BFBS Sitrep

Russian tanks are back in Ukraine, so what’s Putin’s long term plan & what can NATO do?

British troops complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan so who’s left to make the peace work?

Ebola - How long can the army stay in Sierra Leone?

And we hear from a man whose business is Remembrance all year round

PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & former

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

BBC’s Diplomatic Editor Bridget Kendall discussing Russia and Ukraine.

BFBS reporter Fiona Weir interview with Commander of the British Forces, Brigadier James Stopford.

Armed Forces Minister, Mark Francois talking to Josella Waldron

Steve Douglas who runs the British Grenadier Bookshop in Ypres?

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THURSDAYS at 4:30 UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30 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 webb, 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

Russian tanks are back in Ukraine, so what’s Putin’s long term plan & what can NATO do?

British troops complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan so who’s left to make the peace work?

Ebola - How long can the army stay in Sierra Leone?

And we hear from a man whose business is Remembrance all year round

PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & former

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

BBC’s Diplomatic Editor Bridget Kendall discussing Russia and Ukraine.

BFBS reporter Fiona Weir interview with Commander of the British Forces, Brigadier James Stopford.

Armed Forces Minister, Mark Francois talking to Josella Waldron

Steve Douglas who runs the British Grenadier Bookshop in Ypres?

……………………………………………………………………………

THURSDAYS at 4:30 UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30 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 webb, 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

Are technology companies trailing in the wake of cyber terrorists?

The American diplomatic who says the US/UK relationship really is “special”

Plus, what lessons can we learn from the Western Front?

And 25 years, the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & former

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

The former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand.

The American Ambassador to London, Matthew Barzun

BFBS presenter, Steve Britton.

Are technology companies trailing in the wake of cyber terrorists?

The American diplomatic who says the US/UK relationship really is “special”

Plus, what lessons can we learn from the Western Front?

And 25 years, the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & former

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

The former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand.

The American Ambassador to London, Matthew Barzun

BFBS presenter, Steve Britton.