Its title taken from the traditional song ‘Soldier, soldier won’t you marry me?’, this slice of none-more-90s popular bit of telly proved a massive hit back in the day. Spawning the unlikely pop careers of main stars Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, it also proved a huge springboard for Loose Women’s Denise Welch.
Soldier Soldier ran from 1991 to 1997 and followed the trials and tribulations of the officers and men of the fictional 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers regiment, chronicling pretty much everything from their home lives to training exercises and the battlefield.
The show saw a noticeable slide in popularity once Robson (Fusilier Dave Tucker) and Jerome (Corporal Paddy Garvey) quit at the end of the fifth series in 1995. The duo were bitten by the musical bug on the show after performing Unchained Melody – which later got to Number One in the charts. The pair then went on to have a string of other top-selling singles and a massive-selling album.
