Voices of the First World War Podcast
Dan Snow brings together the sound archive collections of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC to tell the story of World War I through the voices of those who were.
Episodes to download
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Mutiny in the High Seas Fleet
Thu 8 Nov 2018
The final meeting of the German and Allied fleets in November 1918
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Enter America
Fri 6 Apr 2018
Recollections of the arrival of large numbers of US troops in France in 1918.
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Spanish Flu
Thu 5 Apr 2018
Recollections of the devastating impact of the flu pandemic that hit in 1918.
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Morale and Manpower
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Dan Snow looks at the fading morale of the British and Germans in the spring of 1918.
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The Last of the Great Aces
Tue 3 Apr 2018
Airmen recall the Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen, being shot down in April 1918.
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Operation Michael
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Those who were there recall their experiences of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.
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The Christmas Truce
Christmas Day 2017
An omnibus edition of five episodes spanning the course of the war from 1914 to 1917.
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Out of It
Fri 15 Dec 2017
William Towers, seriously injured at Passchendaele, describes his remarkable journey home.
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The Battle of Cambrai
Thu 14 Dec 2017
The beginning of the Battle of Cambrai from the point of view of members of the Tank Corps
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Passchendaele: John Palmer
Wed 13 Dec 2017
Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.
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Towards Passchendaele
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Dan Snow maps the slow progress of the British towards Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917
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Third Ypres - Conditions
Mon 11 Dec 2017
Veterans of the darkest days of the war recall the horror of the Third Battle of Ypres.
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Omnibus 1917
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.
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Rank
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Soldiers and officers speak about the issue of rank and class in the British Army of 1917.
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From Beneath: Mines at Messines
Wed 5 Jul 2017
Survivors of the war describe exploding huge mines at the Messines Ridge.
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French Mutinies
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.
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In the Air: Bloody April
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Officers of the Royal Flying Corps recall the war in the air during April 1917.
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Omnibus 1916 Series 2
Fri 18 Nov 2016
Omnibus edition of five programmes drawing on interviews with those who survived WWI.
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After Kut
Fri 18 Nov 2016
British prisoners of war recall their treatment after the end of the siege of Kut-Al-Amara
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Tanks
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Soldiers describe seeing tanks for the very first time on the battlefield at Flers in 1916
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Sheffield and the Somme
Mon 14 Nov 2016
Dan Snow looks at the impact of the Battle of the Somme on the Sheffield pals battalion.
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The Somme: Over the Top
Fri 1 Jul 2016
The first catastrophic ten minutes of the Battle of the Somme, described by survivors.
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Marking the centenary of World War One across the BBC
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Discover how the people and places around you changed during WW1.
