Dan and Simon are BACK!!! (finally). And they're bringing you another eastern front epic! (sort of). Featuring Mira Sorvino and Gerbil Birnnnn. Tune in for this brand new episode!!!

Uncomfortable Bedfellows....or Flashdance and Smeggy. Could this Finnish epic be our favourite film yet?!

It should be called Lady Death....Simon and Dan discuss this 2015 Russian/Ukranian (yeah shocking) mess about the Soviet sniper ace Lyudmila Pavlichenko.

In part 2, Simon and Dan now turn to the film, Fortress of War, aka Brest Fortress, aka Fortress!

Dan and Simon take a look at the history behind Operation Barbarossa and the outbreak of hostilities between Germany and Soviet Russia. A brief background before giving you some background on this epic film! Part 2 at the end of the week!

Dan and Simon bring you a North Africa double feature! The rip-roaring Desert Rats with Richard Burton and James Mason and the very awful Rats of Tobruk. So very awful!

A very snotty Dan and Simon are off to North Africa and this very good 2008 Czechoslovakian film directed by Václav Marhoul of the brilliant 'The painted Bird" fame. And a chance to win your very own copy of Commando comic book!!!

Dan and Simon take another festive (drunken) browse through the Xmas war films on TV this holiday season!!

Dan and Simon take a look at this 1960 retelling of the epic naval battle in the frozen North Atlantic. But is this film epic? That remains to be seen....

Dan and Simon are BACK!! Its a whole new season and the boys kick it off with The 49th Parallel!! Though opinion is somewhat divided.....

A quick message from Dan and Simon in the wake of the current conflict in Ukraine.

Dan and Simon have a look through this Christmas Holiday bumper Radio Times....and are shocked!!! Shocked I tell you, at what they find.

Simon and Dan are completely taken by surprise by this 1953 masterpiece examining a crew of a Royal Navy Corvette fighting the hidden enemy in the deep and in themselves!!!! Could be another 5 out of 5!!!!

Simon and Dan take a look at this 1940 film set in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic. Dan thinks this might be the greatest film ever made. Simon is not too sure.

Dan and Simon bring you an action packed double bill as they take a look at the story of "war hero" Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky and the excellent "Hurricane"! Dan gets upset. Again.

Simon and Dan take a look at this rollicking, rip-roaring film with a cast of thousands and the history behind this pivotal battle of the Second World War 2.

Simon and Dan take a look at the 1958, version starring John Mills. Tune in for a chance to win your own copy of Commando!! The comic book of...well, of all things war!

Dan and Simon take a look at Christopher Nolan's 2017 Dunkirk! Be warned, there are a LOT of football analogies. Football is coming HOME...much like the soldiers on the beach! Oh dear.

Dan and Simon apologise profusely for their absence and discuss the brilliant film, The Kings Choice.

The song that inspired a podcast and teaches us about the Bismarck In this episode I talk about one of the songs that inspired me to do this podcast. Johnny Horton’s career was cut short, maybe due to powdering alligators behinds… listen and you will learn about the German Battleship Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck by Johnny Horton Lyrics In May of 194…

Probably the best. Film. Ever. But Simon doesn't think so. Dan sings some Barry Manilow.

Dan and Simon discuss the brilliant film, APRIL 9TH! Starring Lars Mikkelsen and Game of Thrones' Pilou Asbæk! Simon also gets quite excited about piles of logs.

Volcanic eruptions and stone phalluses Today I talk about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii and phalluses. Be prepared. Cities in Dust from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Lyrics Water was running, children were runningYou were running out of timeUnder the mountain, a golden fountainWere you praying at the Lares shrine? And Hot and burning in y…

Dan and Simon take a look at the 2007 Polish film Katyn, discuss Secret Service eastern European football and have a heated debate about ski jumpers.

The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests This episode we are talking about Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and the damage it caused. China by Joan Baez. Lyrics In the month of May, in the glory of the dayCame the descendants of a hundred flowersAnd their fight it did begin with the aging MandarinAnd they fought with an extraordinary powerEveryone was s…

Welcome to Season Two of the Foxhole Companion! Today we explore conscription In Great Britain at the outbreak of the War (and we get sidetracked discussing movie scores!).

Dan and Simon revisit their childhoods and the Radio Times with a preview of the seasonal War mongering films of Yuletide. And get drunk.

This is the end... at least of this season This is the end… beautiful friend… the end… my only friend… the end… at least of this season. Season 1 is over. Today I talk about Sneetches, Right Guard, the Republic of Biafra, and Pol Pot. Enjoy… Holiday in Cambodia by The Dead Kennedys. Lyrics So, you’ve been to school for a year or twoAnd you know you…

Today we are talking about a legendary singer/songwriter and a legendary human being. We are talking about the person that was the inspiration for the beginning lines of this very podcast that you hear every week and that you just heard. It is from his iconic line, 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.' Today we are talking about a legendary singer/songwriter a…

This week we talk about Ethiopian Christianity, Band Aid, Live Aid, Famines, and Brenda Spencer. I don’t like Mondays, well actually they are fine I suppose. This week we talk about Ethiopian Christianity, Band Aid, Live Aid, Famines, and Brenda Spencer. Homework I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats. Lyrics Discussed _The silicon chip inside h…

The boys discuss the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate and Dan gets quite upset about his car failing it's MOT.

Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science This week I talk less about Missouri, well actually no Missouri at all. This week is about Ben Franklin, Ponce de Leon, Robotron, George Orwell’s 1984, Isaac Newton, and Galileo… whew And Cheech Wizard Homework The Sounds of Science by the Beastie Boys is off their second album Paul’s Boutique. Lyrics Discussed …

A little bonus Episode to take us up to December 1939. Plus a competition to win a DVD!

Son Volt – 10 Second News This week I talk about some more Missouri melodrama. This time it’s Times Beach. Times Beach was a newspaper promotion that turned a floodplain into a town, into a national disaster, into a floodplain, and into a state park. Homework Ten Second News by Son Volt is off their first album Trace. Also it is Shawna Lutes and my…

Uncle Tupelo - New Madrid This week I talk about some earth shaking material (ugh). I discuss the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. The song is by one of my top 5 bands, maybe top band, Uncle Tupelo. Homework New Madrid by Uncle Tupelo is off their album Anodyne. Lyrics Discussed All my daydreams are disastersShe’s the one I think I loveRivers b…

An extraordinary examination of the opening hours of WW II from the Polish Director, Stanislaw Rózewicz. A MUST watch!

Ice-T - Freedom of Speech Today Ronnie talks about a little Ice-T, a little PMRC, and a little naked RATM. This could be interesting… or boring. This episode does not have a parental advisory. Homework Freedom of Speech by Ice-T is off his album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech. Lyrics Discussed Freedom of Speech, let ’em take it from me Next they’ll …

Could this remarkable Polish film be Simon and Dan's first 5 Star film!!! Tune in Friday to find out!!

A bonus episode where Simon and Dan fill in some history and discuss two films that didn't make the cut but are worth a look!

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama This week I talk about the iconic southern rock anthem Sweet Home Alabama and the “feud” with Neil Young. I also spend some time discussing the Governor of Alabama, George Wallace. The co-authors of Sweet Home Alabama tell vastly different stories about the controversial lines about Governor Wallace in the song. …

Please be advised some of the subjects discussed in today's film may be upsetting to some people.

Quick fix of what is to come on the next episode of Foxhole Companion!

Neil Young - Southern Man In this week’s episode I talk about Neil Young’s song, Southern Man . I discuss the 3 iterations of the Ku Klux Klan. I discuss the book, The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, and the movie, The Birth of a Nation, that brought the Klan back from extinction. The we go positive with Daryl Davis and discuss …

A little taste of what to expect (not much!!) from this weeks episode of......The Foxhole Companion!

Episode 2: Wherein the boys fail to make head nor tails of this absolute stinker of pre-war US propaganda. I mean how could they miss this lot of absolute Nazi's right under their noses?! Staring Edward G Robinson. Directed by Anatole Litvak.

The Bottle Rockets - Wave That Flag This week I talk about The Bottle Rockets song Wave That Flag. I talk about the three flags of the Confederate States of America. Then I discuss heritage versus hate. This should be fun. Warning This podcast does have some cuss words. If this offends you, please don’t listen. Feedback from the trailer @_gabytron …

The Liner Project - It begins! In the inaugural episode of The Liner Project, I talk about my love of music and history and why I even started this thing. I discuss my musicial influences like the following: Country Joe & The Fish Janis Joplin The Band Sly & The Family Stone Crosby, Still, Nash & Young Jimi Hendrix KISS I discuss my lifelong love o…

Welcome to our debut episode where Dan and Simon discuss the brilliant Seventh Cross directed by Fred Zinnemann and staring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.

If you're a war movie buff or a film aficionado then this is the podcast for you! A chronological history of World War Two seen through the eyes of the silver screen! Starting in 1936 with the little know Seventh Cross starring Spencer Tracy and Confessions of a Nazi Spy with Edward G Robinson! All the way through to VJ day. But not just the films …