sorts at Cadets. They call it 'banter'.

[GruntledOne]

Has anyone tried watching this on 4OD? I'm finding the advert breaks are infuriating because they keep freezing, so it takes forever to get through them. I know it's not my computer because for some reason once you actually get to the programme that works fine, and so do things like BBC iPlayer.

[MunchMunch]

I've watched it on 4ID on my phone with no problems.

Ds1 (16) wants to join the navy soon so he watched the first episode and will have to watch the second on catch up. He quite likes the look of it although he will be one of them going in slightly clueless so I'll a bit worried about him especially him being so far from home