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- The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E18 Trooping the Colour
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In this episode I get married in the Guards Chapel, work my first Trooping the Colour, take guys to the British Telemark Championships, go sailing big time, work my first Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph and and a lot of welfare work.
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32 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E17 Afghanistan 2009
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In this episode I return from my last tour of Afghanistan, brake up from Mary and look for a new job, take the Ducati 749s and the Lotus to Branshatch on track days and start life as a Welfare Officer with the Guards.
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Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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31 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E16 Afghanistan 2008
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In this episode I complete the tour of Afghanistan and return to find I haven't got a job so the hunt for a new position is sort, Mary and I also part company. I have added a real time photo of me recording this episode and the last onboard Talavera. Can someone let me know if they can see the different photos I put on each episode?
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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32 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E15 Afghanistan 2006
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In this episode I finish my second tour of Helmand Provance in Afghanistan, get into internet dating, do a lot of skiing and qualifying as a Nordic ski instructor before preparing to and returning back to Helmand Provance in Afghanistan on my third tour.
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Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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31 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E14 Afghanistan 2005
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In this episode I take you through what happened after the loss of my best mate and then through Sandra’s next lot of treatment leading to her loss as well and how I dealt with my grief and a deployment to Helmand Provance in Afghanistan on Op Herrick 6 and the stuff I got up to there.....
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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32 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E13 Return from Iraq
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In this episode I return from Iraq being repatriated by JCCC (the Joint Casualty and Compasionate Cell) to look after Sandra who had just been diagnosed with cancer and how we dealt with it. This is a very difficult episode for me so please forgive the raw emotion in this one and the next, 2005 and 2006 were not the best of years as you will hear. Thank for listening.
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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31 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E13 Bereavement 2005/6
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In this episode I return from Iraq being repatriated by JCCC (the Joint Casualty and Compasionate Cell) to look after Sandra who had just been diagnosed with cancer and how we dealt with it. This is a very difficult episode for me so please forgive the raw emotion in this one and the next, 2005 and 2006 were not the best of years as you will hear. Thank for listening.
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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31 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E12 Kabul 2002
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In this episode I return from Kabul in Afghanistan and go on a promotion course and get promoted and a new contract and post then deploy to Basra in Iraq before being repatriated home........
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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31 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E11 Kabul 2002
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In this episode I will take you through my operational tour of Kabul on Op Veritas in Afghanistan in 2002 and the experience I had working at the Headquarters ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) and the type of work I did and the people I met.
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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32 min - The Tim Heale Podcasts S1 E10 Macedonia 9/11
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In this episode I go to Scotland on the Joint Maritime Course (JMC) and then prepare and deploy to Macedonia on Task Force Harvest, while there we experience the horror of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York and the issues we have with new equipment prior to going to Kabul, Afghanistan in 2002.
Discover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk.
Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.uk
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About The Tim Heale Podcast
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Welcome to The Tim Heale Podcast, where history comes alive through the people who lived it, and every story is grounded in real experience.
I'm Tim Heale, a British Army veteran,…
broadcaster, military historian and author of The Parallel Six series, with 44 years of service in the British Army, serving in Germany during the Cold War, Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Each episode brings together real military stories, forgotten history, travel, interviews, and personal experiences from over fifty years of adventure. From battlefields and memorials to regimental traditions, motorcycle journeys across Europe, and life behind the microphone, you'll hear the stories that rarely make it into the history books.
Whether we're exploring Waterloo, Arnhem, Berlin, Normandy, Kosovo or the mountains of Morocco, every programme is built on careful research, first-hand experience, and a genuine passion for keeping history alive.
Along the way you'll also discover stories from the world of rugby, skiing, motorcycling, broadcasting, and the remarkable people I've met throughout my military and civilian life.
If you enjoy military history, true stories, travel, and authentic conversation, you're in the right place.
Subscribe and join a growing community of veterans, families, historians, and enthusiasts who believe the past should never be forgotten.
Real history. Real people. Real stories.
Military Historian • Author • Broadcaster
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