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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, 9 months ago
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, 9 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 11 months ago
The Champagne Battlefields
Season 2 Episode 12
In this episode, we have an introduction to the battlefields east of Reims in the vast open fields of the Champagne. We discover a surprisingly diver…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ypres: The Menin Gate
Season 2 Episode 11
Back in the city of Ypres in Flanders, in this episode we follow the walls, the old Ramparts, seeing British bunkers, visit the Ramparts Cemetery, di…
4 years, 11 months ago
Forgotten Front: The Footballers of Loos
Season 2 Episode 10
Was this the 'greatest game'? On 25th September 1915, men of the London Irish Football Club kicked a ball into battle signalling the start of the Bat…
4 years, 11 months ago