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Back to Search161. The History of Concrete
Season 1 Episode 161
Stonemason Andrew Ziminski takes Al and James on an unusual historical journey through the medium of concrete and stonemasonry. The lads discuss the …
5 years, 8 months ago
160. Operation Bagration
Season 1 Episode 160
Al and James speak to Dr Alex Richie about the the Eastern Front. Red Army tactics, POW deaths and Operation Bagration are up for discussion.
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5 years, 8 months ago
159. Inside a Russian Tank
Season 1 Episode 159
Al Murray and James Holland get to drive round the Wiltshire countryside in a T34 Russian tank. The boys explore its crude but effective engineering …
5 years, 8 months ago
158. Gary Sheffield
Season 1 Episode 158
Day four of We Have Ways of Making You Chalke and historian Gary Sheffield joins Al and James to explore the interwar period and discuss the rise of …
5 years, 8 months ago
157. Peace in Our Time?
Season 1 Episode 157
Tim Bouverie, author of Appeasing Hitler, joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss history’s assessment of Neville Chamberlain.
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5 years, 8 months ago
156. Nora Krug
Season 1 Episode 156
In the second episode of We Have Ways of Making You Chalke German-American writer Nora Krug joins Al Murray and James Holland to debate the problems …
5 years, 8 months ago
155. Tea With Monty
Season 1 Episode 155
Each day this week James Holland and Al Murray will be joined by a celebrated historian on We Have Ways of Making You Chalke. With the Chalke Valley …
5 years, 8 months ago
154. Mosquito Missions
Season 1 Episode 154
Colin Bell carried out 50 bombing raids over Germany, 13 of them to Berlin.
In this special edition of the podcast RAF veteran Colin tells Al and Jame…
5 years, 9 months ago
153. Save our Spits
Season 1 Episode 153
Production of the most important aircraft in history did not always run smoothly. Al Murray and James Holland discuss the industrial challenges of pr…
5 years, 9 months ago
152. Home Front Heroes
Season 1 Episode 152
Nurse Ethel Lote was just 18 years old when she was thrown into the war effort, caring for troops returning from Dunkirk.
In this special episode Ethe…
5 years, 9 months ago