Initially, the soldiers are shown training while a voiceover by expedition leader Lt. Col. Robert Niell (Simon Dutton) tells us that there will be five British Army soldiers, two Territorial Army soldiers and three Hong Kong Chinese soldiers on the expedition.
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Sergeant Bob Mann (Ralph Brown) suggests that the fitter members of the team continue on with the expedition as planned while the weaker members climb back down the mountain, drive to a village at the other end of the valley and work their way back up the river as a support group.
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It is a 'true story' account of a British Army expedition in Malaysia that made headlines in 1994 when it went badly wrong.
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Among Pope's television writing credits are Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery (1992), The Place Of The Dead (1997), Essex Boys (2000), Bob Martin (2000), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Christmas Lights (2004), Pierrepoint (2005), Northern Lights (2006), City Lights (2007), and The Fattest Man in Britain (2009).