Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. Created by Lucy Gannon, produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 10 June 1991 to 9 December 1997. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment loosely based on the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name ("Soldier, soldier won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum?"), an instrumental version of which was used as its theme music.

For the Kipling poem, see Soldier, Soldier (poem). For the Captain Jack song, see Soldier, Soldier (song). For the traditional song, see Soldier, soldier won't you marry me.

Soldier Soldier
GenreMilitary drama
Created byLucy Gannon
StarringRobson Green
Jerome Flynn
Gary Love
Rosie Rowell
Holly Aird
Annabelle Apsion
Ben Nealon
Theme music composerJim Parker
Opening theme"Soldier Soldier"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes82
Production
Executive producersTed Childs (Series 1–5)
Jonathan Powell (Series 6–7)
Running time50 minutes
Production companyCentral Independent Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release10 June 1991 (1991-06-10) –
9 December 1997 (1997-12-09)
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