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James Bond's War
Season 1 Episode 459
Bumbling pen pusher or national hero? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by professor Christopher Moran to speak about Ian Fleming's role in espi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Poor Bloody Infantry
Season 1 Episode 458
What do we really know of the experience of an infantryman in the Second World War? Al and James look at life in the infantry and explore the fear th…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Mosquito Story - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 457
James Holland continues his conversation with fighter pilot Des Curtis about his experience with one of the best warbirds of the Second World War - T…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Mosquito Story - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 456
James Holland is joined by Des Curtis and John Lilley to talk about one of the best warbirds of the Second World War - The Mosquito
A Goalhanger Films…
3 years, 11 months ago
Naples 44
Season 1 Episode 455
Al and James look at post war interrogation documents that focus on German training. They also chat about the Norman Lewis book, Naples 44
A Goalhange…
4 years ago
Bacterial Battleground
Season 1 Episode 454
“The penicillin project was as ambitious as the Manhattan project”
What was more deadly to a WW2 soldier, a bullet or the bacteria on it? Dr. John Tre…
4 years ago
The Plan for Barbarossa: Part Two
Season 1 Episode 454
“All things being equal, the side with the best morale wins”
In the second part of our Barbarossa special, Al Murray and James Holland talk further ab…
4 years ago
Planning For Barbarossa - Part One
Season 1 Episode 453
In the first part of a two-part special, Al Murray and James Holland talk about the planning for Operation Barbarossa, the doomed mission for the Naz…
4 years ago
Family Stories Series 2: Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 452
Today’s family stories include the desert experiences of an Eighth Army medic, the Sicilian adventures of a dispatch rider and how wooden sheep helpe…
4 years ago
Chiang Kai-shek’s China
Season 1 Episode 451
How did the Second World War in China play a part in the Communist Revolution?
Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Oxford historian Rana Mitter…
4 years ago