Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces.
Presented by Kate Gerbeau, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.
NELSON: Legend Forged in Battle, with Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes.
30 mins; November 25, 2024
1000 days on - are Ukraine and Russia locked into a war of attrition?
49 mins; November 21, 2024
EXTRA – Surprise defence cuts explained.
27 mins; November 21, 2024
MONTGOMERY – Unbeatable and Unbearable? With Professor Michael Clarke and General Lord Richards, former Chief of the Defence Staff.
40 mins; November 18, 2024
North Korea and Russia join forces
34 mins; November 14, 2024
BOUDICA - Warrior Queen, with Professor Michael Clarke and Philip Wise, Heritage Manager for Colchester Museums.
31 mins; November 11, 2024
Trump 2.0 – reality vs rhetoric
44 mins; November 07, 2024
DOWDING – The Man behind ‘The Few’, with Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Victoria Taylor
34 mins; November 04, 2024
The budget boost for defence explained.
41 mins; October 31, 2024
WELLINGTON - Master of Strategy, with Professor Michael Clarke and author Bernard Cornwell
36 mins; October 31, 2024
How Afghanistan shapes today’s Armed Forces
39 mins; October 24, 2024
Sitrep LIVE – The future of NATO
36 mins; October 17, 2024
EXTRA – Remembering General Sir Mike Jackson
25 mins; October 17, 2024
Are human rights laws harming our military?
48 mins; October 10, 2024
Operation Shader to end, so what next?
41 mins; October 03, 2024
Sandhurst’s radical process to modernise
38 mins; September 26, 2024
EXTRA – Unknown warrior
23 mins; September 26, 2024
Lebanon device explosions – what will the British military be thinking?
29 mins; September 19, 2024
The cost of helping Ukraine – less training for British soldiers
45 mins; September 12, 2024
EXTRA – The Iranian Embassy Siege First Hand.
26 mins; September 12, 2024
A reality check on “painful choices” and defence cut rumours.
43 mins; September 05, 2024
EXTRA – Soldier, Doctor, Poet.
19 mins; September 05, 2024
Who’s qualified to lead our national security?
40 mins; August 29, 2024
The UK joins the military space race
42 mins; August 22, 2024
Ukraine’s big gamble in Russia – what happens next?
40 mins; August 15, 2024
Wagner Mercenaries in West Africa
41 mins; August 08, 2024
The armed forces pay rise – what’s it really worth?
46 mins; August 01, 2024
Ready for war in three years?
34 mins; July 25, 2024
Why have outside experts been put in charge of the UK’s Defence Review?
46 mins; July 18, 2024
“Don’t be Jack” -- the veterans who’ve become MPs
43 mins; July 11, 2024
EXTRA - The Allied Reaction Force (and Britain’s role) explained
16 mins; July 08, 2024
Defending Europe – what does NATO need to do?
42 mins; July 04, 2024
The Black Sea mine threat
36 mins; June 27, 2024
Who’s promising what for the Armed Forces?
32 mins; June 20, 2024
War of the playground
38 mins; June 13, 2024
The art of deception
44 mins; June 06, 2024
An insider’s guide to the NATO summit
42 mins; May 30, 2024
Is it time for western boots in Ukraine?
44 mins; May 23, 2024
EXTRA – Hercules: first in, last out
22 mins; May 23, 2024
What Course Ahead For The Royal Navy?
33 mins; May 16, 2024
The forces payroll hack – what you need to know
37 mins; May 09, 2024
Naval hide & seek in Norway’s fjords
37 mins; May 02, 2024
EXTRA – Tempest, turning sci-fi concepts into flying reality
19 mins; May 02, 2024
The PM’s defence spending spree – what’s it really worth?
41 mins; April 25, 2024
How did the RAF support Israel when it was attacked by Iran?
36 mins; April 18, 2024
EXTRA – What is followership, and how could it change the Army?
28 mins; April 18, 2024
Can ‘broken’ defence procurement be fixed?
38 mins; April 11, 2024
EXTRA – Minister explains new shake-up for buying military hardware
22 mins; April 11, 2024
Russia’s new push in Ukraine
40 mins; April 04, 2024
EXTRA – A view from Ukraine’s front line
13 mins; April 04, 2024
The new Wider Service Medal – good or bad idea?
40 mins; March 28, 2024
Inside the Navy’s ‘999 centre’ for the Red Sea
35 mins; March 21, 2024
Wargaming to win
35 mins; March 14, 2024
Germany’s embarrassing leak – could it happen to us too?
36 mins; March 07, 2024
Extra – The world’s only female Chief of Defence Staff
18 mins; March 07, 2024
Wargames under the waves
38 mins; February 29, 2024
Getting UK arms to Ukraine
36 mins; February 22, 2024
EXTRA – Can we rely on the Trident nuclear deterrent?
16 mins; February 22, 2024
Trump-proofing Europe – could it win a war without US help?
35 mins; February 15, 2024
Inside the secret world of Defence Intelligence
31 mins; February 08, 2024
Could National Service fix the forces recruitment crisis?
35 mins; February 01, 2024
What is Strategic Command?
26 mins; January 29, 2024
The £25m minehunter mishap
37 mins; January 25, 2024
EXTRA – Sir Iain Duncan Smith on China, conscription and his own time in the Army.
27 mins; January 25, 2024
A new world order
37 mins; January 18, 2024
New questions about the future of the Royal Marines.
36 mins; January 11, 2024
EXTRA - Life lessons from ‘The Perisher’ submarine command course.
19 mins; January 11, 2024
The Sitrep Crystal Ball 2024
42 mins; December 21, 2023
To beard or not to beard? The Army’s big question.
33 mins; December 14, 2023
The UK increases its Middle East military presence – what can it do?
40 mins; December 07, 2023
What does Ukraine need to win the war?
29 mins; November 30, 2023
Can Ukraine avoid being trapped in a frozen war?
34 mins; November 23, 2023
EXTRA – The National Cyber Force explained
18 mins; November 23, 2023
Up close with Ajax
34 mins; November 16, 2023
EXTRA – The laws of war explained
20 mins; November 16, 2023
How Napoleon changed warfare forever
35 mins; November 09, 2023
EXTRA – Japan’s big military ambitions
18 mins; November 09, 2023
Could Georgia be dragged into the Ukraine war?
32 mins; November 02, 2023
Mosul’s urban warfare lessons for Gaza
35 mins; October 26, 2023
British forces moved for ‘dangerous moment’
36 mins; October 19, 2023
EXTRA – ‘Conflict – The evolution of warfare’
27 mins; October 19, 2023
Explaining the war between Israel and Hamas
32 mins; October 12, 2023
The Army tests its ability to get to a war
29 mins; October 05, 2023
Ukraine breaches Russian defences, but is it a breakthrough?
37 mins; September 28, 2023
EXTRA - ‘Live Fight Survive’
36 mins; September 28, 2023
How smartphones have become military supercomputers
31 mins; September 21, 2023
Lessons on warfare from Ukraine
29 mins; September 14, 2023
Army Head on Future Soldier
40 mins; September 12, 2023
North Korea – Holding the Line
29 mins; September 07, 2023
EXTRA – Enforcing the Armistice
23 mins; September 07, 2023
EXTRA – The Gardener of Lashkar Gah
19 mins; September 01, 2023
A new Defence Secretary – does it matter?
29 mins; August 31, 2023
EXTRA - ‘Thinking the unthinakble’ in the war for talent
20 mins; August 31, 2023
The Wagner group loses its leaders
32 mins; August 24, 2023
After fighting the Taliban, should we now talk to them?
30 mins; August 17, 2023
Why isn’t Ukraine throwing everything into its counter-offensive?
