Downloads for the Mentioned in Dispatches podcast – to end of September 2020

Since February 2017 to end of September 2020, 178 episodes of the podcast have been broadcast.

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

Between the launch of the podcast on 13 February, 2017 and the end of September 2020, podcast episodes have been downloaded 318,310 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 (30 September 2020), there have been 115,227 complete downloads and 203,083 partial downloads. The average number of downloads per programme is 1,788. May 2020 saw the highest number of downloads at 15,104.

Monthly downloads are shown below from February 2017 to the end of September 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

The number of hits that have been received by each podcast episode by the end of September 2020 is listed below.

Release

Title

Total

28/09/2020

Ep177 – Law and War in Australia during WW1 – Dr Catherine Bond

448

21/09/2020

Ep176 – 1 million rounds from a Vickers’ gun in 12 hours: myth or truth? Dr Rich Willis & Richard Fisher

899

14/09/2020

Ep175 – Australian POWs during WW1 – Dr Aaron Pegram

742

07/09/2020

Ep174 – Ypres and its meaning through time – Prof Mark Connelly & Dr Stefan Goebel

1280

10/08/2020

Ep173 – The Chemists’ War 1914-18 – Dr Michael Freemantle

1440

03/08/2020

Ep172 – Sevenoaks in the Great War – Matthew Ball

1079

27/07/2020

Ep171 – The 58th (London) Division – David Martin

889

20/07/2020

Ep170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia

965

13/07/2020

Ep169 – The Sandringham Company – Neil Storey

1013

06/07/2020

Ep168 – Operation Alias – David Tattersfield

895

29/06/2020

Ep167 – Women as Veterans in post-WW1 France and Britain – Prof. Alison Fell

845

22/06/2020

Ep166 – Washington in the GW – Peter Welsh

1163

15/06/2020

Ep165 – The Great War Centenary Battlefields programme – Simon Bendry

836

08/06/2020

Ep164 – The First Gurkha Officer – Pratap Chhetri

1559

01/06/2020

Ep163 – Tom Barry – British WW1 soldier to IRA leader – Gerry White

1100

25/05/2020

Ep162 – Combat, identity and power in the Indian Army during WW1 – Prof. Kate Imy

1174

18/05/2020

Ep161 – Civilian Internment in WW1 – Prof Matthew Stibbe

1159

11/05/2020

Ep160 – The 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in FWW – Nigel Atter

1100

04/05/2020

Ep159 – The 2nd Inniskillings at Festubert, 1915 – Michael Nugent

1186

27/04/2020

Ep158- The German Zeppelin Offensive and Propaganda – David Marks

1270

20/04/2020

Ep157 – Responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of WW1 – Damien Burke

1039

13/04/2020

Ep156 – The Indian Army in the GW – Dr Adam Prime

1343

06/04/2020

Ep155 – London during WW1 – Prof. Jerry White

1352

30/03/2020

Ep154 – Rugbians at War – Dan Mclean

1419

23/03/2020

Ep153 – The 66th (East Lancs) Division During the German Spring Offensive – David Martin

1101

16/03/2020

Ep152 – Defence of Trinity College during the Easter Rising – Dr Rory Sweetman

1084

09/03/2020

Ep151 – Desertion in the UK during WW1 – Andrea Hetherington

1429

02/03/2020

Ep150 – War without End – Prof. Sir Hew Strachan

1672

24/02/2020

Ep149 – The Amritsar Massacre – Vanessa Holburn

1275

17/02/2020

Ep148 – The First and the Last of the Sheffield City Bn – John Cornwell

1409

10/02/2020

Ep147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair

1176

03/02/2020

Ep146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White

1039

27/01/2020

Ep145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine

1386

20/01/2020

Ep144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T

758

13/01/2020

Ep143 – Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos of the FWW – Dr Ann-Marie Foster

1030

06/01/2020

Ep142 – The Battle of the Somme Film – Dr Toby Haggith

1422

09/12/2019

Ep141 – The Heugh Battery in the Great War – Diane Stephens

1541

02/12/2019

Ep140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws

1935

25/11/2019

Ep139 – Bilsdale in the Great War – Susan Laffey

1567

18/11/2019

Ep138 – The Indian Labour Corps in WW1 – Pratap Chhetri

1572

11/11/2019

Ep137 – The letters of Douglas Haig and Hugo De Pree – Prof. Gary Sheffield

1275

04/11/2019

Ep136 – Food in the trenches – Dr Rachel Duffett

2092

28/10/2019

Ep135 – North East Coastal Communities during the Great War – Dr Michael Reeve

1367

21/10/2019

Ep134 – Bainsfather’s ‘Other ‘ole’ cartoon – Dr Helen Brooks & Dr Pip Gregory

1820

14/10/2019

Ep133 – African American Servicemen during WW1 – Dr Amanda Nagel

1992

07/10/2019

Ep132 – A Lord Lieutenant at War – Dr Richard Batten

1339

30/09/2019

Ep131 – The 51st Highland Division – Colin Campbell

3101

23/09/2019

Ep130 – Sex on the Western Front – Dr Bruce Cherry

2470

16/09/2019

Ep129 – Sabaton’s Great War Album – Pär Sundström

1759

09/09/2019

Ep128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster

2848

02/09/2019

Ep127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee

2396

05/08/2019

Ep126 – The First World War in Computer Games – Dr Chris Kempshall

3554

29/07/2019

Ep125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia

2905

22/07/2019

Ep124 – Archibald Wavell – William Franklin

2640

15/07/2019

Ep123 – British veterans’ responses to Peace Day, 19 July 1919 – Mike Hally

2361

08/07/2019

Ep122 – The Welsh Walter Mitty – Marietta Crichton Stuart

2726

01/07/2019

Ep121 – Communications and British Operations on the Western Front – Dr Brian Hall

2802

24/06/2019

Ep120 – Popular responses to the outbreak of WW1 – Prof Catriona Pennell

2961

17/06/2019

Ep119 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Wenlan Peng

3268

10/06/2019

Ep118 – British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 – Dr Chris Kempshall

4433

03/06/2019

Ep117 – Post War Mutinies in the British Army – Dr William Butler

3348

27/05/2019

Ep116 – The Connaught Rangers Mutiny in 1920 – Dr Mario Draper

3215

20/05/2019

Ep115 – English infantryman’s morale and the perception of crisis on the Western Front – Dr Alex Mayhew

4224

13/05/2019

Ep114 – Chaplains and religion on the Western Front – Dr Martin Purdy

2768

06/05/2019

Ep113 – The Ulster Division during the German Spring Offensive – Michael Nugent

2922

29/04/2019

Ep112 – Humour in British literature during the Great War – Dr Emily Anderson

2905

22/04/2019

Ep111 – L/Cpl Wijnand “Vic” Hamman, 2nd South African Regt – Emile Coetzee

2431

15/04/2019

Ep110 – British Territorials in India – Prof Peter Stanley

2404

08/04/2019

Ep109 – Operation Delta – Dr Bill Stewart

2273

01/04/2019

Ep108 – Nobody of Any Importance – Phil Sutcliffe

2544

25/03/2019

Ep107 – The Berlin Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestras in WW1 – Percy Leung

2599

18/03/2019

Ep106 -The Impact of the First World War on Australian-British relations – Dr Jack Davies

2570

11/03/2019

Ep105 – Researching British Officers in WW1 – Prof. Michael Durey

2582

04/03/2019

Ep104 – The Salonika Front – Alan Wakefield

2493

25/02/2019

Ep103 – The impact of military service for women who served in WW1 – Jane Clarke

2328

18/02/2019

Ep102 – British Infantry Training during WW1 – Harry Sanderson

3122

11/02/2019

Ep101 – The Treatment of Mentally Ill Irish Ex-servicemen After WW1 – Dr Michael Robinson

2352

04/02/2019

Ep100 – Reflections on the Great War Centenary and Historiography – Prof. Peter Simkins

2315

28/01/2019

Ep99 – The German Army in 1918 – Jack Sheldon

2902

21/01/2019

Ep98 – Australian Corps Operations during the Hundred Days – Richard Stobo

2610

14/01/2019

Ep97 – Witnessing the End of the German Occupation of Brussels,1918 – Prof Tammy Proctor

2215

07/01/2019

Ep96 – Lawrence of Arabia – Dr John Peaty

2800

17/12/2018

Ep95 – The Rise of Sir William Robertson – Ross Beadle

3483

10/12/2018

Ep94 – The Great War Pension Record Cards – David Tattersfield

2615

03/12/2018

Ep93 – Willie Redmond MP – John Green

2617

26/11/2018

Ep92 – Public School Great War Memorials – Sarah Wearne

2287

19/11/2018

Ep91 – The morale of the Italian army in WW1 – Dr Vanda Wilcox

2341

12/11/2018

Ep90 – The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Miguel Freire

2460

05/11/2018

Ep89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White

2806

29/10/2018

Ep88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford

2435

22/10/2018

Ep87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton

2573

15/10/2018

Ep86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson

1997

08/10/2018

Ep85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolution – Prof. Ingrid

2203

01/10/2018

Ep84 – The British Army on the Western Front in 1916 – Dr Spencer Jones

3642

27/09/2018

Ep83 – Wilfred Owen – Dr Kate Kennedy

2862

24/09/2018

Ep82a – Extra Episode – The Capture of the Riqueval Bridge – Jim Tanner

3438

17/09/2018

Ep82 – Force Feeding in WW1 – Dr Ian Miller

1755

10/09/2018

Ep81 – ‘Haig’s tower of strength’ – General Sir Edward Bulfin – John Powell

2216

03/09/2018

Ep80 – The Landing in the Dawn – dissecting the Anzac Gallipoli legend – Dr James Hurst

3160

27/08/2018

Ep79 – Uppingham public school during WW1 – Tim Halstead

2193

20/08/2018

Ep78 – The Second British Army during the Liberation of Flanders in 1918 – Dr Dennis Williams

2497

13/08/2018

Ep77 – The Third Battle of the Aisne 1918 – David Blanchard

2519

06/08/2018

Ep76 – Canadian nurses’ Great War narratives – Andrea McKenzie

2149

30/07/2018

Ep75 – Tubby Clayton – Dr Linda Parker

2118

23/07/2018

Ep74 – The British Tommy in 1918 – Taff Gillingham

3154

16/07/2018

Ep73 – Learning to fight – Military innovation in the British Army in WW1 – Dr Aimee Fox

2508

09/07/2018

Ep72 – British POWs in Germany during WW1 – Dr Oliver Wilkinson

2536

02/07/2018

Ep71 – From Docks and Sand – The 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW1 – Dr Adrian Gregson

2206

25/06/2018

Ep70 – The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918 – Peter Hart

2337

18/06/2018

Ep69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff

2889

11/06/2018

Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines

2558

04/06/2018

Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley

2117

28/05/2018

Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis

2015

21/05/2018

Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield

2057

14/05/2018

Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan

1938

07/05/2018

Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Great War – Sir Hew Strachan

1988

30/04/2018

Ep62 – King George V during the Great War – Alexandra Churchill

2359

23/04/2018

Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries

1890

16/04/2018

Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy

1371

09/04/2018

Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington

1727

02/04/2018

Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker

1786

26/03/2018

Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi village of Dulmial, Pakistan – Dr Irfan Malik

1721

19/03/2018

Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals in Middlesex – Carol Henderson

1913

12/03/2018

Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr Jonathan Boff

1746

05/03/2018

Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide – Clive Harris

1914

26/02/2018

Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren

1551

19/02/2018

Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War – Joanna Costin

1444

12/02/2018

Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts

1621

05/02/2018

Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War – Charles Fair & Tom Thorpe

2515

29/01/2018

Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson

1514

22/01/2018

Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris

1928

15/01/2018

Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones

1626

08/01/2018

Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith

1733

11/12/2017

Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson

923

04/12/2017

Ep44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in WW1 – John Lee

2159

27/11/2017

Ep43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay

1478

20/11/2017

Ep42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrington

414

13/11/2017

Ep41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart

1510

04/11/2017

Ep40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair 

1172

30/10/2017

Ep39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter 

1335

23/10/2017

Ep38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France – Dr Vivien Newman 

1357

16/10/2017

Ep37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji 

1424

09/10/2017

Ep36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones

1402

02/10/2017

Ep35 – The Doughboys, 1917-8 – Michael St Maur Sheil

1309

25/09/2017

Ep34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden

1279

18/09/2017

Ep33 – The “Spanish Flu” Pandemic 1917-19 – Dr Jane Orr

1459

11/09/2017

Ep32 – Brigadier General Frank Crozier – Charles Messenger

1128

04/09/2017

Ep31 – Women in Britain and Europe during the Great War – Dr Vivien Newman

1151

28/08/2017

Ep30 – Joseph Steward’s Platoon – Andy Robertshaw

1075

21/08/2017

Ep29 – Commemoration of the Great War in Ireland – Dr Chris Manson

819

15/08/2017

Ep28 – Military Recruitment in Ireland, 1916 – Dr William Butler

794

07/08/2017

Ep27 – Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War – Ian Montgomery

225

31/07/2017

Ep26 – Beyond the Somme – West Belfast’s Somme service in context – Prof Richard Grayson

901

24/07/2017

Ep25 – Major General Nugent, the Ulster Division and their army commanders in 1916 – Nicholas Perry

1006

18/07/2017

The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson

1131

10/07/2017

The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence – Paul O’Brien

955

08/07/2017

Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project – Ron McMurray

766

03/07/2017

Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert

1071

26/06/2017

Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler

1013

19/06/2017

Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore

921

12/06/2017

Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd

1222

07/06/2017

Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson

1068

06/05/2017

The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman

863

29/05/2017

The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders – Piet Chielens from In Flanders Fields Museum

662

22/05/2017

General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Steven Rabalais

953

15/05/2017

The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station

780

08/05/2017

The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the British in Ypres – Dominiek Dendooven

835

01/05/2017

Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the Great War – Luci Gosling

686

28/04/2017

Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles

904

24/04/2017

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – Dr Samantha Philo-Gill

784

05/04/2017

The Great War’s influence on popular music – Dr Peter Grant

721

05/04/2017

Irish Soldiers in 1917 – Philip Pratley

994

05/04/2017

British Staff in 1917 – Dr Paul Harris

839

05/04/2017

French tanks in 1917 – Dr Tim Gale

661

01/03/2017

The Honourable Artillery Company in 1917 – Michael Orr

775

13/02/2017

Stately Homes and Cartoons in WW1

735

13/02/2017

Mentioned in Dispatches Ep2 from the Western Front Association

910

13/02/2017

Mentioned in Dispatches Ep.1 from the Western Front Association

1057