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‘On-Tour’ is a new series on BFBS Radio2. Each weekday at 10:30 UKT Richard Hutchinson will be touring a Military Museum or unit in the UK. The series continues with a visit to HMS Victory the Flagship of the First Sea Lord, and the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Our guide for the week is HMS Victory Project Director Andrew Baines. The tour begins in the Great Cabin where Admiral Lord Nelson briefed the Captains under his command.

As the Army’s new structure begins to take shape, the Brigade’s within it prepare for changes too. 12 Mechanized Brigade in Bulford Garrison will soon become an Armoured Infantry Brigade. Its Commander is Brigadier Roly Walker. It’ll mean some units moving on to pastures new. But as regiments move on… although a shrinking brigade, it’ll welcome two new units in 2015. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and a brand new unit The Royal Lancers - formed as a result of an amalgamation. But with rebasing plans afoot, how does it affect units from the Brigade based on Salisbury Plain. As Afghanistan draws closer to British Troops withdrawing, Brigadier Walker says it’s still very much busy times ahead, and wants to thank families and his troops for their continued support and hard work.

Bringing the work of Code-breakers to life a team of actors led by Artistic Director Liv Spencer have been working at the Mansion in Bletchley to interact with visitors across the week.

Stepping behind the building site barriers, our final day at BP looks at the work being carried out to reconstruct several of the code-breaking huts, and take a closer look at daily life for the sites workforce during WW2.

Paul Hollywood of Great British Bake Off fame tells Charlene Guy what it takes to be a pro cake reviewer!

Restoration work is constantly ongoing around the site and a major visitor's centre is due to open in June this year. We step outside to see how work is progressing.

‘On-Tour’ is a new series on BFBS Radio 2. Each weekday at 10:30 UKT Richard Hutchinson will be touring a Military Museum or unit in the UK. The series continues with a visit to the home of the World War 2 Code-breakers: Bletchley Park. Our host for the week is Bletchley Park’s CEO Iain Standen… The tour begins in the famous mansion House with an overview of the massive site that housed 10,000 workers at the end of the war.

The Ministry of Defence has revealed its latest aerial surveillance technology. It’s called the Watch Keeper. And for the first time ever it has been given clearance to fly in UK airspace. Here’s the man in charge of the kit, Colonel Mark Thornhill, Commander of 1 Artillery Brigade.

Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery chats to Charlene Guy on BFBS Radio about her new film 'Non-Stop.' She reveals her karaoke ambitions too!

For the final day at The Shuttleworth Collection we take an exclusive tour of the workshops that maintain the fleet of aircraft and find an iconic RAF aircraft being stripped down and put back together by the engineering team.

Hal Stewart was talking Military History with TV presenter and actor Tony Robinson. Tony revealed the top ten bravest professions after research looking at the detailed accounts of soldiers time 'in the field' during World War 1 along with their pre-war jobs

Heading outside on a very blustery day we take a walk on the landing strip which this summer will be home to 1000 of spectators as the collection takes to the air.

The Shuttleworth collection is home to two of the world’s oldest flying Edwardian aircraft, made of cloth and wood they paved the way for pilots of the future. Richard Hutchinson visited for 'On-Tour.'

'Hal Stewart will be welcoming the Secret Sergeant again on Saturday for the last ever 'Walken on the Air'. For the past few months you have been submitting completely made-up and ridiculous Fake Football Facts which have then been read out by BFBS's Secret Sergeant (a genuine Sergeant who's identity remains a closely guarded secret for purely legitimate embarrassment reasons) in the style of American actor Christopher Walken. Now Hal's asking you to get in touch for the final time with the last ever edition of 'Walken on the Air' so email hal@bfbs.com with your made up Footy nonsense and the best 3 will make the show on Saturday. Click the link to hear the last edition. Tune into 'The Saturday Show' with Hal every Saturday 2-6pm UK time on BFBS.

Charlene Guy was joined by Lewis and Stephen from the new BFBS Radio comedy series. They did a brilliant impression of Terry Wogan!

Heading behind the massive doors of a second hanger Richard Hutchinson tracks down one of the original fighyer aircraft from the First World War.

'On-Tour' continues with a visit to The Shuttleworth Collection. There are over 50 flying aircraft from the dawn of aviation through both World Wars. Our guide for the week is Chief Engineer Jean-Michel Munn. The tour begins in one of the aircraft hangers tracing the history of this unique collection.

Heading to the lowest deck on HMS Belfast we head into the engine room, and meet an engineer who worked on ships similar to HMS Belfast to find out what is was like in this hot and noisy environment.

A battleship of HMS Belfast’s size had a sizeable medical team on board and today we take a visit to the sick bay where along with daily injuries the surgeons even had a full operating theatre.

As a Valentine's Day treat Jade Callaway welcomed US Marine SSgt Brandon Valentine of 3rd Battalion the 7th Marines into the 'Love Lounge' in Camp Bastion. For the acoustic session SSgt Valentine recorded some romantic tunes, some of his own favourites and even a mashup for the singlies. Before hearing Brandon's rendition of Train's "Marry Me" Jade wanted to find out when his love of music first started...