Tim Samuels and BBC Two join a “Platoon of Abandoned Soldiers”, seemingly cast aside after fighting for Britain, to pull off one last daring mission. The Platoon aims to “invade” Trafalgar Square dressed in full military uniform and put up their own statue, right in front of Nelson’s Column, to honour Britain’s abandoned war heroes.

The Platoon includes soldiers with shocking tales of neglect: a Falklands amputee in agony, waiting months for an operation; a young soldier just back from Iraq, whose post-traumatic stress has been ignored; and a Gurkha forced to live on hand-outs.

The Platoon prepares for Trafalgar Square with a couple of smaller missions, including ambushing Harrods to test their policy of not allowing uniformed soldiers into the store, and a Gurkha travels deep into the Nepalese jungle to practise hunting down the Defence Minister who won’t give them equal pensions.

The Battle Of Trafalgar Square is a deeply moving journey for many of the ex-Servicemen, all of whom are no longer prepared to suffer in silence.