
Interview with Legendary Stuntman Jim Dowdall
We’re thrilled to be joined by legendary British stuntman and stunt coordinator Jim Dowdall! Jim has worked in film for over 40 years as an armourer, stuntman, stunt co-ordinator and
We’re thrilled to be joined by legendary British stuntman and stunt coordinator Jim Dowdall! Jim has worked in film for over 40 years as an armourer, stuntman, stunt co-ordinator and
This week in a change of pace Fighting On Film moves into new territory discussing a documentary film for the first time. We were very
This week we discuss the only Hollywood depiction of the 1983 US Invasion of Grenada – ‘Heartbreak Ridge’. Directed, produced and staring Clint Eastwood Heartbreak
Fix your bayonets, check your canteens and load your Lewis Gun as we follow Gene Hackman’s Major Foster deep into the desert. This week we
This week we make our way through the atmospheric forests of North America to take on the latest screen adaptation of ‘Last of the Mohicans’.
If you’ve listened to most of our episodes you’ll know one of our favourite features is ‘The Ally Tally’. We were looking for a name
This week we discuss 2016’s Siege of Jadotville, a film which portrays the valiant last stand of a UN contingent of Irish troops holding off
With the UEFA European Football Championship (the Euros) starting this week we thought what better time to tackle a curious John Huston film staring no
This week marks the 81st anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk Evacuations, so we’re examining the very first onscreen depiction of the evacuation – Channel Incident (1940). Channel
‘Panfilov’s 28 Men’, released in 2016, is the distillation of a legendary tale from the 1941 Battle of Moscow. In essence a last stand film
Almost immediately after the end of the Second World War the British Government turned its attention to the realities of an impending confrontation with the
This week we tackled a truly harrowing film. Arguably director Peter Watkins’ finest work ‘The War Game’. An anti-nuclear war film that takes Watkins’ pseudo-documentary
In a recent episode we looked at Peter Watkins shocking and timeless docudrama ‘THE WAR GAME’ with Julie McDowell from the ‘Atomic Hobo’ podcast. During
This week we tackle a truly harrowing film. Arguably director Peter Watkins’ finest work, 1966’s ‘The War Game’. An anti-nuclear war film that takes Watkins’
Join us for the second edition of our Show & Tell series were we look at the escape and evasion epic ‘The 12th Man’ (2017)
This week we return to Korea. Following on from our look at ‘A Hill In Korea‘ a couple of weeks ago, in this episode we
Hello there and thanks for visiting the brand new Fighting On Film website! Robbie and I started the podcast as a fun side project just
I was aged 9 when I distinctively remember being affected by a war film, Having been too young to have been able to see the
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River, the Korean War battle perhaps most closely associated with the UK’s involvement
Join us this week as we slip on our flight suits, climb into our cockpits and fire up our Mosquitos for 1964’s 633 Squadron. The squadron
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River. To commemorate this we look the only film to be made about
This week we look at two of acclaimed British director Peter Watkins’ formative amateur films: The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) & The Forgotten
This week we tackle a true classic, Richard Attenborough’s ‘A Bridge Too Far‘, with some help from renowned comedian and history buff Al Murray. Al joined
Vic joins Matt and Robbie to bring Fighting On Film’s Merc Month to a close looking at a classic of the genre, ‘The Dogs of
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