Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
From Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history
In this special festive edition of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and Dominic Nicholls cut through the tinsel to tell a story that actually matters.
In…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
‘Russia-Ukraine deal impossible while Putin is alive’: ex-UK ambassador to Moscow
Former UK ambassador Laurie Bristow speaks to Roland and delivers a blunt and unsettling warning about the state of the world and Britain’s place in …
10 months ago
Inside Sin City: Chinese gangs, scam centres and people trafficking
Have you ever been scammed? If you have, the chances are that it happened somewhere in Asia. Often overseen by Chinese criminal gangs, the places whe…
10 months ago
'The frontline is everywhere': 10 surprising conflict hotspots for 2026
Today, Britain’s MI6 chief delivered a chilling message: the frontline is now everywhere.
Look around the world and the evidence is overwhelming. From…
10 months ago
The ex-Royal Marine Commando kicking Britain's armed forces into shape
Britain's military has seen better days - that much everyone can agree on.
Enter ex-Royal Marine Commando Colonel Alistair Scott Carns, aka Wee Al, t…
10 months, 1 week ago
'I fought the Taliban, now we have tea’: Maj Gen Cowan on landmines, aid and Ukraine
As global landmine casualties reach a four-year high, Venetia is joined by Major General James Cowan, former British Army commander in Iraq and Afgha…
10 months, 1 week ago
More Russia, less China and no Europe: Trump’s new security strategy unveiled
Donald Trump has detonated a political earthquake with a National Security Strategy that doesn’t just tweak America’s global role, it torches seven d…
10 months, 1 week ago
Why can't Britain build a decent tank?
Ajax was meant to be the British Army’s modern embodiment of the mighty Greek warrior, strong, unbreakable, unstoppable. Instead, it’s become a natio…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Terror insurgency or Christian genocide? Inside Nigeria’s security crisis
Nigeria is facing a security crisis. Extremist violence, mass kidnappings and deepening food insecurity has created what the UN has called the countr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Europe is mobilising to face Russia. Is the UK falling behind?
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the return of military service in the country, 25 years after mandatory national service was phased ou…
10 months, 2 weeks ago