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Back to SearchD-Day: A Warning From History?
Season 1 Episode 779
Will we lose a tangible connection to WW2 once the final veteran dies? Is Europe sleepwalking into another monumental war?
Continuing our on-the-groun…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Sherwood Rangers in Normandy: The Noireau (Episode 2)
Season 1 Episode 778
Stan Perry is given an almost impossible task; in the dead of night - find a suitable crossing of the Noireau. His success is legendary, but the days…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Sherwood Rangers in Normandy: BLUECOAT (Episode 1)
Season 1 Episode 757
Through the tiny villages and fortress-like roads of Normandy, James Holland retraces the steps of Stanley Christopherson’s tank crew as they edge to…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Greatest War Fiction
Season 1 Episode 756
We spend a lot of time speaking about non-fiction, but what are the greatest works of historical fiction?
Al Murray interviews James Holland about his…
1 year, 9 months ago
The REAL Band Of Brothers
Season 1 Episode 775
We're on the ground in Normandy as part of the D-Day 80 celebrations and our first stop is a parachute drop by the Band Of Brothers cast.
James Hollan…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: Victory In Normandy? (Episode 10)
Season 1 Episode 774
After over a month on the ground fighting through fields and villages, the Allies have forced a retreat by Nazi High Command. The fightback has begun…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: COBRA and GOODWOOD (Episode 9)
Season 1 Episode 773
Allied Air superiority has left German forces in a mire, and the death of Rommel only makes the situation worse. After four long years of fighting, t…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: Bocage Busting (Episode 8)
Season 1 Episode 772
In an expertly researched episode, Al Murray and James Holland investigate the myths surrounding Operation OVERLORD penned by historians in the last …
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: The Normandy Bridgehead (Episode 7)
Season 1 Episode 771
The beaches have been successfully invaded, but the race is on. In the hours and days after D-Day, the Allies faced some of the toughest fighting gro…
1 year, 9 months ago
BONUS: Spitfire vs Messerschmitt
Season 1 Episode 770
**THE D-DAY SERIES WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY**
Al Murray and James Holland are back again with warbird legend Richard Grace at his Northampton hangar ful…
1 year, 9 months ago