In this month’s General Talk podcast, and in the July edition of the programme, we focus on a key element of soldier training and development, the Army Apprenticeship Programme.

Episode 35: Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes

Apr 25th, 2024 29m 51s

Host Harry Bucknall talks to Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command.

Episode 34: Coldstream Guards Sarajevo 1994

Mar 20th, 2024 33m 8s

In this edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall and guests remember the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing for peace in Sarajevo 30 years ago.

Episode 33: Daz Keelor

Feb 26th, 2024 27m 48s

Daz Keelor, former soldier and Cornwall veterans’ welfare campaigner, looks back on his Army career, his love of rugby and the RAOC’s amalgamation into the Royal Logistic Corps in the early 1990s.

Discovering the Forgotten

Jan 26th, 2024 59m 6s

In this episode we discover how 2 soldiers' have been discovered decades after they had been forgotten. Fred Smith died 3 years after he was badly wounded and was never commemorated until recently. John Butt was thought to be one of the missing

Episode 32: Anthony Loyd

Jan 10th, 2024 45m 21s

Harry Bucknall talks to Anthony Loyd, The Times’ senior foreign correspondent, about reporting wars and conflicts.

Episode 31: Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Dec 12th, 2023 31m 54s

In this Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall talks to the Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, about life in politics.

Episode 30: Mark Harding

Oct 12th, 2023 17m 55s

Army veteran and award-winning fundraising campaigner, Mark Harding, talks about his work for military charities and overcoming a serious injury sustained in Afghanistan.

Episode 29: Lee Harris-Hamer

Sep 7th, 2023 24m 3s

In this episode, Harry Bucknall talks to Lee Harris-Hamer, Royal Artillery veteran, about life after the Army as an award-winning businessman.

The 1918 Battle of Amiens

Aug 21st, 2023 57m 50s

In this episode we look at the story of the opening day of the 100 Day Offensive that saw the Allies put into practice the lessons they had learned in earlier battles. We tell the story of 8th August 1918 through the eyes of the soldiers who we

Episode 28: The Lord Richard Dannatt

Aug 3rd, 2023 34m 52s

In a fascinating conversation, Lord Dannatt talks about British Army resource cuts, political and defence issues, veterans’ welfare and his new book. “Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40”.

Episode 27: WO1 Paul Carney

Jul 11th, 2023 31m 9s

Army Sergeant Major WO1 Paul Carney talks about his pivotal role at British Army Headquarters.

Episode 26: King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery

Jun 23rd, 2023 30m 13s

Harry talks to King’s Troop Commanding Officer, Major Francesca Sykes, who shares her proudest moments so far as CO during many recent historic occasions, including the 2022 Platinum Jubilee when the Troop’s horses displayed such “immaculate be

Episode 25: Joshua Levine

Mar 27th, 2023 34m 6s

Best-selling author Joshua Levine talks about the unsung heroes of the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War Two.

Episode 24: Tim Hyams CB OBE

Feb 23rd, 2023 29m 53s

Our Chief Executive, Tim Hyams, talks about the challenges facing the Army’s national charity and the changing nature of the British Army.

Episode 23: WO1 (GSM) Andrew ‘Vern’ Stokes

Dec 20th, 2022 27m 16s

GSM Stokes talks about masterminding the ceremonial arrangements for HM Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral and his impressive Army career in the Coldstream Guards.

Episode 22: General Sir Patrick Sanders

Dec 8th, 2022 31m 59s

Host Harry Bucknall talks to General Sir Patrick Sanders, KCB, CBE, DSO, Chief of the General Staff, British Army.

Episode 21: Maj Gen Alastair Bruce

Sep 22nd, 2022 32m 6s

Alastair shares vivid personal memories of working with Queen Elizabeth II and his expert insights into the monarchy and the Armed Forces’ close links with the Royal Family.

Episode 20: Army At The Fringe

Aug 17th, 2022 20m 10s

In our new podcast for General Talk, we celebrate the Edinburgh Festival’s 75th Anniversary this year. Our host Harry Bucknall talks to the British Army in Scotland’s theatre and entertainment company Army At The Fringe.

Episode 19: Joyce Wilding

Jul 12th, 2022 31m 58s

SOE veteran Joyce Wilding shares her memories of World War Two.

Episode 18: Waterloo Uncovered

May 23rd, 2022 43m 46s

Speaking in our new podcast episode for General Talk, our host Harry Bucknall speaks to the charity Waterloo Uncovered, which we fund, about how battlefield archaeology promotes veterans’ mental health and wellbeing.

Episode 17: Gabby Logan

Mar 8th, 2022 31m 58s

Speaking in our new podcast episode for General Talk, hosted by Harry Bucknall, BBC Sports presenter Gabby Logan talks to broadcaster Simon McCoy about her impressive career as one the country’s leading sports presenters.

Episode 16: LCpl Corie Mapp

Feb 3rd, 2022 33m

This episode of General Talk features Corie Mapp, former Lance Corporal, Afghan veteran and Britain’s first Para Bobsleigh European Champion. Corie talks about his Army career, the challenges he faced after becoming a double amputee and how spo

Episode 15: WO1 (AcSM) Colin Kirkwood

Jan 14th, 2022 36m 22s

WO1 (AcSM) Colin Kirkwood talks about being selected for the prestigious position of Academy Sergeant Major at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), having joined the Army as a junior soldier aged 16.