Links to programmes that featured in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales' Armed Forces Season.
Last updated: 16 June 2010
Thursday 24 June
11.15 AM - Swansea in the Blitz
Mal Pope narrates a a special programme, telling the story of how his home town was badly bombed during World War Two, as Hitler sought to destroy the port. Mal found the experience of making the programme very emotional.
Read Mal's thoughts on the recording of this programme.
2 PM - Roy Noble at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea
Roy has reflections of conflicts past and present, ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday 26 June.
Friday 25 June
9 AM - Louise Elliott
Louise will be broadcast from Germany, as she finds out what it means to be a serving soldier overseas on Armed Forces Day.
Louise is behind the scenes at the base camp in Sennelager, talking to members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards, who recruit heavily in Wales. She finds out about life in barracks, how their wives and children cope with living away from home and discovering why it is so important to celebrate the bravery of our troops.
12 Midday - Korea Remembered
2010 marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War which began on the 25th June 1950, when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. In 'Korea Remembered' the Falkland's War Veteran, Simon Weston sets out to uncover the truth about Korea - 'the forgotten war' - by speaking to veterans from Wales who served there.
12.30 PM - In the Radio Wales Phone-In Jason Mohammad asks whether we do enough to remember all of our war dead.
Saturday 26 June - Armed Forces Day
10.45 AM - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales at Armed Forces Day
Presenters Oliver Hides and Bethan Rhys Roberts are with a team of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporters and special guests guiding listeners as a military parade travels through the City from Cardiff Castle to Cardiff Bay for a Drum Head Service, honouring the contributions of the men and women of the Armed Forces in conflicts past and present.
1 PM - Rhod Gilbert live in Cardiff Bay
Rhod is at Britannia Quay, where the warship HMS Kent will be docked and open the public.
10 PM - Showtime
Beverley Humphreys presents a Showtime with a distinct Royal Marine flavour. Beverley has worked closely with the Marines over the past 15 years performing with RM bands at the Albert Hall, in Plymouth and Portsmouth.
Sunday 27 June
8.30 AM - All Things Considered
Roy Jenkins and guests discuss the role of the armed forces, our attitudes to conflict and the work of military chaplains.
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