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The Wind and The Lion (1975)
This week we look at the John Milius epic tale of diplomacy versus military intervention in the early 1900s as Sean Connery’s Raisui kidnaps an American citizen, will the troops
This week we look at the John Milius epic tale of diplomacy versus military intervention in the early 1900s as Sean Connery’s Raisui kidnaps an American citizen, will the troops
In 2008, a group of self-absorbed and washed-up actors find themselves lost in the Vietnamese jungle while filming one of the most expensive war movies
We’ve loved every minute of making the podcast this year so we thought we’d round up some of our favourite episodes. We picked 10 highlights
Zip up your parkas, load your MP40s and prepare for the Fighting On Film Christmas Special! We’re joined by author Geoff Dyer, author of ‘Broadsword
This week we embark on a series of episodes about Operation Market Garden on film which you’ll tell you’re grand children about… and mightily bored
Ever wondered how sound in films works? Ever wondered what goes into making a machine gun sound fearsome? What goes into making a battle sound
This week we are joined by historian Olivia Smith, one half of the brilliant Khaki Malarkey podcast, to examine 2014’s ‘Testament of Youth’. We discuss
Join us this week as we discuss 1990’s ‘Memphis Belle‘, the fictionalised story of an 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress’ last mission of her
Lace up your jump boots, sharpen your machetes, load up your M1A1 Carbines and strap on your parachutes. This week we are joined by special
Join us as we look at ‘When Trumpets Fade‘, John Irvin’s HBO TV movie which follows a battle-weary squad leader torn between simply staying alive
Join us for the fourth edition of our Show & Tell series were we discus ‘Geronimo’ (1993) which tells the story of Geronimo’s last battles
This week we take a look at ‘The Outpost‘, a film that brings the story of Camp Keating and the desperate Battle of Kamdesh to
Hold on before you light the torches and sharpen your pitch forks, let me explain myself. The reason I say this as that I believe
Don your flight suits and climb into the cockpit with us this wee as we discuss Strategic Air Command (1955). A film that blends beautiful
Hello everyone! We need your help to pick one of this month’s films. We have 4 films for you to choose from – this month
Join us for the third edition of our Show & Tell series were we discus ‘Mosul‘ which follows a police unit’s fight to liberate the
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
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