British home army in the First World War been absorbed into the RDC during the war, the National Reserve was not revived. The RDC continued to guard German prisoners of war into 1919, and was gradually disbanded as the prison camps were closed. It was reconstituted in 1922 as the National Defence Corps, which became Home Defence Battalions on the outbreak of the Second World War, with the same role of guarding vulnerable points as its First World War predecessor. For the VF, drills became optional within a week of the cessation of hostilities in France, and by the end of 1918 most VF battalions had abandoned them.
The Worst Journey in the World knowledge as a whole. In 1994 "The Worst Journey in the World" was published as the first numerical entry in the Picador Travel Classics. The July/August 2001 issue of "National Geographic Adventure" listed "The 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time", with "The Worst Journey in the World" named first. A drama documentary, also entitled "The Worst Journey In The World", written by and starring Mark Gatiss, was broadcast on BBC Four in April 2007. The book was also adapted by Stef Penney for the BBC as a two-part radio drama in the Classic Serial strand – it was first