Armed Forces Season - Radio Coverage

Clockwise from top left: Army vehicle on patrol in Afghanistan, Red Arrow in flight (© Crown Copyright), Spitfire, HMS Kent (© Crown Copyright)

Links to programmes that featured in BBC Radio Wales' Armed Forces Season.

Last updated: 16 June 2010

Thursday 24 June

11.15 AM - Swansea in the Blitz

Mal Pope narrates a a special programme, telling the story of how his home town was badly bombed during World War Two, as Hitler sought to destroy the port. Mal found the experience of making the programme very emotional.

Read Mal's thoughts on the recording of this programme.

Listen to 'Swansea in the Blitz' on the BBC iPlayer


2 PM - Roy Noble at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea

Roy has reflections of conflicts past and present, ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday 26 June.

Listen to the programme on the BBC iPlayer


Friday 25 June

9 AM - Louise Elliott

Louise will be broadcast from Germany, as she finds out what it means to be a serving soldier overseas on Armed Forces Day.

Louise is behind the scenes at the base camp in Sennelager, talking to members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards, who recruit heavily in Wales. She finds out about life in barracks, how their wives and children cope with living away from home and discovering why it is so important to celebrate the bravery of our troops.

Hear Louise's trip to Germany on the BBC iPlayer


12 Midday - Korea Remembered

2010 marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War which began on the 25th June 1950, when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. In 'Korea Remembered' the Falkland's War Veteran, Simon Weston sets out to uncover the truth about Korea - 'the forgotten war' - by speaking to veterans from Wales who served there.

'Korea Remembered' on the BBC iPlayer


12.30 PM - In the Radio Wales Phone-In Jason Mohammad asks whether we do enough to remember all of our war dead.

Listen to the Phone-In on the BBC iPlayer


Saturday 26 June - Armed Forces Day

10.45 AM - BBC Radio Wales at Armed Forces Day

Presenters Oliver Hides and Bethan Rhys Roberts are with a team of BBC reporters and special guests guiding listeners as a military parade travels through the City from Cardiff Castle to Cardiff Bay for a Drum Head Service, honouring the contributions of the men and women of the Armed Forces in conflicts past and present.

Listen again to the coverage.

1 PM - Rhod Gilbert live in Cardiff Bay

Rhod is at Britannia Quay, where the warship HMS Kent will be docked and open the public.

Listen again to Rhod.

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10 PM - Showtime

Beverley Humphreys presents a Showtime with a distinct Royal Marine flavour. Beverley has worked closely with the Marines over the past 15 years performing with RM bands at the Albert Hall, in Plymouth and Portsmouth.

Showtime on the BBC iPlayer

Sunday 27 June

8.30 AM - All Things Considered

Roy Jenkins and guests discuss the role of the armed forces, our attitudes to conflict and the work of military chaplains.

All Things Considered on the BBC iPlayer.

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