The Great Escape - Johnny Stower
Tony Hoskins looked at the life of Johnny Stower, a British, Argentinian born, bomber pilot, who made repeated escape attempts, including an unlucky effort in which he was recaptured having made it al...
26 Jun 202531min
The Great Escape - Stanisław Król
Alina Nowobilska, a historian of Poland during the Second World War and host of the 'Moments in Time' podcast, joined us to tell us about the life and escape of Stanisław Król, who escaped with Sydney...
12 Jun 202549min
The Great Escape - Sydney Dowse
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 Jun 202542min
The Great Escape - Bram Vanderstok
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 Mai 202538min
Bonus Episode - Capt. RH Bridgeman-Evans (Special Guest: Damien Lewis)
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 Mai 202536min
The Great Escape - Dennis Cochran
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 Mai 202525min
The Great Escape - Gordon Kidder
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 Mai 202540min
