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Great War Music with Beverley Palin
Season 5 Episode 23
In this special Trench Chat, we meet historian, re-enactor and professional musician Beverley Palin, and discover the story of two original WW1 instr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Verdun In A Day
Season 5 Episode 22
In the latest of our series of Battlefields in a Day, we travel to Eastern France and look at the Battlefields around Verdun. Verdun was the longest …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Pillboxes of Flanders
Season 5 Episode 21
Concrete bunkers - pillboxes - are an iconic symbol of the Great War, and in this episode we look at the book 'The Pillboxes of Flanders' published i…
2 years, 7 months ago
Trench Chat: The Caretakers with Caitlin DeAngelis
Season 5 Episode 20
In this latest Trench Chat we speak to historian and writer Caitlin DeAngelis who has just finished a fascinating new book 'The Caretakers: War Grave…
2 years, 7 months ago
From Training to Trenches
Season 5 Episode 19
In this episode we look at how British soldiers joined the army, either before the war or when the New Army of volunteers was created in 1914, what t…
2 years, 7 months ago
First Day Of The Somme
Season 5 Episode 18
On the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we take a virtual walk along all eighteen miles of the Somme front from Gommecourt to Montauban, conne…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Monocled Mutineer: Fact or Fiction?
Season 5 Episode 17
In 1986 the BBC Drama 'The Monocled Mutineer' was released, starring Paul McGann who plays Percy Toplis. In this episode, we look at the series and a…
2 years, 8 months ago
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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 months ago