The Great Escape - Production

Per Bergsland, also known as 'Peter Rockland', was one of just three Great Escapers who managed to complete a 'Home Run', getting to neutral Sweden with his escape partner, Jens Muller, within just fi...

31 Okt 202532min

Tony Hoskins looked into the life of Albert 'Shorty' Armstrong, about whom there is very little publicly available information, but with the help of his family, we have been lucky enough to piece toge...

23 Okt 202533min

Sotiris Skantzikas, the only Greek Great Escaper, was the escape partner of Jimmy James, but there is very little information available about his life otherwise. However, Dave Robertson had a dig arou...

16 Okt 202531min

Former RAF pilot, Colin McGregor, joined us to look at the life of Bertram 'Jimmy' James, who was an inveterate escaper, survived not only the Great Escape but also was one of those survivors who woul...

9 Okt 202537min

Tony Hoskins looks into the life and escape of Antoni Wladyslaw Kiewnarski, a highly decorated Polish airman, who served in three different conflicts - First World War, Polish-Soviet War, and the Seco...

2 Okt 202535min

Paul Bavill, host of the "History Rage" podcast, joined us to look at Kazimierz Pawluk, about whose early life very little is known, but who would become a highly experienced airman taking on the Luf...

25 Sep 202542min

Dave Robertson takes a look at the life and escape of James Wernham, a Scots-born Canadian who took part in the first 'Thousand Bomber Raid', later shot down over the Netherlands, and was to be the es...

18 Sep 202533min

Laurence Green, author of "Great War to Great Escape" and grandson of Bernard 'Pop' Green, joined us to tell all about the remarkable life of his grandfather, from service in both the First and Second...

11 Sep 202534min