Podcast Episodes

239. The Wings of Pegasus, by George Chatterton - Episode 1

Season 1 Episode 239

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regim…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

238. Sidney Cotton’s Private Airforce

Season 1 Episode 238

Sidney Cotton played an important role in the development of photographic reconnaissance, taking pictures of Germany and Holland at the start of the war.

His personal driver was a young man called Geo…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

237. Robert Bowen - Fighting With Screaming Eagles

Season 1 Episode 237

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from F…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

236. The Man Who Said Don’t Go

Season 1 Episode 236

News that Sir Brian Urquhart has died at the age of 101 leads Al Murray and James Holland inexorably back to the intense days prior to the battle of Arnhem. Did Urquhart tell Browning to cancel Marke…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

235. Vere Hodgson - Diary of the War

Season 1 Episode 235

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Rachel Holland is re…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

234. Cornelius Turner - Operation Bunghole

Season 1 Episode 234

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from O…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

233. Stanley Christopherson - An Englishman At War

Season 1 Episode 233

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading fro…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

232. Jeffrey Quill - Spitfire

Season 1 Episode 232

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from S…

Published on 5 years ago

231. Heinz Knoke - I Flew For The Fuhrer

Season 1 Episode 231

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading an …

Published on 5 years ago

230. In Conversation with Richard Herring

Season 1 Episode 230

Al Murray joins Richard Herring to talk about his latest book ‘The Last 100 Years (give Or Take) and All That’. They discuss what it was like writing the book and cover a range of topics including th…

Published on 5 years ago