Host Harry Bucknall talks to Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command.

In this edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall and guests remember the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing for peace in Sarajevo 30 years ago.

Daz Keelor, former soldier and Cornwall veterans’ welfare campaigner, looks back on his Army career, his love of rugby and the RAOC’s amalgamation into the Royal Logistic Corps in the early 1990s. 

Harry Bucknall talks to Anthony Loyd, The Times’ senior foreign correspondent, about reporting wars and conflicts.

In this Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall talks to the Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, about life in politics.

Army veteran and award-winning fundraising campaigner, Mark Harding, talks about his work for military charities and overcoming a serious injury sustained in Afghanistan. 

In this episode, Harry Bucknall talks to Lee Harris-Hamer, Royal Artillery veteran, about life after the Army as an award-winning businessman. 

In a fascinating conversation, Lord Dannatt talks about British Army resource cuts, political and defence issues, veterans’ welfare and his new book. “Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40”. 

Army Sergeant Major WO1 Paul Carney talks about his pivotal role at British Army Headquarters.

Harry talks to King’s Troop Commanding Officer, Major Francesca Sykes, who shares her proudest moments so far as CO during many recent historic occasions, including the 2022 Platinum Jubilee when the Troop’s horses displayed such “immaculate behaviour” in a crowd of three hundred thousand cheering spectators around Hyde Park. 

Best-selling author Joshua Levine talks about the unsung heroes of the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War Two. 

Our Chief Executive, Tim Hyams, talks about the challenges facing the Army’s national charity and the changing nature of the British Army.

GSM Stokes talks about masterminding the ceremonial arrangements for HM Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral and his impressive Army career in the Coldstream Guards.

Host Harry Bucknall talks to General Sir Patrick Sanders, KCB, CBE, DSO, Chief of the General Staff, British Army. 

Alastair shares vivid personal memories of working with Queen Elizabeth II and his expert insights into the monarchy and the Armed Forces’ close links with the Royal Family. 

In our new podcast for General Talk, we celebrate the Edinburgh Festival’s 75th Anniversary this year. Our host Harry Bucknall talks to the British Army in Scotland’s theatre and entertainment company Army At The Fringe.

SOE veteran Joyce Wilding shares her memories of World War Two.

Speaking in our new podcast episode for General Talk, our host Harry Bucknall speaks to the charity Waterloo Uncovered, which we fund, about how battlefield archaeology promotes veterans’ mental health and wellbeing.

Speaking in our new podcast episode for General Talk, hosted by Harry Bucknall, BBC Sports presenter Gabby Logan talks to broadcaster Simon McCoy about her impressive career as one the country’s leading sports presenters. 

This episode of General Talk features Corie Mapp, former Lance Corporal, Afghan veteran and Britain’s first Para Bobsleigh European Champion. Corie talks about his Army career, the challenges he faced after becoming a double amputee and how sport helped him overcome his life changing injuries 

WO1 (AcSM) Colin Kirkwood talks about being selected for the prestigious position of Academy Sergeant Major at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), having joined the Army as a junior soldier aged 16.

Adam Holloway, Conservative MP for Gravesham, talks about UK Policy on Afghanistan, Parliament’s work on defence issues, and Global Britain.

General Sir Michael Rose shares his recollections of commanding the SAS during the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege and his thoughts on the Army’s twenty years in Afghanistan in a new episode of our General Talk podcast series.