Episodes
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Ray Hazan: The eternal optimist
Former President of Blind Veterans UK, Ray Hazan, reflects on his first experiences with St Dunstan's and how, despite his injuries, he considers himself to be a lucky man.
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When Jamie Met Sir David Attenborough at the North Pole
In 2010, blind veteran Jamie travelled to the top of the world to take part in the North Pole Marathon. While there, he had an unexpected encounter with Sir David Attenborough, who was in the Arctic filming Frozen Planet. Sitting opposite each other in a tent on the ice, Jamie interviewed Sir…
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16: Op Telic, 15 years on - Ben's story
On 22 May 2011, British forces withdrew from Iraq for the last time, marking the end of Operation Telic. To mark the 15th anniversary, we spoke to Ben, a blind veteran of the 3rd Battalion Rifles. Five days before the end of his second tour, Ben’s patrol was hit by an IED near Basra. He was 26.…
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14: Remembrance 2025: Honour their service, support their future
In this special Remembrance 2025 podcast, two generations of veterans - Michael, a 101-year-old Second World War veteran, and Wayne, a former Royal Armoured Corps soldier - share a moving conversation about service, sacrifice, and sight loss.
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13: VE Day 80: After the Darkness - A podcast special
The wartime heroes we support today share their powerful stories of VE Day, 80 years on.
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12: Remembering Afghanistan - Rob's story
As we mark the 10th anniversary of the end of Operation Herrick, or British operations in Afghanistan, on 12 December 2014, we speak to former frontline soldier, Rob, who was just 23 when he lost his sight in action.
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11: Remembrance 2024: Honouring their legacy
In this special Remembrance 2024 podcast, four blind veterans supported by our charity, share their experiences of service and what Remembrance means to them. From World War II to the Falklands, join us in honouring their service. Learn more about our work at www.blindveterans.org.uk
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10: Unseen stories: Taking on Mussolini
As Second World War veteran Matt Mackinnon-Pattison turns 100 years old, he looks back on the best and worst of his wartime experiences in Italy when he was just 18.
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Unseen stories: Surviving the Arctic convoys - Part three
In this three-part Remembrance Special, WWII veteran, Alec Penstone, shares his fascinating stories from the Second World War with our Military Lead, Tim Eckersley.
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Unseen stories: Surviving the Arctic convoys - Part two
In this three-part Remembrance Special, WWII veteran, Alec Penstone, shares his fascinating stories from the Second World War with our Military Lead, Tim Eckersley.
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8: Unseen stories: Surviving the Arctic convoys - Part one
In this three-part Remembrance Special, WWII veteran, Alec Penstone, shares his fascinating stories from the Second World War with our Military Lead, Tim Eckersley.
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7: Unseen Stories - John McOwan
In this podcast, you'll hear three extracts from John's war-time memoirs, which he wrote during the pandemic at the age of 101. Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being...
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Music by Richard Holmes
86-year-old blind R.A.F. veteran from Brighton, Richard Holmes, has provided a piece of music to be played alongside the 2020 Virtual Exhibition Fundraiser.
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6: Unseen Stories - Elizabeth Diacon
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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5: Unseen Stories - Ron Cross
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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4: Unseen Stories - Jim Hooper
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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3: Unseen Stories - Billy Baxter
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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2: Unseen Stories - Fred Bentley
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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1: Unseen Stories - Barbara Bell
Unseen Stories is the podcast about different kinds of military experiences, of loss of sight and adjustment to life and new experiences as a blind person, and of being part of Blind Veterans UK. The episodes in Unseen Stories features interviews and clips from our archives, as well as...
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Sing as We Go by Vision in Song
Listen to the first ever recorded single by Vision in Song
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Music Week - Accept, Adapt, Achieve
During Music Week at our Blind Veterans UK centre in Llandudno our blind veterans had the chance to write a song with singer and songwriter John Nicholas. Everyone helped to contribute lyrics to create this song, 'Accept, Adapt, Achieve' which became a kind of anthem for our work as a charity.
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The Ice Cream Man
Earlier this April we held Music Week at our Llandudno centre. It was a chance for our blind veterans to play musical instruments and record some music of their own, including this song 'The Ice Cream Man,' in partnership with singer and songwriter John Nicolas. It is the story of John and...
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Johnny Ball presents Blind Veterans UK radio advert
Television and radio presenter Johnny Ball explains how many ex-Service men and women could be receiving our support and how to get in touch.
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A life time of support
Blind veteran Norman Perry has been supported by our charity for 75 years. Here, talking with BBC Radio Surrey, Brighton Centre Manager Lesley Garven discusses Norman's history with us. #supportthatmatters #brighton #beneficiary #veteran
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Blind Veteran's UK Radio Play Society
Meet the voices behind our Radio Play Society. Hear from blind veterans on how they joined and what they get out from being part of the group.
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The Mystery of the Sunken Ships
Blind veterans get together weekly at our Brighton centre to record stories from our Radio Play Society. This week they present a stand alone play from the Dangerous Assignments series: The Mystery of the Sunken Ships It's an extraordinary drama of spies and intrigue, mystery and murder and…
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Billy Drinkwater pays tribute to his fallen Vikings
To honour the fallen - his fellow Vikings - his friends and comrades who were killed in Afghanistan, Billy Drinkwater, a blind veteran who served as a Corporal in 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, bears a permanent tribute to the men who breathed their last on the blood soaked ground of...
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The Unveiling of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing
In our charity magazine, Review, in August 1927 the unveiling of the Menin Gates was recorded by two attending blind veterans, then refered to as St.Dunstaners. This year, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the unveiling three students from RADA, as well as Paul Condon of BFBS TV, we have...
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First World War veteran Frank G Braithwaite landed at Southampton after he was blinded in the Dardenelles 100 years ago
One hundred years ago today First World War blinded veteran Frank G Braithwaite landed at Southampton after he was blinded in the Dardenelles.
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Blind Veterans UK's visit to Ypres
Written#WW1 veteran's wife Jessie, Assistant Editor of the League of Nations Union Geneva, this story featured in our Review magazine in January 1926. It is read here by former RADA student Gabrille Nellis-Pain.
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Chris Nowell and Paul Jacobs talk about their time in Afghanistan
Blind veteran Chris Nowell, a former Lance Corporal who served with the King’s Royal Hussars from 2001, speaks with Paul Jacobs GM about the day in 2007 when he was wounded in Afghanistan
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Bastion Memorial Wall - Rob Long and Paul Jacobs
The podcast is of a conversation between Paul Jacobs and Rob Long as they speak about the Service of Remembrance at the Bastion Memorial Wall this year and what it meant to them. It ties in with the end of 14 years of combat operations in Afghanistan.
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Radio Play - 'The Intruder'
A Radio Play Society run by our blind veterans held a red carpet premiere of its first production in more than 70 years. Written in 1894, it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale...
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Blind Veterans UK Radio Play - 'The Intruder'
After more than 70 years the charities Radio Play Society as reformed and open with a play called 'The Intruder.' Written in 1894, it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale revolves...
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Blind Veterans UK Radio Play - 'The Intruder'
Radio Play Society comes together for the first time in 70 years for the charities centenary to do a play called 'The Intruder' Written in 1894 it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale...
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Commemorating a century since the Battle of Loos.
A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher #battleofloos #100years
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Commemorating 100 years since the Battle of Loos
Commemorating 100 years since the Battle of Loos
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Commemorating a century since the Battle of Loos.
A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher #battleofloos #100years
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Commemorate a centenary since the Battle of Loos
A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher
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Interview with veteran Ian Upton on Insight Radio
Navy veteran Ian Upton speaks to Insight Radio about his service and how Blind Veterans UK have supported his life after losing his sight.
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Donald Sinden introducing a poem that was written by Major Hastings Brooke
Donald Sinden one of Blind Veterans UK's supporters is featured here introducing a poem that was written by Major Hastings Brooke one of our first blind World War One veterans, it is a parody on Kipling’s famous poem If.
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Blind veteran Simon Brown interviewed on Wales Talking Magazine for the Blind
Simon Brown talks about our No One Alone Campaign and the support that Blind Veterans UK provides for ex-Service men and women struggling with sight loss.
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Alan Saunders on Insight Radio Part 1
A brilliant interview with 92-year old legend, blind ex-Service man Alan Saunders who is riding the world's longest zip wire for his birthday for #BlindVeteransUK
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The Rose of No-Man's Land by William McLean
The Rose of No-Man's Land by William McLean Blind Veterans UK Review July 1920, read by Lewis Johnson March 2013
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Poems by Armed Forces veteran Paul Jacobs
Two very moving poems by blind veteran Paul Jacobs. Paul was blinded by a Taliban bomb in Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand Province in Afghanistan’s front line in 2009. He was awarded the prestigious George Medal for bravery as he continued to protect his colleagues after he was wounded. His medal...
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The Somme
An audio account of the trip Blind Veterans UK's younger group took to the Somme, to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. #WorldWarOne #Centenary
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