BFBS Sitrep

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BFBS Sitrep episodes

July 17, 2015 Sitrep July 16th 2015
A new Government with a new budget but is it really good news for defence & Nato?

And what’s the reaction from the USA?

Why does Greece commit so much to defence with its huge economic problems?

The IS media machine is in full swing, but how should the West counter it?

And find out how geography can dictate global security

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

BUDGET
BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & to Malcolm Brown from Feature Story News in Washington

GREECE
Tim Marshall, Former Diplomatic Editor at Sky News

IS PROPAGANDA
Charlie Winter, Quilliam’s Senior Researcher on Transnational Jihadism

PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall(book review)
10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min
July 09, 2015 Sitrep July 9th 2015
A new Government with a new budget but is it really good news for defence & Nato?

And what’s the reaction from the USA?

Why does Greece commit so much to defence with its huge economic problems?

The IS media machine is in full swing, but how should the West counter it?

And find out how geography can dictate global security

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

BUDGET
BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & to Malcolm Brown from Feature Story News in Washington

GREECE
Tim Marshall, Former Diplomatic Editor at Sky News

IS PROPAGANDA
Charlie Winter, Quilliam’s Senior Researcher on Transnational Jihadism

PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall(book review)
10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min
July 09, 2015 Sitrep July 9th 2015
A new Government with a new budget but is it really good news for defence & Nato?

And what’s the reaction from the USA?

Why does Greece commit so much to defence with its huge economic problems?

The IS media machine is in full swing, but how should the West counter it?

And find out how geography can dictate global security

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

BUDGET
BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & to Malcolm Brown from Feature Story News in Washington

GREECE
Tim Marshall, Former Diplomatic Editor at Sky News

IS PROPAGANDA
Charlie Winter, Quilliam’s Senior Researcher on Transnational Jihadism

PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall(book review)
10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min
July 02, 2015 Sitrep July 2nd 2015
(First broadcast on Thursday11th June 2015 at 4.30pm)

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 2nd JULY

Terror in Tunisia – after last week’s atrocities could the UK attack Islamic State in Syria?

Can anyone stop IS? And what do the lawyers say?

Find out what changes lay ahead for the British Army

It's back to The Somme - but what's the point in all these commemorations?

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

TUNISIA/IS THREAT & REACTION
The new Chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Crispin Blunt, Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a chemical weapons expert working for NGOs in Syria and Iraq....and of course, BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee.

POLITICAL REACTION
BFBS reporter James Hirst

LAND WARFARE CONFERENCE
BFBS reporter Rosie Laydon speaking to Director General of RUSI, Professor Michael Clarke

BATTLE OF THE SOMME CENTENARY EVENT
BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep podcast.
30 min
July 02, 2015 Sitrep July 2nd 2015
(First broadcast on Thursday11th June 2015 at 4.30pm)

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 2nd JULY

Terror in Tunisia – after last week’s atrocities could the UK attack Islamic State in Syria?

Can anyone stop IS? And what do the lawyers say?

Find out what changes lay ahead for the British Army

It's back to The Somme - but what's the point in all these commemorations?

---------------------------
PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

TUNISIA/IS THREAT & REACTION
The new Chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Crispin Blunt, Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a chemical weapons expert working for NGOs in Syria and Iraq....and of course, BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee.

POLITICAL REACTION
BFBS reporter James Hirst

LAND WARFARE CONFERENCE
BFBS reporter Rosie Laydon speaking to Director General of RUSI, Professor Michael Clarke

BATTLE OF THE SOMME CENTENARY EVENT
BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep podcast.
30 min
June 25, 2015 Sitrep June 25th 2015
SITREP TRAIL THURS, 25 JUNE

Nato ministers meet as Russia flexes its muscles.
Defence Spending…can the UK have its cake and eat it?

And…the Victoria Cross? Is it time for a rethink on why it’s awarded?

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

NATO TALKS
BFBS Reporter Rob Olver

RUSSIAN STRATEGY
BFBS Reporter Charlotte Cross

DEFENCE SPENDING
Bernard Jenkin MP

VICTORIA CROSS
Author Gary Mead (book review)

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min
June 25, 2015 Sitrep June 25th 2015
SITREP TRAIL THURS, 25 JUNE

Nato ministers meet as Russia flexes its muscles.
Defence Spending…can the UK have its cake and eat it?

And…the Victoria Cross? Is it time for a rethink on why it’s awarded?

---------------------------
PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:

NATO TALKS
BFBS Reporter Rob Olver

RUSSIAN STRATEGY
BFBS Reporter Charlotte Cross

DEFENCE SPENDING
Bernard Jenkin MP

VICTORIA CROSS
Author Gary Mead (book review)

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min
June 18, 2015 Sitrep June 18th 2015
Presenter Kate Gerbeau

Yemen – we hear from a reporter on the ground in the wartorn region
Europe's Migrant Crisis deepens but what next for the Royal Navy's involvement?
There’s a new man in the defence Committee Chair - but what will Julian Lewis bring to the job?
The Afghan Appeal fund celebrates 10 years of building schools in Afghanistan.

And ...The 1805 battle of Waterloo, what does it mean for you?
30 min
June 18, 2015 Sitrep June 18th 2015
Presenter Kate Gerbeau

Yemen – we hear from a reporter on the ground in the wartorn region
Europe's Migrant Crisis deepens but what next for the Royal Navy's involvement?
There’s a new man in the defence Committee Chair - but what will Julian Lewis bring to the job?
The Afghan Appeal fund celebrates 10 years of building schools in Afghanistan.

And ...The 1805 battle of Waterloo, what does it mean for you?
30 min
June 11, 2015 Sitrep June 11th 2015
This week's Sitrep comes to you from the hallowed turf of Lord's Cricket Ground where the Inter-Service T20 tournament is taking place.

We will talking about the importance of Sport in forces life as well as looking at the connections between Cricket and the military.

Rain may stop play but the usual discussion and debate about all things defence and foreign affairs will continue.

Kate Gerbeau is our Spin Bowler with BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee behind the wicket.

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Sky Channel 0211
Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.
30 min