Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrench Chat: War Cemeteries & Landscape with Dr Tim Godden
Season 1 Episode 9
In this latest Trench Chat we are joined by military historian Dr Tim Godden to discuss his research on the Junior Architects of the Imperial War Mus…
5 years ago
Somme: Courcelette to Regina Trench
Season 2 Episode 8
In this 50th Episode of the podcast, we return to home ground - the village of Courcelette on the Somme. We walk the Canadian attack route in the att…
5 years ago
Ypres: Hell Fire Corner
Season 1 Episode 7
Along the old Roman Road between Ypres and Menin was a road junction that became the main route to the front line: this was Hell Fire Corner, the mos…
5 years ago
Somme: Ginchy to LesBoeufs
Season 2 Episode 6
We return to Picardy, for a walk across the 'Forgotten Somme': those places less visited on these battlefields of 1916, and see the villages of Ginch…
5 years ago
The Vimy Memorial
Season 2 Episode 5
In this episode, we travel to Vimy Ridge in Northern France, taken by Canadian soldiers in April 1917. We walk from a series of preserved trenches an…
5 years, 1 month ago
Trench Chat: Battlefield Tourism & Landscape with Amy Harrison
Season 1 Episode 4
In this episode, we are joined by Military Historian Amy Harrison to discuss her work as a Commonwealth War Graves Commission Intern, and her researc…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Film 1917 Uncovered
Season 2 Episode 3
In this episode we take a detailed look at the film 1917, examining how it represents this period of the First World War, how it depicts the landscap…
5 years, 1 month ago
Walking Cambrai: Havrincourt
Season 2 Episode 2
Cambrai in November 1917 witnessed the first mass use of British Tanks in the Great War as battalions of the Tank Corps supported the infantry. On th…
5 years, 1 month ago
Walking The Somme: Authuille to Thiepval
Season 2 Episode 1
In the shadow of Lutyens' mighty Thiepval Memorial, we visit the graves of British soldiers in the picturesque Authuille Military Cemetery, discover …
5 years, 1 month ago
Peace in No Man's Land: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Season 1 Episode 42
On a cold winter's day in December 1914, the men of both sides emerged from their trenches. Not to fight, but to take part in the Christmas Truce. Fo…
5 years, 2 months ago