E167 - The Forgotten Army
July 2024 In early 1942 one of the most disastrous defeats of the war saw British forces pushed out of Burma, now known as Myanmar. Two years later, the multi-national Fourteenth Army, the ‘Forgotte...
31 Jul 20241h 35min
E166 - D-Day80 Part 3 Block D to Bocage
June 2024 To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we are releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This third part is a brand new episode looking beyond the beac...
21 Jun 20241h 24min
E165 - D-Day80 Part 2 Overlord
June 2024 To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This second part is a complete remastering of our original...
5 Jun 20241h 7min
E164 - D-Day80 Part 1 Tide of Victory
May 2024 Over the next 6 weeks, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This first part is a complete remast...
24 Mai 20241h 19min
E163 - The Women of Newnham College
April 2024 Women were the backbone of Bletchley Park during World War Two. At its peak in January 1945, the workforce was 75% female, but even at the start of the war, women comprised a significant p...
25 Apr 20241h 28min
E162 - Before the Codebreakers
March 2024 Bletchley Park is famous as the home of World War 2 codebreaking. But what was there before the Government Code and Cypher School moved in? Who built Bletchley Park, and what remains of th...
23 Mar 202456min
E161 - Learning: Past, Present and Future
February 2024 In 2023, Bletchley Park Trust completed its biggest refurbishment project to date – a £13 million, three-phase project, to open up wartime buildings at the heart of the site for the ver...
23 Feb 202448min
E160 - Colossus in Context Part 2
January 2024 Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the story...
31 Jan 202451min
