645 episodes

Achtung! Achtung!
Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland discuss all matters Second World War.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk is a bi-weekly show exploring the war in close up. James and Al have a stunning knowledge of their subject, but don't expect a linear narrative. The boys love a tangent and a forgotten tale.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk roams down forgotten front lines, casts new villains and makes the case for unlikely heroes.
Send questions to James and Al via Twitter using #WeHaveWays or by email to wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com
Battle stations!

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Achtung! Achtung!
Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland discuss all matters Second World War.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk is a bi-weekly show exploring the war in close up. James and Al have a stunning knowledge of their subject, but don't expect a linear narrative. The boys love a tangent and a forgotten tale.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk roams down forgotten front lines, casts new villains and makes the case for unlikely heroes.
Send questions to James and Al via Twitter using #WeHaveWays or by email to wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com
Battle stations!

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    Talking War Movies

    Talking War Movies

    Al Murray and James Holland are joined by the Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, and cartoonist Nick Newman to talk about their favourite Second World War films.
    They reminisce about their first time watching A Bridge Too Far, the historical innacuracies of Where Eagles Dare and the human aspect of the Dam Busters.
    A Goalhanger Films production
    Produced by Harry Lineker
    Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
    Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod
    Website: www.wehavewayspod.com
    Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com

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    • 47 min
    North Africa: The Battle Continues

    North Africa: The Battle Continues

    As the battle rages in North Africa, Hitler insists on sending ever-more precious men and materiel to save the day. But time is running out as the Allies start to work out what looks suspiciously like a winning formula…
    A Goalhanger Films production
    Produced by Joey McCarthy
    Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
    Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod
    Website: www.wehavewayspod.com
    Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com

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    • 49 min
    Family Stories Series 4: Episode 10

    Family Stories Series 4: Episode 10

    Today’s final family stories episode of the series tells one of most dramatic glider pilot stories we've heard, bumping into Hollywood royalty and sitting for Hitler's personal artist.
    the Ardennes, the beaches of Normandy and a pioneering pilot who helped launch the Windrush Generation.
    Family Stories runs every Sunday, telling your stories from the Second World War.
    A Goalhanger Films production
    Produced by Joey McCarthy and Robin Scott-Elliot
    Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
    Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod
    Website: www.wehavewayspod.com
    Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com

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    • 18 min
    Between The Lines - Ep 7

    Between The Lines - Ep 7

    Welcome along to a new episode of our new, We Have Ways series - Between the Lines.
    Between The Lines is a We Have Ways production
    Julia ‘Ma’ Blyth is read by Ruth Sillers
    David Blyth is read by Matthew Malthouse
    Oscar Griswold is read by Michael Lyons
    Chester Hansen is read by Lance Fuller 
    Vere Hodgson is read by Rachel Holland
    Heinz Knoke is read by Lukas Wechsler
    Bertie Packer is read by Paul Waggott
    Jack Ward is read by Adam Jarrell
    Harry Wilson is read by Joel Emery
    Narration is by James Holland and Al Murray
    Editing by Jon Gill and Joey McCarthy
    Written and produced by Merryn Walters
    The executive producer is Tony Pastor

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    • 29 min
    Dambusters - Attacking The Eder

    Dambusters - Attacking The Eder

    To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Dams Raid, in which Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron destroyed crucial German infrastructure using the innovative bouncing bomb - Al Murray and James Holland are presenting DAMBUSTERS WEEK.
    With a dwindling amount of bouncing bombs and a complicated route to attack, the surviving Lancaster crews approach the largest of all targets, the Eder Dam. What happened that night, and was it all worth it?
    To watch EXCLUSIVE video content from this series, join our Patreon 
    A Goalhanger Films production
    Produced by Joey McCarthy
    Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
    Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod
    Website: www.wehavewayspod.com
    Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com

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    • 31 min
    Dambusters - Atacking The Sorpe

    Dambusters - Atacking The Sorpe

    To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Dams Raid, in which Guy Gibson and 617 Squadron destroyed crucial German infrastructure using the innovative bouncing bomb - Al Murray and James Holland are presenting DAMBUSTERS WEEK.
    As Guy Gibson succeeds at the Möne Dam, all is not well with B Squadron. Joe McCarthy and Les Munro are faced with a nigh-on impossible task at the Sorpe, and struggle to breech the enormous structure. Why was this considered a secondary target, and why didn't it work?
    To watch EXCLUSIVE video content from this series, join our Patreon 

    A Goalhanger Films production
    Produced by Joey McCarthy
    Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
    Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod
    Website: www.wehavewayspod.com
    Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com

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    • 32 min

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