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Some war movies are adventure films – and we all love them. The Great Escape, Where Eagles Dare, Von Ryan’s Express. Others astound us with the techniques of modern film-making, rendering elements of war viscerally realistic, but remain within the conventions of adventure war films (Saving Private Ryan) or introduce unnecessary parameters apparently to heighten
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This podcast was such fun to do and it was a pleasure to have a chance to pay tribute to the amazing women agents of SOE and the OSS. It was recorded to go alongside the publication of Shadow Warriors of World War II which I wrote with my friend Gordon Thomas (Voyage of the Damned).
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COLD CASE FORENSICS is now available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV – as well as ITV X. I think viewers outside the UK can watch it on Prime. If you do, please let me know where you are watching it and what you think. In the series world-leading forensic scientist Dr Angela Gallop and
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Gaynor Madgwick lost her brother and sister in the Aberfan disaster and was herself pulled from the wreck of the school. She meets survivors, rescuers and members of the community tell her story and Aberfan’s using the voices of the villagers themselves. This programme hasn’t been heard since the 50th anniversary in 2016. I thought
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SAILOR THE BOXER on Soundcloud Have a listen to the incredible boxing story of Tom Sharkey, who fought them all in the 1890s and won and lost a fortune. His ring battles with Jim Jeffries are legendary – and they became friends for life. In the 1890s the fight game was changing. The prize-fighters and
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D-Day veteran Ted Owens is celebrating winning a Gold award at the New York Festival of TV and Film. The series LEST WE FORGET in which two schoolchildren travelled to France, the Netherlands and Germany with Ted was given the special prize in a documentary category. The Royal Marine Commando was hit by a shell on
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95-year-old veteran TED OWENS interviewed by nine-year-old Evan. Asking all the hard questions! What was it like to shoot someone? https://youtu.be/H9v9UdlI9p4 Please subscribe to Ted’s You Tube channel! How hard was commando training? https://youtu.be/SZPCZWDQNJ4
Greg Lewis 