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Gas! Gas! Gas!
Season 5 Episode 16
In this episode we look at a weapon that came to symbolise the First World War - Poison Gas. We look at the history behind its use, the story of the …
2 years, 7 months ago
Ypres Walks: Menin Gate to Ypres Town Cemetery
Season 5 Episode 15
In this episode recorded in Ypres, we look at the renovations at the Menin Gate Memorial, discuss what Memorials to the Missing mean to us, and then …
2 years, 7 months ago
Somme Walks: Hawthorn Ridge to the Sunken Lane
Season 5 Episode 14
In another episode recorded on the battlefields, we walk the crest of the Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme, visiting Hawthorn No 1 Cem…
2 years, 7 months ago
Changing Landscapes: Canal du Nord
Season 5 Episode 13
A massive engineering project has been announced for Northern France which will create a new 'super canal' linking in with the existing Canal du Nord…
2 years, 7 months ago
Somme Walks: Bois Français
Season 5 Episode 12
Recorded on the battlefields, in this episode we walk the ground where poets Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon served with the Royal Welsh Fusilier…
2 years, 8 months ago
Trench Chat: Black Poppies with Stephen Bourne
Season 5 Episode 11
In this latest Trench Chat, we are joined by Stephen Bourne, author of Black Poppies. His important book, now in its third edition with a children's …
2 years, 8 months ago
Springboks at Delville Wood
Season 5 Episode 10
In the summer of 1916 men of the South African Brigade marched into Delville Wood. After six days of fighting, less than a third of them returned fro…
2 years, 8 months ago
Forgotten Battlefield: The Reunion
Season 5 Episode 9
More than twenty years after the BBC made a film about the work of 'The Diggers' called 'Forgotten Battlefield', in this special edition of the podca…
2 years, 9 months ago
Verdun: The Trench of Bayonets
Season 5 Episode 8
In December 1920 a large concrete shelter financed by an American millionaire marked the spot where French soldiers had fallen in one of the many sma…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Hindenburg Line
Season 5 Episode 7
In this episode we ask: what was The Hindenburg Line? A system of German defences built in Northern and Eastern France, it was the largest single eng…
2 years, 10 months ago