History by Hollywood

History by Hollywood

By Martin Darlington and Andrew BliszczykTV & FilmSociety & CultureHistory
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History by Hollywood episodes

  • Episode 57: The Great Escape

    Guy Walter’s book: The Real Great Escape which was our primary source for our research.

    Sean Munger’s YouTube episode about Stalag Luft III:

    Jens Muller’s account of the escape from one of the three men who made a ‘home run’:

    Book about Squadron Leader Frank McKenna, Special Investigation Branch RAF and his hunt for the Great Escape Murderers. (This link is to the UK branch of Amazon but the title and ISBN number can be searched in any country)

    Washington Post article about Bob Hoover, the only POW we could find who escaped by stealing an aircraft:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bob-hoover-pilot-who-escaped-pow-camp-by-stealing-a-german-plane-dies-at-94/2016/10/25/c3dfd16c-9ad2-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a625dfd97359

    List of the escaping POWs:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Allied_airmen_from_the_Great_Escape

    2 hr 6 min
  • Episode 55: Bohemian Rhapsody

    The Show Must Go On: Queen and Adam Lambert documentary was shown on ABC on 29th April 2019. The usual streaming services haven’t yet picked it up but here are links to YouTube with the show split into two parts. It is highly recommended.

    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 54: I, Tonya

    Episode 54: I, Tonya This

    2017 movie details the rise and fall of Tonya Harding, an American figure
    skater who rose to prominence and then notoriety in the early 1990s. A gritty,
    darkly humorous movie with some superb performances, notably Margot Robbie in
    the title role and Alison Janney, who was to win a Best Supporting Actress
    Oscar for her role as Tonya’s mother. The movie manages to balance gripping
    entertainment and humour yet never loses sight of the underlying pathos of the
    real story. Our task is to determine how close to that real-life story the
    movie manages to remain. We hope you’ll join us.

    55 min
  • Episode 52: The Right Stuff

    Link to Sean Munger’s The Second Decade podcast website. This is as recommended as anything we’ve ever recommended…. so to speak.
    https://seconddecade.net/

    Antoher link, this time to Des Latham’s excellent Anglo-Boer War podcast which is as hard hitting as it is entertaining. A playful delivery doesn’t detract from the drama of the conflict. We rather like this!
    https://www.abwarpodcast.com/

    2 hr 12 min
  • Episode 51: Bonnie & Clyde
    A version of the movie poster for the original release in 1967.


    The real Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
    The ambush site where Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death by
    retired Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault
    1 hr 11 min

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If you've ever watched a movie based on true events and thought "I didn't know that" or "I wonder if that is how it happened" then this is the podcast series for you

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