US vs China vs Europe: the race to build the fighter jet of the future
This episode goes straight to the jugular of modern air power and asks a brutally simple question: has the last great manned fighter already been born?Roland is joined by Tom Withington of Royal Unite...
29 Joulu 202543min
No limits partnership: Why 2025 was China and Russia's year
This has been a year when the world lurched from crisis to crisis at breakneck speed. Trump back in power. America wavering on Europe and Ukraine. China strutting with new confidence. Russia grinding ...
26 Joulu 202549min
Photographing war, disease and nuclear accidents with Simon Townsley
On this week’s episode of Battle Lines Global Health Security, international photojournalist Simon Townsley joins Arthur Scott-Geddes and Sophie O’Sullivan to share his most memorable photographs of 2...
24 Joulu 202530min
From Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history
In this special festive edition of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and Dominic Nicholls cut through the tinsel to tell a story that actually matters.In aid of, The Not Forgotten, a charity born out of t...
22 Joulu 202551min
‘Russia-Ukraine deal impossible while Putin is alive’: ex-UK ambassador to Moscow
Former UK ambassador Laurie Bristow speaks to Roland and delivers a blunt and unsettling warning about the state of the world and Britain’s place in it. Drawing on more than three decades at the heart...
19 Joulu 202553min
Inside Sin City: Chinese gangs, scam centres and people trafficking
Have you ever been scammed? If you have, the chances are that it happened somewhere in Asia. Often overseen by Chinese criminal gangs, the places where these scams are happening have become hubs for p...
17 Joulu 202535min
'The frontline is everywhere': 10 surprising conflict hotspots for 2026
Today, Britain’s MI6 chief delivered a chilling message: the frontline is now everywhere.Look around the world and the evidence is overwhelming. From Ukraine to Gaza to Sudan, violence is spreading fa...
15 Joulu 202538min
The ex-Royal Marine Commando kicking Britain's armed forces into shape
Britain's military has seen better days - that much everyone can agree on. Enter ex-Royal Marine Commando Colonel Alistair Scott Carns, aka Wee Al, the UK's brand new Minister for Armed Forces. Part o...
12 Joulu 202551min
