Where is SAS: Who Dares Wins filmed?

As well as Ant no longer being a part of the show and two new DS, the big change this season was the location, as the recruits were challenged under the gruelling heat.

The arid desert area of Wadi Rum in the Middle East was particularly tough for the recruits, as Rudy shared: ‘These recruits were fantastic, so fit and so strong, but they’d never been in complete zero humidity, or that kind of heat, or continuous sand.

‘So they dehydrated quickly, and it sapped a lot of their strength. Those who survived the process learned to adapt.’

Channel 4 stated: ‘The series was filmed in the protected desert area of Wadi Rum in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan.

‘Also known as the Valley of the Moon it’s a dramatic desert landscape of sandstone and granite and has been the backdrop for many epic feature films – from Lawrence of Arabia to The Martian & recently Dune.

‘The base, known as the French Fort, was originally constructed as part of a set for a 1998 French TV production.’

The statement added that this was the ‘hottest and driest series yet’, with temperatures peaking over 35˚C during the day and falling to lows of 5˚C at night.

Unlike scenes of previous seasons, in Jordan it rained only once during the filming period, ‘which was unexpected but refreshing!’

Andes mountains, Chile

The celebrity version (and series four of the regular programme) of SAS: Who Dares Wins is filmed in the challenging terrain of Chile’s Andes mountains.

Regarding the location, Channel 4 stated: ‘The recruits will be based in an abandoned ex-military forward operating base in the brutal and spectacular Andes mountains.

‘[They] will be tested to the extremes of winter warfare in the most deadly environment of them all.

‘They’ll face all the challenges of living and operating at high altitude, with a lack of oxygen, in freezing temperatures and unforgiving snow storms.’

Brutal tasks involving this terrain included celebrities jumping backwards out of a helicopter into Rapel Lake, an artificial lake in central Chile, and undertaking expeditions up one of the Andes mountains, where temperatures can reach  -10℃.

Isle of Raasay, Scottish Hebrides

For previous seasons of SAS: Who Dares Wins, the recruits were taken to the challenging terrain of the Scottish Hebrides.

The recruits left their daily lives behind from all across the UK and headed to the remote island of Raasay, where they wee exposed to Scotland’s unforgiving weather, harsh landscape and volatile seas.