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Hosted by Paul Reed · history · EN-GB
Walk the battlefields of the First World War with Military Historian, Paul Reed. In these podcasts, Paul brings together over 40 years of studying the Great War, from the stories of veterans he interviewed, to when he spent more than a decade living on the Old Front Line in the heart of the Somme battlefields.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWalk the battlefields of the First World War with Military Historian, Paul Reed. In these podcasts, Paul brings together over 40 years of studying the Great War, from the stories of veterans he interviewed, to when he spent more than a decade living on the Old Front Line in the heart of the Somme battlefields.
The Old Front Line is hosted by Paul Reed. The show has published 312 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Questions and Answers Episode 62" (31 October 2026, 45 minutes), "Questions and Answers Episode 61" (17 October 2026, 48 minutes), and "Questions and Answers Episode 60" (3 October 2026, 44 minutes).
The Old Front Line publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 312 episodes.
Booking probability for The Old Front Line is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Old Front Line requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Old Front Line's contact route on record: verified email.
Paul Reed hosts The Old Front Line, a history podcast with 312 episodes published.
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Episode #8
In this week's Question and Answer Episode we look at: why did German intelligence understand so much about the coming Battle of the Somme, yet the Allies were caught so badly off guard by the German Spring Offensive of...
Episode #6
In this Old Front Line Q&A , we explore four fascinating questions from the First World War, taking us from the Ypres Salient to German-occupied France and Belgium, and from wartime prisoners to the fate of battlefield...
Episode #4
In this episode of The Old Front Line Podcast , we answer another fascinating selection of listener questions that explore the realities of life, death, remembrance and battlefield tactics on the Western Front during...
Episode #3
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing is the largest British war memorial in the world and one of the most powerful places where we remember the sacrifice of the Missing on the Western Front. In this episode, we explore...
Episode #2
In this latest Old Front Line Q&A , we tackle four fascinating questions that take us from the opening moments of the Battle of the Somme to the long legacy of the Western Front landscape. We begin at Hawthorn Ridge on...
Episode #1
We begin Season 10 of The Old Front Line with a journey into The Great War Around Us : the First World War history that can still be found in the places where we live. In this episode, we visit the East Sussex village...
Episode #47
For our final Bonus Episode before Season 10 begins in September, we look at a rare Roll of Honour for the Gravesend and Dartford area of Kent, and discuss the whole history of these Rolls of Honour and then look...
Episode #46
How do you find the hidden story of the First World War landscape? In this special bonus episode of The Old Front Line , we explore the fascinating world of WW1 trench maps and discover how they can transform your...
Episode #45
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we answer another fascinating collection of listener questions that explore the people, places and practical realities of the First World War. We begin by asking why...
Episode #44
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we explore one of the most successful British attacks of the Battle of the Somme: the Dawn Attack of 14 July 1916 . Launched before first light, the assault captured key...
Episode #43
In this Questions and Answers episode we head beneath the battlefields to explore the hidden world of First World War dugouts and bunkers , asking whether the Ypres Salient saw more extensive underground construction...
Episode #41
For our 300th Episode we reflect on six years of the Old Front Line Podcast and go back to where we started in March 2020 by retaking a virtual walk through the battlefields and village of Pozières on the Somme. We...
Episode #41
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast, we answer another fascinating selection of listener questions covering some of the most intriguing aspects of the First World War. We begin by exploring the formidable...
Episode #40
In this episode of the Old Front Line Podcast , we continue our exploration of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 by examining the southern sector of the British attack. Travelling across the battlefields of...
Episode #39
On the morning of 1st July 1916 , as whistles blew along miles of the Somme front, the men of the III Corps and XV Corps rose from their trenches and walked into the centre of one of the most catastrophic days in...
Episode #38
In this latest Questions & Answers episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we tackle another fascinating collection of listener questions that uncover some of the lesser-known aspects of the First World War. We begin by...
Episode #36
<p>In the first of a three-part series marking the <b>110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme,</b> we explore the fighting in the northern sector of the battlefield on 1 July 1916.</p><p>This episode examines the...
Episode #35
<p>For this episode of the <b>Old Front Line</b> podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First World War. From...
Episode #35
<p>In this special edition of the podcast we explore a lesser-known theatre of conflict from the First World War in <b>Northern Italy</b> with historian <b>Tom Isitt</b>. Tom's new book - <b>Thunder in the Mountains...
Episode #34
<p>In this wide-ranging listener Q&A episode of Old Front Line, we dive into some intriguing and human questions thrown up by the Great War.</p><p>We begin with the <b>fate of the missing</b>. With hundreds of thousands...
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