Getting our Thrudark specially designed summit suit to the top of Everest just one day after Nims (Nimral Purja) had reached the summit in it. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. when I walked out as the new D.S. Catch Jay, Jason, Ant, Ollie and Billy on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares wins on Channel 4, 9 pm on the Monday 18th of April 2020, you can also stay up to date with all things Jay via his Instagram and brand new website. This lasted for six months, it was the start of the Afghanistan campaigns. I have trained in a multitude of different skill-sets from high altitude parachuting to patrol medic, mountain guide, protective security.. the list gets pretty big. For me personally, will be to be able to take our clothing to some of the worlds most extreme places. Yes, we have more luxury! AS he parachuted into Afghan warzones in the black of night, former SAS trooper Jay Morton faced death countless times. The show takes 12 celebrities through a SAS based selection course. There are long days, as we are up most nights working, but they should belong for what we are trying to achieve! Before we start filming, I make sure that I am in decent physical shape. THE sexy new SAS Who Dares Wins star Jay Morton has impressed fans with his topless snaps. Jay Morton. , it also is very versatile and can be worn in a variety of different weather conditions and temperature changes. Who’s been your favourite contestant so far? A year later, we were deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Herrick (2006) to be involved in heavy fighting. The show has a good balance of testing people to their ultimate limits, mentally and physically, whilst telling a narrative. The following year I was deployed to Iraq on Operation Telic, which was the fallout from the second Gulf War. Weirdest experience since being on the show? Jay is the show’s newest instructor, having been introduced as an undercover mole during series 5 of SAS: Who Dares Wins. I wear the Grunt Gillet the most as its very versatile. Getting our Thrudark specially designed summit suit to the top of Everest just one day after Nims. Definitely when I walked out as the new D.S. Not only will the recruits be tested physically, but also mentally whilst being under constant scrutiny from the myself and the other D.S. Required fields are marked *. This is when I was deployed on multiple tier 1 operations, carried out another 4 tours of Afghanistan and 3 covert operational deployments. It’s a common misconception that the D.S. We won’t pass anyone who is not good enough and we get rid of the people that aren’t. Being a recruit was grim and hard, what made it worse was that I wasn’t there trying to get to the end or prove myself, I’ve done this stuff for 14 years of my life, I didn’t find it hard, just tedious so to finally walk off on day 6 and get a warm shower and a steak felt amazing. Favourite moment as a ThruDark Director so far? Your email address will not be published. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. What do you find most challenging about SAS: Who Dares Wins? During the summer of 2009, I passed SAS selection and went to A squadron 22SAS. The other D.S. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Jay Morton was a new addition to the SAS: Who Dares Wins series in January 2020 filling the position of ‘the mole’ who later in the series became known to the other contestants as a member of the SAS Directing Staff on the Channel 4 programme. — Jay_Morton (@jay_morton_) January 12, 2020 Fans of SAS Who Dares Wins have commented on social media that it had to be obvious to the recruits Jay was the mole because he must have smelt of chocolate after every chat with the DS. But the 35-year-old elite fighter says it … It’s all still very new to me as the show was only released in January. But, I had a job to do in there and my job was to feed intelligence back to the DS and understand the group better, be those eyes and ears for the DS when they were not there. ... Jay joined the SAS in 2008 and served ten years, before leaving to run his own specialist outdoor clothing company – ThruDark. The producers are trying to make a TV show, whilst us, the D.S are trying to run a selection. This involves not only sticking to my regular training, but making sure I incorporate some longer distance exercise to let me prepare for the strain this experience will put on my body. Being a recruit was grim and hard, what made it worse was that I wasn’t there trying to get to the end or prove myself, I’ve done this stuff for 14 years of my life, I didn’t find it hard, just tedious so to finally walk off on day 6 and get a warm shower and a steak felt amazing. Ollie Ollerton and Jay Morton are both exiting Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins.