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Islands at War — 79 episodes
AUGUST 1944 PART 2! State of the islands, rising tension, things go from bad to worse!
AUGUST 1944 PART 1 - FUGITIVE ON THE RUN, BARON HANS MAX VON AUFSESS, BATTLE FOR SAINT MALO
JULY 1944 - THE BLOCKADE TIGHTENS! RESISTANCE, DESPAIR, AND DANGER
A SPECIAL EPISODE - THE ROYAL GUERNSEY LIGHT INFANTRY WITH CHRIS OLIVER
JUNE 1944 PART 2
June 1944 - Part One So much to talk about!
Living in Limbo: The Channel Islands in May 1944
APRIL 1944 - RAIDS, ESCAPES, DESPERATION AS D-DAY LOOMS
MARCH 1944 - COLLABORATION, RESISTANCE, ROMMEL, INVASION HOPES AND FEARS!
FEBRUARY 1944 - RADIOS, RUMOURS, POUNDS, PANTO & SPIES!
JANUARY 1944 - A YEAR OF HOPE, COURT MARTIAL,TUNNELS & TRIBULATIONS
DECEMBER 1943 - HEDY UPDATE, £1 RACKET, BLACK MARKET & SCANDAL
NOVEMBER 1943 - HEDWIG ESCAPES, MONUMENT BLOWN UP, FUNERAL FURORE AND MUCH MORE
SPECIAL - DAVE HEWITT TALKS ABOUT HIS 40 YEAR INTEREST IN THE OCCUPATION AND HIS COLLECTION
SPECIAL EPISODE - COMMANDO RAIDS ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS DECEMBER 1943
OCTOBER 1943 - CENSORSHIP, THE GOAT IS BACK, ARRESTS, FOOD AND DISAGREEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 1943 - THE TIDE IS TURNING, MORALE AND A TRAGIC DEATH
AUGUST 1943 - ESCAPE, CENSORSHIP, RAF RAIDS AND A BIZARRE LEGAL CASE!
JULY 1943 - THREE YEARS OF OCCUPATION, HEALTH, RATIONS, ARRESTS AND RESISTANCE
SPECIAL - INTERVIEWS WITH SOME WHO WERE CHILDREN DURING THE OCCUPATION, AN EVACUEE EXPERIENCE AND MORE.
JUNE 1943 PODCAST -GERMANS HUNT FOR GOLD AND DIAMONDS, BINOCULARS BUNGLE, UNITED CLUB RAID, CENSORSHIP AND CINEMA!
MAY 1943 - RAF RAIDS, STAND OFF WITH THE GERMANS, DISASTORUS RATIONING CUTS & SHIPPING SUNK
IWM PODCAST LIVE FESTIVAL - INTERVIEW WITH IWM's HEAD OF PUBLIC HISTORY, JAMES BULGIN
APRIL 1943 PODCAST IS OUT! 18 ARRESTED AND TRIED IN JERSEY, SINKING SHIPS, RAF RAIDS AND MORE!
MARCH 1943 - COURT CASES, DEPORTATION, BLACK MARKET AND MORE
FEBRUARY 1943 - DEPORTATIONS, WAR CRIMES, MILK MISBEHAVIOUR, MINEFIELDS & WHIRLWINDS
FRANK OGIER - EVACUATION TO ENGLAND AND LIFE - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF EVACUATION
JANUARY 1943 - PART 2 DEPORTATION DILEMMAS, RUMOURS, GANG ON THE LOOSE, CRIME, AIRCRAFT AND MUCH MORE
JANUARY 1943 - PART ONE - SHIPPING SHOCKER, AIR RAIDS, A CRAFTY FRENCHMAN, PARTIES AND MUCH MORE!
DECEMBER 1942 - PART 2 -WHIRLIBOMBERS, WELLINGTONS, FORCED WORKERS, CONVOY ATTACKED, CRIME & MORE
DECEMBER1942 - PART 1 BLACK MARKET, PROHIBITED ZONES, FORCED REGISTRATION FOR LABOUR, REGISTRATION OF GUESTS, RUMOURS OF GERMAN DEPARTUE
VOICE OF THE OCCUPATION - NICK SPEAKS TO OLIVE HAMON ABOUT HER EVACUATION EXPERIENCE AND HER FAMILY EXPERIENCE OF OCCUPATION
SPECIAL - AUTHOR THERESA LE FLEM TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST BOOK 'FREEDOM ON THE MORNING TIDE'
NOVEMBER 1942 - THE FRANKEN SPITFIRE, AN AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOT, THE SARK LANCASTER
TRAILER AND SOME MESSAGES
OCTOBER 1942 - OPERATION BASALT, A ROBBERY AND MUCH MORE....
SPECIAL - NICK & KATIE TALK TO JENNY O'BRIEN ABOUT HER LATEST BOOK. THE BOOK OF LOST CHILDREN
SEPTEMBER 1942 - OPERATION DRYAD, ESCAPE AND TRAITORS
AUGUST 1942 - CRIME WAVE, JITTERY GERMANS, ARP & ESPIONAGE
PODCAST JULY 1942 - MUSSOLINI, RADIOS, MONEY, PENSIONS PALAVA, HOSTAGES, RAMROD RAIDS AND MUCH MORE!
June 1942: A Month of Turmoil
SPECIAL - WILLIAM PENGELLEY
MAY 1942! CONSEQUENCES OF ESCAPE FROM JERSEY, INVASION PREPARATIONS, LAUGHING AT THE GERMANS AND MORE
WERNER RANG - PODCAST SPECIAL WITH HIS GRANDSON ANDY CREBER
APRIL 1942 - THE POLICEMEN ARE SENTENCED, MURDER IN SARK, IMPACT OF MALNUTRITION AND MORE
SPECIAL WITH SIMON DE LA RUE - 80 DAYS TO LIBERATION
MARCH 1942 - THE ENTIRE GUERNSEY POLICE FORCE ARE ARRESTED, GERMAN SECRET POLICE, ALDERNEY EVENTS AND A FUNNY STORY FROM JERSEY!
FEBRUARY 1942 EPSIODE IS OUT! WE TALK SOME DIFFICULT TOPICS PLUS THIEVES, RATS, SPANIARDS AND MORE.
JANUARY 1942 - RAF AIR RAID ON ST PETER PORT AND A NEW YEAR TRAGEDY!
USE OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGE GUERNÉSIAIS, A FORM OF NORMAN FRENCH, DURING THE OCCUPATION
DECEMBER 1941 - CHRISTMAS COMPARISONS, MILITARY ACTIVITY HOTS UP, A HUGE GUN, UNWELCOME GUESTS, FOOD AND MORE
BOXING DAY SPECIAL - A VISIT TO GUERNSEY WITH SPECIAL GUEST CERI THOMAS
NOVEMBER 1941! ESPIONAGE, FRITZ TODT PAYS A VISIT, A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, SPITFIRES AND THE FRENCH RUN AMOK!
AUTHOR THERESA LE FLEM TALKS ABOUT HER NOVEL ABOUT THE GERMAN OCCUPATION
OCTOBER 1941 - KOMMANDANTS, REVERSE INVASION THREATS, NEUTRAL CITIZENS, AND A BIT OF DEVIATION!
BOOK SPECIAL WITH STEVE FOOTE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRIAULX LIBRARY AND OWNER BLUE ORMER PUBLISHING
SEPTEMBER 1941 - ESCAPE FROM JERSEY, A TUNNEL TO FRANCE, GERMANY'S GOT TALENT AND MUCH MORE!
Recommended Books - with Tim Osborne. Tour Guide and Historian.
AUGUST 1941 - IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID! PLUS SOME STRANGE ORDERS, HORSES, A PATOIS SPEAKING GERMAN, AND MORE
SPECIAL - TIM OSBORNE - THE SARK LANCASTER, RAF TYPHOON RAIDS, ALDERNEY AND RAILWAYS!
JULY 1941 V SIGN CAMPAIGN AND CONSEQUENCES! RAF RAIDS ON GUERNSEY AND LISTENERS QUESTIONS
JUNE 1941! BATTERIE STRASSBURG, MORE TROOPS, HOUSING, FOOD AND THE THIRD JEWISH ORDER.
A Special - Nick talks to Dr Philip Blood about the occupation of the Channel Islands. Resistance, Collaboration and more!
MAY 1941! IDENTITY CARDS, FISH FURY, A SINGSONG IN SARK, A MAD IRISHMAN, SEIZED LAND AND MUCH MORE!
April 1941 - A Hurricane Pilot, Shots Fired, Tragedy in Saints Bay, Rationing, and much more.
March 1941 - Sabotage, Hidden Aircraft, Guard Duty & Disruption at the Airport!
February1941 - A French Tragedy, Parachutists and a Wildgoose Chase!
Interview with Melva Stacey - Life as a teenager in Guernsey
A Special - Part 2 -Early Fortifications and an Island Obsession!
A Special - Early Fortifications and an Island Obsession!
January 1941 - Carrier Pigeons, Letters, Food Issues and propaganda!
December 1940. The fate of those sent to prison in France, an RAF air raid, repercussions and listener questions..
November 1940. Repercussions of Symes & Nicolle, Imprisonment, Downed Aircrew and the Luftwaffe!
October 1940 - Commandos still at large, surrender of those in hiding, the consequences of this plus some recipes!
September 1940 - Eight Escape, Commando Raids, Rescue Attempts and the RAF.
August 1940 - British air raid, a rescue mission, an heroic woman and a controversial radio broadcast!
July 1940 - Orders, Germans buying everything in sight, Operation Anger, Ambassador and more!
June 1940 - Uncertainty, Refugees, Panic, Evacuation, Bombing Raids and Occupation!
Pilot Episode