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The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://rubbercheese.com/survey/https://carbonsix.digital/https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmarden/Paul Marden is the Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Six Digital and the CEO of Rubber Cheese. He is an Umbraco Certified Master who likes to think outside the box, often coming up with creative technical solutions that clients didn't know were possible. Paul oversees business development and technical delivery, specialising in Microsoft technologies including Umbraco CMS, ASP.NET, C#, WebApi, and SQL Server. He's worked in the industry since 1999 and has vast experience of managing and delivering the technical architecture for both agencies and client side projects of all shapes and sizes. Paul is an advocate for solid project delivery and has a BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile. https://rubbercheese.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatmarketingbloke/ Oz Austwick is the Head of Commercial at Rubber Cheese, he has a somewhat varied job history having worked as a Blacksmith, a Nurse, a Videographer, and Henry VIII's personal man at arms. Outside of work he's a YouTuber, a martial artist, and a musician, and is usually found wandering round a ruined castle with his kids. Transcription:  Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with Mister attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden. In today's episode, Oz Austwick and I talk about the Rubber Cheese Visitor Attraction Website Survey. After six weeks of data collection, we've seen some really interesting insights that we'll share and we'll also announce a new digital sustainability initiative that we're really excited about. Paul Marden: Hello, Oz. How you doing, mate? Oz Austwick: Hi, I'm good, mate, I'm good. How are you? Paul Marden: I am very good. On a slightly gray summer's day, hopefully, you know, all the private schools have broken up, so it should start to get busy in the attractions over the next couple of weeks and then we've got all the state schools breaking up in the next few weeks as well. So exciting times, hopefully. Hopefully busy times as well. Oz Austwick: Yes. So what are we going to talk about today? Paul Marden: Well, we are going to talk a little bit about the survey, but I thought it might be quite nice as well to talk a little bit about what's happening in the news because there's quite a lot at the moment. Oz Austwick: There is been a bit of a change of boss, haven't there has been. Paul Marden: A change of boss recently. But before we do that, shall we talk about where have we been recently? Tell me, tell me, which attraction have you been to recently? Oz Austwick: So this is why you're here, to keep me on track. The most recent attraction I've been to is Hazelmere Museum in Surrey. It's a bit of an eye opener, to be honest. I've always had a bit of a love for these tiny little provincial, formerly council run museums that you find in little towns around the country because you come across some amazing gems hidden in them. But Hazelmere Museum is a little bit different. I mean, it's astonishing. It's got a vast catalogue of natural history stuff. I mean, hundreds of thousands of pieces in the catalogue there. They've got an Egyptian section as well, with a sarcophagus and a mummy. Yeah, it's a great place. It's hidden away in this tiny little market town and if you get the opportunity, go, because it's great. Oz Austwick: But there is no parking, so you have to park in the town centre and walk along, which is the only downside I can come up with. How about you? Where have you been? Paul Marden: Sounds awesome. I have been to a few tiny little museums, actually. Recently I went to Winchester with my daughter and we did some of the military museums in Winchester because there's quite a few regimental museums in Winchester. They are all of them, you know, hyper focused on a particular regiment doing very specific things. So, you know, there's a cavalry museum and infantry museums. And it's just really interesting. My brother was in the army. It's quite nice to be able to take Millie and walk her around some of these military museums and for her to connect with what he did when he was in the army. So we're able to see, there's a little piece in one of the museums showing the war in Kosovo and how peacekeepers went over. And my brother had a medal from going to Bosnia. Paul Marden: He went to in peacekeeping back in the '90s. That was very interesting for her to be in a museum and connect with something that's of relevance to the family. He was slightly offended when I told him. Also, we saw model of Pegasus Bridge. And she was like, “Was he at Pegasus Bridge?” And I was like, “No, no. Uncle Barry's not quite that old. No, that's about 40 years too old for Uncle Barry.”Oz Austwick: Yeah. Do you know, I remember I went to Pegasus Bridge completely by accident once. Literally. We were just driving back and went, “Hang on a minute. This looks familiar. “Yeah. We stopped off at the cafe and had a wander around the bridge. And you can still see the bullet holes in the walls of the cafe building. And there are still tanks. Amazing place. Anyway, sorry, I digress. Paul Marden: No, absolutely. So let's talk a little bit about what's happening in the news at the moment. Anything that springs to mind for you? Oz Austwick: Well, I mean, obviously, the change of government, I don't think it came as a big surprise to anyone. Maybe the actual numbers were a little surprising, but the fact that we've now got a Labour Prime Minister with a fairly clear majority I don't think was a massive surprise. How that's going to play out in terms of the sector, I don't know. Paul Marden: Yeah, we've got a different culture sector in place, haven't we, than were perhaps anticipating. So there's few changes of personnel than we perhaps anticipated. Oz Austwick: Yeah, I mean, I guess we'll wait and see. It's probably just a result of the change, but I guess I'm feeling fairly optimistic that things might improve. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. I feel an air of optimism that we haven't had for quite some time. Oz Austwick: Yeah. Paul Marden: Interesting times, other things in the sector. Interesting, exciting news. The Young V and a were awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year. That's a, you know, a new museum that's doing lots of amazing work. We're real focused on kids and families. Lots of. Lots of co creation with young people involved in it. So that's quite exciting stuff. And it comes with a really hefty prize fund as well. So. So they got quite a nice pat on the back, a gong and some money as well to be able to fund their good work. So that's exciting. Oz Austwick: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Good for them. Anything else? Yeah, Bloomberg. I think we should probably talk a little bit about Bloomberg earlier in the year. We talked a lot about to a lot of people about the fact that Bloomberg philanthropies were awarding grants as part of their accelerator program for attractions, culturally significant attractions, to improve their digital presence. And that's kind of happened. A lot of awards have been made, attractions have got money to spend, and that's beginning to work its way out into the community now. So I'm really looking forward to seeing if that actually makes a significant difference to the overall level of websites. And I guess we'll probably have to wait until next year with the survey to find out if there's been a change in the sector. Oz Austwick: But I think for those attractions that have received the money, it can't be anything but a positive thing. Paul Marden: I was quite impressed because it's not just money that they're getting. They're getting help and support from Bloomberg as well to guide them in the use of that money. Because I think sometimes you see charities getting awarded large chunks of money and sometimes it can be a challenge for them to spend that money effectively, whereas by being provided guidance from Bloomberg, you know, you can see that money is going to be well spent and well used. So that's. I'm pleased about that. It'll be really exciting to see some of those projects come to fruition. I was pretty excited about a couple of science centre related news items. So we the curious in Bristol has reopened after two years of being closed in fire. So that was, I think that was monumental for them to be able to turn that around. It was really. Paul Marden: I was really pleased to see them reopen. That's definitely on my list of things I need to do this summer, is go and visit them and see what amazing things they've done. Absolutely. And then we've also got Cambridge Science Centre as well, will be due to open in a couple of weeks time. So they've opened their ticketing up. So people can now buy tickets to go to Cambridge Science Centre who have been a little bit like we the curious. They've been without a physical home for a period of time and are reopening a physical offering again. So that's exciting to be able to go and buy your tickets and head on over to Cambridge Science Centre.Oz Austwick: And Kids in Museums as well. I'm not going to talk about it because I know you know a lot more about it than me. But they're looking for volunteers, right? Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. So I think we talked in a number of episodes about the Family Friendly Museum Awards and short lists of those have been announced. That includes young v and a again. And we're looking for volunteer families to go undercover and do the judging. And I love it. The idea that families will get. They will have a contribution to the cost of money, pay expenses for them to go undercover and do this judging. And the feedback we get from those families is amazing. At the awards last year, each time an award was announced, we get a little snippet of what the undercover judges actually said and it's surprising what kids find important to them. The benches were comfy or the cafe was nice, you know, little things that perhaps adults might notice, you know, comes out in that undercover judging. Paul Marden: So, yeah, Kids in Museums need volunteers. Head on over to the website to go and find out a little bit more about that undercover judging. If you'd like to get involved in it. That's the news. But what do we really want to talk about? Oz Austwick: We really want to talk about our survey. Paul Marden: We really do. It's exciting. Oz Austwick: In fairness, we're kind of always talking about the survey at the moment. So now we're just going to talk to you about the survey rather than each other and anyone that will listen. Paul Marden: Yes, absolutely. Oz Austwick: We've been open for submissions for, what, six weeks now? Paul Marden: About that, I think. Yeah.Oz Austwick: A few weeks to go. It's proving really interesting. Paul Marden: Yes. Oz Austwick: Is that enough of the hook? Have we got you now? One of the things that I think is probably worth saying is that somehow, and whilst we wanted this to happen, I don't think we specifically planned for it, we've kind of lost a lot of the kind of fake submissions that we've had in previous years where people were clearly just having a look at the survey or not bothering to fill it in, or maybe it was bots doing it and we don't seem to have those. So the overall quality of the responses is just fantastic. And some of the venues that have submitted their data to the survey, I mean, they're astonishing. I'm not going to name any names because I don't know if I'm allowed to. Paul Marden: No, you're definitely not allowed to. Oz Austwick: Some of the biggest and most famous attractions in the country. Or even the world because we are worldwide this year. Paul Marden: But more importantly, also the smallest museums you could possibly imagine are in that data set as well. So what have we seen? We got all of these amazing responses. We've still got a couple of weeks left to go. We don't want anyone to feel left out. We definitely want more people to respond over the next couple of weeks. But let's give some teasers. What have we seen that we thought was interesting? Oz Austwick: Before we do, can I just make a couple of points that I think everybody needs to be aware of? The first is that any data you put in is absolutely confidential in every way. We're never going to release your data to the wider world. All the data that gets released is aggregated together and is done in a way that is completely anonymous. But what that does is it allows us to give sector wide data and we can give your data in comparison to that, so you can and see where you are. So there's no risk of anything getting out in the wide world that you don't want out there. It's completely non commercial. You know, we're not making money from this, we're not doing this, we're not asking for your data in order that we can make money. Oz Austwick: This is to give back to the community. We want people to have the information so that they can make the right decisions. And also, you don't have to fill in everything. If you look at it and think, you know, I ought to fill this in, I want to fill it in, but I haven't got time to do the whole thing, do half of it, that's okay. Even if you only fill in one question, that will improve the value of that answer to the entire sector. I'll shush now. Sorry. Let's look at some action figures. Paul Marden: Let's talk about some of the interesting findings. We've definitely found some things where we've gone. “Oh, really? Oh, how interesting.” So for me, one of them, I'm a tech geek. Everybody knows I'm a tech geek. Okay. Ticketing systems, content management systems, that's my bag. I was quite interested this year that we're seeing much more parity in terms of the ticketing system data that we're getting. So there is a number of ticketing systems where in previous years there's been a substantial number of people selecting Digitickets. In previous years we're seeing more. We're seeing more responses from other respondents this year with different ticketing systems. And I think we've said this before, it's nothing. These aren't necessarily indicating changes in the behaviour of the sector. Paul Marden: It more speaks to the different people that are responding in different years and we're seeing more responses from different people this year. And so we are seeing different ticketing systems appearing alongside Digitickets as key. You spotted something that surprised you, didn't you, in that respect? Oz Austwick: Yeah, absolutely. When we designed the survey went through all of the ticketing systems that were familiar with and all of the names that we knew but hadn't had specific experience of working with. And we created what we thought was a really comprehensive listing of ticketing systems. But we allowed people to tick other and then write in what they were using and we clearly missed one big player from that list and they're probably the highest ranked so far. I haven't actually looked for the last week or so. They're certainly up there. They may not be the most popular but they're one of the most popular and it came as a complete surprise to us. So, you know, do make sure that you get your report because there is stuff in it that surprises even if it's just me, I mean. Oz Austwick: But you may well be surprised by some of the results of that. Paul Marden: Yeah, we saw interesting shifts. So we've done a little bit of year on year analysis as well. Already we've seen that there are more people selecting WordPress as their CMS. So that's now around half of all respondents have selected WordPress as their content management system. Oz Austwick: I'm going to take issue with your phrasing there because I'm not sure that's an accurate description. Paul Marden: Why? Oz Austwick: Because I don't necessarily think we've seen more people selecting WordPress, but we've certainly had more people stating they use WordPress. They may have been using WordPress years, much like the ticketing system. What we've got is a snapshot of the people who have submitted. Paul Marden: Yeah, so I meant selected the tick box as opposed to selected the technology platform. But you're absolutely right. It is indicative of the responses that we're getting this year. And it's not. They're not eating away market share from the other CMS's. I think we're seeing more people being able to tell us what the CMS that they're using is. So fewer people are saying I don't know or I can't track this, and actually giving us answer. Oz Austwick: Yeah, we made a real conscious effort to try and reduce the number of people just saying other. And I think that's probably made a big difference to these. Paul Marden: Yeah, up around is around 11% now, up from 4% in 2023. So that's quite interesting. We're definitely going to do some analysis this year to try and see. Can we slice and dice some of the other data by technology platforms to see if any of these platforms give those people that select them an edge in terms of their performance or their sustainability scores or things like that? Oz Austwick: I know one of the things that we noticed last year was that the bigger, more successful venues were more likely to use Umbraco or perhaps the other way around. The venues that used Umbraco were more likely to be the bigger, more successful venues, but there was no way of telling which was cause and which was effect or whether they were just completely disconnected at all. And hopefully now, because we've got a slightly bigger sample size, we might be able to be a bit more accurate with that. Rather than stating this is a correlation, maybe there's something we can actually action from this. Paul Marden: Yeah. You had some interesting stuff that you saw around how easy people find it to find stuff, didn't you? Oz Austwick: Yes. There's been a long debate that's been going on for longer than I've been with Rubber Cheese about the value of self reporting. And I know that there were some conversations with the Advisory Board that we put together to help design the survey this year about whether that was a valuable thing to do. And I think that, because that's how we've done it for the last few years, we've stuck with it. But also, I think as long as you're open about the fact that this is self reporting, the figure is still accurate. So when we ask people how easy it is for visitors to their website to find what they're looking for, over half of them ranked 8, 9 or 10 out of 10, so that it was very easy. Oz Austwick: And nobody ranked zero, one or two, so nobody thought that it was really difficult to find stuff on their website. But 50% of sites have never actually tested the site or collected feedback from users. So how valuable that figure is a different question. Yeah, we'll come to that later, because there's an important point that I think we're going to make later on about how we can make that figure more valuable. Paul Marden: You also saw some stuff around personalisation, didn't you? Oz Austwick: Yeah. The personalisation things are really important because as a marketer, you go along to agency groups and conferences and workshops and webinars, and for years, if not decades, people have been talking about how important personalisation is. If you've got anybody in your organisation that works with email newsletters, personalisation is absolutely key. And it's really clear that the more you personalise, the better you do. And 90% of the people who filled in the survey agree that personalisation is more important than not. However, only 9% of websites are offering personalised content. Paul Marden: It's a bit heartbreaking, isn't it? Oz Austwick: Yeah. Obviously we don't know why and we can say that even at this point, without the survey having finished, that's already up from last year. It was 6% last year and now it's at 9%, which doesn't feel like a big improvement, but it's a 50% increase. Paul Marden: It'd be interesting to slice that again and see is that the 9% that have personalisation, are they the attractions with larger footfall and larger budgets and that's why they can afford to do this and that's the big barrier to entry? Or is there a something else that actually know that smaller sites with less traffic and less footfall at the attraction can still offer personalisation? It's not just about budgets and some people can use this stuff and get really good outcomes from it, or spending all that time and effort mean that you get no real outcome of it anyway, and that all of those people that think it's really important are kidding themselves. And that's the great thing about the survey, isn't it, that we've got all of this data and we can start to draw those conclusions from it? Oz Austwick: Yeah, absolutely. And I think this is going to be a really interesting one to follow over the next year or two to see if. Is this year's number an actual increase or is it just a more accurate number? Yes, and I guess we can only see that as a trend over time. Paul Marden: Yeah. Oz Austwick: Now, you were very keen that we included some questions about AI and the use of AI. Paul Marden: Yeah. Oz Austwick: Have there been any interesting findings there? Paul Marden: Yes. So the majority of people have used some sort of AI content generation tool, so they've used ChatGPT or the like to be able to do generative AI, writing, copy and that kind of thing. We've not gone into depth about how much they've used it. Do they use it extensively? Is it part of their day to day work? It was simply a question of have you used any of these tools? So, you know, over half have used a tool like that. There is also hidden in that data set there's a few attractions that are doing some pretty innovative things with AI as well. So there's a couple that are using things like AI powered CRM or AI powered scheduling or workforce management. So earlier on you said everybody's submissions is completely anonymous. That is completely true. Paul Marden: But I am definitely going to be tapping up those people that gave us the interesting answers to say, “Would you like to come and tell the story in more detail?” So, yes, you're right, we're never going to share anybody's data, and we're never going to share anybody's stories without their permission. We will definitely, over the next few weeks and months, as we're planning the report, we're definitely going to go to the people that have given us interesting data that has made us go, that's very interesting, and talking to them. So we'll find out a little bit more about what those people are doing. But you had an interesting observation, didn't you? If half of the people have used something like ChatGPT, that leaves about half the people that haven't used it. Oz Austwick: Yeah, it's really difficult to know from where we sit as a digital agency that is constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve and understand new technologies and how they might be relevant and how we can use them to help our clients. You know, we may be, are we more familiar with this than most people, or is the way we see it representative? It's really hard to know. And I find it really hard to believe that the approaching half of visitor attractions simply haven't even looked at it. They've not even gone to ChatGPT and said, you know, find me a title for this blog post or something like that. It just seems that maybe they're missing a trick. Oz Austwick: And I'm not suggesting that you should go out and get vast amounts of content written by AI and plaster it all over your site. We know that Google is specifically and deliberately penalising sites it knows are doing that, but you can certainly use it to maybe improve your language. Or if you can't come up with a catchy title, you can ask for twelve different suggestions for titles and pick and choose. I find it really hard to believe that half the people haven't even done that, but that could just be my context. Paul Marden: I think you might be sat in a little bubble of your own making. I sat with people recently and walked them through. How do you prompt ChatGPT? What does prompting even mean? And talking about how is it doing it? And talking about the idea that it's all just probabilities. It's not intelligent, it's just using probabilities to figure out what the next word is. Yeah. And what does that actually mean to people? I definitely think that we sit in a bubble where we are. We are not experts. Neither of us, I think, would consider ourselves experts at best, gentlemen amateurs. But I think we sit in a bubble of people that are using this a lot and are experimenting with it. I don't know. Paul Marden: I think there's a place for Skip the Queue to look at this next year, to look at what are the innovative things that people are doing. But also starting at the 101 class, what does it all mean? What are these things? How could they be useful to you? How could you make use of ChatGPT to accelerate your content creation, to come up with new ideas that you haven't potentially thought of? So definitely, I think there's space in Season 6 for us to delve into this in more detail. There's one more area that I think we added this year that we're really excited about, isn't there, around sustainability. Paul Marden: Not because we think we are thought leaders on this, not because we think we're on the cutting edge, but because we're learning so much around this at the moment and really changing the way that we work, aren't we? Oz Austwick: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And I think there's a really important point. It's something that. Oh, which conference was it? I think were both there. One of the agencynomics conferences, Joss from Enviral, made the point that this is actually our problem. If websites are out there and they aren't sustainable and they are causing damage, it's the fault of the companies that have built them. And really, that's us. So we kind of feel that we have to be at least trying to take the lead in helping fix that. And you can't do anything to fix the issue unless you've got the knowledge and the understanding of where you are. And I guess that's where we are at the moment. We've asked a few really basic questions, but they've given some quite interesting statistics. Paul Marden: Yeah. So most attractions have got good intentions, so most have got a sustainability plan in place. We've not asked what that plan looks like or how comprehensive it is. It was simply, does your attraction have a sustainability plan? And most people have said yes to that. Oz Austwick: When you say it's a majority, I think it's quite important to note that this isn't like 56%, this is a huge majority. The vast majority of sites have sustainability plan to the point where you could say almost everybody does. Not quite everybody, but almost everybody. But that does make the fact that very few have actually specifically measured the carbon footprint of their website a little bit more shocking. Paul Marden: So that's the big, “Oh, really moment” for us was the idea that most people have got a sustainability plan. Some have even actually taken action to improve the sustainability posture of their website, but very few have actually ever measured the CO2 emissions of their website. So they don't, they're not benchmarking. This is not a coherent plan where you measure, take action, measure again and then replan. Very few of the attractions have actually done that measurement process. We know, we know from recent episodes where we talked about sustainability, the importance of measuring in terms of helping you construct a plan and working in a methodical way to improve the CO2 emissions and improve that sustainability posture. And I think we've recognised as a result of doing the survey that there is some impediment that is stopping people from measuring. Paul Marden: We're not entirely sure we understand what the impediment is, but there is definitely something getting in the way of people being able to measure. And I think that's our. There's the big thing that I wanted to be able to share today that we have decided as a result of doing the survey and then started to run through, we could see that most people haven't tested the CO2 emissions. So what we have done is we've enriched the database of all of the respondents that we've had this year and gone and done the CO2 emissions tests of their websites for them. Now, obviously, we're going to keep that private to us. We're not singling anybody out, but we are going to be able to aggregate together what the whole industry looks like as a result of the testing that we have done. Paul Marden: The testing, to be fair, is not just restricted to the people that have responded to the survey. We are also going and testing more widely across the entire sector to be able to get an understanding of what the CO2 emissions of the websites of the wider sector look like. So that's been, that's something that we've been really pleased that we've been able to do and it's something that we want to be able to offer out to everybody that has taken part in the survey. So one of the things that I guess we're announcing today that is a key thing that we've not talked about throughout the whole survey process, is we're going to give everybody that has taken part in the survey the opportunity to download the CO2 emissions report that we have gathered for them on their website. Paul Marden: So they will be able to see a grading of A to F as to what their CO2 emissions look like. They'll also see that broken down in a little bit more granular detail around the page size, the amount of CO2 that is emitted by the page, one page of their site, and a rough estimate of what that turns into in terms of CO2 emissions for their entire site. And that's something that we will share with everybody at the end of the survey. So this year, it's not just going to be one large survey that aggregates everybody's data together. We will also give individualised reports to everybody for them to be able to see where their CO2 emissions are in terms of their website.Paul Marden: With ideas we're hopefully going to work with friends of Skip the Queue and supporters of the survey to be able to come up with ideas around how you can actually improve that CO2 posture, which could, that could be an amazing thing for us to run the survey again next year, gather that data again and see today, as we're recording, BBC is running the Michael Mosely just one thing in memory of Michael Moseley. I think we can take inspiration from that. What if every attraction that got access to their report did just one thing to improve the CO2 posture of their website? What difference is that going to make to us as a sector as a whole in that one year process? Paul Marden: Because there will bound to be a few little things that you can do, knobs to twiddle and features to add on your website that will just improve that CO2 emissions posture just a little bit and make everybody better as a result of it. Oz Austwick: Yeah. And I think it's really interesting that even though we haven't got the full data yet, and we've not put it together in any meaningful way, it's already changed the way we work as an agency. But not only that, there are other changes going on in the wider community as well, because the website briefs we're getting through from attractions are talking about this more. So I guess from a personal perspective, if you're putting together a brief for a new website or an app or some kind of new digital service, put this in there, ask that somebody pays some attention to the footprint and the impact of your new site and make it part of the decision making process. Paul Marden: Procurement managers have the control. I absolutely believe that the person that holds the purse strings gets to set the direction of the project. And just like accessibility is always on, every tender, sustainability should be there. This is a easily, trivially measurable thing. And when procurement managers hold us to account, the industry will improve as a result of being held to account like that. Oz Austwick: Yes. Now, the sustainability reporting isn't the only new thing that we're going to do. There's one more big thing that we're going to do as part of the survey to try and make. Make the data far more valid and applicable. Do you want to say what it is? Paul Marden: Yeah, I'll take this one. Because this was an idea I had. It was an idea I had a few months ago. I would love to get real end consumer input into the survey. We asked attractions, how important is personalisation? Have you done user testing? How easy was it for people to traverse your website? We're actually going to go out and survey people who have visited a large attraction in the last year and ask them, how easy was it to buy your tickets? We could be asking them about personalisation. We could be asking them about, is sustainability a key deciding buying factor for you? There's lots of things that we could ask people as part of this consumer research piece that we're about to embark on. Paul Marden: I think it's really exciting to be able to join up the voice of the consumer with the voice of the attractions in the Rubber Cheese Survey as a whole. Oz Austwick: Yeah, absolutely. Not only will it give us that knowledge from the other side of the transaction, but it'll let us know really very quickly whether the self reporting that people are doing as part of the survey is actually accurate. Is your view of how easy your website is to use, is that accurate? Is that the same view that people coming to your website for the first time have? Because we're all familiar with our own website and if you've designed the user experience, you probably think it's great and it may well be, but unless you actually test it and ask people, you can't know either way. So I think this is a really exciting thing to do and it allows us to kind of draw in more important information that can help us all as a sector improve.Paul Marden: Completely. And we've got a little ask in terms of that, haven't we? We would love to hear from you if you have got input into that consumer research, if you've got ideas of things, we could be asking real people that go to real attractions about how they use the website. You know, let us know. We'd love to hear feedback either. You know, send us a message on Twitter, reach out by email. There's links all in the show notes that will help you to make contact with us. But please just make contact and let us know. We've got amazing feedback from the advisory board and we will be talking about this piece of research with the advisory board before the survey goes out to the real people. But you've got a chance at the moment to be able to input to that. Paul Marden: So please do let us know what you think would be interesting. Oz Austwick: And whilst we're asking things of you, I've got a few more things that we want to ask. Paul Marden: Go on then. What do you want? What do you want? Oz Austwick: Well, all sorts of things. But for today, if you haven't filled in the survey, please do go along to rubbercheese.com. There's a link on the homepage through to the survey. There are different surveys for different parts of the world. Just click on the link, fill it in. You don't have to do the whole thing. Even if it's a partial response, it's still helpful. So please go along, give it a try. I'm led to believe, and I haven't tested this so I'm not going to state for effect, but if you half fill in the survey and then go away and come back on the same computer using the same browser, you'll go back in at the point that you'd got to so you can finish it. It depends on your cookie settings, but that's what is claimed. Oz Austwick: But even if it doesn't happen, you know, a half survey response is better than none. Paul Marden: We'd also like you to nag your mates as well. You know, I've been messaging people that have been responding and so many of the marketers that are filling in the survey are part of communities of other marketers. They're parts of communities, regional communities, Wales communities, or they're parts of sector specific. There's so many different groups and organisations that are working together. If you can, please raise the profile of the survey, stick a link in your WhatsApp group with all the people that you work with around you. We would really appreciate that. Obviously, the more people that submit, the better the data set. The more money we'll donate to Kids in Museums as a result of what we do. Paul Marden: And of course now everybody that submits will get their personalised sustainability report at the end as well, which is another great incentive to get involved. Oz Austwick: I guess the other thing is that if you filled in the survey before and you don't think you've got time to do the whole thing again from scratch, do let us know because we can quite happily provide you with all of the previous answers that you've given that are relevant to this year's survey and then you can just update or fill in the gaps. We're very happy to do that if it would be helpful. And still for those multi site organisations, if that's an easier way for you, for us to provide you with a spreadsheet that you can just put data into, we're very happy to do that too. Paul Marden: Absolutely. And the spreadsheet approach again lends itself very well. You don't have to answer everything. If you don't want to share information about the technology platforms you're using, that's fine. If you don't want to share information about your Google Analytics, that's fine. The more data that we get, even if it is partial data, it enriches what we've got and we get a better picture of the entire sector as a result of that. So, yeah, really keen to get input from more people. So that's our call to action. You've got one more thing you want touch on, don't you? You've got your book recommendation that you want to share with us. So tell us what your book is. Oz Austwick: Well, before I do, there are a couple of things I have to say. The first is that I realise that this is tangentially connected to the visitor attraction sector. That'll become clear, I'm sure, as soon as I reveal the book. The other is that I am an absolute massive history geek. So the book I would like to recommend that if you haven't read this is The Mary Rose by Margaret Rule, which is the story of the excavation and recovery of the Mary Rose itself. I don't know how old you are, dear listener, but I remember sitting in the hall of my school, my primary school up in Yorkshire, with a big TV in a box on a stand with this on the BBC Live and watching it be raised from the depths. And that's kind of stuck with me. Oz Austwick: So it's lovely to read the story of it from the person who kind of made it happen. And then when you've read the book, go down to Portsmouth and have a look because it is a visitor attraction. Paul Marden: Now, I guess it helps you with diving the 4D because you get the fuller picture of the whole story and then you go and do dive the 4D experience and you get to experience a little bit of what that excavation was actually like. And I bet you like any good book to a movie. The book tells the story in much more detail than the movie ever can. Oz Austwick: Yes. Yeah, absolutely. Without a doubt. In fairness, it's going to be tricky to get a copy of this book to somebody because I don't think it's in print anymore. So it will be a secondhand copy. I've checked. You can get them. Abe books has a few. Paul Marden: Are you going to bankrupt me? Oz Austwick: No, no. It's not one of those secondhand books. Don't worry, it's probably cheaper than a new one. Now all the booksellers that are listening are going to put their prices up. But, yeah, comment on Twitter. Sorry, Twitter x. If you want the book and the first person will send it out to. Paul Marden: Yeah, so go find the show announcement, retweet it and say, I want Oz's book. And yep, we will find that and we will send a copy of the book. That will be a challenge for the team behind us that do all of the behind the scenes production to actually try and figure out how you order a secondhand book and get it delivered to somebody different. It's easy on Amazon. Not so easy on a secondhand book site, so that'll be interesting. Oz Austwick: Well, I mean, eBay Books is owned by Amazon, so, you know, there'll be a way. Paul Marden: I'm sure that's a wonderful book, is a wonderful location. If you haven't been before. It's an amazing attraction to go and visit. They've got a pretty good website as well. I think we've said it before. Oz Austwick: It's true. I've heard good things about their website. Paul Marden: Yeah, they seem happy. Great to talk to you again. As always, our little fireside chats are very enjoyable. We do tend to ramble on. We've got one more episode left of Season 5, but planning is underway for season six in the autumn, so nearly we're in the home straight now. Oz Austwick: Definitely do make sure you follow and you won't miss season six. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, SkiptheQueue.fm.  The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! 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In the dead of night, airborne troops become the first Allied soldiers to set foot in France. Engineless gliders carrying men and equipment crash-land behind enemy lines. A paratrooper lands on a church steeple… yet somehow survives the battle. And, with Pegasus Bridge in the crosshairs, D-Day claims its first British casualty… A Noiser production, written by Edward White. As featured on D-Day: The Tide Turns. A special thanks to Legasee for the use of their archive of personal recollections from the men and women who witnessed D-Day. To view the full interviews, visit legasee.org.uk For ad-free listening, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you're on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the dead of night, airborne troops become the first Allied soldiers to set foot in France. Engineless gliders carrying men and equipment crash-land behind enemy lines. A paratrooper lands on a church steeple… yet somehow survives the battle. And, with Pegasus Bridge in the crosshairs, D-Day claims its first British casualty… A Noiser production, written by Edward White. A special thanks to Legasee for the use of their archive of personal recollections from the men and women who witnessed D-Day. To view the full interviews, visit legasee.org.uk For ad-free listening, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you're on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this first special episode, we travel to Normandy to tell the stories of the D Day landings on the 80th anniversary of this incredible historical achievement by the Allies. We tour the beaches and listen to the story of the Pegasus Bridge through the eyes of Major John Howard, and listen to Piper Bill Millin on Sword Beach. Why did he play his pipes? We visit the Montgomery memorial before going to Ranville to discover the story of the first casualty on D Day and find the stories of several soldiers (and a dog) buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, including a 16 year old casualty.

Send me a messageThe Battle of Pegasus Bridge was fought just after midnight on the 6th June 1944, when 180 British airborne troops, led by Major John Howard successfully captured 2 bridges in Normandy.This action, helped secure the eastern flank of the seaborne landings 6 hours later.The capture and then holding of those two bridges by the numerically outnumbered British airborne troops is a stirring story in itself.But what makes it even more incredible is the skill of the young pilots who landed their gliders, some just 50 meters from the bridges, in the dark night, thus catching the defenders by complete surprise.This is the story of those glider pilots, the men under Major Howard and the battle of Pegasus Bridge on the 6th June 1944.Get my free weekly history newsletterCheck out episode 113 about the D-Day weathermen.Support the Show.

Send me a messageRichard Todd - who played Major John Howard in the epic film about D-Day 1944 ("The Longest Day") was actually a D-Day veteran.Indeed, he was part of the airborne landings that had captured Pegasus Bridge, alongside Major Howard himself.This is the story of his D-Day experiences.Now listen to the full account of Major Howard and the battle of Pegasus Bridge Get my free weekly newsletterSupport the Show.

Just after midnight on the 6th of June, 1944, 181 British glider-borne infantry crashed to earth in the Normandy countryside. They clambered out of their gliders and rushed towards their objectives; two German-held bridges near the D-Day landing zones. This was the opening salvo of D-Day, and their mission was vital - if they failed, their comrades would be trapped on the beaches, unable to move off the sand and vulnerable to counterattack.To mark the 80th anniversary of this assault, Dan is joined by Neil Barber. Neil has been interviewing veterans of the British 6th Airborne Division in Normandy for almost 30 years. He is the author of ‘Pegasus Bridge - The Capture, Defence and Relief of the Caen Canal and River Orne Bridges on D-Day'. Remembered in the words of the people who were there, Dan and Neil retrace this vital chapter of the D-Day story.This episode uses AI-generated voices for the excerpts of veteran testimony.Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code DANSNOW - sign up at https://historyhit.com/subscription/.We'd love to hear from you - what do you want to hear an episode on? You can email the podcast at ds.hh@historyhit.com.You can take part in our listener survey here.

This week as we hit the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Patrick is joined by friend of the podcast Tim Butcher. Tim tells the story of the capture of Pegasus bridge by D Company, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who were lead by a friend of his farther Major John Howard. The successful capture of the bridges played a crucial role in limiting German counter-attacks in the aftermath of the Normandy invasion, and is considered pivotal to the success of the Allied invasion. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - podbattleground@gmail.com Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D-Day: The Last Voices brings together a rich collection of historical audio testimonies recorded with those who fought in the invasion of Normandy, alongside extraordinary new interviews with the last surviving veterans, to tell their story of D-Day as it unfolded.Presented by Paddy O'Connell, each programme charts a distinct chapter of the complex, visceral and moving story of the invasion, from subterfuge and secret planning, to the approach of H-Hour, the landings by air and sea, and on into the battles beyond the beaches.Commissioned as a collaboration with D-Day: The Unheard Tapes for BBC Two, and drawing on the same longitudinal access and research, the series tells the story of D-Day through the last voices of those who lived it, leading us through their personal experiences of the invasion. Supported by the historical recordings of those who were there with them – this is their story, told in their own words.As Allied soldiers begin their missions inland from the beaches, their missions become focused on taking strategic targets in the villages and towns, on the way to Caen and Cherbourg. The battle becomes one of hedgerow fighting, in what will become known as ‘the bocage'. Back-up comes from the air for the Allies as the most widespread frontline carpet bomb drop in history takes place. French villages are reduced to rubble. With mounting civilian casualties, dreams of liberation are turning sour for the French. The men of British Airborne who took Pegasus Bridge under the command of Major John Howard are met by the Commandos of the First Special Service Brigade. Work begins on the beaches to build temporary ports. Paddy O'Connell discovers, through the interviews of the last surviving veterans of D-Day and those who fought with them, in historical recordings, that the men who had successfully landed on D-Day could still fail. All still faced the possibility of perishing, despite the historic scale of the invasion.Featuring: Gordon Prime Mark Packer Geoffrey Weaving Bill Gladden Michel Deserable John Clegg Nat Hoskot Ivan Lambert Bill Millin Wally Parr John Howard Stanley Scott Warwick Nield-Siddall James Kelly Eddie Edwards Roy CraneWritten and presented by Paddy O'ConnellProduced by Paul Kobrak Technical production by Richard Courtice Sound design by Roy Noy, Tom Chilcot, Alex Short, Adam Palmer, Paul Donovan Music composed by Sam Hooper Production Executive – Anne-Marie Byrne Archive Assistant Producer – Hannah Mirsky Archive: BBC News, The D-Day Story Portsmouth, Paddy O'Connell, made in partnership with Imperial War Museums. Executive Producers - Morgana Pugh and Rami TzabarA Wall to Wall Media production for BBC Radio 4

Late at night on the 5th June 1944, British paratroopers set off on their flight that would land them in Normandy, with the key objective to capture and hold two bridges of vital strategic importance to the allied landings the next morning. Saul David, author of Sky Warriors, joins to discuss one of the most successful airborne operations of the Second World War. Saul David Links Sky Warriors: : British Airborne Forces in the Second World War Map of the operation Saul at the Chalke History Festival Saul on X Aspects of History Links Ollie on X Aspects of History on Instagram Get in touch: history@aspectsofhistory.com Latest issue: Aspects of History Issue 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al Murray and James Holland continue to narrate the story of D-Day in stunning detail. In today's episode they spend time focusing on an often untold stories of the invasion - the massive minelaying operation, and the first men to land at Pegasus Bridge. Next up, The Beaches. In the biggest series of We Have Ways of Making You Talk, join Al and James as they unravel the heroism, sacrifices, and strategic brilliance behind one of the most pivotal moments in history. Prepare to be transported to the heart of the Second World War's defining hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

El 6 de junio de 1944 ha quedado escrito en la Historia de la Humanidad como uno de los días más importantes del siglo XX. En las playas de Normandía tuvo lugar una de las batallas decisivas de la II Guerra Mundial, aquella que lograría abrir el frente occidental a los aliados y obligaría a la Alemania nazi a replegarse aún más. Muchos historiadores lo marcan como el punto de inflexión para la definitiva caída del III Reich. Por ello, hoy abrimos un nuevo episodio sobre historia que va a estar dividido en dos partes. Por un lado nos centraremos en los hechos históricos de aquel 6 de junio y analizaremos cómo se gestó la operación, cómo plantearon la batalla aliados y alemanes y cuales fueron los puntos clave del enfrentamiento. Tras el intermedio pasaremos a un aspecto más lúdico y nuestro amigo Claudio Yoldi nos comentará los wargames más destacados sobre El desembarco de Normandía. Un episodio especial para una fecha especial en homenaje a aquellos valientes que se enfrentaron a la muerte para luchar por la libertad en Europa. Equipo habitual Javier Moñino Pablo Aguado Invitados Paco Iváñez Claudio Yoldi Producción Samuel Ferrer ‘Doctor Kinton’ Ismael Marín ‘Sagaelx’ Música del podcast Jesús Moñino ¿Quieres anunciarte en nuestro podcast? https://advoices.com/fase24 fase24podcast@gmail.com Si quieres formar parte de nuestra comunidad, entra en nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/fase24 Si te gusta Fase 24 Podcast y quieres apoyarnos y ayudarnos a mejorar, invítanos a un café: https://ko-fi.com/fase24 También puedes apoyarnos pasando a iVoox Plus a través de alguno de estos enlaces: Plan Anual https://www.ivoox.com/premium?affiliate-code=8c09fb5a8058f3eeda41ddf70593ddf3 Plan Mensual https://www.ivoox.com/premium?affiliate-code=28e5c797498187a91eebddc0977d2b49 iVoox Plus https://www.ivoox.com/plus?affiliate-code=c16f1b36738d87bd53d152b8aca2344c Podcast patrocinado por: Kinton Brands https://www.kintonbrands.com/ Episodio anterior sobre wargames https://go.ivoox.com/rf/104425320 Wargames comentados por Claudio en el episodio 5.2.- El mejor y el peor (Según BGG): El más valorado: 8.5 Command Commander Battle Pack#3 Normandy (2010) GMT, Autor: John Foley. Premio Charles S. Robert 2010 a la mejor expansión. Tercera entrega de la serie con 17 escenarios nuevos. El menos valorado: 4.8 Normandy 44 (Mitchell Games) Editorial desconocida (igual que su autor), todo apunta a que es una autoedición. 5.3.- Mi lista de elegidos: Peculiaridades, puntos fuertes y puntos flojos de cada uno de estos wargames. 2. D-Day Omaha Beach: (2009) GMT. Solitario (o para 2 jugadores). John Butterfield. Premios: Golden Geek al mejor wargame 2010 y el Charles S. Roberts 2009 al mejor juego de la IIGM.Dif: Med/Alta. 3. Pegasus Bridge: (1997) AH, 2 jugadores. Huntington, Petersen, Van Sant, Youse. Arte: Kurt Miller & Mark Simonitch.Sistema ASL. Dif: Alta. 6. Normandy 44:(2010) GMT 2 a 4 jugadores. Mark Simonitch. Arte: Robert MacGowan & Mark Simonitch. Premios: Charles S. Roberts 2010, al mejor wargame de la IIGM y a los mejores gráficos. Dif. Med/Alta. 11. Memoir 44: (2004) Days of Wonders. 2 a 8 jugadores. Richard Borg. Premios: Charles S. Roberts. 2004 y varios premios más. Dif. Med. 13. Heroes of Normandy: (2014) Devil Pig Games. 2 jugadores. Yann & Clem. Varios premios internacionales. Dif. Med. Undaunted Normandy: (2019) Osprey 2 jugadores. Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson. Dif. Sencillo. 19. The Longest Day: (1979) AH. 2 a 8 jugadores. Randall C. Reed (uno de los pioneros en el diseño de wargames). Dif. Alta. Monster. 31. Paul Koenig’s D-Day: Sword & Gold-The British Beaches: (2009) Victory Point Games. 1 a 2 jugadores. Paul Koenig (Autor de juegos para SPI y GDW en la primera época de los wargames comerciales. Creador de la serie para VPG y ahora tiene su propia editorial). Dif. Sencillo. 51. Axis & Allies: D-Day: (2004) AH. 2 a 3 jugadores. Larry Harris & Mike Selinker. Ha recibido varios premios internacionales. (Es un clásico, forma parte de una serie con diversas temáticas de la IIGM. Usa figuras). Dif. Sencillo. 54. Omaha Beachhead: Battle for the Bocage: (1987) VG. 1 a 2 Jugadores. Joseph Balkoski (Creador de la serie GCACW y es uno de los mejores historiadores sobre la división 29 y las playas americanas en el Día-D). Dif. Sencilla/Med. 57. Battle for Normandy: (1982). Attactix Adventure Games. 2 Jugadores. Autor desconocido. Dif. Sencillo. 64. D-Day: (1961) AH. 2 jugadores. Charles S. Roberts (Padre de los wargames comerciales. Clásico primeros wargames y de AH). Dif. Sencillo. 65. El día más largo: (1982) NAC. 2 jugadores. Autor desconocido. (Editorial española y clásico en nuestro país). Dif. Sencillo. Bibliografía https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-48513120 https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/dia-d-playas-desembarco-normandia_12788 https://www.elespanol.com/quincemil/articulos/cultura/el-gallego-manuel-otero-el-unico-espanol-en-el-desembarco-de-normandia https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20190605/desembarco-normandia-7490159 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBKfelgx508&t=962s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bcR2KOSE9g&t=1048s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5AsoC2qUOw https://www.tokyvideo.com/es/video/testigos-del-dia-d Libros: “Historia del desembarco de Normandía”, de Olivier Wieviorka “Seis ejércitos en Normandía. Del día D a la liberación de París”, de John Keegan “History of the Second World War” // “Así fue la Segunda Guerra Mundial” de Las grandes batallas de la historia (Canal Historia) La Segunda Guerra Mundial / Willmott | Cross | Messenger (Galaxia Gutenberg)

El 6 de junio de 1944 ha quedado escrito en la Historia de la Humanidad como uno de los días más importantes del siglo XX. En las playas de Normandía tuvo lugar una de las batallas decisivas de la II Guerra Mundial, aquella que lograría abrir el frente occidental a los aliados y obligaría a la Alemania nazi a replegarse aún más. Muchos historiadores lo marcan como el punto de inflexión para la definitiva caída del III Reich. Por ello, hoy abrimos un nuevo episodio sobre historia que va a estar dividido en dos partes. Por un lado nos centraremos en los hechos históricos de aquel 6 de junio y analizaremos cómo se gestó la operación, cómo plantearon la batalla aliados y alemanes y cuales fueron los puntos clave del enfrentamiento. Tras el intermedio pasaremos a un aspecto más lúdico y nuestro amigo Claudio Yoldi nos comentará los wargames más destacados sobre El desembarco de Normandía. Un episodio especial para una fecha especial en homenaje a aquellos valientes que se enfrentaron a la muerte para luchar por la libertad en Europa. Equipo habitual Javier Moñino Pablo Aguado Invitados Paco Iváñez Claudio Yoldi Producción Samuel Ferrer ‘Doctor Kinton’ Ismael Marín ‘Sagaelx’ Música del podcast Jesús Moñino ¿Quieres anunciarte en nuestro podcast? https://advoices.com/fase24 fase24podcast@gmail.com Si quieres formar parte de nuestra comunidad, entra en nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/fase24 Si te gusta Fase 24 Podcast y quieres apoyarnos y ayudarnos a mejorar, invítanos a un café: https://ko-fi.com/fase24 También puedes apoyarnos pasando a iVoox Plus a través de alguno de estos enlaces: Plan Anual https://www.ivoox.com/premium?affiliate-code=8c09fb5a8058f3eeda41ddf70593ddf3 Plan Mensual https://www.ivoox.com/premium?affiliate-code=28e5c797498187a91eebddc0977d2b49 iVoox Plus https://www.ivoox.com/plus?affiliate-code=c16f1b36738d87bd53d152b8aca2344c Podcast patrocinado por: Kinton Brands https://www.kintonbrands.com/ Episodio anterior sobre wargames https://go.ivoox.com/rf/104425320 Wargames comentados por Claudio en el episodio 5.2.- El mejor y el peor (Según BGG): El más valorado: 8.5 Command Commander Battle Pack#3 Normandy (2010) GMT, Autor: John Foley. Premio Charles S. Robert 2010 a la mejor expansión. Tercera entrega de la serie con 17 escenarios nuevos. El menos valorado: 4.8 Normandy 44 (Mitchell Games) Editorial desconocida (igual que su autor), todo apunta a que es una autoedición. 5.3.- Mi lista de elegidos: Peculiaridades, puntos fuertes y puntos flojos de cada uno de estos wargames. 2. D-Day Omaha Beach: (2009) GMT. Solitario (o para 2 jugadores). John Butterfield. Premios: Golden Geek al mejor wargame 2010 y el Charles S. Roberts 2009 al mejor juego de la IIGM.Dif: Med/Alta. 3. Pegasus Bridge: (1997) AH, 2 jugadores. Huntington, Petersen, Van Sant, Youse. Arte: Kurt Miller & Mark Simonitch.Sistema ASL. Dif: Alta. 6. Normandy 44:(2010) GMT 2 a 4 jugadores. Mark Simonitch. Arte: Robert MacGowan & Mark Simonitch. Premios: Charles S. Roberts 2010, al mejor wargame de la IIGM y a los mejores gráficos. Dif. Med/Alta. 11. Memoir 44: (2004) Days of Wonders. 2 a 8 jugadores. Richard Borg. Premios: Charles S. Roberts. 2004 y varios premios más. Dif. Med. 13. Heroes of Normandy: (2014) Devil Pig Games. 2 jugadores. Yann & Clem. Varios premios internacionales. Dif. Med. Undaunted Normandy: (2019) Osprey 2 jugadores. Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson. Dif. Sencillo. 19. The Longest Day: (1979) AH. 2 a 8 jugadores. Randall C. Reed (uno de los pioneros en el diseño de wargames). Dif. Alta. Monster. 31. Paul Koenig’s D-Day: Sword & Gold-The British Beaches: (2009) Victory Point Games. 1 a 2 jugadores. Paul Koenig (Autor de juegos para SPI y GDW en la primera época de los wargames comerciales. Creador de la serie para VPG y ahora tiene su propia editorial). Dif. Sencillo. 51. Axis & Allies: D-Day: (2004) AH. 2 a 3 jugadores. Larry Harris & Mike Selinker. Ha recibido varios premios internacionales. (Es un clásico, forma parte de una serie con diversas temáticas de la IIGM. Usa figuras). Dif. Sencillo. 54. Omaha Beachhead: Battle for the Bocage: (1987) VG. 1 a 2 Jugadores. Joseph Balkoski (Creador de la serie GCACW y es uno de los mejores historiadores sobre la división 29 y las playas americanas en el Día-D). Dif. Sencilla/Med. 57. Battle for Normandy: (1982). Attactix Adventure Games. 2 Jugadores. Autor desconocido. Dif. Sencillo. 64. D-Day: (1961) AH. 2 jugadores. Charles S. Roberts (Padre de los wargames comerciales. Clásico primeros wargames y de AH). Dif. Sencillo. 65. El día más largo: (1982) NAC. 2 jugadores. Autor desconocido. (Editorial española y clásico en nuestro país). Dif. Sencillo. Bibliografía https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-48513120 https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/dia-d-playas-desembarco-normandia_12788 https://www.elespanol.com/quincemil/articulos/cultura/el-gallego-manuel-otero-el-unico-espanol-en-el-desembarco-de-normandia https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20190605/desembarco-normandia-7490159 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBKfelgx508&t=962s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bcR2KOSE9g&t=1048s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5AsoC2qUOw https://www.tokyvideo.com/es/video/testigos-del-dia-d Libros: “Historia del desembarco de Normandía”, de Olivier Wieviorka “Seis ejércitos en Normandía. Del día D a la liberación de París”, de John Keegan “History of the Second World War” // “Así fue la Segunda Guerra Mundial” de Las grandes batallas de la historia (Canal Historia) La Segunda Guerra Mundial / Willmott | Cross | Messenger (Galaxia Gutenberg)

Walk Among Heroes is pleased to welcome James Kelly as our guest for episode 39.James Kelly landed in a glider on D Day, June 6, 1944, near the village of Ranville with the 1st (Airborne) Royal Ulster Rifles, on the eastern flank of the main landing front.  The Royal Ulster Rifles' mission was to capture the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Oren and to seal the eastern flank, thus protecting the main invasion from any possible counter attacks by German armored divisions. The famous Pegasus Bridge mission was part of this operation.  Mr. Kelly was one of the first Allied soldiers to land in France, landing just after midnight on D-Day, June 6, 1944.  After the Normandy battles, his battalion fought in the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944 and then the Rhine Crossings....and on into Germany.Mr. Kelly will be traveling with us all week throughout Normandy, so lots more to come!

Yes, a rare in-the-field podcast in which a team of 3 (me, Dave from the Podcast and Mike) storm the beaches of Normandy to visit Bayeux, Le Havre, several seaside gun positions, Pegasus Bridge, Rouen and Dieppe whilst also finding time to fit in a bit of Norman-themed ADLG competition action in between numerous bouts of eating, drinking, discussing former Fulham players of the last decade, and many other regionally appropriate activities. As such, sound quality is a little sketchy in some parts of this podcast, mainly on account of the fact a number of the individual segments were recorded on my phone in (or outside) various bars and restaurants in the Normandy heartland.  The battle reports and tourism photos from this trip can all be found on the Madaxeman website and there is also a YouTube video version of this podcast which also includes all of the photos too.   

We're pleased to be joined by award winning playwright and filmmaker Lance Nielsen. Lance was the driving force behind Pegasus Bridge, a film about Operation Coup De Main/Deadstick during D-Day. Sadly, the funding for Lance's ambitious film didn't materialise and the Covid-19 Pandemic halted production. Thankfully, Lance has now published the film's screenplay along with an introduction which tells the story of his attempts to produce the film and detailed production notes which explain how the film would have been produced originally. In this special episode Lance tells us all about the impetus for the film, the how he spearheaded production, spoke to surviving veterans and crafted an engaging and historically accurate script for the film. We have said many times that we would love to see a film made about the daring operation to capture Pegasus Bridge and having read Lance's beautifully crafted and thoroughly researched screenplay we hope he gets the chance again in the future to make Pegasus Bridge. You can order a copy of the screenplay here, it is also available in the US here. You can also check out Lance's Outcast Creatives website here. Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.com Thanks for listening!  

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CONTENT This is the second part of our podcast with Adam Lyle - Stirling who served as an infantryman in the British Army from 2001 to 2012 first in 2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment (2 PWRR)  then in 1 Royal Irish Regiment. Adam completed operational tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan finishing his service as a Sergeant.  We continue to talk to him about his tour of Afghanistan in 2010 with 1 Royal Irish. Adam talks in detail about several contacts he was involved in, leading and managing soldiers on operations, dealing with the mental pressures of command and the psychological impact of a highly kinetic tour on his soldiers.  Finally we close the discussion with his thoughts on the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the PTSD and suicides many suffered from when they got home. On Desert Island dits Adam's book choice is Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.  His film choice is Charlie Wilson's War.  The teams book choices this episode are Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes and Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E Ambrose. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on social media and don't forget to like, share and leave a review. Instagram @the_unconventional_soldier_pod. Facebook @lateo82.  Twitter @TheUCS473. Download on other platforms via Link Tree. Email us: unconventionalsoldier@gmail.com.  This episode brought to you in association with ISARR a veteran owned company.        

CONTENT Our guest on this podcast is Adam Lyle - Stirling who served as an infantryman in the British Army from 2001 to 2012 first in 2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment (2 PWRR)  then in 1 Royal Irish Regiment. Adam completed operational tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan finishing his service as a Sergeant.  On the first of a two part podcast we talk to him about his tour of Afghanistan in 2010 with 1 Royal Irish. Adam talks in detail about several contacts he was involved in, leading and managing soldiers on operations, dealing with the mental pressures of command and the psychological impact of a highly kinetic tour on his soldiers.  Finally we close the discussion with his thoughts on the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the PTSD and suicides many suffered from when they got home. On Desert Island dits Adam's book choice is Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.  His film choice is Charlie Wilson's War.  The teams book choices this episode are Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes and Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E Ambrose. SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on social media and don't forget to like, share and leave a review. Instagram @the_unconventional_soldier_pod. Facebook @lateo82.  Twitter @TheUCS473. Download on other platforms via Link Tree. Email us: unconventionalsoldier@gmail.com.  This episode brought to you in association with ISARR a veteran owned company.

We're joined by Flavie again! Christian is in the Netherlands on a pre-production trip. But first, she shares what parts of France she had the visited on the way, including memorials, museums, and the Pegasus Bridge. This recent trip to Europe involves meeting with her son on a mock special-ops mission called Falcon Leap. They attended the Operation Market Garden ceremonies in the Netherlands and talk about its significance.

D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other d-days launched across multiple theaters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Pacific, only one endures as a potent symbol for the war in its entirety: the D-day that saw 156,000 American, British, Canadian, and allied soldiers storm the Normandy beaches and punch an irreparable hole in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Over the subsequent seventy-five years, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, journalists, and historians have followed the allied combat units from the landing craft, across the obstacle-strewn sand, through the hail of bullets and shells, up the high cliffs, and on to the bocage, Pegasus Bridge, Saint-Mère-Église, and the liberation of Paris. In all these narrations, the cross-Channel assault appears as an inevitability, the success of operation OVERLORD a fait acomplis. Yet as Stephen C. Kepher reveals in COSSAC: Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD (Naval Institute Press, 2020), the Normandy landings were anything but a foregone conclusion. Infantry, Kepher observes, did not simply materialize on Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches on the morning of June 6, 1944. Rather, their ambitious amphibious assault was the result of a lengthy and often fraught planning process that began in earnest in early 1943, when British Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan inherited the daunting task of preparing for an allied return to the Continent. Using Morgan and COSSAC—the innovative planning and operational organization Morgan built—to redirect our gaze away from the face of battle on Omaha beach and onto the highly complex and contingent contexts within which operation OVERLORD took shape, Kepher forcefully countervails the traditional historiographic narrative. OVERLORD, Kepher convincingly argues, was a near-run affair in more ways than one: the operation was under-resourced, caused friction between Britain and the United States, and, until the very end, was devoid of a commander vested with the authority to approve its execution. By shedding light on these concerns, COSSAC offers a significant contribution to our understanding of that most venerated of d-days; it is a requisite read for any and all seeking to comprehend the genesis of operation OVERLORD and the genius of its primary planner, Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan.  Stephen C. Kepher received his MLitt (with distinction) in War Studies from the University of Glasgow and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. A former US Marine Corps officer and current independent scholar, Kepher has presented papers on COSSAC at the Society for Military History's annual conference and at Normandy 75, hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other d-days launched across multiple theaters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Pacific, only one endures as a potent symbol for the war in its entirety: the D-day that saw 156,000 American, British, Canadian, and allied soldiers storm the Normandy beaches and punch an irreparable hole in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Over the subsequent seventy-five years, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, journalists, and historians have followed the allied combat units from the landing craft, across the obstacle-strewn sand, through the hail of bullets and shells, up the high cliffs, and on to the bocage, Pegasus Bridge, Saint-Mère-Église, and the liberation of Paris. In all these narrations, the cross-Channel assault appears as an inevitability, the success of operation OVERLORD a fait acomplis. Yet as Stephen C. Kepher reveals in COSSAC: Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD (Naval Institute Press, 2020), the Normandy landings were anything but a foregone conclusion. Infantry, Kepher observes, did not simply materialize on Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches on the morning of June 6, 1944. Rather, their ambitious amphibious assault was the result of a lengthy and often fraught planning process that began in earnest in early 1943, when British Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan inherited the daunting task of preparing for an allied return to the Continent. Using Morgan and COSSAC—the innovative planning and operational organization Morgan built—to redirect our gaze away from the face of battle on Omaha beach and onto the highly complex and contingent contexts within which operation OVERLORD took shape, Kepher forcefully countervails the traditional historiographic narrative. OVERLORD, Kepher convincingly argues, was a near-run affair in more ways than one: the operation was under-resourced, caused friction between Britain and the United States, and, until the very end, was devoid of a commander vested with the authority to approve its execution. By shedding light on these concerns, COSSAC offers a significant contribution to our understanding of that most venerated of d-days; it is a requisite read for any and all seeking to comprehend the genesis of operation OVERLORD and the genius of its primary planner, Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan.  Stephen C. Kepher received his MLitt (with distinction) in War Studies from the University of Glasgow and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. A former US Marine Corps officer and current independent scholar, Kepher has presented papers on COSSAC at the Society for Military History's annual conference and at Normandy 75, hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other d-days launched across multiple theaters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Pacific, only one endures as a potent symbol for the war in its entirety: the D-day that saw 156,000 American, British, Canadian, and allied soldiers storm the Normandy beaches and punch an irreparable hole in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Over the subsequent seventy-five years, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, journalists, and historians have followed the allied combat units from the landing craft, across the obstacle-strewn sand, through the hail of bullets and shells, up the high cliffs, and on to the bocage, Pegasus Bridge, Saint-Mère-Église, and the liberation of Paris. In all these narrations, the cross-Channel assault appears as an inevitability, the success of operation OVERLORD a fait acomplis. Yet as Stephen C. Kepher reveals in COSSAC: Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD (Naval Institute Press, 2020), the Normandy landings were anything but a foregone conclusion. Infantry, Kepher observes, did not simply materialize on Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches on the morning of June 6, 1944. Rather, their ambitious amphibious assault was the result of a lengthy and often fraught planning process that began in earnest in early 1943, when British Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan inherited the daunting task of preparing for an allied return to the Continent. Using Morgan and COSSAC—the innovative planning and operational organization Morgan built—to redirect our gaze away from the face of battle on Omaha beach and onto the highly complex and contingent contexts within which operation OVERLORD took shape, Kepher forcefully countervails the traditional historiographic narrative. OVERLORD, Kepher convincingly argues, was a near-run affair in more ways than one: the operation was under-resourced, caused friction between Britain and the United States, and, until the very end, was devoid of a commander vested with the authority to approve its execution. By shedding light on these concerns, COSSAC offers a significant contribution to our understanding of that most venerated of d-days; it is a requisite read for any and all seeking to comprehend the genesis of operation OVERLORD and the genius of its primary planner, Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan.  Stephen C. Kepher received his MLitt (with distinction) in War Studies from the University of Glasgow and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. A former US Marine Corps officer and current independent scholar, Kepher has presented papers on COSSAC at the Society for Military History's annual conference and at Normandy 75, hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other d-days launched across multiple theaters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Pacific, only one endures as a potent symbol for the war in its entirety: the D-day that saw 156,000 American, British, Canadian, and allied soldiers storm the Normandy beaches and punch an irreparable hole in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Over the subsequent seventy-five years, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, journalists, and historians have followed the allied combat units from the landing craft, across the obstacle-strewn sand, through the hail of bullets and shells, up the high cliffs, and on to the bocage, Pegasus Bridge, Saint-Mère-Église, and the liberation of Paris. In all these narrations, the cross-Channel assault appears as an inevitability, the success of operation OVERLORD a fait acomplis. Yet as Stephen C. Kepher reveals in COSSAC: Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD (Naval Institute Press, 2020), the Normandy landings were anything but a foregone conclusion. Infantry, Kepher observes, did not simply materialize on Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches on the morning of June 6, 1944. Rather, their ambitious amphibious assault was the result of a lengthy and often fraught planning process that began in earnest in early 1943, when British Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan inherited the daunting task of preparing for an allied return to the Continent. Using Morgan and COSSAC—the innovative planning and operational organization Morgan built—to redirect our gaze away from the face of battle on Omaha beach and onto the highly complex and contingent contexts within which operation OVERLORD took shape, Kepher forcefully countervails the traditional historiographic narrative. OVERLORD, Kepher convincingly argues, was a near-run affair in more ways than one: the operation was under-resourced, caused friction between Britain and the United States, and, until the very end, was devoid of a commander vested with the authority to approve its execution. By shedding light on these concerns, COSSAC offers a significant contribution to our understanding of that most venerated of d-days; it is a requisite read for any and all seeking to comprehend the genesis of operation OVERLORD and the genius of its primary planner, Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan.  Stephen C. Kepher received his MLitt (with distinction) in War Studies from the University of Glasgow and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. A former US Marine Corps officer and current independent scholar, Kepher has presented papers on COSSAC at the Society for Military History's annual conference and at Normandy 75, hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other d-days launched across multiple theaters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Pacific, only one endures as a potent symbol for the war in its entirety: the D-day that saw 156,000 American, British, Canadian, and allied soldiers storm the Normandy beaches and punch an irreparable hole in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Over the subsequent seventy-five years, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, journalists, and historians have followed the allied combat units from the landing craft, across the obstacle-strewn sand, through the hail of bullets and shells, up the high cliffs, and on to the bocage, Pegasus Bridge, Saint-Mère-Église, and the liberation of Paris. In all these narrations, the cross-Channel assault appears as an inevitability, the success of operation OVERLORD a fait acomplis. Yet as Stephen C. Kepher reveals in COSSAC: Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD (Naval Institute Press, 2020), the Normandy landings were anything but a foregone conclusion. Infantry, Kepher observes, did not simply materialize on Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches on the morning of June 6, 1944. Rather, their ambitious amphibious assault was the result of a lengthy and often fraught planning process that began in earnest in early 1943, when British Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan inherited the daunting task of preparing for an allied return to the Continent. Using Morgan and COSSAC—the innovative planning and operational organization Morgan built—to redirect our gaze away from the face of battle on Omaha beach and onto the highly complex and contingent contexts within which operation OVERLORD took shape, Kepher forcefully countervails the traditional historiographic narrative. OVERLORD, Kepher convincingly argues, was a near-run affair in more ways than one: the operation was under-resourced, caused friction between Britain and the United States, and, until the very end, was devoid of a commander vested with the authority to approve its execution. By shedding light on these concerns, COSSAC offers a significant contribution to our understanding of that most venerated of d-days; it is a requisite read for any and all seeking to comprehend the genesis of operation OVERLORD and the genius of its primary planner, Lt. General Sir Frederick Morgan.  Stephen C. Kepher received his MLitt (with distinction) in War Studies from the University of Glasgow and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. A former US Marine Corps officer and current independent scholar, Kepher has presented papers on COSSAC at the Society for Military History's annual conference and at Normandy 75, hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An overview of Operation Deadstick – the securing of two vital road bridges crossing waterways north of Caen on D-Day. The episode also includes an introduction to the British airborne forces involved in the Normandy and a breakdown of their equipment and tactics, as well as reference to the German units present. Towards the end, … Continue reading Episode 54 – Normandy: Pegasus Bridge →

Welcome to the Oldie's June Podcast. D-Day took place 75 years ago on the 6th June. It was the largest invasion in military history. 7,000 vessels, 156,000 personnel and 1,200 planes and gliders were involved. Historian and bestselling author of [_D-Day: The Soldiers'_ Story](https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Day-Soldiers-Story-Giles-Milton/dp/1473649048/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2_sspa?keywords=D-Day%3A+The+Soldiers%27+Story+Giles+Milton&qid=1558003774&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull-spons&psc=1) Giles Milton, who has penned a piece for us about the soldiers' experiences on the day for this month's magazine talks to _T__he Oldie_'s Editorial Assistant, Ferdie Rous.

Neal Ward is a British actor, who has been hailed as the next Tom Hardy. After sitting and chatting with him on a pleasant Monday evening in Leicester Square I can see why. Neal oozes dedication and talent, having gained an impressive amount of on screen credits in his short career to date. It is for the short film The Code and the independent feature 24 Little Hours which drew my attention and after talking to him, am not only excited to see these, but also the other amazing projects he is part of such as Two Graves and Pegasus Bridge. Sit back and enjoy a candid chat with a great guy and talented actor that is Neal Ward. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mike Beckingham is a British screen actor. Having starred in several films such as Birdwatcher and Narcissis, as well as the upcoming Redwood, from the same team that brought us Pandorica last year. Mike is currently filming Black Site, another film by Pandorica's Tom Paton where he had a role written especially for him, which is a huge honour and also in Pegasus Bridge, which is a faithful retelling of the battle of Pegasus Bridge where Mike portrays Corporal Bill Bailey. This is looking set to be a WW2 masterpiece. You can hear the director and other cast on my show also. Sit back and enjoy a very warm and friendly chat with Mike Beckingham --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pegasus Bridge is an upcoming film from Lance Nielson. It focuses on the British side of D-Day, and follows the 6th Airborne Division. This interview is with Lance Nielsen, the writer and director, Jake Francis, who plays Richard Todd, Alex Tabrizi, Producer and also plays Private Cunningham, and Sharon Sorrentino the casting director. From Lance Nielson on imdb page In the early hours of the 6th of June 1944 Allied Airborne Forces launched one of most daring assaults in history. 181 men in 6 gliders landed at night to capture two bridges vital to the success of the D-Day landings, one of these would become known as Pegasus Bridge. The men who captured and held these objectives were led by two young charismatic and very different leaders. Major John Howard led the men of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry who managed to land their gliders a stone's throw from the bridge and Colonel Geoffrey Pine-Coffin led the men of the 7th Parachute Battalion who occupied the surrounding ground and held off the German counter attacks. Pegasus Bridge tells the story of these leaders and the young men who would follow them into battle. This film is a grand tale of real wartime heroism-the story follows an ensemble cast of key characters from their initial briefing on the operation in the UK and training through to the actual assault on the bridges, their capture and the desperate defence that followed in the immediate twenty-four hours. It is told not only from the British perspective but also through the eyes of the first French family to be liberated, the sweethearts left behind and several key German characters who were responsible for the defence of the area. As the British paratroopers and glider infantrymen struggle to hold off the ever increasing number of German forces will they will be relieved from the sea in time? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Marc Zammit is a young British actor, who is cutting his way in the industry. Having seen success in the global hit film Pandorica, which is a British independent horror/scifi released earlier this year to critical acclaim, his career has grown from strength to strength. He has several projects on the go at the moment, including a part in Knights of the Damned and also Pegasus Bridge, both due for release in 2017. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We have a fantastic Episode for you this time with a great interview with Independent film director Lance Neilsen who is knee deep in production for his world war 2 movie Pegasus Bridge. He also surprised us by having one of his lead actors join us, Mike Beckingham look out for this guy a definite up and comer. Pegasus Bridge Facebook pegasusbridgethemovie.com Pegasus Bridge Twitter Lance Nielsen Imdb Mike Beckingham Imdb We also bring our reaction to Walking Dead season 7 Premiere. How did we feel about who took the bat?? We end the show with our Top5 War Movies. Timeline: We Be Geeks Intro, 365 Intro by Girlz Melon                           00.00 - 01.20 General Banter                                                                     01.20 - 11.40 Walking Dead Season 7 Premiere Reaction                               11.40 - 30.20 Snake Oil Comics Promo                                                        30.20 - 31.00 Intro to interview with Lance Nielsen and Mike Beckingham      31.00 - 36.27 Interview about Pegasus Bridge The Movie                             36.27 - 1.37.23 Sneek Peek Of Pegasus Bridge                                  1.09.05 - 1.10.25 History of Bad Ideas Promo                                                1.37.23 - 1.38.05 Top5 War Movies                                                               1.38.05 - 2.18.15 OUTRO Find Us At: 365Facebook 365Twitter iTunes Libsyn 365FlicksPodcast.Co.Uk Networks: Tangent Bound Network Wicked Radio Network We Be Geeks Geeky Antics Network Nerdly.Co.Uk #PodernFamily We could not do what we are doing with this show without all of you listening. We want to thank you all for listening. Dont forget to RATE, REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE.    

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Welcome to the first episode of the Memoir '44 podcast. This show is for fans of the Days of Wonder board game Memoir '44.In this episode I look at the history of the fight at Pegasus bridge and take a close look at the scenario for it that comes with Memoir '44.With this being the first show nothing is set in stone so if you have any suggestions or wish to contribute in any way then please get in touch.Download the show.Links :Historical report at army.mod.ukParticipants memoir at the BBCThe Guild ( forum ) at Board Game Geek

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