We Happy Few 506 The Podcast
We Happy Few 506 The Podcast brings you interviews with historians, the actors and production crew who were involved in the making of Band of Brothers and many more.
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Episodes
133 episodes
History On Your Doorstep - Author John McManus
A new Podcast for We Happy Few 506 co-founder Leighton (Me), who is keen to explore the history that exists on our doorstep, whether its World War 2, Medieval era, literature (I'm looking into some incredible local history related to Lord of th...
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1:21:33
Sicily Tour Catch Up & The Future
Joining us this week is Battlefield Tour guide Ben Mayne, who led the tour group for the Operation Husky / SAS Rogue Heroes tour in Sicily, along with WHF506 co-founder Leighton, discussing the sites that featured on the itinerary back in Novem...
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1:18:48
General Anthony C. McAuliffe Recounting 'NUTS'
Listen to General Anthony C. McAuliffe Recounting the German Demand to Surrender and his 'NUTS' response in December 1944.
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Masters of Air actor - Darragh Cowley
This week, joining Matt and Doug, we had Masters of the Air actor Darragh Cowley join us on the podcast this week, Darragh portrayed Lt Glenn Graham on the show, and although, in his words, his time on screen is minimal, but he had an incredibl...
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Author James Holland
Joining us this week, is author James Holland, and they discuss WW2 films on screen, and what makes them good and bad but also, how James started his own journey as a writer.
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59:07
New Podcast - The Great Rescheduled Episode
New Podcast episode, we did have a guest planned but due to scheduling or rescheduling, we have had to move him to another date, so tune in and catch up with Matt and Doug, and we touch upon our Patreons meet up in Aldbourne that we hosted on S...
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Ben Milligan - Author of 'By Water Beneath The Walls'
Joining us this week is former Navy Seal now author and historian Ben Milligan, who wrote 'By Water Beneath The Walls: The Rise of the Navy Seals' who talks to us about why he became a Navy Seal and what led him to write a book on the history o...
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1:00:57
The Family behind Saving Private Ryan - The Niland Family
Joining us this week are a family with an incredible story that became the bases for the movie Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon to name a few. We speak with Preston Niland, whose father was...
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Military Advisor, Stuntman and Actor - Robert Garcia
Joining us this week is US Marine veteran, Military Advisor, stuntman and actor, Robert Garcia, whose CV is mind-blowing from appearing in The Shield, The Pacific, Black Panther and many many more and all round great guy.
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Generation Kill - Director Susanna White
Joining us this week is Susanna White, director of HBO's Generation Kill, as well as an incredible CV that includes Star Wars TV show 'Andor'. An incredible insight into what made Generation Kill such a brilliant show and how there were a lot o...
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Author of ‘Behind the Scenes - The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton’ - Angela V.John
Joining us this week, is author Angela V.John, who wrote the recently released book 'The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton'. For those who may not know, Philip Burton was the mentor of the Hollywood legend, actor Richard Burton, as well as settin...
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Welcome back Gavin Mortimer who talks LRDG
We welcome back author Gavin Mortimer, who on this episode goes into more detail about the Long Range Desert Group with us, about its formation, notable troops and their role in World War 2.We may need to invite him back as there was so ...
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Author - Gavin Mortimer (2 SAS: Bill Stirling and the Forgotten Special Forces Unit)
Joining us this week is author of countless books on the SAS in World War 2 Gavin Mortimer as they explore the history of the Unit, its characters and what made them so special. An hour just wasn't enough time!!
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1:14:47
Andrew Dalton - Ken Burns Gettysburg Film Festival
Joining us this week is Andrew Dalton from the Ken Burns Gettysburg Film Festival, who gives us a brief history of Gettysburg and talks to us about this years Ken Burns Gettysburg Film Festival and how Ken Burns became involved and what will be...
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Andrew Biggio - Author of The Rifle
Joining us this weeks podcast, we welcome back friend of We Happy Few 506, US Marine Corps veteran and the author of The Rifle and The Rifle 2, talks to us about the difference in his approach between the first Rifle book and the second, as wel...
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Elliot James Langridge (Life In Film Podcast)
Great show this week, joining us this week is actor and podcaster Elliot James Langridge of the Life In Film Pod, and they talk all things but this episode has a bit of back and forth with questions going both ways. Please go follow...
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1:31:39
Band of Brothers Director - Mikael Salomon
Joining us this week is Band of Brothers director Michael Salomon who reunites with Matt and Doug after nearly 25 years and talks about his new life in Denmark and how he got started with directing and how Steven Spielberg didn't want slow moti...
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Tony Rushmer talks about the real Reg Seekings
Joining us this week is author of SAS Duty before Glory, which talks about the real Reg Seekings during WW2, who is heavily featured in SAS Rogue Heroes, and they talk about his war time history and other aspects of his life that may be a littl...
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Battlefield Tour After Action Report With Reg Jans
This weeks episode, we wanted to catch up with the brilliant tour guide Reg Jans. For those of you who have been on our tours, Reg has been our guide for several of them for very good reasons, and the last tour was nothing short of incredible b...
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57:31
Catch up with Matt and Doug
Catch up with Matt and Doug this week, our first catch up Podcast in a while and the boys chat all sorts!
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57:51
Band of Brothers - Rick Warden (Lt Harry Welsh)
Joining Matt and Doug this week is actor Rick Warden, who portrays Lt Harry Welsh in HBO's Band of Brothers.
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Masters of the Air and Gladiator 2 actor - Alfie Tempest
Joining us this week is Masters of the Air and Gladiator 2 actor Alfie Tempest, who talks about how he got the role on Masters of the Air and working with Ridley Scott on Gladiator 2. We also hear from Matt Mabe, who talks about Sam Hurry, who ...
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