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Season 1 Episode 201
Al Murray and James Holland discuss Patrick Marnham’s book on the French Resistance. Plus, how influential was signals intelligence? Other subjects u…
5 years, 4 months ago
200. The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That
Season 1 Episode 200
An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take lo…
5 years, 4 months ago
199. The Messerschmitt 109
Season 1 Episode 199
Al and James clamber around on the Messerschmitt 109 once flown by the legendary Hans-Joachim Marseille and now housed at the Heritage Hangar, Biggin…
5 years, 4 months ago
198. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - part 2
Season 1 Episode 198
After growing up in a Scottish orphanage Matt Mackinnon-Pattison volunteered for the army at the first opportunity and found himself fighting with a …
5 years, 4 months ago
197. Spitfires at Biggin Hill
Season 1 Episode 197
Al and James visit the Heritage Hangar at Biggin Hill, the largest collection of air worthy Spitfires in the world. They discover a newly restored Sp…
5 years, 4 months ago
196. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 196
Matt Mackinnon-Pattison served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the war and later joined the SAS where he was parachuted behind enem…
5 years, 5 months ago
195. From Iceland to Africa
Season 1 Episode 195
James and Al get their podcast passports out as they explore stories from Iceland to Africa, via Germany. James describes his recent adventures in Ge…
5 years, 5 months ago
194. Tiger Tank
Season 1 Episode 194
Al Murray heads to Bovington Tank Museum to talk to resident expert David Willey about the Tiger tank.
Why did Nazi Germany build only 1,200 of this …
5 years, 5 months ago
193. Making Maps and Propaganda
Season 1 Episode 193
Writer and academic Jeremy Black joins James Holland and Al Murray in a wide-ranging discussion encompassing the propagandist use of maps and the cha…
5 years, 5 months ago
192. Tank Trilogy
Season 1 Episode 192
Al Murray and James Holland explore a Second World War British ambulance as well as a vehicle kitted out as a mobile listening centre which reported …
5 years, 5 months ago