Spitfire: The People’s Plane Podcast
Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it. This is the story of a beautiful and deadly icon of resistance, built and flown against extraordinary odds.
Episodes to download
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Scramble—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 11 Jul 2020
10/10A day that changed the course of World War Two
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Faster and higher—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 27 Jun 2020
8/10The plane's designers try to respond to Germany's latest fighter developments
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New planes, new rules—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 20 Jun 2020
7/10Ramping up production requires another new factory - but it nearly costs Britain dearly
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The Shilling factor—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 13 Jun 2020
6/10The fastest woman in Britain is called in to solve a dangerous problem
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Women take control—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 6 Jun 2020
5/10The new Spitfires need to be flown to RAF bases desperate for reinforcements
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Makeshift wedding—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 30 May 2020
4/10Spitfire production is getting back on track, but the search for locations continues
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Makeshift factories—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 23 May 2020
3/10Amid the smouldering ruins of the Spitfire factory, a new strategy emerges
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Crowdfunding—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 16 May 2020
2/10Communities across Britain are enlisted to raise funds for Spitfires
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Phoenix—Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Sat 9 May 2020
1/10The story of the people who built the plane that won a war
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Introducing Spitfire: The People’s Plane
Tue 5 May 2020
Tuppence Middleton meets the heroes who built the plane that turned back the Nazis.
