Falklands40: Return to Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an attack by the British Army and the Royal Marines on the heights overlooking Stanley, the Falkland Islands' capital. One of a number of night battles that took pla...
12 Jun 202227min
Discovered! A Royal Navy Shipwreck
The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century - which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart - has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK...
9 Jun 202223min
Falklands40: Memories of an Argentine Veteran
Please note that this episode contains descriptions of conflict and torture that some may find distressing.When the British arrived on the Falklands Islands in 1982, they battled the Argentines. But o...
8 Jun 202216min
The Battle of Midway
On the 4th of June 1942, the US Navy took on the might of Japan's Imperial Navy in the battle of Midway. It was America's Trafalgar! At the end of the fighting devastating losses had been inflicted on...
7 Jun 202249min
D-Day Heroes: The Green Howards
There was only one Victoria Cross awarded on the 6th June 1944, D-Day. It went to Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the 6th Battalion of the Green Howards. Alongside the 7th Battalion of the sa...
6 Jun 202222min
The Veteran Searching for his D-Day Shipwreck
On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Patrick Thomas, a young Royal Navy telegraphist, boarded the craft in Portsmouth. The boat was part of the first wave on Sword Beach, covering communications for land battles w...
5 Jun 202227min
Elvis Presley: A Turbulent Life
A hotly anticipated biopic about the king of Rock'n'Roll will be released in June directed by Baz Luhmann. We've delved back into our archives to bring you this episode with author Sally Hoedel who in...
2 Jun 202222min
Vasectomy
What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?From monkey testicles to possible cancer treatments to ties of honour, over the past 150 yea...
1 Jun 202251min
