We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Goalhanger Films
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Goalhanger Films
Achtung! Achtung!
Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland discuss all matters Second World War.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk is a bi-weekly show exploring the war in close up. James and Al have a stunning knowledge of their subject, but don't expect a linear narrative. The boys love a tangent and a forgotten tale.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk roams down forgotten front lines, casts new villains and makes the case for unlikely heroes.
Send questions to James and Al via Twitter using #WeHaveWays or by email to [email protected]
Battle stations!
Tuesday 20 April 2021 : Britain’s war time intelligence operations are the subject of discussion as Al Murray and James Holland exchange notes on their latest...
Sunday 18 April 2021 : This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including the story of an alarming experience in a London hospital’s labour ward...
Thursday 15 April 2021 : Steve Ballinger MBE removes ordnance from former sites of conflict. He has spent the last decade removing 60,000+ mines, shrapnel and...
Tuesday 13 April 2021 : In the wake of his death, Al Murray and James Holland discuss the Duke of Edinburgh's war record and his role in the Royal Navy. They also...
Sunday 11 April 2021 : Al Murray and James Holland read family stories sent in by listeners to We Have Ways of Making You Talk.These wartime experiences took place...
Thursday 08 April 2021 : What makes the best gun and how complicated is the development of small arms? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Dr Matthew Ford from...
Tuesday 06 April 2021 : You could volunteer to fly but you couldn’t volunteer to stop.Dr Dan Ellin, of the International Bomber Command Centre, talks to Al and...
Monday 05 April 2021 : Part two of our extraordinary interview with Selma van de Perre, a Dutch resistance fighter who was 17 years old when the Second World War...
Sunday 04 April 2021 : The Second World War touched everyone’s lives, with many of our listeners’ families witnessing extraordinary events.In this edition of...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : Selma van de Perre was a Dutch resistance fighter who was just 17 years old when the Second World War began.Using an alias and fake ID she...
Tuesday 30 March 2021 : A listener’s recent discovery that his uncle may have been one of the 258 British soldiers accused of mutiny in Malaya sends the podcast...
Sunday 28 March 2021 : Listeners to We Have Ways of Making You Talk write the scripts for our Sunday morning podcasts, as Al Murray and James Holland read out...
Thursday 25 March 2021 : Although Ireland remained neutral during the war it didn’t stop Irish men joining the British Armed Forces.Joseph Quinn joins Al Murray...
Tuesday 23 March 2021 : James Holland and Al Murray get their hands on the post-operation report of Veritable, review the success of the Chindits and dig deeper...
Sunday 21 March 2021 : This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including the story of a ship on an undercover mission; a German woman working in...
Thursday 18 March 2021 : With historian Frank McDonough and actor Paul McGann.Between 1940 and 1945 the Third Reich fell from the pinnacle of its power to...
Tuesday 16 March 2021 : Fascination with the threat of U-boats has deflected attention from the effectiveness of allied submariners. James Holland and Al Murray...
Sunday 14 March 2021 : This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of uncovering a staggering stash of champagne, finding yourself behind enemy lines...
Thursday 11 March 2021 : Hans Globke was the civil servant responsible for framing the Nuremberg anti-Jewish race laws. Yet somehow he returned to post war...
Tuesday 09 March 2021 : The battles of late 1944 are examined as James Holland and Al Murray explore the front line post Market Garden. Also up for discussion are...
Sunday 07 March 2021 : This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of a daring mission to recover a V-2 missile, surviving the atom bomb dropped on...
Thursday 04 March 2021 : The world’s most iconic aircraft is celebrating its 85th birthday. Not that we need an excuse to revel in the beauty and engineering...
Tuesday 02 March 2021 : Why did General Jim Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, not prioritise the capture of the bridge at Nijmegen as part of...
Sunday 28 February 2021 : This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of a friendship with Douglas Bader, the sinking of the Wallasea and a powerfully...
Thursday 25 February 2021 : The British Army in Normandy are the focus as Al Murray and James Holland are joined by historian and author Jonathan Ware.In Jonathan’s...
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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303. Enigma and Escapees
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Britain’s war time intelligence operations are the subject of discussion as Al Murray and James Holland exchange notes on their latest...
302. Family Stories - Ep 14
This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including the story of an alarming experience in a London hospital’s labour ward...
301. The Remains of War
Steve Ballinger MBE removes ordnance from former sites of conflict. He has spent the last decade removing 60,000+ mines, shrapnel and...
300. Prince Philip
In the wake of his death, Al Murray and James Holland discuss the Duke of Edinburgh's war record and his role in the Royal Navy. They also...
299. Family Stories - ep 13
Al Murray and James Holland read family stories sent in by listeners to We Have Ways of Making You Talk.These wartime experiences took place...
298. Small Arms
What makes the best gun and how complicated is the development of small arms? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Dr Matthew Ford from...
297. Lack of Moral Fibre
You could volunteer to fly but you couldn’t volunteer to stop.Dr Dan Ellin, of the International Bomber Command Centre, talks to Al and...
296. Jewish Resistance: Selma van de Perre, Part 2
Part two of our extraordinary interview with Selma van de Perre, a Dutch resistance fighter who was 17 years old when the Second World War...
295. Family Stories - Ep 12
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The Second World War touched everyone’s lives, with many of our listeners’ families witnessing extraordinary events.In this edition of...
294. Jewish Resistance: Selma van de Perre, Part 1
Selma van de Perre was a Dutch resistance fighter who was just 17 years old when the Second World War began.Using an alias and fake ID she...
293. Mutiny
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A listener’s recent discovery that his uncle may have been one of the 258 British soldiers accused of mutiny in Malaya sends the podcast...
292. Family Stories - Ep 11
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Listeners to We Have Ways of Making You Talk write the scripts for our Sunday morning podcasts, as Al Murray and James Holland read out...
291. Irish Fighters
Although Ireland remained neutral during the war it didn’t stop Irish men joining the British Armed Forces.Joseph Quinn joins Al Murray...
290. Veritable, Trombones and The Chindits
James Holland and Al Murray get their hands on the post-operation report of Veritable, review the success of the Chindits and dig deeper...
289. Family Stories - Ep 10
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This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including the story of a ship on an undercover mission; a German woman working in...
288. The Hitler Years
With historian Frank McDonough and actor Paul McGann.Between 1940 and 1945 the Third Reich fell from the pinnacle of its power to...
287. The War Beneath the Waves
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Fascination with the threat of U-boats has deflected attention from the effectiveness of allied submariners. James Holland and Al Murray...
286. Family Stories - Ep 9
This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of uncovering a staggering stash of champagne, finding yourself behind enemy lines...
285. Hitler’s Henchman
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Hans Globke was the civil servant responsible for framing the Nuremberg anti-Jewish race laws. Yet somehow he returned to post war...
284. Winter Mud
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The battles of late 1944 are examined as James Holland and Al Murray explore the front line post Market Garden. Also up for discussion are...
283. Family Stories - Ep 8
This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of a daring mission to recover a V-2 missile, surviving the atom bomb dropped on...
282. Spitfire!
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The world’s most iconic aircraft is celebrating its 85th birthday. Not that we need an excuse to revel in the beauty and engineering...
281. Nightmare at Nijmegen
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Why did General Jim Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, not prioritise the capture of the bridge at Nijmegen as part of...
280. Family Stories - Ep 7
This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of a friendship with Douglas Bader, the sinking of the Wallasea and a powerfully...
279. Civilian Soldiers
The British Army in Normandy are the focus as Al Murray and James Holland are joined by historian and author Jonathan Ware.In Jonathan’s...
