Jack A Soldier's Story (interview BBC Morning TV)
- 15 years ago
BBC Morning Show interview Wednesday 10 December 2008, programnme later shown on BBC1.
From the BBC:
Following on from the BAFTA-shortlisted Panorama programme Taking on the Taliban, Ben Anderson catches up with 24-year-old Lance Corporal Jack Mizon of the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards.
Mizon was a hero in Aghanistan, in the thick of some of the fiercest fighting that left two of his fellow soldiers dead and many more seriously wounded. He was honoured for his bravery, but back home in the UK he is struggling to readjust to civilian life and has become involved in frequent fights near his Aldershot barracks.
Anderson follows his exploits for two months in Afghanistan and then back home as Jack is charged with assault and GBH, stripped of his rank, and faces the prospect of four years in a civilian prison.
Shown on BBC3 and BBC1.
http://library.digiguide.com/lib/uk-tv-highlight/Jack:+A+Soldier%27s+Sto-+4986/Documentary/
Can be watched on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dyhs1/Jack_A_Soldiers_Story/ for 30 days.
From the BBC:
Following on from the BAFTA-shortlisted Panorama programme Taking on the Taliban, Ben Anderson catches up with 24-year-old Lance Corporal Jack Mizon of the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards.
Mizon was a hero in Aghanistan, in the thick of some of the fiercest fighting that left two of his fellow soldiers dead and many more seriously wounded. He was honoured for his bravery, but back home in the UK he is struggling to readjust to civilian life and has become involved in frequent fights near his Aldershot barracks.
Anderson follows his exploits for two months in Afghanistan and then back home as Jack is charged with assault and GBH, stripped of his rank, and faces the prospect of four years in a civilian prison.
Shown on BBC3 and BBC1.
http://library.digiguide.com/lib/uk-tv-highlight/Jack:+A+Soldier%27s+Sto-+4986/Documentary/
Can be watched on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dyhs1/Jack_A_Soldiers_Story/ for 30 days.