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