Netflix explores Toughest Forces on Earth with UK’s Emporium Productions

Toughest Forces on Earth will launch on May 22

Netflix is gearing up to launch an eight-part docuseries from Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons producer Emporium Productions about some of the world’s most elite and secretive military units.

Toughest Forces on Earth (8×40′) will launch on May 22 and is fronted by three former special operations soldiers from the US Army Rangers, British Special Forces and US Navy Seals.

The series was commissioned for Netflix by unscripted and non-fiction execs Mollie Block and Todd Hurvitz.

It will see the trio travel to Jordan, Colombia, Sweden, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Austria and the US to meet the country’s elite forces.

These include the Jordanian Special Forces, Colombia’s elite Jungla Commando police unit,   the Swedish Parachute Rangers, Malaysian Army Special Forces, Mexico’s Special Forces, Philippines Navy Seals, Austria’s Jagdkommando unit and the US Navy’s EOD bomb disposal unit.

Each episode sees the hosts live and train with each of the units, learning how they operate in often extreme environments.

Emma Read, MD and founder of Emporium Productions, said: “Toughest Forces On Earth breaks the genre mould with exhilarating, raucous adventures everywhere from the desert to the arctic, and the jungle to the sea.”