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Oh! What a lovely podcast
Oh! What a lovely podcast
The WW1 History Team

A history podcast discussing various cultural genres which reference the First World War, including detective fiction, Star Wars and death metal music,... more

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Episodes

53 - Walking Tours

How do you walk people through First World War landscapes?   This month we welcome back Prof Mark Connelly to... more

01 Dec 2024 · 49 minutes
52 - Teaching the First World War

How do you teach the FIrst World War? This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus and Prof Catriona Pennell... more

01 Nov 2024 · 47 minutes
51 - Public History with Greg Jenner

Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy? This month we talk to the public historian, podcaster, and... more

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Black Hand Gang

What happens when the First World War meets pulp science fiction?   This month we read the novel: Black Hand Gang... more

01 Sep 2024 · 40 minutes
The Warm Hands of Ghosts

What happens when fantasy meets the First World War?   This month, we read 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by... more

01 Aug 2024 · 44 minutes
48 - No(Wo)man's Land: Writing history at the intersections of gender and First World War Studies

This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss Jessica's professorial inaugural lecture, 'No (Wo)man's Land: writing history at the intersection of... more

01 Jul 2024 · 47 minutes
47 - Oh What a lovely War

What happens when three historians watch a key play about the First World War? This month we took a field... more

01 May 2024 · 36 minutes
Egyptian Encounters

What opportunities did the First World War provide for cultural tourism? This month Angus, Jessica and Chris speak to Allison... more

01 Apr 2024 · 40 minutes
War Hospital

What happens when you turn a First World War medical process into a computer game?   This month Angus, Jessica,... more

01 Feb 2024 · 48 minutes
The Grizzled

What happens when you turn the French experience of the war into a cooperative game? This month Jessica, Angus, and... more

01 Jan 2024 · 41 minutes
Women at War

What happens when you set a telenovela in First World War France?  This month Chris, Angus and Jessica review the... more

01 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
They Shall Not Grow Old

What should we take from a First World War documentary?   Following our adventure to Canada for the International Society... more

01 Nov 2023 · 51 minutes
The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

How did the First World War inspire the horror genre?   This month we welcome W. Scott Poole (Charleston) to... more

01 Oct 2023 · 45 minutes
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

What happens when you send Indiana Jones into the First World War? In this episode, we are joined by Thomas... more

01 Sep 2023 · 53 minutes
Benediction

How do you create a biopic of one of the most famous First World War poets?   This month we're... more

01 Aug 2023 · 56 minutes
In Memoriam

What do you get when you cross Journey's End with Brideshead Revisited? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica review Alice... more

01 Jul 2023 · 45 minutes
37 - Our Dream Adaptations

What First World War cultural representations would you like to see adapted for the screen?  This month Angus, Chris and... more

01 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
Journey's End

By popular demand! This month Chris, Angus and Jessica discuss productions of R.C. Sherriff'sJourney's End, including the original play and... more

01 Apr 2023 · 46 minutes
The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

What happens when Peaky Blinders meets Ballet Rambert? This month Chris finds out about Jessica and Angus's trip to see... more

01 Mar 2023 · 42 minutes
National WWI Museum and Memorial

How do you stage an exhibition on POWs at a museum?   This month we're joined by Lora Vogt from... more

01 Feb 2023 · 44 minutes
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

What happens when you convert a seminal First World War novel into a big budget film? This month Angus, Jessica,... more

01 Jan 2023 · 44 minutes
Postcards from the Western Front

What happened when people wanted to visit the battlefields of the First World War? This month we're rejoined by Prof... more

01 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Giantpoppywatch - Commemoration and Remembrance

How do you commemorate the First World War in the age of social media?   This month we take a... more

29 Oct 2022 · 39 minutes
The Thirty-Nine Steps

This month Jessica, Angus and Chris discuss John Buchan's 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Along the way they discuss the... more

01 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
The Red Baron

How do you portray the most famous flying ace of the First World War? This month we're joined by Prof Ingrid... more

01 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The King's Men

What happens if you combine the First World War with an action-adventure film?   This month we watch the 2021... more

01 Jul 2022 · 48 minutes
Over the Top Magazine

How do you get children interested in the First World War? In this podcast episode, we are joined by Andrew... more

01 Jun 2022 · 55 minutes
Textiles

How are embroidery, and the women who do it, portrayed in the years after the First World War? This month... more

01 May 2022 · 50 minutes
The Contemporary Image of the Junior British Officer

What did it take to be a good junior officer in the First World War? This month, Chris, Angus and... more

01 Apr 2022 · 58 minutes
Football

What effect did the First World War have on football?   This month we're joined by Dr Alexander Jackson (National... more

03 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Charley's War

How is the First World War represented in British comics? In 1979 the Battle launched a new strip, Charley's War.... more

01 Feb 2022 · 1 hour,
Classical Imagery

How did the First World War draw upon classical imagery?   This month we are joined by Giles Penman (PhD... more

01 Jan 2022 · 55 minutes
Russian Myth and Memory

How has the First World War been represented in Russia? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica are joined by Sofya... more

01 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Short Stories

How do you convert the First World War into a short story?   This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie... more

01 Nov 2021 · 52 minutes
Franz Ferdinand

How should we remember the man whose assassination sparked the July Crisis?   This month we are joined by Dr... more

01 Oct 2021 · 51 minutes
Sounds of War

What songs were popular during the First World War?   This month friend of the podcast Dr Emma Hanna (Kent)... more

01 Aug 2021 · 58 minutes
Theatre and the First World War

How does the First World War appear on the stage?   This month Angus, Chris and Jessica speak to the... more

01 Jul 2021 · 57 minutes
37 Days

How do you turn the diplomatic exchanges before the outbreak of the First World War into a TV drama? This... more

01 Jun 2021 · 46 minutes
Computer Games

How do you turn the First World War into a computer game?   In this episode Chris and Angus talk... more

01 May 2021 · 44 minutes
Sam Mendes' 1917 and the Landscape

How does the landscape inform our understanding of a First World War film? In this episode cultural historian Beth Wyatt... more

01 Apr 2021 · 47 minutes
13 - Popular Films First World War Films

What themes unite better-known films about the First World War?   In this episode, Jessica, Chris and Angus look at... more

01 Mar 2021 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Obscure First World War Films

What makes a First World War film ‘obscure’? This month Chris, Angus and Jessica discuss some lesser-known films set during... more

01 Feb 2021 · 54 minutes
Board Games

Could you play a board game about the First World War, during the First World War? In this episode Jessica,... more

01 Jan 2021 · 48 minutes
The Christmas Truce of 1914

How do you portray a moment of peace during the First World War when it's not always clear what actually... more

01 Dec 2020 · 55 minutes
'Blasted Things' with Lesley Glaister

How do you write a novel about the First World War without resorting to cliché? This month, Angus, Chris and... more

01 Nov 2020 · 49 minutes
08 - Dreamers of the Day: TE Lawrence

How does popular culture see Lawrence of Arabia? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica speak to cartoonist Ned Barnett about... more

01 Oct 2020 · 47 minutes
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

What happens when a Sunday night crime caper takes the history of the First World War seriously? In this episode... more

01 Sep 2020 · 55 minutes
Peaky Blinders

Did the First World War inspire organised crime in inter-war Britain? In this episode we talk to Emma Hanna (University... more

01 Aug 2020 · 46 minutes
Babylon Berlin

How has the First World War been translated by German popular culture? In this episode, Angus, Chris and Jessica... more

01 Jul 2020 · 58 minutes
Heavy Metal

Why do some Heavy Metal bands examine the First World War?   In this episode we talk to Julia... more

01 Jun 2020 · 45 minutes
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Did the First World War inspire organised crime in inter-war Britain? In this episode we talk to Emma Hanna (University of Kent)... more