BFBS Sitrep

Sitrep May 21st 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 50.9pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(First broadcast on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thursday 21st May </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:

Sitrep May 14th 2015

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>PRESENTER THIS WEEK:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Kate Gerbeau</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size

Sitrep May 7th 2015

<div><strong>KATE GERBEAU PRESENTS TODAY</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>(First broadcast on Thursday 7th May 2015 at 4.30pm)</div> <div> </div> <div>70 years on from VE Day...how did the Second World War change the world?<br />Plus, what’s the experts verdict on what's in store for the NEXT seventy years?<br />Why the West should understand how Russia’s past has influenced its present<br />And...how Dynamic Mongoose is taking the North Sea by storm.<br />---------------------------<br />PRESEN

Sitrep April 30th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How Gurkha engineers and the RAF are providing aid to Nepal</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Trident - why the debate goes on?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; t

Sitrep April 23rd 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Mediterranean migrants crisis…did we heed the warnings?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The use of drones -  are we being told everything?</span></p> <p cla

Sitrep April 16th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How the US UK Joint Exercise in The States is helping to cement the special relationship.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB

Sitrep April 9th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 50.9pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(First broadcast on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thursday 9^th April </span></strong><strong><span style

Sitrep April 3rd 2015

<div>Is President Putin threatening to use nuclear warheads over the Baltic States?</div> <div> </div> <div>Is the MOD's anti-malaria drug safe?</div> <div> </div> <div>Will defence be an election winner on May 7th?</div> <div> </div> <p> </p> <div>And Christopher Lee explains what happened to the dead teeth at the Battle of Waterloo.</div>

Sitrep March 26th 2015

<p>(First broadcast on Thursday 26th  March 2015 at 4.30pm)<br /> <br />British troops train up Syrian Rebels – is this the start of something bigger?<br /> <br />Why are  the Saudis are bombing Yemen.<br /> <br />The voice of reason from the Vicar of Baghdad…<br /> <br />Does Argentina really fancy another pop at the Falklands?<br /> <br />And Richard the Third – were you there when they buried him?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau<br /> <br />STUDIO GUESTS: BF

Sitrep March 19th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 50.9pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(First broadcast on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thursday 19th  March </span></strong><strong><span style="font-si

Sitrep March 12th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tony Blair speaks exclusively Sitrep’s Kate Gerbeau ahead of tomorrow’s service of commemoration for the war in Afghanistan at St Paul’s cathedral.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">

Sitrep March 5th 2015

Sitrep February 27th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">British Troops for Ukraine as Putin’s ships stand off Cyprus.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Why a Tory big beast is saying hands off the MoD budget.</span>

Sitrep February 19th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why the Defence Secretary is urging NATO to be ready for any Russian aggression in the Baltic States.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',

Sitrep February 12th 2015

<div> </div> <div>There’s a ceasefire in Ukraine - but how long will the guns stay silent?<br /> <br />In Syria President Assad talks but what's he actually saying?<br /> <br />Why do the media still get the reporting of veterans’ mental health so wrong?<br /> <br />And why is it so hard to get support if you're a former service person in Northern Ireland?</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Tim Cooper</div> <div> </div> <div>STUDIO GUESTS: BFBS defence analyst Christopher

Sitrep February 5th 2015

Sitrep January 29th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 50.9pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(First broadcast on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thursday 29th January </span></strong><strong><span style="font-f

Sitrep January 22nd 2015

Sitrep January 15th 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 50.9pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(First broadcast on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thursday 15th January </span></strong><strong><span style="font-s

Sitrep January 8th 2015

<p>How British intelligence can help the French capture the Charlie Hebdo (pro: Heb-doh) assassins.<br /> <br />Why the US Airforce is pulling out of Mildenhall.<br /> <br />Russia rethinks how to use its military, so do we need to rethink ours?<br /> <br />Can the Reserve Forces increase their numbers in 2015?<br /> <br />Australian Historian Peter Fitzsimons (pro: Fitz Simons as in boys name) discusses his new book “Gallipoli”.<br /> <br />PRESENTER THIS WEEK : Kate Gerbeau<br /> <br />STUDIO