An interview with Piet Chielens, the Content Director of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Piet joins Bruce Atkinson for a guided audio tour of this amazing World War One museum in the Cloth Hall in the Belgian city of Ieper.

Geoffrey Bouillet, historian at Museum of the Battle of Fromelles

Jul 19th, 2020 31m 40s

Geoffrey Bouillet, historian at Museum of the Battle of Fromelles by Bruce Atkinson

Dawn Drouin at Thiepval Memorial to the Missing Visitor Centre & Museum

Jul 1st, 2020 29m 28s

Dawn Drouin works at the visitor centre and museum at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. She takes the listener on a guided tour of the site.

Harry Dalziel V.C.

Apr 29th, 2020 51m 52s

Harry Dalziel V.C. by Bruce Atkinson

Delfien de Tavernier, Belgian chocolatier

Apr 12th, 2020 19m 40s

Delfien de Tavernier takes Bruce Atkinson for a behind the scenes tour of Chocolaterie Ledoux where she makes some of the best Belgian chocolates you will ever taste. Learn some of her secrets.

Aurore Descamps- Ronsin at Polygon Wood, Belgium

Mar 6th, 2020 36m 35s

Aurore Descamps- Ronsin at Polygon Wood, Belgium by Bruce Atkinson

Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate, Ieper

Feb 21st, 2020 25m 8s

Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate, Ieper by Bruce Atkinson

Part 2, Lucie Boidin, CWGC Experience at Arras, France

Feb 2nd, 2020 22m 49s

Come on a virtual audio tour of the newly opened Commonwealth War Graves Commission Experience in Arras. Visitor Centre coordinator, Lucie Boidin, is a fantastic guide on this journey of discovery in this behind the scenes tour.

Part 1, Lucie Boidin, CWGC Experience at Arras, France

Feb 2nd, 2020 28m 18s

Recovering the dead from World War One

Jan 24th, 2020 17m 18s

Interview with Steve Arnold who works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission based in Arras, France. He is in charge of the exhumation and recovery of the remains of soldiers who are found on the former battlefields. He's also the horticult

Gareth Hardware, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Arras in France

Jan 14th, 2020 21m 22s

Gareth Hardware is the Deputy Director for France with the CWGC. He's speaking about the role of the Commission in commemorating the men and women of the Commonwealth who died in World War One and Two. He also gives an insight into the work the

Professor Peter Doyle, Dig Hill 80 burials at Wytschaete Cemetery, Belgium

Nov 8th, 2019 5m 56s

Interview with Professor Peter Doyle. Prof Doyle is a military historian who worked in the Dig Hill 80 archaeological excavation of a World War One battlefield in Belgium in 2018. The bodies of 110 soldiers were found. In October 13 unknown Bri

Rosemary & Jim Blake at Belgium

Nov 8th, 2019 27m 20s

This is an interview with Rosemary and Jim Blake from New Zealand. They are talking about how both their fathers fought in and survived World War One. It's rare to find anyone whose parents fought in WW1.

Jeffrey Van Kesbelque

Nov 8th, 2019 17m 13s

Interview with Jeffrey Vankesbeulque who operates an excavator in Belgium. His machine was destroyed recently when he hit an unexploded WW1 shell. He also talks about his passion for collecting World War One battlefield artefacts and doing re-e

Johan Vandewalle Brothers-In-Arms Memorial

Nov 8th, 2019 33m 4s

Interview with Belgian amateur archaeologist Johan Vanderwalle who is building a memorial to all the brothers killed in World War One. It was inspired by his discovery of the bodies of five Australian soldiers in 2006, including John "Jack" Hun

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