This bonus episode is really more of a planning meeting than an actual episode of the Napoleonic Quarterly. It contains all the features of a modern online discussion: unscheduled coughs, rustling, unscheduled sniffles, people talking over each other, variable audio quality and strange buzzing sounds appearing at intermittent intervals. However, listeners may be willing to put up with all this if they want to hear how the sausage gets made - all the wrangling and negotiations and balancing and hand-wringing that goes into deciding the key quesrtion of: what should we have as our three interview segments for the eight episodes covering 1800 and 1801? For this episode Josh Provan takes the reins; Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze give their views; the newly-appointed Quartermaster-General Alex Stevenson reveals what he had had in mind ten years ago; and Bernie Campbell summarises the views of the Patrons attending, including the very welcome season 4 contributor David Hollins. In summary, the first part of 1800 is something of a mess but things definitely improve in 1801. So stick with us, if you can!