Ryan Moloney

The remaining recruits are hurled into an escape drill with a ladder suspended 15 metres up, which must be crossed while under enemy fire; a punishing race to a mountain summit with 100kg of kit exposes one recruit's leadership shortcomings.

Phase two pushes recruits to breaking point with psych tests, split-second life and death decisions, terrifying mud tunnels and a brutal beasting that forces one of the celebs out.

A race up 27 flights to the top of a dam pushes the celebs hard. Then the recruits must rappel 45 metres down the dam before free-falling eight metres into turbulent water; a high-stakes rescue in a war-torn village tests the recruit's moral courage.

In the brutal heat of North Africa, 14 British and Australian celebrities take on a selection course, which includes an underwater drill, and hand-to-hand combat.

Recruits tackle an explosive extraction task behind enemy lines, before rescuing a hostage in a task that results in one recruit having their armband removed.