Tom Pardoe

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1,027 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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The Dozen with Liam Tuffs · Confessions of a PARA: Tom Pardoe · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, talking's the easy part.

Of course, mate.

I know, I know.

And listen, I was in that cycle where it was like, I'm going to do this or I'm going to do that.

I want to stop drinking, but I never took action at it.

Do you know what I mean?

So joining the paras in the first place was... Maybe it was ego-driven, but it was something I always wanted to do when I was younger.

I was like...

a young lad and I was always obsessed with like the military, the army.

My dad was in, he was in the Rimi.

You call them crap hats and stuff like that if they're not para-edge.

I'm not crazy on all that, but it's like a little sort of army joke that you have.

And my dad was in and I was just obsessed with like toy soldiers, with ghillie suits, stuff like that.

I remember getting a ghillie suit for me.

I think it was like my 10th birthday.

I'd be hiding in the bushes, getting my mum to get a video recording of me going, can you see me?

Popping my head up and that.

And I was always, always obsessed with it.

And we were speaking about it before, say like ADHD and that.

I got tested when I was younger.

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