Podcast Episodes

Walking The Somme: Albert

Season 2 Episode 22

Located at the heart of the Somme battlefields, the town of Albert, known as 'Bert to the troops, was the route to the front line - all roads led the…

4 years, 7 months ago

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WW1 at Home: War Graves Week

Season 2 Episode 21

It's War Graves Week! The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintain all cemeteries and memorials from both World Wars worldwide. This week sees the…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Trench Chat: WW1 Machine Guns with Richard Fisher

Season 2 Episode 20

In this latest Trench Chat, we are joined by Richard Fisher of the Vickers Machinegun Collection & Research Association to talk about the Machine Gun…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Books & Battlefields: The Somme

Season 2 Episode 19

Something slightly different this week: we look at the village of Bazentin-le-Petit on the Somme battlefields through the lens of three classic memoi…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Walking The Somme: Ancre Valley

Season 2 Episode 18

The Ancre Valley cuts across the northern Somme battlefield like a deep scar; in 1916 attack after attack saw heavy losses here. Our walk takes us fr…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Last Digger Action: Montbrehain 1918

Season 2 Episode 17

In the quiet village of Montbrehain in Northern France, Australians who had fought at Gallipoli, and in some of the key battles on the Western Front,…

4 years, 8 months ago

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1914: The Princess & The Christmas Box

Season 2 Episode 16

In this Trench Chat Special, we speak to Professor Peter Doyle about his upcoming book on the story of an iconic Great War artifact, the Princess Mar…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Flanders: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Season 2 Episode 15

Located just off the main road on a route into Flanders, and sheltered by tall trees, this is Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. It was once one of the …

4 years, 9 months ago

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Walking Arras: Bullecourt

Season 2 Episode 14

In this episode, we follow the Australians - the ANZACs - and men from the West Riding of Yorkshire who fought around the sleepy village of Bullecour…

4 years, 9 months ago

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Ypres: Hill 60

Season 2 Episode 13

Once the haunt of lovers, these gentle slopes on a Flanders landscape became Hill 60 to the British Tommy - one of the most infamous locations on the…

4 years, 9 months ago

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