Voices of the First World War

At Rest


Listen Later

Dan Snow looks at what troops got up to off the battlefield, when they were out of the front line in France. British soldiers spent the majority of the war behind the lines with brief, often appalling, spells in the trenches. Football matches, construction projects, training, drinking, theatres, religious observation and sex took up more time than the fighting, and crucially kept morale up. Drawing on interviews in the sound archives of the BBC and the IWM.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Voices of the First World WarBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

61 ratings


More shows like Voices of the First World War

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,428 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,800 Listeners

Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,646 Listeners

Football Weekly by The Guardian

Football Weekly

2,501 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,751 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,079 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,076 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,044 Listeners

Dan Snow's History Hit by History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

4,651 Listeners

Curious Cases by BBC Radio 4

Curious Cases

764 Listeners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk by Goalhanger

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

1,307 Listeners

Dateline NBC by NBC News

Dateline NBC

47,173 Listeners

Americast by BBC News

Americast

702 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

2,966 Listeners

The Old Front Line by Paul Reed

The Old Front Line

172 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

13,159 Listeners

The Wargame by Sky News

The Wargame

67 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

2,999 Listeners

Hoaxed by Tortoise Media

Hoaxed

1,180 Listeners

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production by Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production

89 Listeners

The Rest Is Classified by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Classified

845 Listeners