Bacterial Battleground
“The penicillin project was as ambitious as the Manhattan project” What was more deadly to a WW2 soldier, a bullet or the bacteria on it? Dr. John Tregoning joins James Holland to discuss the crucial ...
17 Mar 202240min
The Plan for Barbarossa: Part Two
“All things being equal, the side with the best morale wins” In the second part of our Barbarossa special, Al Murray and James Holland talk further about why the Nazis failed in the Soviet Union and d...
16 Mar 202232min
Planning For Barbarossa - Part One
In the first part of a two-part special, Al Murray and James Holland talk about the planning for Operation Barbarossa, the doomed mission for the Nazis to overtake the Soviet Union. The second half of...
15 Mar 202244min
Family Stories Series 2: Episode 15
Today’s family stories include the desert experiences of an Eighth Army medic, the Sicilian adventures of a dispatch rider and how wooden sheep helped fool the Luftwaffe. A Goalhanger Films production...
13 Mar 202221min
Chiang Kai-shek’s China
How did the Second World War in China play a part in the Communist Revolution? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Oxford historian Rana Mitter to talk about China's role in the war and the lea...
10 Mar 20221h
Ukraine 1943
Last week we discussed the Battle of Kiev in 1941, today we move forward to 1943 as the Red Army return to the Ukraine. Al and James discuss the Dnepr Battles, the Bukrin Bridgehead and the recapture ...
8 Mar 202259min
Family Stories Series 2: Episode 14
This week’s family stories include remembering a Battle of Britain pilot, a chance meeting of two old adversaries and a tale that Spielberg borrowed. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Vasco An...
6 Mar 202222min
The Lost Churchill Portrait
In the autumn of 1944 Winston Churchill agreed to briefly sit for the brilliant portrait artist Frank Salisbury. He gave the artist just half an hour to paint him in oils. The resulting artwork disapp...
3 Mar 202227min
