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Those who support soldiers<\/a> in Afghanistan may well be planning on tuning in to a new programme set to hit TV screens tonight (June 7th).<\/p>\n

Our War: Ten Years in Afghanistan is being shown on BBC Three and follows the lives of a number of troops who filmed themselves and their comrades on duty.<\/p>\n

A synopsis of the three-part series says it tells "the story of the conflict through the words and pictures of the young soldiers themselves".<\/p>\n

The first episode follows 3 Platoon, 1 Royal Anglian's tour of duty in Helmand back in 2007.<\/p>\n

A combination of live images taken from cameras fixed to the soldiers' helmets is used in the documentary-style footage, along with experiences relayed from troops upon their return from the frontline.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the time spent making the series, ex-officer Bjorn Rose told the BBC TV blog: "I often find myself looking back on the action in [Afghanistan] with rose-tinted spectacles, forgetting the uncertainty and confusion, just remembering the action and adrenaline rushes."<\/p>\n

Posted by Trevor Smith
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The programme will follow the lives of a number of soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrontline documentary set to air on BBC - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/frontline-documentary-set-to-air-on-bbc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frontline documentary set to air on BBC - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The programme will follow the lives of a number of soldiers in 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