Episodes
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EP07: Walker’s World | Casimir Pulaski Big in USA
October 11 is Pulaski Day. This notable Pole's story in the USA is told by Peter Walker on Walker's World - a show Peter researches, scripts and presents on ORLAfm.
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EP06: Walker’s World | The Polish King of Madagascar
Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin once claimed he was the last King of Scotland, a fanciful claim no one took seriously but made a good movie. Yet we stop in our globetrotting tracks to hear Peter Walker reveal that there was once a Polish king of the huge African island of Madagascar. In perhaps Peter's...
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EP05: Walker’s World | Tadeusz Kościuszko and US Independence Day
As we join fellows who are Americans, to celebrate their Independence Day in the United States, Peter Walker brings you a jaw dropping story of one Tadeusz Kościuszko, an engineer, statesman and military leader who is revered today as a national hero in five nations: Poland, Lithuania, Belarus,...
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EP04: Walker’s World | Poland’s Grand Slam
June means Strawberries and Cream and lawn tennis in Wimbledon, south west London. Peter Walker serves insights into Polish stars who achieved great successes in tennis over the past century.
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EP03: Walker’s World | Poland and Ukraine One Country
Poland is helping its neighbour Ukraine in the tragic conflict against Russia. Poland has many reasons, not only geopolitical but also historical, to help Kiev. In the 14th century Poland was Europe's biggest country by land. Ahead of Europe Day this month, Peter Walker explains how, and also…
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EP 02: Walker’s World | April – the month that shook the world
In his second episode of Walker's World, ORLAfm presenter Peter Walker continues on the path of Russia's historical aggression, which seems so timely as the tragedy of the invasion of Ukraine prevails. It is more than symbolic that the catastrophe of Ukraine began weeks after the start of the...
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EP 01: Walker’s World | King Canute and the Polish Invasion
Poles are generally regarded in a good light in the UK. Champions in the sky, they managed to defend Churchill's Britain in the 1940s. But did they also have another agenda? Did they help a Dane to overthrow the norms of the day? While the tragedy of Ukraine's invasion by Russia unfolds, in his...
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Lyczacza in concert at Jazz Cafe POSK
Maciej Lyszkiewicz (Photo right at POSK) has honed his style of Latin jazz in the Baltic city of Gdynia for more than two decades. An [...]
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Welcome to my (Walker’s) World
ORLAfm is excited to announce the start of a new series of podcasts for everyone interested in Polish history and famous names. It is remarkable how many Poles left Poland to find fortune, fame and sometimes tragedy. You may be surprised how many people you know have Polish backgrounds. The...
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Speechwriter Charles Crawford on Brexit
With June 23 set for an historic vote on Britain’s destiny in or after the European Union, Charles Crawford shares his fears about how the “Brexit” campaign will unfold, as well as the growing populism which social media encourages. And could there be a “Poxit” too? The former British ambassador…
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Colin Vearncombe tribute
Colin Vearncombe, best remembered as the front man of 1980s hot band Black, gave ORLA.fm a candid interview in November 2010 which was included in [...]
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New Yorker Jon Regen offers Polished act
Jon Regen, whose grandmother was from Poland, is still waiting to perform in his ancestors’ homeland. In this candid interview the New York singer-songwriter and [...]
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Do Poles join UK trade unions?
Trade unions in Britiain have been in relative decline since the 1980s. But if only 25% of UK workers are in unions, even fewer Polish workers in the UK are members. Co-author of a new survey Dominika Potkańska from the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw explains to George Matlock the issues…
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Dominik Tarczyński, ORLA.fm presenter, now MP
Since its launch in May 2006 as the only Anglo-Polish radio station, ORLA.fm has been proud of many of its staff for the work they have done at the station, and the media and other roles that they have secured thanks to our tutelage afterwards. Today, we celebrate the achievements of one Dominik...
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All Saints’ Day remembered personally and nationally
November 1, All Saints’ Day, is a day for remembrance of those who have departed. Commemorated across Europe it is especially observed in Poland. As [...]
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Poles collaborated with Nazis. Did Belfast Telegraph get it right?
In September, Northern Ireland’s biggest regional daily, the Belfast Telegraph, published a contentious letter from University of Cork academic Dr Kevin McCarthy, suggesting Poland cannot [...]
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End of the Parade
The most famous Polish deli must be Parade Delicatessen opposite Ealing Broadway railway station in west London. The shop has served customers for 63 years [...]
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Poles to strike or give blood?
ORLAfm - Some Poles plan to stage a one-day strike in the UK on August 20. But it doesn’t command the support of Polish groups, nor is there clarity about the aims, venues for protest, or legality of the action. George Byczynski of the British Poles Initiative tells ORLA.fm’s George Matlock there...
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Why Ed Miliband was doomed – the Bryan Gould interview
Former Labour party leadership contender Bryan Gould saw in 2013 that Ed Miliband had failed to be “more rigorous and adventurous to convince people for [...]
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Happy Birthday! Announcing ORLA 2.0
ORLAfm - George Matlock introduces the relaunch of ORLA.fm as a podcaster on the station’s birthday 18 May 2015. © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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Jerzy Jarosz on Poliakoff role
ORLAfm - Imagine Jerzy Jarosz being deported from the UK. Seems unlikely but that is the role the seasoned Polonia actor plays in Stephen Poliakoff's new BBC2 drama "Dancing On the Edge". Jerzy spoke in Polish with ORLA.fm's George Matlock on 11 February 2013. © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights...
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Smolensk air crash
The first report from ORLA.fm on 10 April 2010 after the Smolensk air catastrophe. Includes reactions from Polish Ambassador Barbara Tuge-Erecinska. First broadcast April 10 2010 © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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Sir Cliff Richard Day
ORLAfm - We Don't Talk Anymore? Sir Cliff Richard speaks with George Matlock. The legendary artist talks about his 50th anniversary, recording music, MP3 downloads, touring East Europe and tennis. What a Gent! First broadcast September 15, 2008. © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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A Warsaw Melody
ORLAfm - Interview by Anna Szlejter First broadcast 5 December 2010 © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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London Bridge – Katy Carr
ORLAfm - London Bridge with Polish war songstress Katy Carr First broadcast 29 June 2013 © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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London Bridge – Olenka Frenkiel
ORLAfm - London Bridge with BBC TV journalist Olenka Frenkiel First broadcast 22 June 2013 © ScriptEase Ltd 2021. All rights reserved
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Chopin’s UK Tour: A Finale
A Radio Play for ORLA.fm by Michal Karski. Features the music of Peter Katin, Sam Haywood & Agnieszka Pluta. First broadcast as a radio play [...]
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A New World for Kosciuszko and Niemcewicz
A radio play for ORLA.fm by Michal Karski Audio production Radio ORLA Ltd. First Broadcast 25 December 2011 on www.orla.fm
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Anglo-Polish Radio ORLAfm launched in 2006 in the UK. Since 2022 it is a podcast broadcaster with content principally in English language.
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