A trans contestant on the gruelling Channel 4 show SAS: Who Dares Wins has been praised for sharing her story on prime time TV. The programme sees 21 contestants head to Scotland to be put through the mentally and physically challenging SAS selection process, recreated by former Special Forces soldiers. The first episode of the sixth season aired on Sunday (9 May), and one contestant in particular captured the hearts of viewers. Holly, 32, is a trans woman from Manchester and has become the show’s first-ever trans recruit in its six-year run. Although at one point in the first episode Holly collapsed from dehydration, she was cleared by doctors to continue with the competition, which Channel 4 has described as the “toughest, most unforgiving selection course in the six-year history of