Ep 11 – Captain America: The First Avenger – Fighting Nazis, One Super Soldier at a Time

Ep 45 – SAS Rogue Heroes Special with Corin Silva – Behind the Scenes with the Actor Portraying Jim Almonds in SAS Rogue Heroes

This week, we welcome back our SAS Rogue Heroes Correspondent George and talk to actor Corin Silva, who portrays Jim Almonds in SAS Rogue Heroes seasons 1 and 2 (he was also in Masters of the Air and All the Light We Cannot See, in case you want to watch more WW2 things which Corin!). We had a fabulous time, and hope Corin did too! Thanks, Corin!

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Ep 66 – The Imitation Game – Alan Turing, Oscar Bait and the Spy Subplot No One Asked For

In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we take on The Imitation Game (2014) and unpick all the ways it does Alan Turing dirty. With guest George (our usual SAS Rogue Heroes correspondent) taking on several sidequests with us this summer), we tackle the unnecessary spy plot, the myth of the lone genius, and why turning one of history’s most brilliant minds into a socially inept robot is just lazy, disrespectful writing. Sam did all the reading, Maartje Googled for one minute and George has actually been to Bletchley Park. All of us instantly agree: this movie is not it.

We talk queer erasure, posthumous pardons, codebreaking accuracy (or lack thereof), and Sam explains EXACTLY how Turing’s codebreaking machine works ;).

This movie is Oscar bait biopic mayhem (it worked, I guess), and we have some strong thoughts.

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Ep 63 – Clare Mulley on the Women Who Fought – Polish Paratroopers, Nazi Test Pilots & Churchill’s Favourite Spy

In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we’re joined by award-winning historian Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved…, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, and Agent Zo. We talk about Polish paratrooper Elżbieta Zawacka (Zo), Nazi-resisting test pilot Melitta von Stauffenberg, and the razor-sharp Christine Granville. Clare shares how she builds trust with her readers, balances storytelling with historical rigour, and restores women to their rightful place in the WWII record. And, this episodes is full of stories about the heroic women Clare writes about. You’ll want to pick up a book or two after this!

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Ep 49 – The Catcher Was a Spy – An Honest Review of the Movie & Moe Berg’s Fascinating Life

This week, Sam and Maartje discuss one of their lowest-rated movies thusfar: The Catcher Was a Spy. It’s a movie about baseball player Moe Berg, who, unlike the film, was a fascinating character. Come complain about the movie with us while simultaneously bigging up Moe, please. Also, baseball, anyone?

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Ep 34 – Anthropoid – The Heroic Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

This week, we discuss the movie Anthropoid, about the mission of the same name, set up to kill the evilest of evils
Reinhard Heydrich. Perhaps one of the only evils to get the ending he deserved. (Spoilers, it was slow and painful).

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Ep 45 – SAS Rogue Heroes Special with Corin Silva – Behind the Scenes with the Actor Portraying Jim Almonds in SAS Rogue Heroes

Ep 66 – The Imitation Game – Alan Turing, Oscar Bait and the Spy Subplot No One Asked For

Ep 63 – Clare Mulley on the Women Who Fought – Polish Paratroopers, Nazi Test Pilots & Churchill’s Favourite Spy

Ep 49 – The Catcher Was a Spy – An Honest Review of the Movie & Moe Berg’s Fascinating Life

Ep 34 – Anthropoid – The Heroic Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

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