wed 27/11/2024

Panorama: Forgotten Heroes, BBC One | reviews, news & interviews

Panorama: Forgotten Heroes, BBC One

Panorama: Forgotten Heroes, BBC One

Colonel Tim Collins asks why more isn't being done for Army veterans

Colonel Tim Collins (left) with former soldier Mark Morgan, on the streets of Brighton

A film apparently in support of British servicemen on BBC One? The Daily Mail will never believe this. Whatever, this was a bleak, unsparing investigation of the way veterans of our nation's various pointless and endless wars are dumped back into civilian life with scant regard for their mental health or physical wellbeing.

A film apparently in support of British servicemen on BBC One? The Daily Mail will never believe this. Whatever, this was a bleak, unsparing investigation of the way veterans of our nation's various pointless and endless wars are dumped back into civilian life with scant regard for their mental health or physical wellbeing.

Share this article

Comments

On resettlement the forces stress transferable skills. I left the army in 1998 at 42 years old with loads of qualifications and then had six months of signing on before I got work myself through an ex forces charity. Now 56 and out of work again with even more qualifications for over two years I signed on every two weeks without one job offer from the Job Centre, when I was required to sign on weekly I stopped going.

Add comment

The future of Arts Journalism

 

You can stop theartsdesk.com closing!

We urgently need financing to survive. Our fundraising drive has thus far raised £33,000 but we need to reach £100,000 or we will be forced to close. Please contribute here: https://gofund.me/c3f6033d

And if you can forward this information to anyone who might assist, we’d be grateful.

Subscribe to theartsdesk.com

Thank you for continuing to read our work on theartsdesk.com. For unlimited access to every article in its entirety, including our archive of more than 15,000 pieces, we're asking for £5 per month or £40 per year. We feel it's a very good deal, and hope you do too.

To take a subscription now simply click here.

And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription?

newsletter

Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday!

Simply enter your email address in the box below

View previous newsletters