"Soldier Soldier" (1991) TV series 1991-1997

Creator:

Lucy Gannon
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Drama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.

Plot Keywords:

Army | Sergeant | Soldier | Military

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rosie Rowell	...	Donna Tucker (38 episodes, 1991-1995)
Annabelle Apsion	...	Joy Wilton (27 episodes, 1991-1995)
Denise Welch	...	Marsha Stubbs (25 episodes, 1993-1995)
Ben Nealon	...	2nd Lt. / ... (20 episodes, 1994-1997)
Fiona Bell	...	Angela McCleod (16 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Directed by
Michael Brayshaw		(12 episodes, 1993-1996)
Laurence Moody		(10 episodes, 1991-1992)
Anthony Garner		(10 episodes, 1993-1994)
Graham Moore		(10 episodes, 1994-1997)
Paul Brown		(8 episodes, 1995-1997)
Rodney Bennett		(4 episodes, 1993-1994)
Nick Hamm		(3 episodes, 1992)
Alan Grint		(3 episodes, 1995)
Ken Hannam		(3 episodes, 1995)
Bruce MacDonald		(3 episodes, 1995)
Douglas Mackinnon		(3 episodes, 1996)
Christopher King		(3 episodes, 1997)

Series Writing credits
Peter Barwood		(15 episodes, 1993-1996)
Lucy Gannon		(11 episodes, 1991-1992)
Heidi Thomas		(6 episodes, 1993-1994)
Len Collin		(6 episodes, 1994-1997)
Chris Lang		(5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Nicholas Martin		(4 episodes, 1997)
Billy Hamon		(3 episodes, 1992-1997)
Michael Jenner		(3 episodes, 1994)
Ann Brown		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jo O'Keefe		(3 episodes, 1995)
James Quirk		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jane Hollowood		(2 episodes, 1991-1992)
Roy MacGregor		(2 episodes, 1993)
Shaun Prendergast		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)
Mark Holloway		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Produced by
Ann Tricklebank	....	producer / associate producer (80 episodes, 1991-1997)
Chris Kelly	....	producer (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Christopher Neame	....	producer (13 episodes, 1993)
Ted Childs	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1991)

Series Original Music by
Jim Parker		(3 episodes, 1991-1994)

Series Cinematography by
Peter Greenhalgh		(5 episodes, 1991)
Matt Bowkett		(unknown episodes)
David Feig		(unknown episodes)
Chris Howard		(unknown episodes)
Jeffrey Malouf		(unknown episodes)
Alec Mills		(unknown episodes)
John Rhodes		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Alan Jones		(3 episodes, 1991)
Kevin Lester		(3 episodes, 1991)
McDonald Brown		(unknown episodes)
Paul Brown		(unknown episodes)
Paul Green		(unknown episodes)
Patrick Monaghan		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Jane Arnell		(2 episodes, 1991)

Series Production Design by
Phil Roberson		(12 episodes, 1997)
Terry Ackland-Snow		(2 episodes, 1991)

Series Art Direction by
Neil Caldwell		(1 episode, 1991)
Peter Bull		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Claire Matthews	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1994)
Dee Hickin	....	makeup supervisor (2 episodes, 1991)

Series Production Management
Ann Tricklebank	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1991)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Westley	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1996)
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
David Cherrill	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Sallie Anne Hard	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
David Glasscoe	....	property master (4 episodes, 1995-1997)
Paul Booth	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)
Chris Hollyer	....	props (unknown episodes)
Andrew Orlando	....	props buyer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Stefan Henrix	....	dialogue & adr editor (37 episodes, 1992-1996)
Colin Chapman	....	supervising sound editor (13 episodes, 1993)
Nigel Galt	....	sound editor (7 episodes, 1992)
Bill Dodkin	....	sound recordist (6 episodes, 1991)
Robin Ward	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 1991)
Steve Barclay	....	dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1991)
Ian Wilkinson	....	dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1991)
John Coates	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 1991)
Ross Adams	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes, 1995)
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Chris Gurney	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Jon Hemming	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Andy Kennedy	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
James Mather	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Simon Okin	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Yves De Bono	....	special effects supervisor (1 episode, 1991)
Kevin Chisnall	....	special effects supervisor: New Zealand (unknown episodes, 1994)
Conrad Rothmann	....	special effects crew (unknown episodes, 1995)
Casper Lailey	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes, 1997)
Ken Lailey	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes, 1997)
Graham Hills	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Peter Brayham	....	stunt arranger (4 episodes, 1991)
Tom Aitken	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Riky Ash	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Andy Bennett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Marc Cass	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Abbi Collins	....	stunt double: Kate O'Malley / stunt double: Lucy Cohu / ... (unknown episodes)
Bill Davey	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Chrissy Monk	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Adrian O'Neil	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Robert Patton	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Truglia	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Shaun Wallace	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Sophia Wellington	....	clapper loader (10 episodes, 1997)
Clive Prior	....	first assistant camera (7 episodes, 1991)
Gavin Stroud	....	film loader (7 episodes, 1991)
Ted O'Loughlin	....	gaffer electrician (2 episodes, 1991)
Jonathan Beament	....	second clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Tim Dodd	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
David Draper	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Mike Frift	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Simon Mills	....	focus puller: second unit (unknown episodes)
Steve Oxley	....	focus puller: second unit (unknown episodes)
Phil Reader	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Robert Shacklady	....	daily focus puller (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Barbara Plant	....	location casting (2 episodes, 1991)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
David Ayres	....	costume assistant (1 episode, 1995)
Philip Ivey	....	wardrobe dresser (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Mark Mostyn	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 1991)
Josef d'Bache-Kane	....	assistant on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Neville Donoghue	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Daryl Jordan	....	first assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Mark Tucker	....	score recording engineer (82 episodes, 1991-1997)

Series Transportation Department
Dean Ward	....	driver captain (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Colleen Hughes	....	production coordinator (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Sue Bunyan	....	production secretary (7 episodes, 1991)
Peter Bishop	....	military advisor (2 episodes, 1991)
Harriet Davison	....	script editor (2 episodes, 1991)
Kevin Chisnall	....	armorer: New Zealand (unknown episodes, 1994)
Dave Attwood	....	military advisor (unknown episodes)
Dominic Farrell	....	military advisor (unknown episodes)
Rhian Griffiths	....	assistant to producer / runner (unknown episodes)
Pippa Harris	....	assistant script editor (unknown episodes)
Jason Horwood	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Tony Miller	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Dominic Norris	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Christine Robson	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
C. Sheepshanks	....	military advisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Central Independent Television

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

50 min (82 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Aldershot Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Central Independent Television

Recollecting the "Soldier Soldier" years

Soldier Soldier was truly an excellent drama series for its time. It is a pretty accurate portrayal of Army life. I can say this from certain as I have 13 years of personal experience. At the time Soldier Soldier began showing on ITV and the BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service), my Dad was in the British Army and we were living on camp with him in Germany.

The series really hit home for us as our family was precisely like the families you see in the series. Wifes and Children following the Soldier from posting to posting, sometimes separated for long periods due to exercises or overseas action.

The community spirit and the bonding together to help that the series depicts between the soldiers wife's and offspring is true to life.

The depiction of British life in Germany was spot on. Again, from direct personal experience, I can tell you there was and still is a microcosm of British culture in Germany around Military installations and their surrounding towns. Its different to Mainland UK life, yet recognisable. A new Army wife was able to quickly fit in and I guess its still the same today. Soldier Soldier brought this culture to the TV screen.

Dad would often tell me that every regiment and squadron had characters like Tucker and Garvy. General jokers and mischief makers. There was also always an officer that was a hard ass and thought he knew it all. Then you had the compassionate and the down to earth types. And of course, the people you'd rightly give your right arm for to help them. Soldier Soldier successfully depicted the whole spectrum of these kinds of characters, the bonding that occurs between Soldiers and the way that Squaddie mates will do just about anything to help one of their own. Likewise the families attached to them.

As with any program, there were a few moments where there were differences between reality and what was on the show, but one has to allow for some artistic and dramatic licence, or else you might as well call it a documentary.

I miss Soldier Soldier, above all, I miss the life it depicts, for despite the downs, the ups were far more numerous and the life was good.