Downloads on the Mentioned in Dispatches podcast

Since February 2017 to end of September 2019, 131 episodes of the podcast have been broadcast.

The podcast is available on a range of Apple and Android platforms through apps such as including iTunes, Acast and Castbox. Stitcher and TuneIn.

Between the launch of the podcast on 13 February 2017 and the end of September 2019, podcast episodes have been downloaded 215,562 times. These figures are made up of two elements:

Complete downloads – a person listened to the whole of the podcast.
Partial downloads (known as 206 hits) – a person only listened to a part of the podcast because their connection was disrupted or they chose not to listen.

To date (1 October 2019), there have been 70,251 complete downloads and 145,311 partial downloads. The average number of downloads per programme is 1,645.

The total number of downloads per month from February 2017 to the end of April 2019 is shown below.

Episode	Title	Date of release	‘Hits’ as at 30.9.2019
130	Ep130 – Sex on the Western Front – Dr Bruce Cherry	30/09/2019	438
129	Ep129 – Sabaton’s Great War Album – Pär Sundström	23/09/2019	856
128	Ep128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster	16/09/2019	1539
127	Ep127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee	09/09/2019	1227
126	Ep126 – The First World War in Computer Games – Dr Chris Kempshall	02/09/2019	2324
125	Ep125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia	05/08/2019	1950
124	Ep124 – Archibald Wavell – William Franklin	29/07/2019	1670
123	Ep123 – British veterans’ responses to Peace Day, 19 July 1919 – Mike Hally	22/07/2019	1724
122	Ep122 – The Welsh Walter Mitty – Marietta Crichton Stuart	15/07/2019	1881
121	Ep121 – Communications and British Operations on the Western Front – Dr Brian Hall	08/07/2019	1926
120	Ep120 – Popular responses to the outbreak of WW1 – Prof Catriona Pennell	01/07/2019	2128
119	Ep119 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Wenlan Peng	24/06/2019	2390
118	Ep118 – British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 – Dr Chris Kempshall	17/06/2019	2407
117	Ep117 – Post War Mutinies in the British Army – Dr William Butler	10/06/2019	2335
116	Ep116 – The Connaught Rangers Mutiny in 1920 – Dr Mario Draper	03/06/2019	2326
115	Ep115 – English infantryman’s morale and the perception of crisis on the Western Front – Dr Alex Mayhew	27/05/2019	3211
114	Ep114 – Chaplains and religion on the Western Front – Dr Martin Purdy	20/05/2019	2131
113	Ep113 – The Ulster Division during the German Spring Offensive – Michael Nugent	13/05/2019	2362
112	Ep112 – Humour in British literature during the Great War – Dr Emily Anderson	06/05/2019	2332
111	Ep111 – L/Cpl Wijnand “Vic” Hamman, 2nd South African Regt – Emile Coetzee	29/04/2019	1985
110	Ep110 – British Territorials in India – Prof Peter Stanley	22/04/2019	2039
109	Ep109 – Operation Delta – Dr Bill Stewart	15/04/2019	1919
108	Ep108 – Nobody of Any Importance – Phil Sutcliffe	08/04/2019	2025
107	Ep106 -The Impact of the First World War on Australian-British relations – Dr Jack Davies	01/04/2019	2151
106	Ep106 -The Impact of the First World War on Australian-British relations – Dr Jack Davies	25/03/2019	2212
105	Ep105 – Researching British Officers in WW1 – Prof. Michael Durey	18/03/2019	2304
104	Ep104 – The Salonika Front – Alan Wakefield	11/03/2019	2170
103	Ep103 – The impact of military service for women who served in WW1 – Jane Clarke	04/03/2019	2037
102	Ep102 – British Infantry Training during WW1 – Harry Sanderson	25/02/2019	2732
101	Ep101 – The Treatment of Mentally Ill Irish Ex-servicemen After WW1 – Dr Michael Robinson	18/02/2019	2089
100	Ep100 – Reflections on the Great War Centenary and Historiography – Prof. Peter Simkins	11/02/2019	2064
99	Ep99 – The German Army in 1918 – Jack Sheldon	04/02/2019	2569
98	Ep98 – Australian Corps Operations during the Hundred Days – Richard Stobo	28/01/2019	2277
97	Ep97 – Witnessing the End of the German Occupation of Brussels,1918 – Prof Tammy Proctor	21/01/2019	1941
96	Ep96 – Lawrence of Arabia – Dr John Peaty	14/01/2019	2357
95	Ep95 – The Rise of Sir William Robertson – Ross Beadle	07/01/2019	3065
94	Ep94 – The Great War Pension Record Cards – David Tattersfield	17/12/2018	2348
93	Ep93 – Willie Redmond MP – John Green	10/12/2018	2322
92	Ep92 – Public School Great War Memorials – Sarah Wearne	03/12/2018	1959
91	Ep91 – The morale of the Italian army in WW1 – Dr Vanda Wilcox	26/11/2018	2112
90	Ep90 – The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Miguel Freire	19/11/2018	2125
89	Ep89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White	12/11/2018	2544
88	Ep88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford	05/11/2018	2173
87	Ep87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton	29/10/2018	2295
86	Ep86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson	22/10/2018	1779
85	Ep85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolution – Prof. Ingrid	15/10/2018	1933
84	Ep84 – The British Army on the Western Front in 1916 – Dr Spencer Jones	08/10/2018	3307
83	Ep83 – Wilfred Owen – Dr Kate Kennedy	01/10/2018	2570
82a	Ep82a – Extra Episode – The Capture of the Riqueval Bridge – Jim Tanner	27/09/2018	3045
82	Ep82 – Force Feeding in WW1 – Dr Ian Miller	24/09/2018	1542
81	Ep81 – ‘Haig’s tower of strength’ – General Sir Edward Bulfin – John Powell	17/09/2018	2053
80	Ep80 – The Landing in the Dawn – dissecting the Anzac Gallipoli legend – Dr James Hurst	10/09/2018	2914
79	Ep79 – Uppingham public school during WW1 – Tim Halstead	03/09/2018	2000
78	Ep78 – The Second British Army during the Liberation of Flanders in 1918 – Dr Dennis Williams	27/08/2018	2284
77	Ep77 – The Third Battle of the Aisne 1918 – David Blanchard	20/08/2018	2318
76	Ep76 – Canadian nurses’ Great War narratives – Andrea McKenzie	13/08/2018	1954
75	Ep75 – Tubby Clayton – Dr Linda Parker	06/08/2018	1942
74	Ep74 – The British Tommy in 1918 – Taff Gillingham	30/07/2018	2883
73	Ep73 – Learning to fight – Military innovation in the British Army in WW1 – Dr Aimee Fox	23/07/2018	2276
72	Ep72 – British POWs in Germany during WW1 – Dr Oliver Wilkinson	16/07/2018	2325
71	Ep71 – From Docks and Sand – The 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW1 – Dr Adrian Gregson	09/07/2018	2026
70	Ep70 – The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918 – Peter Hart	02/07/2018	2164
69	Ep69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff	25/06/2018	2697
68	Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines	18/06/2018	2379
67	Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley	11/06/2018	1924
66	Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis	04/06/2018	1850
65	Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield	28/05/2018	1848
64	Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan	21/05/2018	1784
63	Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Great War – Sir Hew Strachan	14/05/2018	1815
62	Ep62 – King George V during the Great War – Alexandra Churchill	07/05/2018	2126
61	Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries	30/04/2018	1719
60	Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy	23/04/2018	1244
59	Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington	16/04/2018	1596
58	Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker	09/04/2018	1618
57	Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi village of Dulmial, Pakistan – Dr Irfan Malik	02/04/2018	1557
56	Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals in Middlesex – Carol Henderson	26/03/2018	1738
55	Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr Jonathan Boff	19/03/2018	1576
54	Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide – Clive Harris	12/03/2018	1746
53	Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren	05/03/2018	1416
52	Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War – Joanna Costin	26/02/2018	1306
51	Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts	19/02/2018	1485
50	Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War – Charles Fair & Tom Thorpe	12/02/2018	2361
49	Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson	05/02/2018	1381
48	Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris	29/01/2018	1739
47	Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones	22/01/2018	1498
46	Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith	15/01/2018	1568
45	Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson	08/01/2018	807
44	Ep44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in WW1 – John Lee	11/12/2017	1995
43	Ep43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay	04/12/2017	1345
42	Ep42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrington	27/11/2017	317
41	Ep41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart	20/11/2017	1391
40	Ep40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair	13/11/2017	1063
39	Ep39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter	04/11/2017	1190
38	Ep38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France – Dr Vivien Newman	30/10/2017	1243
37	Ep37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji	23/10/2017	1287
36	Ep36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones	16/10/2017	1242
35	Ep35 – The Doughboys, 1917-8 – Michael St Maur Sheil	09/10/2017	1174
34	Ep34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden	02/10/2017	1132
33	Ep33 – The “Spanish Flu” Pandemic 1917-19 – Dr Jane Orr	25/09/2017	1287
32	Ep32 – Brigadier General Frank Crozier – Charles Messenger	18/09/2017	1002
31	Ep31 – Women in Britain and Europe during the Great War – Dr Vivien Newman	11/09/2017	1033
30	Ep30 – Joseph Steward’s Platoon – Andy Robertshaw	04/09/2017	979
29	Ep29 – Commemoration of the Great War in Ireland – Dr Chris Manson	28/08/2017	727
28	Ep28 – Military Recruitment in Ireland, 1916 – Dr William Butler	21/08/2017	664
27	Ep27 – Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War – Ian Montgomery	15/08/2017	152
26	Ep26 – Beyond the Somme – West Belfast’s Somme service in context – Prof Richard Grayson	07/08/2017	794
25	Ep25 – Major General Nugent, the Ulster Division and their army commanders in 1916 – Nicholas Perry	31/07/2017	886
24	The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson	24/07/2017	985
23	The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence – Paul O’Brien	18/07/2017	828
22	Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project – Ron McMurray	10/07/2017	638
21	Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert	08/07/2017	866
20	Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler	03/07/2017	867
19	Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore	26/06/2017	777
18	Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd	19/06/2017	1061
17	Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson	12/06/2017	913
16	The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman	07/06/2017	721
15	The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders – Piet Chielens from In Flanders Fields Museum	06/05/2017	531
14	General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Steven Rabalais	29/05/2017	804
13	The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station	22/05/2017	645
12	The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the British in Ypres – Dominiek Dendooven	15/05/2017	689
11	Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the Great War – Luci Gosling	08/05/2017	556
10	Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles	01/05/2017	744
9	Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – Dr Samantha Philo-Gill	28/04/2017	668
8	The Great War’s influence on popular music – Dr Peter Grant	24/04/2017	581
7	Irish Soldiers in 1917 – Philip Pratley	05/04/2017	847
6	British Staff in 1917 – Dr Paul Harris	05/04/2017	685
5	French tanks in 1917 – Dr Tim Gale	05/04/2017	504
4	The Honourable Artillery Company in 1917 – Michael Orr	05/04/2017	621
3	Stately Homes and Cartoons in WW1	01/03/2017	585
2	Mentioned in Dispatches Ep2 from the Western Front Association	13/02/2017	644
1	Mentioned in Dispatches Ep.1 from the Western Front Association	13/02/2017	835

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