The Old Front Line
History

The Old Front Line

by Paul Reed

Walk the battlefields of the First World War with Military Historian, Paul Reed. In these podcasts, Paul brings together over 40 years of studying the Great War, from the stories of veterans he interviewed, to when he spent more than a decade living on the Old Front Line in the heart of the Somme battlefields. 

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Ypres: A Walk on The Bluff
44:49 Feb 28, 2026
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Winter in Flanders
49:30 Jan 31, 2026
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Demarcation Stones at Ypres
47:42 Jan 17, 2026
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A Tale of Two Veterans
53:23 Dec 6, 2025
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Caring For The Silent Cities
38:01 Nov 22, 2025
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West of Arras: Behind The Lines
1:06:06 Nov 8, 2025
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Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle
1:10:21 Oct 25, 2025
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Gunner Officer: Malcolm Vyvyan
35:38 Oct 11, 2025
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Remembering the Forgotten Front
1:07:11 Sep 27, 2025
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Walking the Somme: Gommecourt
1:06:55 Sep 13, 2025
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RFC/RAF: Where They Flew & Fell
46:44 Aug 16, 2025
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Return to the Somme
1:04:38 Jun 28, 2025
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The MOD War Detectives
1:00:23 Jun 14, 2025
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Live from The Arras Memorial
1:08:36 May 31, 2025
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Sambre Canal 1918: Lock No 1
52:55 Apr 19, 2025
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