What are the best episodes of Our War?

The best rated episodes of Our War are: Return to Death Valley - S2E2 rated 8.3, The Lost Platoon - S2E3 rated 8.0

What are the worst episodes of Our War?

The lowest rated episodes of Our War are: Into the Hornet's Nest - S2E1 rated 7.2, Caught In The Crossfire - S1E3 rated 7.3

Our War Episode Rating Graph

Jun 2011 - Sep 2012

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Browse episode ratings trends for Our War. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Our War's 6 episodes.

Best Episodes of Our War

Return to Death Valley
S2 Ep2
8.3
27th Aug 2012
C Company, 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment enter a dangerous area of Helmand.
The Lost Platoon
S2 Ep3
8.0
3rd Sep 2012
Stories of life on the frontline in Afghanistan. How a Welsh Guards platoon fell into a deadly ambush yards from the isolated mud fort which was their patrol base.

Worst Episodes of Our War

Into the Hornet's Nest
S2 Ep1
7.2
21st Aug 2012
More stories of life on the frontline in Afghanistan. A daring mission deep into enemy territory is captured on camera by soldiers during the country's bloodiest summer on record.
Caught In The Crossfire
S1 Ep3
7.3
21st Jun 2011
The final part starts in 2009 and tells the story of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales regiment as it comes to terms with new rules of fighting brought in to protect civilians. Private Mike McCabe is filmed being shot in the leg during a Taliban ambush. By 2010, the Scots Guards find themselves fighting a very different war - a battle for hearts and minds. They struggle to train a local force, the Afghan National Police, who fight in a reckless and dangerous way. The risks are hammered home when Guardsman Daniel Clarke films a three-year-old girl who has been seriously injured by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the ANP. The Scots Guards tour ends in tragedy when six members of the ANP are massacred in their sleep.

Our War Episode Guide

Ambushed
S1 Ep1
7.6
7th Jun 2011
This opening part of the series tells the story of a close-knit group of friends from 3 Platoon, 1st Battalion Royal Anglian regiment, who were sent to Helmand province in 2007. For most of them it was their first experience of war. The whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon's sergeant, who captured the moment when one of his men, 19-year-old Private Chris Gray, was killed in a Taliban ambush. The film explores the effects of his death on both his mates in the platoon and his family back in the UK.
The Invisible Enemy
S1 Ep2
8.0
14th Jun 2011
The second episode focuses on a young platoon from the Grenadier Guards and their terrifying struggle with landmines, also known as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Captain Alex Rawlins filmed his men as they lost of one their mates, 23-year-old Guardsman Jamie Janes, who stood on a landmine during a patrol. The film shows how Jamie Janes's death became a turning point in the British public's awareness of the human cost of IEDs and how a misspelled letter turned into a political storm for the then prime minister, Gordon Brown.
Caught In The Crossfire
S1 Ep3
7.3
21st Jun 2011
The final part starts in 2009 and tells the story of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales regiment as it comes to terms with new rules of fighting brought in to protect civilians. Private Mike McCabe is filmed being shot in the leg during a Taliban ambush. By 2010, the Scots Guards find themselves fighting a very different war - a battle for hearts and minds. They struggle to train a local force, the Afghan National Police, who fight in a reckless and dangerous way. The risks are hammered home when Guardsman Daniel Clarke films a three-year-old girl who has been seriously injured by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the ANP. The Scots Guards tour ends in tragedy when six members of the ANP are massacred in their sleep.