The Great Escape - Henri Picard

To look at Sydney Dowse, of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, we were joined by legendary Queen guitarist, Sir Brian May, and author and historian, Denis Pellerin, both of the London Stereoscopic Co...

5 Kesä 202542min

In the Great Escape three of the prisoners of war successfully managed a Home Run, and in the first of our episodes to feature one of those three we look at Bram Vanderstok. A Dutch escaper, he took s...

29 Touko 202538min

For the launch of his new book, "SAS: Great Escapes Four" we were re-joined by author and historian, Damien Lewis, to share with us the story of Captain Roy Bridgeman-Evans of the SAS, who was capture...

25 Touko 202536min

Our regular host, Tony Hoskins, takes a look at the life of Great Escaper, Dennis Cochran, a Londoner who was actually born Dennis Cockram. While this name change created some difficulty when research...

22 Touko 202525min

Erin Gregory, the Curator at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, joined us to look into the life and escape of her fellow Canadian, Gordon Kidder, who was a linguistics expert, and who teamed up wit...

15 Touko 202540min

Our regular host, Dave Robertson, takes a look at the life and escape of Tom Kirby-Green, a hugely colourful character who was the Big-S, head of security, for the X Committee. He escaped with Gordon ...

8 Touko 202536min

Our regular host, Tony Hoskins, tells us about the life and escape of Bedrich Dvorak, a Czech escaper who, alongside his escape partner, Desmond Plunkett, was one of the last to be recaptured. Indeed,...

1 Touko 202532min

Dr Lucy Inglis, Archivist at King's College School, Wimbledon, joined us to tell us about Des Plunkett, the school's former pupil. Plunkett was in charge of the map making team, which produced thousan...

24 Huhti 202540min