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Hill 70 - a listener's request

Welcome to today's episode!For the first time, we have created a listener's request podcast; I was contacted by a listener who discovered his Grandfather had been killed at Hill 70 while serving with the Cameron Highlanders at the Battle...

August 03, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 3 • 1:01:47

Trench talk - Uniforms of the Great War with Taff Gillingham

Welcome to the first Trench Talk of the season, where Taff Gillingham joins me.  Taff is a military historian and specialist historical advisor for the film, TV and theatre industries and has worked as an advisor on many well-known product...

July 20, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 2 • 1:16:38

Bois Grenier

Welcome to the first episode of Season 8!Today, we travel to the forgotten front and the village of Bois Grenier. The fields in this sleepy corner of agricultural France contain dozens of German bunkers and blockhouses from the time of W...

July 06, 2025 • Season 8 • Episode 1 • 1:06:53

Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps

Welcome to the final episode of Season 7!In today's episode, we look at the little-studied role played by the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War.Over 90,000 Chinese labourers served in France and Belgium, engaged in manual ...

June 01, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 25 • 59:45

In the shadow of the Springboks - Delville Wood to Courcelette

Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 7!Today we are on the Somme and walk the battlefield from Delville Wood to Courcelette via High Wood and Martinpuich.We begin we looking at "The Turning Point" a remarkable but little-k...

May 18, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 24 • 1:08:04

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Mr Dixon - I just found your podcast. I am loving! I am excited to get to know WW1 better through your podcast. Really connecting with your use of the fallen as the center point to describe the battles. Thank you for all your effort on this topic and to all the brave soldiers you are honoring by retelling their stories. Take care / RichS from California.

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