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Questions and Answers Episode 21
Season 8 Episode 2
In our first Questions and Answers Episode of Season 8 we look at 'quiet' sectors of the Western Front, whether civilians got near the battlefields, …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Walking the Somme: Mailly-Maillet
Season 8 Episode 1
We begin Season 8 back on the Somme Battlefields of 1916 and walk the ground around the village of Mailly-Maillet, located just behind the British tr…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Special: WW1 Ancestors
Season 7 Episode 31
In this special edition we look at how trace to service men and women who fought and died in the Great War. We cover a number of questions covering d…
1 year ago
Five Iconic Objects of Trench Warfare
Season 7 Episode 30
In this episode, we examine five iconic objects from the First World War which came to define the experience of Trench Warfare. These objects include…
1 year ago
Questions and Answers Episode 19
Season 7 Episode 29
Based on this weeks questions we look at the difference between Ordnance Survey and Trench maps, recommend some WW1 Channels and videos to look at on…
1 year ago
Walking Arras: Point du Jour
Season 7 Episode 28
We return to the Arras Battlefields of April 1917 and walk from Athies to the high ground at Point du Jour, seeing where men of the 9th (Scottish) Di…
1 year, 1 month ago
Questions and Answers Episode 18
Season 7 Episode 27
This week we look at the subject of Army Pay - how were men paid, who paid them and in what currency when On Active Service? We ask why men changed t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Somme Winter Walk
Season 7 Episode 26
As the seasons change along The Old Front Line we take a winter walk across one part of the Somme battlefields, walking along the tracks from near Co…
1 year, 1 month ago
Questions and Answers Episode 17
Season 7 Episode 25
We begin at the Battle of Loos in 1915, looking at the casualty figures for the opening stage of the attack and comparing them to the Somme, we then …
1 year, 1 month ago
WW1 on Film: Oh What A Lovely War!
Season 7 Episode 24
The film Oh what A Lovely War! based on Joan Littlewood's play was released in 1969 and influenced a whole generation of people in what the Great War…
1 year, 2 months ago