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Bletchley ParkE178 - VE Day 80: Objects and MemoriesApril 2025
To mark 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, this episode takes a closer look at four intriguing items from Bletchley Park’s collections. The team digs deeper into the stories that lie behind a mysterious message, a misunderstood photograph, a moving memo and audio of a Veteran’s memories of VE Day.
Head of Content Erica Munro meets up with Research Historian Dr David Kenyon, Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham and Museum Archivist Dean Annison. Plus producer Mark Cotton speaks with former WRNS Bombe Operator Ruth Bourne about her VE Day memories.
...2025-04-3058 min
Chasing Space27. Bradley Cheetham: From the Drawing Board to the MoonSend us a note!Advanced SpaceFuture Space Leaders FoundationStudents for the Exploration and Development of SpaceBradley Cheetham is a lifelong space advocate, highly experienced engineer, a three-time entrepreneur and, seasoned graduate-level instructor. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Advanced Space where he leads company in its efforts to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space by delivering solutions in flight dynamics, technology development, and rapid turn-key missions to clients across the space industry. Advanced Space is...2025-04-1450 min
Bletchley ParkE177 - Vengeance from the SkiesMarch 2025
In 1943 there seemed to be few mysteries left unsolved for Bletchley Park. But by the middle of that year, whispers would be heard of new threats: the V-1 ‘flying bomb’ and V-2 rocket.
What began with hints of secret trials on the Baltic would grow into an investigation which would strain Allied scientific intelligence to the utmost, as well as revealing serious flaws in the operation at Bletchley Park.
But by the time ‘vengeance-weapon’ attacks against the United Kingdom began in 1944, the Allies knew what they were facing; enabling countermeasures to be put in place...2025-03-211h 00
Public Health Research and MePiecing it together: Understanding school exclusion through creativityIn this episode of the Fuse ‘Public Health Research and Me’ podcast, host and Fuse public partner, Cheryl Blake, speaks with Dr Sarah Martin-Denham (University of Sunderland) and Hayley Hudson (parent and advocate) about the impact of school exclusion, especially on children and young people themselves.Data shows that on average, 2,999 children were suspended or permanently excluded from school each school day in England in the 2021/22 academic year. But what does this number really mean? Sarah and Hayley recommend that creative methods can play a crucial role in helping us to visualise and better unde...2025-03-2048 min
Bletchley ParkE174 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 4December 2024
For this year’s festive episode, we once again put the word out to our listeners: what baffles you about Bletchley Park, and what myths and misconceptions would you like our resident Historians to investigate and interrogate?
Bletchley Park’s Head of Content, Erica Munro, is asking the questions, with Research Historian Dr David Kenyon and Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham fielding queries on uncracked ciphers, captured codes, cribbing, declassification … and, of course, Christmas.
Many thanks to Dr Ben Thomson for voicing our archival documents.
Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2024. Children’s Christmas...2024-12-2059 minPublic Health Research and MeUnderstanding the mental health needs of LGBTQ+ youthTo coincide with Pride Month in the UK, this episode of “Public Health Research and Me” sees host and public partner Kamil Sterniczuk interview Fuse researcher Liam Spencer about his work on the topic of mental health of LGBTQ+ young people.
Liam describes his journey from youth worker to public health researcher as ‘a happy accident’ and discusses the challenges and findings of his work, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He emphasises the need for inclusive school policies and staff training to support LGBTQ+ students, as well as the importan...2024-06-1316 min
Bletchley ParkE165 - D-Day80 Part 2 OverlordJune 2024
To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This second part is a complete remastering of our original Overlord episode with the addition of much new content.
80 years ago today, more than 150,000 Allied troops were boarding planes, gliders and landing craft as they prepared to invade Fortress Europe in Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion. Meanwhile, 200 miles away in the Buckinghamshire countryside the Codebreakers of GC&CS were also ready and waiting.
Naval Section spent the day decrypting German messages and...2024-06-061h 07
Bletchley ParkE164 - D-Day80 Part 1 Tide of VictoryMay 2024
Over the next 6 weeks, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This first part is a complete remastering of our original Tide of Victory episode with the addition of much new content.
This first episode takes us to the south coast of Britain which, in May 1944, resembled one huge army camp as over 2 million men waited for D-Day. In the Buckinghamshire countryside the staff at GC&CS carried on feeding detailed and crucial intelligence to the Allied forces that would pl...2024-05-241h 19
Bletchley ParkE160 - Colossus in Context Part 2January 2024
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the story of World War Two codebreaking. The machines have also been described as the world’s first large-scale electronic digital computers – direct precursors of the digital world in which we live today.
But in 1944 the computer age still lay far in the future. These machines were built for a specific and vital purpose, to assist with the breaking of the wireless messages of Germany’s senior commanders, enciph...2024-01-3151 min
Bletchley ParkE157 - Security & Insecurity Part 2November 2023
For our tenth anniversary episode, E141 “Security & Insecurity”, we discussed one of the most important factors in wartime codebreaking – secrecy. We looked at its effects on operations at Bletchley Park and the lives of those who worked there.
We had so much to talk about on that occasion that we didn’t have the chance to explore beyond the bounds of Bletchley Park. However, as signals intelligence travelled to the battlefronts where commanders made life-and-death decisions on a daily basis, security was a bigger problem than anywhere else.
In this follow-up episode, Research Officer D...2023-11-171h 10
Bletchley ParkE156 - Italian TiebreakerOctober 2023
The fight up the Italian peninsula involved some of the most arduous battles of the war for Allied soldiers, but they were being supported at every stage by intelligence from Bletchley Park.
Ultra intelligence helped inform Allied strategy in Italy, kept commanders constantly up-to-date about enemy forces, and sometimes proved the difference between victory and defeat on the battlefield.
In this ‘It Happened Here’ episode, Bletchley Park’s Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham will tell us how this difficult and inconclusive campaign can also be seen as one of the most successful of the wa...2023-10-201h 16
Bletchley ParkE153 - Sicilian DeceptionJuly 2023
In 1943, when the guns fell silent in Tunisia, a lull fell over the war in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, the work of the intelligence services continued unabated. An Allied amphibious assault somewhere in the Mediterranean was inevitable. The question for the Germans was “where?” – and the Allies were eager to supply the answers. But how much could the Allies mislead the enemy, and how far could Bletchley Park prove those deceptions were working?
When they came, the landings in Sicily in July 1943 marked the opening of a new front against the Axis in Italy, with far-reaching strate...2023-07-311h 11
Bletchley ParkE152 - Sinclair in FocusJune 2023
Who chose Bletchley Park – a vacant estate in Buckinghamshire – as the wartime home of the Codebreakers? That decision was made by the man in charge of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as ‘C’ – Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair. A very public man with a very secretive profession, Sinclair was widely-known and well-respected. He passed away just a couple of months after World War Two began in 1939, but his influence was far-reaching.
Bletchley Park Trust is proud to be displaying, for the first time, a collection of medals awarded to Sinclair throughout his life. This recent generous donation, f...2023-06-261h 07
Bletchley ParkE150 - Communication is KeyApril 2023
80 years ago, Bletchley Park’s communications centre opened in Block E. Employing hundreds of staff, mainly young women, this block was vital to BP’s smooth running.
Most messages and reports coming into and out of Bletchley Park went through Block E. But as we’ll hear in this ‘It Happened Here’ episode, its wartime importance doesn’t necessarily mean its value has been fully recognised today. Block E is still standing, and is due to open to the public later this year, 2023, as Bletchley Park’s brand new Learning Centre.
Here to help us set the...2023-04-211h 24
Bletchley ParkE146 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 3December 2022
Since the first two Top Secret Misinformation podcasts in 2020 & 2021, our listeners have been asking us to record another one. Maybe it’s because the secrecy surrounding Bletchley Park is the perfect breeding ground for all sorts of myths and misunderstandings. Or maybe it’s because it lets our Historians off the leash to set the record straight once and for all.
We asked our listeners, via social media, what history mysteries they wanted solved by our resident representatives of research and rigour, Dr David Kenyon and Dr Thomas Cheetham. In this episode they are joined by Exhibitions Manag...2022-12-231h 33
Bletchley ParkE145 - Torch to TunisNovember 2022
The Allied victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 proved to be the beginning of the end of the war in North Africa. But many months of hard fighting, and the opening of a whole new front in northwest Africa, would be needed before the Allies were finally able to kick Axis forces off that continent for good.
Though often forgotten about today, the Operation Torch landings were a pivotal event which led to the first battles between German and American forces. These troops, and the intelligence personnel who supported them, had to learn t...2022-11-291h 28
Bletchley ParkE141 - Security & InsecurityAugust 2022
This month instead of commemorating a World War 2 Anniversary, we have decided to do something a little different as we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Bletchley Park Podcast.
So after 10 years and more than 170 hours of content, we decided to answer our most frequently asked question, “How was Bletchley Park kept secret?”.
Such a ‘big question’ would be too much for just one historian to answer, so this month we have three. Our Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon & Research Officer, Dr Thomas Cheetham are joined by GCHQ’s former Departmental Historian, Tony Comer as they delve into B...2022-08-101h 27
The Rogue Monkey PodcastE76 - Ben Murphy. The journey of a pilot. The Red Arrows, The Blades, The Air Race & beyond.This week, similar to our episode 75 guest, is a story about someone who operates at altitudes, but our guest this week does so at very high speeds. We are speaking to Ben Murphy, Ben being our second husband and wife guest we’ve had on the show. Back in Season two we spoke to triathletes Reece and Lucy Charles-Barclay and in season three we spoke to Ben’s wife Kirsty about her journey through aviation.
In this conversation, Ben takes us on his journey through the challenges of even getting started on his journey into the military, and...2022-05-3055 min
Bletchley ParkE138 - SIXTAMay 2022
The way in which the secrets of Bletchley Park were finally revealed to the world, bit by bit and now over the course of nearly four decades have meant that many myths and misunderstandings have become embedded in the story. One of our goals with these podcasts is to tell the full story of the Codebreakers and along the way hopefully correct some of those errors.
So in this ‘It Happened Here’ episode we will take a deep dive into Traffic Analysis, a topic that we have mentioned in many episodes and for years has been thought of as...2022-05-271h 17
Main Engine Cut OffT+215: CAPSTONE, with Brad Cheetham, CEO of Advanced SpaceBrad Cheetham, co-founder, CEO, and President of Advanced Space joins me to talk about their upcoming CAPSTONE mission. We talk about how the mission came to be, what it’s been like working with NASA and the other partners on the mission, and then dive into the nerdy details of the trajectory it’s flying to the moon, the orbits it will operate in, how its autonomous positioning system works, and how it might be used in the future.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 40 executive producers—Simon, Lauren, Kris, Pat, Matt...2022-04-2554 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorHouse of Mirrors by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Mirrors Series: #2 of Fenton House Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: Two years ago, the Piper family fled Fenton House after their dream of a new life turned into an unspeakable nightmare. The house has stood empty ever since, given a wide berth by everyone except ghost hunters and occult fanatics. Now something is trying to lure the Pipers back to Fenton H...2022-04-1403 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorHouse of Mirrors by Ben CheethamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565618to listen full audiobooks.
Title: House of Mirrors
Series: #2 of Fenton House
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Ralph Lister
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 14, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Horror
Publisher's Summary:
Two years ago, the Piper family fled Fenton House after their dream of a new life turned into an unspeakable nightmare. The house has stood empty ever since, given a wide berth by everyone except ghost hunters and occult fanatics. Now something is trying to lure the Pipers back to Fenton House. B...2022-04-1410h 34
Experience Literature in a New Way, Full Audiobook Brighten Your DayHouse of Mirrors Audiobook by Ben CheethamListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 565618
Title: House of Mirrors
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Ralph Lister
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:34:32
Language: English
Release date: 04-14-22
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal
Summary:
Two years ago, the Piper family fled Fenton House after their dream of a new life turned into an unspeakable nightmare. The house has stood empty ever since, given a wide berth by everyone except ghost hunters and occult fanatics. Now something is trying to lure the Pipers back to Fenton House. But is that something...2022-04-1410h 34
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorDon't Look Back by Ben CheethamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565619to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Don't Look Back
Series: #1 of Fenton House
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Ralph Lister
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Release date: March 29, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 47
Ratings of Narrator: 3.94 of Total 18
Genres: Horror
Publisher's Summary:
After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. There’s just one...2022-03-298h 30
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, HorrorDon't Look Back by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Look Back Series: #1 of Fenton House Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 47 Ratings of Narrator: 3.94 of Total 18 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. There’s jus...2022-03-2903 min
Experience Literature in a New Way, Full Audiobook Brighten Your DayDon't Look Back Audiobook by Ben CheethamListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 565619
Title: Don't Look Back
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Ralph Lister
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:30:25
Language: English
Release date: 03-29-22
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal
Summary:
After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. Theres just one catch: the house is...2022-03-298h 30
Bletchley ParkE134 - Jumbo Takes ChargeFebruary 2022
In every theatre of war, early 1942 was a dark time for the Allies. Japan seemed unstoppable in the Pacific. The Germans were at the gates of Moscow, threatening Egypt and prowling the Atlantic lifeline at sea. But at Bletchley Park there were far reaching changes to both the leadership and organisation that had one clear objective - to support the ultimate Allied victory.
In this It Happened Here episode, our research officer Dr Thomas Cheetham, guides us through the dramatic changes that would transform GC&CS into an ‘Intelligence Factory’.
Special thanks go to Dr Ben Thomson...2022-02-211h 14
CM ConversationsRemote Monitoring to Teleoperation in the Smart Factory with Fredrik Ryden, CEO of Olis RoboticsThe Reality of a Smart Factory Future | Part 2: Remote Monitoring to Teleoperation in the Smart FactoryIn part two of this three-part series, our CM Industrial Business Consultant, Alex Cawkwell, chats to Fredrik Ryden, CEO of Olis Robotics. As a specialist recruiter in the Industrial Automation market, I discuss what increased levels of automation really mean for the future of the industry with Frederik, who shares his insight as an innovator and leader in the remote handling and telemonitoring market.Whether you’re in the industrial automation industry, are intrigued by discussions around Smart Factories, or...2022-02-0225 min
CM ConversationsWhat Part Does 3D Printing Play in the Smart Factory? with Mike Yang, COO of LuxCreoThe Reality of a Smart Factory Future | Part 1: What Part Does 3D Printing Play in the Smart Factory?In part one of this three-part series, our CM Industrial Business Consultant, Ben Cheetham, chats to Mike Yang, COO of LuxCreo. As a specialist recruiter in the Additive Manufacturing market, it was great to discuss Mike's insight from the inner workings of a 3D printing and large scale manufacturing company, and what he believes its part can be in the 'Smart Factory' future.Whether you’re in the additive manufacturing industry, are intrigued by discussions around Smart Fa...2022-01-3123 min
Bletchley ParkE130 – Action This DayOctober 2021
On the 21st of October 1941, four of Bletchley Park’s Codebreakers sent a plea for more staff and resources in a now notorious letter to the Prime Minister. Demand for Bletchley Park’s work was increasing, and the organisation was facing a crisis.
Churchill was won over, adding the note ‘Action This Day’ to the document. But perhaps the changes that followed weren’t just the result of the Prime Minister’s influence.
In this ‘It Happened Here’ episode, Dr Thomas Cheetham explores the problems the Codebreakers were facing and how this letter was only part of the wider story...2021-10-211h 26
Bletchley ParkE129 - Target EnglandSeptember 2021
After Britain’s failure at Dunkirk and the Fall of France, the Germans seemed unstoppable. An invasion of Britain by Germany seemed the next logical step.
In 1940, Britain and Bletchley Park prepared for war on the Home Front. As the German air campaign brought air combat with the Battle of Britain and bombs by night during the Blitz, the RAF - supported by intelligence from Bletchley Park - fought back.
In this It Happened Here episode, Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham is our guide to Britain’s finest hour.
Special thanks go to Dr Ben Thoms...2021-09-271h 26
Bletchley ParkE128 - Whitehall 7947 - The Early Days ExhibitionAugust 2021
Hindsight and the lifting of decades of secrecy, allows us to know that by 1945 Bletchley Park had become a ‘codebreaking factory’ supplying war winning intelligence to the Allies ultimate victory.
But what was it like for the 185 members of staff on Monday the 4th of September 1939? And … who were they?
Supported by the UK government’s Culture Recovery Fund, our new exhibition ‘Early Days’ covers the events of 1938 to late 1939 and tells the story of the first Bletchley Park Codebreakers.
Exhibitions Manager Erica Munro guides us through the 5 scenes of the exhibition, the challenges of turning the st...2021-08-311h 14
Bletchley ParkE125 - Fall Gelb Part TwoJune 2021
By late May 1940 the Germans have arrived at the French coast, cutting the Allied forces in two. Their risky invasion plan ‘Fall Gelb’ (or ‘Case Yellow’) has paid off. For the Allies, things will only get worse - an evacuation of the British forces from Dunkirk, the capture of Paris and the ultimate humiliation at Compiègne.
It also marked a turning point for Bletchley Park. The attack led the Germans to change their Enigma procedures which had been exploited so successfully by the Hut 6 team. It took a creative approach, as well as some lazy enemy operating p...2021-06-111h 06
Bletchley ParkE124 - Fall Gelb Part OneJune 2021
In May 1940, the much-anticipated German attack on France brings the Phoney War to an end. The French have the largest land army in the world, the Maginot Line giving them hundreds of miles of defences and they know the route the Germans will take. But in the space of only a few weeks, the entire strategic course of World War Two is turned on its head. The Germans have gambled on a new invasion plan, ‘Fall Gelb’ (or ‘Case Yellow’) to set them on a risky route through the Ardennes and a dash to the coast.
With so many d...2021-06-041h 00
Bletchley ParkE114 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 1November 2020
For the first time since January 2020 the podcast team were able to be physically in the same room together, even if socially distanced. So to mark this return we decided to ask our listeners on social media for their questions about Bletchley Park.
In this, the first of these shows, Exhibitions Manager Erica Munro, Research Historian Dr David Kenyon, Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham and podcast producer Mark Cotton, will hopefully answer those questions and maybe do a bit of myth busting along the way.
Many thanks to our listeners and followers for setting us these ch...2020-12-071h 02
CM ConversationsBreaking the Mould with Azul 3DBen Cheetham, our recruitment consultant specialising in additive manufacturing, is joined by James Hedrick who's the Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Azul 3D. James is member of the renowned Forbes 30 Under 30 list and started his first ever company at the age of 16. The profits from this company went towards paying for his college tuition at MIT. He then went on to earn his PhD at Northwestern University with Professor Mirkin, where he developed the seminal technology that’s at the core of what Azul 3D do.Azul 3D are a 3D printing company and...2020-10-2221 min
Taking Care of BusinessBuilding Roxy Leisure, managing through Covid and what's next for the industry? Built by brothers Matt and Ben Jones, hear the story behind pioneering bar group, Roxy Leisure and how they foresee the industry evolving in a post-Covid-19 world. 2020-06-011h 34
Rugby Coach WeeklyRoundup Rodeo Ep6: Reviewing last week’s pick of the pods & webinarsSend us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests Paul Shepherd, Alex Field and Russ Bolton review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.Richard Cheetham on embedding learning into your sessionsWill Greenwood and Brian Ashton on England's most recent performance against New ZealandCut, bleed and bandage feedback with Ed Coughlan and Stu ArmstrongAlso, there’s a preview of the highlights for th...2020-05-3155 min
Bletchley ParkE107 - The German SurrendersMay 2020
Since first marching into Poland on the 1st September 1939, the German army had conquered most of Europe. But the tide had turned and, as April 1945 began, they were caught between the Western Allies and the vast Red Army of the Soviet Union. The inevitable end was finally in sight, but not before multiple surrenders were signed.
For the Codebreakers of Bletchley Park, after more than 5 and a half years, their work wasn’t over. Not only did they have to keep supplying vital intelligence, but they also looked towards an uncertain future and the threat of a ne...2020-05-011h 36
Bletchley ParkE105 - Plunder on the RhineMarch 2020
As 1945 began, the Germans’ last roll of the dice in the Ardennes has failed. They were left to face the overwhelming force of men and materiel of the Allied armies approaching the Fatherland from all directions.
For the Allies in the west, the natural barrier of the Rhine River was all that lay between them and the open plains of Germany, and the last phase of the war in the west.
Meanwhile the Government Code & Cypher School at Bletchley Park were producing more intelligence than ever before, but for how much longer? We’ll find out how it...2020-03-131h 15
Bletchley ParkE101 - Battle of the BulgeDecember 2019
After nearly 6 months of fighting from the beaches of Normandy, by early December 1944 the Allies’ front line stretched for 600 miles from the North Sea coast to the borders of Switzerland. The Scheldt estuary had finally been cleared, allowing the port of Antwerp to be opened and to start to ease their supply problems.
With one of the coldest winters on record taking hold and Christmas approaching many of the front line troops probably expected a respite for at least a few weeks. What they didn’t expect was for more than 400,000 German troops to come smashing through the Ardennes on a mis...2019-12-171h 03
Bletchley ParkE97 - Early DaysOctober 2019
“Gas masks are to be taken” so ends what seems a rather mundane government memo dated the 2nd of August 1939. It importance becomes apparent when you discover this was the Move Order sent to the staff of the Government Code and Cypher School.
As Hitler threatened Poland it seemed another war in Europe was inevitable, so it was decided the staff of GC&CS should move to their War Station in the Buckinghamshire countryside. With hindsight we now know that over the next 6 long years, Bletchley Park would become a codebreaking factory, but what were those Early Days really like?
...2019-10-101h 13
Bletchley ParkE96 - Market GardenSeptember 2019
By early September 1944, with the Normandy Campaign behind them, 6 Allied Armies were racing across Northern France and into the Low Countries. Ahead of them the remnants of the German Army were retreating to the borders of the Fatherland. To many on the Allied side it seemed that a bold action was all that was needed to finish the war by Christmas.
The plan called for a carpet of paratroopers to capture and hold bridges along a 64 mile road, allowing an armoured spearhead to reach its goal of the bridge at Arnhem. If successful this would leave the route to the...2019-09-171h 01
Do The Right ThingSeries 7, Episode 7 (Bridget Christie & Sara Barron)Bridget Christie and Sara Barron are the guests for a joyous romp through subjects including talking about the birds and the bees with your kids, sandstorms, disowning family for motorcycling reasons, a boyfriend who won't move out of a flat, an awful cow skin rug and an eye-popping discussion with expert Human Resources professional Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard.Want to support the show? You're a hero! Click here to find out how you can do so with cash (much appreciated), or otherwise do spread the word about the show on social media and the like (also brilliantly helpful). A...2019-09-1751 minDo The Right ThingSeries 7, Episode 7 (Bridget Christie & Sara Barron)Bridget Christie and Sara Barron are the guests for a joyous romp through subjects including talking about the birds and the bees with your kids, sandstorms, disowning family for motorcycling reasons, a boyfriend who won't move out of a flat, an awful cow skin rug and an eye-popping discussion with expert Human Resources professional Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard.Want to support the show? You're a hero! Click here to find out how you can do so with cash (much appreciated), or otherwise do spread the word about the show on social media and the like (also brilliantly helpful). A...2019-09-1751 minDo The Right ThingSeries 7, Episode 7 (Bridget Christie & Sara Barron)Bridget Christie and Sara Barron are the guests for a joyous romp through subjects including talking about the birds and the bees with your kids, sandstorms, disowning family for motorcycling reasons, a boyfriend who won't move out of a flat, an awful cow skin rug and an eye-popping discussion with expert Human Resources professional Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard.Want to support the show? You're a hero! Click here to find out how you can do so with cash (much appreciated), or otherwise do spread the word about the show on social media and the like (also brilliantly helpful). A...2019-09-1751 min
Taking Care of BusinessThe Ups and Downs of the music industry and fameThis special episode is set in the aftermath of Sedu10FEST - a festival to celebrate the 10th birthday of Paul's business, Sedulo. The performers from that festival - Ben Ofoedu of Phats & Small fame, Liberty X's Michelle Heaton, Another Level's Dane Bowers and DJ Rick Live - talk candidly about the ups and downs they experienced whilst making it in the music industry, as well as dealing with the fame that came with it. Please note: as this is set during the clean-up operation from the festival, there are a few minor disturbances in the audio.2019-06-191h 18
Bletchley ParkE90 – OverlordJune 2019
75 years ago today, more than 150,000 allied troops were boarding planes, gliders and landing craft as they prepared to invade Fortress Europe in Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion. Meanwhile, 200 miles away in the Buckinghamshire countryside the Codebreakers of GC&CS were also ready and waiting.
A special section, known as NSV(X), spent the day decrypting German messages and forwarding that vital intelligence to allied commanders. In many cases only two hours after the German operators had sent them.
Today at Bletchley Park our Archive holds hundreds of these handwritten decrypts and using a selection of these we tell the story...2019-06-0654 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseWho Is She?: Jack Anderson Book 2 by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Is She?: Jack Anderson Book 2 Series: #2 of Jack Anderson Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Rosie Akerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 28, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: After the death of his wife, Jack is starting to get his life back on track. But things are about to get complicated. A woman lies in a hospital bed, clinging to life after being shot in the head. She claims to remember nothing, not even her own name. Who is she? That is the question Jack must answer. A...2019-03-2803 min
Let Your Ears Embark on a Adventure with Free AudiobookNow She's Dead: Jack Anderson Book 1 Audiobook by Ben CheethamListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 369620
Title: Now She's Dead: Jack Anderson Book 1
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Rosie Akerman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:49:07
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-19
Publisher: Whole Story QUEST
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
What happens when the watcher becomes the watched? Jack has it all a beautiful wife and daughter, a home, a career. Then his wife Rebecca plunges to her death from the Sussex coast cliffs. Was it an accident or did she jump? He moves to Manchester with his daughter, to start afresh but things don't go...2019-03-0712h 49
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseNow She's Dead: Jack Anderson Book 1 by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now She's Dead: Jack Anderson Book 1 Series: #1 of Jack Anderson Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Rosie Akerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 7, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: What happens when the watcher becomes the watched? Jack has it all – a beautiful wife and daughter, a home, a career. Then his wife Rebecca plunges to her death from the Sussex coast cliffs. Was it an accident or did she jump? He moves to Manchester with his daughter, to start afresh… but things don't go as planned. He didn...2019-03-0703 min
You Can Get Any Full Audiobook in Self Development, How-To of Your ChoiceThe Best of Car Talk, Book This, Dad, February 04, 2017 Audiobook by Tom Magliozzi, Ray MagliozziListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: The Best of Car Talk, Book This, Dad, February 04, 2017
Author: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
Format: Original Recording
Length: 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-17
Publisher: Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe
Genres: Self Development, How-To
Publisher's Summary:
This week on the Best of Car Talk, how do you handle a slightly anal retentive dad who insists on keeping verrrry thorough car records? If you're Rebecca, you ignore Dad's beloved gas mileage book, tell Dad what you really think, and then call on Tom and Ray...2017-02-0455 min
The Acting Income Podcast with Ben HauckAIP032 | How to Act in New York City with No Income - with Mandy May CheethamActor Mandy May Cheetham speaks with host Ben Hauck on how to act in New York City -- with little to no income.
In this interview, Mandy shares what motivated her temporary move to New York City from Toronto, Canada, and how she quadrupled the length of her initial stay. Mandy divulges the sources of her funding that financed her stay in NYC and how she was able to cut down on housing costs. Faced with the threat of being homeless in a foreign country, Mandy details how she was able to find new places to stay on...2015-11-1140 min
Free Audiobook: Where Stories Come to LifeSpider's Web Audiobook by Ben CheethamListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 310505
Title: Spider's Web
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Cameron Stewart
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-15
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
February 14th, 1993: Sheffield United supporters remember it as the day their team won a famous victory against Manchester United. The date is lodged in Anna Young's brain for a different reason. That was the day her sister, Jessica, was abducted. Fast forward twenty years. The case has long since gone cold. But Anna made a promise to look after her...2015-09-1711h 00
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseSpider's Web by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spider's Web Series: #4 of Steel City Thrillers Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: February 14th, 1993: Sheffield United supporters remember it as the day their team won a famous victory against Manchester United. The date is lodged in Anna Young's brain for a different reason. That was the day her sister, Jessica, was abducted. Fast forward twenty years. The case has long since gone cold. But Anna made a promise t...2015-09-1703 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseAngel of Death by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel of Death Series: #2 of Steel City Thrillers Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Nigel Carrington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 8, 2014 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Would you break the law to see justice done? In Sheffield, a bankrupt businessman has murdered his family. It seems like an open-and-shut case: a desperate man resorting to desperate measures. In Middlesbrough, a woman named Angel is heading south. She is a woman alone. A prostitute. Now a murderer. And she has only one thing on her mind: revenge. Two c...2014-05-0803 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseBlood Guilt by Ben CheethamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Guilt Series: #1 of Steel City Thrillers Author: Ben Cheetham Narrator: Andrew Wincott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 3, 2014 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: 'Last night, eight-year old Ethan Reed was abducted at gunpoint from his home by an armed intruder.' Four years ago, Detective Inspector Harlan Miller killed someone. Now - divorced, alone, consumed by guilt - the world outside his prison walls holds little for him. Until an eight-year-old boy is abducted. Ethan Reed. The son of the man he killed. Frustrated by a...2014-04-0303 min
You Can Get Any Full Audiobook in Self Development, How-To of Your ChoiceCar Talk, Forensic Mechanics, November 9, 2013 Audiobook by Tom Magliozzi, Ray MagliozziListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: Car Talk, Forensic Mechanics, November 9, 2013
Author: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
Format: Original Recording
Length: 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-09-13
Publisher: Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Self Development, How-To
Publisher's Summary:
This week on Car Talk, Wendall's Bronco burst into flames and was burnt to crisp, right after a 200-mile drive. Was it electrical? Fuel? A spouse holding an insurance policy?
Elsewhere, Barry is hoping to find true love by fixing his co-worker's windshield wipers, and avoiding her...2013-11-0954 min
City Bumpkin PodcastCity bumpkin podcast 4 – Project DirtNick and Mark of Project Dirt
In previous City Bumpkin podcasts, I’ve spoken to container gardener Penelope Bennett, guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds, and the project manager of Deen City Farm, Ben Cheetham. Each podcast features an interview with someone pioneering a green initiative in London. It will be considerably easier for me to find such people from now on, as Nick and Mark’s Project Dirt provides a hub for such activities, bringing environmental projects and people together.
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I was amazed to discover Deen City Farm just down the road from my house last year, and have been keen to find out more about it ever since.
It’s a riding school as well as a farm, with some lovely ‘growing gardens’. The site used to be used as a dumping ground, so the existing soil is contaminated. However they have cleverly got round this by using raised beds, and other planters such as shopping trolleys and old baths.
In addition to the growing gardens, the farm also has a fair amount o...2008-09-0400 min
Let Your Ears Embark on a Adventure with Free AudiobookWho Is She?: Jack Anderson Book 2 Audiobook by Ben CheethamListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 370519
Title: Who Is She?: Jack Anderson Book 2
Author: Ben Cheetham
Narrator: Rosie Akerman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:39:50
Language: English
Release date: 03-28-19
Publisher: Whole Story QUEST
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
After the death of his wife, Jack is starting to get his life back on track. But things are about to get complicated. A woman lies in a hospital bed, clinging to life after being shot in the head. She claims to remember nothing, not even her own name. Who is she? That is the question...1970-01-018h 39