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The Bomb Squad
2011
Last aired: S1 E2, Episode 2 · 2011-09-20
Documentary providing a unique look at the work of specialist bomb disposal teams in Afghanistan.
Season 1
E1
Episode 1
2011-09-13 · 60 min
Adam is halfway through his tour of Afghanistan as a bomb disposal operator. Captured on helmet camera, we see what Adam sees as he is standing over the bomb which could kill him if he makes one wrong move.
Over the past weeks, Adam and his team have cleared 17 IEDs from a compound, so that it can be used as an army base. When they're called out to the compound one final time, they take a casualty.
E2
Episode 2
2011-09-20 · 60 min
After a missile strike kills an insurgent laying an IED, bomb disposal operator Rod and his team are dropped into the area by helicopter to investigate. Captured on helmet camera, we see what Rod sees as he is standing over the bomb, which could kill him if he makes one wrong move.
Three months into their tour, Search Team 9 have already taken casualties. They have lost three team members but they're still at the front searching for IEDs and they are about to search one of the most dangerous villages in Helmand.
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Christopher Eccleston
Narrator