Bad Lads Army: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bad Lads Army is a British reality TV programme, specifically of the kind that constitutes a historically derived social experiment - other examples being The 1900 House and The Frontier House. Shown on ITV, Bad Lads Army is based on the premise of subjecting delinquent individuals to the conditions of British National Service of the 1950s in order to see if this could rehabilitate them.

Series details

• Title: Bad Lads Army
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2004-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-08-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4822

Cast and credited roles

• Dennis Waterman — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-07-08; final listed air date 2004-09-02; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2005-07-28; final listed air date 2005-09-15; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2006-07-11; final listed air date 2006-08-29; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bad Lads Army on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.