BFBS Radio Sitrep

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 11th February

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

NATO’s sending ships to help with the European migrant crisis but could they get drawn into the fight against IS?

In North Korea another general is executed so what exactly is the Dear Leader up to? 

What’s wrong with the Navy’s Type 45s?

And, how the British Army can learn from the Greek tragedy....

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 4th February

As the Syrian peace talks are suspended Sitrep looks at the spread of IS in Afghanistan and Libya.

Find out all you need to know about the new Chiefs of Staff at the MoD

Why the USA is proposing an increase in military spending for Europe.

And what do YOU think of the Army’s new TV ads?

Trident - the Government gets its Vanguards in a row.

Who killed the Russian spy Litvinenko? Find out what the official inquiry says…

The new Service Complaints Ombudsman explains how she plans to deal with bullying and harassment.

And 25 years on Flight Lieutenant John Peters remembers his capture by Saddam's forces 25 years on.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 14th January

Aid finally gets through to Syria’s starving but should the RAF be doing more?

Is Helmand a lost cause? Sitrep hears from Britain’s Ambassador in Kabul who says it’s not.

It’s five years since the Arab Spring uprisings began – but has it done more harm than good?

And, why there’s a growing need for health care for our military veterans

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS:

AFGHANISTAN

The British Ambassador to Kabul, Karen Pierce

SYRIA – HOMS TRUCE

Hamish de Bretton Gordon is a chemical weapons expert who advises NGOs working in Iraq and Syria.

STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH

BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

ARAB SPRING 5 YEARS

Broadcaster Robin Lustig

VETERANS HEALTH  

BFBS Reporter Kaija Larke

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)

Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

How can MI5 keep track of returning IS terrorists?

Did North Korea really test a Hydrogen bomb?

What does the Government’s announcement on Armed Forces pay mean for you?

Plus: Sitrep meets Labour’s new shadow defence minister Emily Thornberry

And, after 70 years, it’s goodbye Hohne………….

Sitrep’s Review of the Year
Join Kate Gerbeau, BFBSDefence Analyst, Christopher Lee & special guests for Sitrep's review ofthe year. They'll be discussing themilitary issues that dominated the headlines this year, and consider what’s onthe horizon for our armed forces in 2016.
Sitrep’s Review of the Year will be broadcast on Thursday 17th December on BFBS Radio and across UK Bases at 6.30pm (UK),and on BFBS Radio 2 at 6.30pm (UK).

After 10 hours of debate Prime Minister David Cameron got the green light to extend the air campaign to Syria – but what’s the end game?

America tops up its special forces in the Middle East,

And Nato gets a new member - Montenegro has joined the alliance but how will Russia react?

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS:

SYRIA

Kate Gerbeau interviews Prime Minister, David Cameron

SYRIA

James Hirst interviews the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

COMMONS DEBATE

Former Foreign Secretary, Dame Margaret Beckett.

US SPECIAL FORCES

BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

MONTENEGRO JOINS NATO

Jonathan Eyal, International Director at the Royal United Services Institute

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)

Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 19th November

The PM tell us why Britain should bomb Syria but can he secure the vote?

Plus: Reflections on this week’s Defence review

The diplomatic fall out between Russia and Turkey,

Are Al Qaeda a bigger long term threat than ISIS?

And is Climate Change the world’s biggest enemy?

PRESENTER TIM COLLINS

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 19th November

After the Paris terror attacks - how can we beat ISIS and if we do, how will we manage the peace?

Find out what’s likely to be in next week’s Defence and Security Review .

Could cyber-attacks bring Britain to a standstill inside three days?

and why the biggest long term threat is climate change.

PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 5th   November

After four years of war in Syria can this weekend’s Vienna talks bring hope?

The Defence Review – are we about to find out who gets what and how much it'll cost.

Is the Chancellor trying to hi-jack Trident from the MoD?

Why the Cyber geeks in Southampton could be potential recruits for GCHQ.

And, Inside the Glasshouse - what's life really like inside Colchester's military prison?

PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 5th   November

Terror in Sinai, was it a bomb that bought the plane down?

Will the Commons ever hold a vote to go into Syria?

What’s in the Snooper’ Charter and how will affect British Forces?

And, why a former Army Chief says the NHS should be spending more money on mental health.

Sitrep speaks to NATO's Secretary General about Russia, Syria and Ukraine.

How anti-extremists are hoping to stop radicalisation through the arts.

What HMS Ocean is doing on Exercise Trident Juncture in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Commando Doctor who is making Battlefield Medicine work in peacetime.

And MI5 tells us why our emails have to be bugged.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Paula Middlehurst

Studio guest: Christopher Lee & Russia Analyst Martin McCauley

OTHER INTERVIEWS:

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

BFBS reporter James Hirst

Nato, Russia & Syria

Russia Analyst Martin McCauley as well as our own defence analyst Christopher Lee

NATO Exercise Trident Juncture

Commander of the helicopter carrier, assault ship and Royal Navy Flagship, HMS Ocean.

Countering radicalisation through the arts

Nazish Khan i- Quilliam's Arts Practitioner/Researcher

World Extreme Medicine Conference

Surgeon Commander Dr Jamie Philips

THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)

Sky Channel 0211

Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 22nd October (TIM COOPER presenting)

This week in Sitrep - The story of migrants in Cyprus,

Cyber security fears behind the Chinese deal to build the UK's new Nuclear power station.

The United Nations is 70 years old on Saturday - but do we expect too much?

NATO's biggest exercise in ten years takes to Land, Sea and Air. But who's the enemy?

Plus The Paras get their Pegasus back and what it takes to be a poppy seller.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 15th October (Kate Gerbeau presenting)

American troops are to stay longer in Afghanistan as the security situation gets worse.

In Syria – the USA and Russia talk airspace while Lord Robertson says Britain should carry out airstrikes there.

Israel, is another Gaza war on the way?

And Trident - the SNP say it must still go.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 8th October (Kate Gerbeau presenting)

Nato demands Russia to stop its Syrian operation- but will they take any notice?

And, as tensions rise in Europe, the UK is sending troops to the Baltics

Why America must rethink total withdrawal plans in Afghanistan,

Sitrep speaks to the journalist that went to see one of America’s most wanted in Moscow

Plus: Rugby - England are out but Britain's defence forces scrum down for triumph.

Presenter Kate Gerbeau

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 17th September

Why the man at the top of MI5 has spoken publicly about why they need to read our emails.

Frederick Forsyth tells Sitrep why he’s backing the campaign to clear the guilty Royal Marine.

Plus the best of the new defence innovations at the DSEI exhibition

And the Battle of Britain remembered:

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST:           BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

MI5

BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

MARINE A

Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth

DSEI

Will Inglis reporting on the A400M

PLUS INTERVIEW ON THE FOLLOWING

Dr Markus Jung head of Rheinmetal's Direct Energy Weapon Programme, discussing their new laser gun

BAe Systems,head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Adrian Nish.

Swiss Company RUAG discussing its new ‘snipers’ bullet.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 75^TH ANNIVERSARY

BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee