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Back to Search312. Family Stories - Ep 17
Season 1 Episode 312
This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including how a Belgian family survived in the basement of a bakery; a sailor who survived th…
4 years, 10 months ago
311. Family Secrets
Season 1 Episode 311
Author and publisher Vicky Unwin joins James Holland to discuss her extraordinary family story.
While researching her parents’ war time experiences Vi…
4 years, 10 months ago
310. David Baddiel
Season 1 Episode 310
Comedian and writer David Baddiel joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss his family’s experiences during the war, which included being interned…
4 years, 10 months ago
309. Family Stories - Ep 16
Season 1 Episode 309
This is the show written by our listeners. It includes five remarkable war time stories of hidden airmen in Holland, Germans on the Eastern Front, an…
4 years, 10 months ago
308. Bletchley Girls
Season 1 Episode 308
Betty Webb spent the war working as a code breaker at Bletchley Park, working on captured German and Japanese radio messages.
After the war she moved …
4 years, 10 months ago
307. Anzac Day
Season 1 Episode 307
The myth suggests Britain stood alone but the truth was different. In the week of Anzac Day Al Murray and James Holland discuss the roles of Australi…
4 years, 10 months ago
306. Family Stories - Ep 15
Season 1 Episode 306
This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including an account of a daring air mission that ended in dramatic fashion; being commanded …
4 years, 10 months ago
305. Guy Martin - Battle of Britain
Season 1 Episode 305
Adrenaline junkie Guy Martin tells Al Murray and James Holland about his new series for Channel 4 in which he trains to fly a Hurricane and then take…
4 years, 10 months ago
304. Stalingrad and The Wehrmacht
Season 1 Episode 304
The Eastern Front is our focus as German historian Jens Wehner joins Al Murray and James Holland.
Jens is curator of the Dresden Military History muse…
4 years, 11 months ago
303. Enigma and Escapees
Season 1 Episode 303
Britain’s war time intelligence operations are the subject of discussion as Al Murray and James Holland exchange notes on their latest reading matter…
4 years, 11 months ago