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Mother's Day on BFBS

We want to champion your mum, or mother figure, so send us your messages - it could be a funny story, a mum-umental piece of advice, something you miss about her whilst you're on deployment or just a very, very nice message!

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Vote for your favourite track

Each week on BFBS Radio, we highlight four Fresh New Music tracks and ask you, rather nicely, to vote for the best one.

SO the question is, which is your favourite?

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Who is our Star Player?

This is our competition where, across the week (Monday - Saturday), we'll give you six clues to the identity of one sporting person or sporting team and all you need to do is correctly guess their identity.

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The BFBS Radio Chart

Make sure you listen to the BFBS Chart every Sunday on BFBS Radio for two hours of the week's biggest songs, compiled from the ones we're playing across the forces world and the tunes you're downloading.

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BFBS Specials

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Women in Wargaming

Honor Mant is taking you on a deep dive to the world of strategical thinking and the women who helped create, shape, and innovate operational tactics.

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Talking about Under Salt Marsh

Actor Harry Lawtey chats with George Wedlake, from BFBS, about Under Salt Marsh - what the series is about, what to expect from the final episode PLUS he teases what's next for him!

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An interview with James Johnston

George Ryland, from BFBS, is joined in the studio from Australian country music star James Johnston.

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Talking about Giant

Peter Johnson, from BFBS, sits down with Amir El-Nasry and Pierce Brosnan to talk about their new film Giant.

BFBS Podcasts

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The latest stories affecting the Forces

Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces.

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Keep looking to the skies

Calling all AvGeeks! Join Gini and Jamie as they get completely obsessed with military aircraft.

They talk to the pilots, air crew and ground crew who flew them, fixed them, loved them and sometimes even hated them.

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Great British Battle Commanders

How much does leadership shape the outcome of a battle? What makes for successful command? These questions lie at the heart of this new podcast series hosted by Professor Michael Clarke, from the creators of the award-winning Sitrep.

This thought-provoking series for BFBS Forces News is based on Mike’s book ‘Great British Commanders.’

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The Culture Colonel

BFBS Creative presents ‘The Culture Colonel,’ a series dedicated to exploring leadership within the Armed Forces and Defence sector.