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Once a Soldier
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Episode 12007-04-05
Always a Soldier
Len Tough is brought in for a four-day trial to be accepted into the ranks of the men in scarlet.
Episode 22007-04-12
New Boys
Ninety-year old ex-Japanese PoW Wally Hilling and 76-year-old Bill Brierley leave family and friends to join the group.
Episode 32007-04-19
On Parade
Leave is cancelled and all 300 Chelsea Pensioners are ordered to the parade ground as HM the Queen takes the salute.
Episode 42007-04-26
Comrades in Arms
Frank Chambers and Joe Britton are reunited at the Royal Hospital nearly 70 years after they met as Royal Fusiliers.
Episode 52007-05-03
Soldiering On
The hospital needs to raise money to maintain its Grade 1 listed building and for the construction of a new infirmary.
Episode 62007-05-10
Ladies in Waiting
Women are soon to be admitted to the Hospital, but is this all-male bastion prepared for the first ladies in scarlet?
Episode 72007-05-17
Not Forgotten
Armistice Day approaches and a dozen men hope to be passed fit enough to attend the Festival of Remembrance.
Episode 82007-05-24
Changing the Guard
The Hospital must shape up for the 21st century and the Pensioners make their views clear to the new top brass.
Episode 92007-05-31
Girls Allowed
The first female veterans to join the ranks of the Chelsea Pensioners, which has been an all-male institution for over three centuries.
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