How do we select the next generation of Gurkhas?

Each Spring in Nepal, something extraordinary happens: the search begins for the next intake of Gurkha soldiers, young Nepalese men, many still teenagers, all with an ambition to join the British Army

For those who succeed, it will mean leaving their homeland and flying across the world to serve a foreign land and a faraway king.

But as possibly the most competitive selection process in the world, the odds are stacked against them. And with the competition so intense and the stakes so high, some will do anything to find a way in.