Bonus Episode - Pte. R Bailey (with Special Guest David Wilkins)
To coincide with the recent release of his book, "Blighty or Bust", we are joined in this bonus episode by David Wilkins to tell us about the escape of Private Raymond Bailey, who was captured in 1940...
24 Okt 202456min
Escapes on Film (Special Guest: Steve Summers)
For so many of us the movies of escapes are how we first come to love POW escape stories. We were therefore delighted to be joined by Steve Summers, director of the "War Movie" documentary, to provide...
18 Jul 20241h 27min
Sgts. WA Shannon, AR Dow and EBM Helme
In this the 80th anniversary of D-Day we are looking at an incredible joint escape by three POWs, Shannon, Dow and Helme, all of whom were Glider pilots who were captured on D-Day. We were also triall...
11 Jul 202457min
Sgt. P. Bakalarski
The second part of the second double header of the series, Sgt. Piotr Bakalarski intersected with Raginis' own escape on a number of occasions, but this episode covers the escape from Bakalarski's per...
4 Jul 202434min
Sgt. W. Raginis
Still just a teenager at the time of his escape, Sgt. Witold Raginis travelled thousands of miles from Poland to Gibraltar, by train and on foot, all while his family were under threat from the Nazi o...
27 Jun 202437min
Leading Seaman AE Penny
One of the most meticulously well planned and executed escapes we have come across, Leading Seaman Penny was a submariner who escaped from a camp in Italy and made his way to the Vatican City - a full...
20 Jun 202438min
Pte. LA Coe
Captured in Northern France in 1940, Coe was the very first to escape from a POW camp, escaping from a satellite camp in Danzig, from where he made the short escape to the port, and stowed away on a s...
13 Jun 202439min
Sgt. J Prendergast
Sgt. John Prendergast was an Irishman serving in the British Army, and was identified by his captors as a potential collaborator. Instead he escaped back to the UK, travelling to France by train, befo...
6 Jun 202438min
