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BFBS Radio

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Vote for your track of the week

Each week on BFBS Radio, we highlight great new music we think you should be listening to as we bring you our top four Fresh New Music tracks SO the question is, which is your favourite?

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Who is our BFBS Star Player?

This is our competition where, across a working week (Monday - Saturday), we'll give you six clues to the identity of one sporting person or sporting team and all you need to do is correctly guess the identity.

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The latest chart

Make sure you listen to the BFBS Chart every Sunday on BFBS Radio for two hours of the week's biggest songs, compiled from the ones we're playing across the forces world and the tunes you're downloading.

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BFBS Specials

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28 Years Later

Chris Kaye, from BFBS, was on the black carpet in Newcastle for the gala screening of 28 Years Later and managed to chat with director Danny Boyle, actor Alfie Williams and Robson Green.

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Sigma does Op Cabrit

In this exclusive BFBS Music Special, Kiaran Crook and Alex Procter from the band talk to Jim Gellatly about the album and play a couple of exclusive stripped back songs.

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VE Day 80

In 1944 the Allied Forces reinvaded mainland Europe. It was a hard fought but important victory in the fight to free the world from the threat of tyranny.

But what happened next?

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Stars of Pilgrimage

Tim Humphries met up with a few of the stars comedian Helen Lederer as well as Paralympian Stefanie Reid and former soldier Harry Clark to discuss the new series of BBC's Pilgrimage.

BFBS Podcasts

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The latest stories affecting the Forces

Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces.

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The Culture Colonel

BFBS Creative presents ‘The Culture Colonel,’ a series dedicated to exploring leadership within the Armed Forces and Defence sector.

 

 

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Great British Battle Commanders

How much does leadership shape the outcome of a battle? What makes for successful command? These questions lie at the heart of this new podcast series hosted by Professor Michael Clarke, from the creators of the award-winning Sitrep.

This thought-provoking series for BFBS Forces News is based on Mike’s book ‘Great British Commanders.’

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Keep looking to the skies

Calling all AvGeeks! Join Gini and Jamie as they get completely obsessed with military aircraft.

They talk to the pilots, air crew and ground crew who flew them, fixed them, loved them and sometimes even hated them.