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Podcast: BFBS Stories
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"content": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Have you been tracking Exercise Joint Viking? It's the huge exercise in arctic operations base in Norway which has seen the UK join with 20,000 Norwegian and allied troops.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Amy Casey from BFBS has been finding out more about it with Sgt Mat Sidders - Media Ops with 30 Commando - Royal Marines who talks what they've been up to in Norway!<\/span><\/p>",
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"content": "<p>Mario and Jess from BFBS were out in Estonia to spread festive cheer amongst the Enhanced Forward Presence - the main Battlegroup in the Baltic's at the moment being King's Royal Hussars.<\/p><p>Listen as they meet with the chefs, PTI, Commander of the EFP, Tank Commanders, Ambassador to Estonia, and take a wonder round the Christmas markets with the troops.<\/p>",
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"content": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\">In 1969, Colonel Gaddafi led a coup in Libya, took control of the country and proceeded, to close down British military installations located at El Adem and Tobruk. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\">This presented the UK with a problem. There were no areas large enough left to allow the British Army to undertake large-scale armoured warfare exercises. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\">In 1971 a 10-year lease was signed between the British and Canadian Governments that authorized battle group training to take place in the Suffield, a 2000 square mile area.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\">In January 1972, the British Army Training Unit Suffield was formally established. After months of preparation, the training area was created and ready in June and the first live rounds were fired by the 4th Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group in the July of 1972. <\/span><\/p>",
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"content": "<p>To mark this year\u2019s Pride celebrations, BFBS presenter Alice Vickery has been exploring the relationship between drag and the British Armed Forces.<\/p>",
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"content": "<p><span style=\"color: black;\">Ken, Kevin and Martin are armed forces veterans. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">They were discharged from the military without their fellow servicemen knowing the reasons behind their dismissal.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">This Remembrance Sunday, for the first time, they\u2019ve been invited to march past the Cenotaph. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">Olly Mann has spoken to them about their double lives, and what happened when they men told the truth.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">Until 12th January, 2000, it was illegal for gay, lesbian and bisexual people to serve in the British Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">If they were outed, they could lose their medals, their pensions and their jobs, and sometimes serve a prison sentence. The British Government finally apologised for the policy in 2020.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">Written and produced by Olly Mann and Matt Hill with thanks to Fighting with Pride, the LGBT+ military charity. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightingwithpride.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fightingwithpride.org.uk<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">This audio was originally published as part of Olly\u2019s podcast series The Modern Mann.<\/span><\/p>",
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"content": "<p>Misty McCready presents this unique documentary recalling the memories of young inmates at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Second World War.<\/p><p>The programme includes interviews with survivors of the camp, poignant archive audio, and first-hand accounts written in 1945.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll hear interviews with survivors Rudi Oppenheimer and Miryam Sommerfeld. Bernard Levy, a British soldier who arrived approximately one week after the liberation, also shares his story.<\/p><p>BBC archive audio featuring Richard Dimbleby, the first reporter into Belsen post-liberation, and Harold-Osmond le Druillenec, the only British National found in the camp, set the documentary in raw historical context.<\/p><p>This programme was made to mark the 70th anniversary of the camp\u2019s liberation in 1945.<\/p><p>Produced by Dave Roberts and Misty McCready, \u2018Children of Belsen\u2019 won two trophies at the 2016 New York Festivals Radio Awards and was a winner at the 2015 AIBs (Association for International Broadcasting).<\/p>",
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"content": "The programme, presented by Tim Humphries, features Christian, Muslim and Buddhist chaplains and explores the pastoral and practical support they bring to service personnel, at home, overseas and on ops. \n\nWe also hear the views of secularists and Humanists, as well as those of soldiers, sailors and airmen, reflecting on what the concept of faith means to them.\n\nThroughout, we\u2019re asking, does faith matter?",
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"title": "Rock & Pop in the Forces",
"content": "<p>Jim Gellatly at BFBS has been speaking to musicians with strong forces connections, including veterans, cadets and serving personal.<\/p>",
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"title": "For Queer & Country",
"content": "<p>Men and women who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and trans-gender talk about their experiences while serving in the UK armed forces. Some decided to keep their sexuality hidden, while others have come out. Some talk about how they were forced to give up the job they loved because they were found out. \nThis programme was originally broadcast in February 2019, for LGBTQ History Month.<\/p>",
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"title": "Runnymede Memorial: Virtual Commemoration Service",
"content": "<p>Every year the RAF holds a remembrance service for the 20 thousand Commonwealth airmen and women who lost their lives in the Second World War and have no known grave.<\/p><p>Sadly, due to the COVID 19 emergency, the full service couldn\u2019t happen in 2020. Instead, a \u2018Virtual Service\u2019 took place at the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede in Surrey.<\/p><p>The service was led by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston and conducted by Deputy Chaplain in Chief of the Royal Air Force, Group Captain the Reverend Dr Giles Legood.<\/p><p>Photo Credit: MOD\/Crown Copyright\/ SAC Beth Roberts<\/p>",
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"title": "Somewhere Beyond the Sea",
"content": "<p>Former Royal Marine Mick Dawson has rowed more than 20 thousand miles across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.<\/p><p>In 2009 he and fellow rower Chris Martin earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for completing their seven thousand mile voyage across the Pacific in record-breaking time.<\/p><p>Here he tells Amy Casey about his experiences including coming face to face with killer whales, near misses with container ships and what it\u2019s like to find yourself in the eye of a hurricane.<\/p><p>Listen as Mick introduces the tracks that have got him through long periods of isolation at sea.<\/p>",
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"title": "VE Day 75 Sound Stories",
"content": "In 1944 the Allied Forces reinvaded mainland Europe. It was a hard fought but important victory in the fight to free the world from the threat of tyranny. But what happened next?\nIt took 11 months to get from D-Day to a final victory in Europe. In this original programme, BFBS counts down to VE Day on May 8th 1945. \nHear the story through original archive recordings of the events after the Normandy landings to the end of the war in Europe.\nNarrated by Mark Chadwick.\nWritten and produced by Andrew Wright.",
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"title": "Life After Service",
"content": "<p>Inspirational stories about life on Civvy Street.<\/p><p>Promoting positive stories about the achievements of former servicemen and women.<\/p><p>Veterans do some pretty remarkable things in civilian life and here you can listen to just a few of them. \u2018Life After Service\u2019 is our campaign to tell some of the many fantastic stories of what ex-servicemen and women go on to achieve with their lives and careers after leaving the armed forces. <\/p><p>Media reports of veteran unemployment and mental health issues are only a very small part of a much more positive and bigger story.<\/p>",
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"title": "BFBS 75: A Witness on History",
"content": "<p>Mike Howarth explains how the radio station for the British armed forces began in Algeria during the Second World War and continued to broadcast to far-flung service personnel and their families through peacetime and further conflict.<\/p><p>BFBS has been by the side of those who serve our country, maintaining their link with home, wherever they are in the world, for more than 75 years.<\/p><p>Hear the stories of the radio presenters who provided a much-needed boost to moral by playing the hits in troubled times and dangerous places.<\/p>",
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"title": "The Black Rat Tour",
"content": "<p>BFBS Radio\u2019s Hal Stewart presents a series of five one-hour programmes recorded in Afghanistan, which we have mashed together, with personnel from the 4th Mechanized Brigade, nicknamed The Black Rats.<\/p>",
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"content": "<p>Jade Callaway and Jess Bracey delve into the history of 6 Squadron with the help of material from the BFBS archive. You\u2019ll hear interviews from 6 Squadron crew recorded 50 years ago, followed by the reaction of current squadron members as they consider how life in the RAF has changed.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll also hear about the highs and lows of deployment, what they think the RAF will be like in another 50 years as well as the debate surrounding their nickname. Are they \u201cThe Can Openers\u201d or \u201cThe Tin Openers\u201d?<\/p>",
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"title": "From mud through blood to the green fields beyond",
"content": "<p>Jason Herbert explains how a special unit consisting of mechanics, technicians, plumbers and even circus trapeze artists were brought together to break the stalemate of the First World War.<\/p><p>What they did would revolutionise warfare for the modern age. They came up with the idea of the tank.<\/p><p>Hear about the development of the tank, the people who built and crewed it and the meticulous preparation that led to the Battle of Cambrai.<\/p>",
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"title": "D-Day 75 Sound Stories",
"content": "<p>Listen to the story of D-Day as told by radio news broadcasts from the time.\u202f<\/p><p>Hear speeches from Prime Minister Winston Churchill, as well as other heads of state and key military leaders in this compelling and atmospheric programme.<\/p>",
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"title": "Wings over Ulster",
"content": "<p>Tony Rodgers uncovers the importance of the wartime Northern Irish airfields which were used by the United States Army as a transit hub and manufacturing base.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll also hear how a secret agreement with the Irish Free State helped the Allies win the Battle of the Atlantic.<\/p>",
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"title": "Away From You: The Story of the Afghan Interpreters",
"content": "<p>More than 3000 Afghans worked as interpreters alongside British troops during the conflict in Afghanistan.<\/p><p>They played an important role helping soldiers overcome language barriers, providing local knowledge and advising the military on cultural affairs. Some were invited to live in the UK but others faced the challenge of the then Home Secretary's hostile environment policy.<\/p><p>Hear the interpreters\u2019 stories in their own words as well as the experiences of the military officers who worked with them and became their friends.<\/p><p>Written and produced by William Warren, this programme won two awards at the 2019 New York Festivals Radio Awards.<\/p>",
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"title": "What does the Battle of Waterloo mean to you?",
"content": "<p>Mikaela Roche asks today\u2019s servicemen and women why the British Army\u2019s famous 1815 victory is still important to them in the 21st century.<\/p><p>This vibrant documentary commemorates the bicentenary of the battle. From the off, you\u2019ll be catapulted into a battlefield soundscape at the 2015 re-enactments in Belgium.<\/p><p>Mikaela enlists a historian to relay the events of 18 June 1815, while the words of serving soldiers, whose regimental forebears fought there, weave through the narrativ<\/p>",
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"title": "Inside The Glasshouse: Shattering the myths",
"content": "<p>The MCTC provides training for those servicemen and women sentenced to a period of detention.<\/p><p>Much myth, rumour and speculation exist about the centre and what happens within its confines. BFBS presenter Liz Mullen was allowed inside to record this programme.<\/p><p>\u201cWe are told that the MCTC is not a prison, but if not, what is it?\u201d asks Liz.<\/p><p>\u201cMany of us have fixed ideas about what life is like behind the wire. But having the chance meet staff and offenders was a real eye-opener. I think people will be in for a few surprises.\u201d<\/p><p>Liz explores the differences between \u2018A Company\u2019, for those due to return to service, and \u2018D Company\u2019, for offenders facing discharge and life on Civvy Street, and discovers how soldiers, sailors and airmen are retrained and prepared for life after release.<\/p>",
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"title": "Hoot and roar: 100 years of 84 Squadron",
"content": "<p>Jess Bracey looks at the history of the only RAF Squadron to be permanently based overseas.<\/p><p>From the Western Front to their current home in Cyprus via India, Libya, Iraq and Burma, Jess speaks to crew past and present.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll hear about the heroic plight of one pilot who received the Victoria Cross, the story of the crew who made it to Fraser Island in Australia by boat and find out why a pair of bloomers takes pride of place in the Squadron archive corridor.<\/p><p>In recent times the squadron has been working as part of Operation Shader and has seen its efforts noted by the Prime Ministers of Cyprus and the UK.<\/p>",
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"title": "Missing On Patrol: Finding Alan",
"content": "<p>In this special programme, we follow key moments in Ann Addis' relentless search for her son and listen to previously un-broadcast tapes offering us a look into a mother\u2019s search for the truth.<\/p>",
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"title": "Just A Bowl Of Cherries",
"content": "Generations apart, Invictus athlete Poppy Pawsey talks with her grandmother about the sacrifices women made to keep the RAF flying during the horrors of WWII. (audioboom, itunes)",
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"title": "Coming Home: Chris Thrall",
"content": "Coming Home: Chris Thrall tells the story of a Royal Marine turned to the Triads and Crystal Meth. The programme presents a frank yet funny look into addiction, how we treat our veterans and human resilience. (audioboom, itunes)",
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"title": "Dame Vera at 100",
"content": "<p>To celebrate Dame Vera's 100th birthday, BFBS takes look at her illustrious career.<\/p><p>In this special program, Chris Pearson looks at Dame Vera's first professional performance at the age of seven to performing for British Troops in the steamy jungles of Burma.<\/p>",
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"title": "Bovington: The Home Of The Tank",
"content": "Amy Casey meets Lt Col (Retd) Stewart Berman, formerly from Queen's Dragon Guards and now the Garrison Staff Officer at Bovington Camp. He took Amy on a tour around the camp, a British Army military base in Dorset. If you like tanks, this is the place to be..",
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"summary": "<p>Listen to interesting stories from those that fought in conflicts around the world.<\/p>"
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"title": "A Submariner\u2019s Tale",
"content": "<p>Gini Carlin talks to six submariners about life under the ocean. They tell her about their jobs, their skills and their pride of being a member of the Royal Navy\u2019s Submarine Service.<\/p><p>They also talk about isolation, separation from their families and even the unique smell of a submarine!<\/p>",
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"title": "HMS Medusa: 70 years on",
"content": "<p>Richard Hutchinson revisits D-Day through the story of HMS Medusa which was deployed as a Navigation Leader during Operation Neptune. For 30 hours she withstood enemy gunfire while acting as a marker to guide American troops through German minefields and onto Omaha beach.<\/p><p>Richard visits the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, the famous map room in Southwick House, where President Eisenhower gave the orders for D-Day and goes on board the iconic motor launch with veterans as they retrace part of their journey in the Solent.<\/p>",
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"title": "Women Of The Waves",
"content": "<p>The WRNS, more commonly known as The Wrens, was formed in 1917 when the Royal Navy faced a shortage of men during the First World War. It was disbanded in 1919 and then revived at the beginning of the Second World War.\u202fIn 1993 the Wrens were fully integrated with the Royal Navy and ceased to exist as a separate service.<\/p><p>Listen to a former Wren as she talks to veterans of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the Royal Navy about their experiences.<\/p><p>Written and produced by Gini Carlin in 2017 to celebrate 100 years since the formation of the WRNS.<\/p>",
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"title": "Army Air Corps at 60",
"content": "Chris Sturgess takes\u00a0us on a journey through the history of the Corps, starting with their first flights using balloons in the 1800s to those who train, maintain and pilot the flying tank of the 21st\u00a0century otherwise known as the Apache attack helicopter",
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"title": "The Vulcan Documentary",
"content": "<p>Sit back, strap in and enjoy the world's first ever bom-com (bomber comedy). Could this be the birth of a new genre?<\/p><p>It was a sound that filled the air for more than 50 years. Heralded for its role in the Falklands War, it rated a 10 on the RAF's Howl scale. Now you can hear a unique Radio experience from Richard Hatch and Hal Stewart. A documentary like no other on the Avro Vulcan!<\/p>",
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"title": "Cassidy Little: Coming Home",
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"content": "<p>During Op Herrick 17, Richard Hutchinson was given unprecedented access to medics serving in Afghanistan. Here he follows the route of those injured in battle from the point of injury, through the trauma room at Camp Bastion and back to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.<\/p><p>This programme was Highly Commended at the 2014 AIB Awards (Association for International Broadcasting).<\/p>",
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