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Hollywood Celebrity Bodyguard | Jack English | #55

Posted on 4 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Hollywood celebrity bodyguard, Jack English, chats with Chris Thrall about his time in the marines, the war in Afghanistan and moving to quieter work out in the Beverley Hills.

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Hollywood Celebrity Bodyguard

Before he became a Hollywood bodyguard to the stars, Jack English served as a Royal Marines Commando in Afghanistan.

Transcript from ‘Hollywood Celebrity Bodyguard Jack English’ podcast

Chris and Jack

C – Jack, how are you brother?

J – Morning Chris, how you doing?

C – I’m doing phenomenal mate. I was thinking I need to come up with a new word because phenomenal isn’t good enough now! I was thinking phenmeganomical is that a word?

J – Go for it, just make it up. Brand it, that can be yours.

C – Don’t they say if a word appears more than three times in the media it goes into the English dictionary.

J – Something like that yeah!

C – I’m just going to say some keywords here because apparently YouTube pick up on the first things you talk about. So we’re going to say Royal Marines, Afghanistan, bodyguard and life coach. It doesn’t really bother me but I thought I’d give it a go and see if we got a higher rating on YouTube. So how’s life with you mate?

J – Life’s good mate, life’s good. Quite interestingly enough we’re in the Covid 19 lockdown in the current climate. I find myself to be enjoying it to be perfectly honest. I usually live a very busy, here, there and everywhere kind of life, which I thoroughly enjoy. Don’t get me wrong, I choose it, I love it. I usually get bored being in the same place for too long.

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Ollie Ollerton Who Dares Wins | SBS | #57

Posted on 4 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Ollie Ollerton is one of The DS in Channel 4’s popular programme, ‘Who Dares Wins’. Ollie was with The SBS and has an illustrious career in the special-forces.

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Ollie Ollerton Who Dares Wins

Ollie Ollerton from SAS Who Dares Wins (SBS Royal Marines Special Boat Service) as you’ve NEVER heard him before – don’t miss!

Transcript from ‘Ollie Ollerton Who Dares Wins’ podcast

Chris and Ollie

C – Ollie how are you brother?

O – I’m good mate, I’m really good, thanks for having me on.

C – Oh, I owe you a massive thanks, for several things. Not just the example you set, which is firing as I say. Also by doing myself and my girlfriend a massive favour by coming on the show. We have worked so hard now and you know you’ve walked that route yourself and taken action. You’ve been yourself, you’ve believed in your dream and if you don’t take action no one is going to do it for you. Forget the fear, take the action, but that doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly hard work. So the fact you’re helping me out Ollie by coming on for a chat, it’s massively appreciated and I know you are a busy man, with another book out.

O – Yeah it’s gone phenomenal but I just want to talk over that because you’ve hit the nail on the head there. A lot of people think by having a TV show and I’m sure we’ll talk about the TV show later. Especially the public points of view, they think it comes easy you know, they think motivation comes easy, they think it’s just a walk in the park, and that’s why both my books have been absolutely honest and also the reason the second book is called ‘Battle Ready’.

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Steven Blades Coronation Street | Marines #58

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Steven Blades was a serving Royal Marines Commando who has served in Afghanistan, then fought on Coronation Street. After surving a tour of Afghanistan and then losing an eye in a savage street fight, former Royal Marines Commando Steven Blades overcame PTSD to embark on a successful acting career, landing a role in Vikings. Steven has also made numerous other television appearances, most notably in Coronation Street and he’s now starring in ‘Sunray’ , which has been created by Royal Marines Commandos.

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Steven Blades Coronation Street

After surving a tour of Afghanistan and then losing an eye in a savage street fight, former Royal Marines Commando Steven Blades overcame PTSD to embark on a successful acting career, landing a role in Vikings and working alongside Milo Gibson.

Transcript from ‘Steven Blades Coronation Street’ podcast

Chris and Steve

C – Steve, how are you brother?

S – Hello mate, I’m all good, how are you?

C – I’m fantastic mate, I’m absolutely delighted to be talking to you. It’s very kind you’ve come on pretty short notice. I came across your profile on Facebook or was it Instagram.

S – Yeah we’ve been connected on Facebook for quite a bit, I’ve been seeing your stuff for quite some time as well.

C – Yeah bad luck! It’s really interesting I’ve just been chatting to a fascinating guy called Ryan the holistic health coach. He’s ex marine and he’s down there in Australia. We were just saying about the Instagram thing, the whole approach to it is really interesting. He’s taking the approach I’m starting to take, which is just to be honest on Instagram. It seems to really resonate with young people now.

S – Yeah, I think that’s the best way to be on social media, I just try to be as honest as possible, but it’s a big market now especially with businesses and companies collaborating with people…

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Agent Handler ‘Bernie’ | Unarmed Combat Instructor | #60

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Agent handler ‘Bernie’ features Bernie chatting with Chris Thrall on the ‘Bought the T-shirt’ podcast.

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Agent Handler ‘Bernie’

Bernie was born in South London and joined the Royal Marines in 1973. During his twenty-four year military career, he served with 45, 40 and 41 Royal Marine Commandos, was attached to the Special Boat Service and also engaged in special duties in Northern Ireland. After his retirement from the Corps, Bernie joined the London Security ‘Circuit’ as a contractor and covered a variety of roles over a twenty year period, ranging from body-guarding an Arab Royal family to providing media security protection to news teams in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He has recently retired from working as a US DOD contractor teaching intelligence methods to the Iraqi and Afghan Army. He has started to write and uses this experience to enhance the realism of his books/scripts, penned under the name W.T.Delaney.

Transcript from ‘Agent Handler ‘Bernie’ podcast

Chris and Bernie

C – Bernie, how are you mate?

B – I’m fine Chris, fine.

C – Are we allowed to say were in the world you are, it’s not going to get you a target on you.

B – No it’s fine, I’m in Spain, in the lockdown of all lockdowns. It’s like being under the Stasi over here mate.

C – Bernie, I’m just going to say a few key words here which apparently work well for promoting our video when it goes on YouTube, that’s not actually the reason I do it but it helps the people at home to know what sort of thing we’re going to be talking about. So we’re going to be talking about the royal marines, unarmed combat, MI5, the intelligence services, the middle east and body guarding…

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The SPECIAL FORCES Experience | #61

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

The Special Forces Experience features Jason Bowen who is a former Special Forces Signaller.

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The SPECIAL FORCES Experience

Jason Bowen is a former Special Forces Signaller who now runs ‘The S.F. Experience’. The S.F. Experience is staffed by former elite operators from the SAS, SBS and SFSG to give members of the public a taste of the hardest military selection course in the world.

Transcript from ‘The SPECIAL FORCES Experience’ podcast

Chris and Jason

C – Jason how you doing mate?

J – I’m all good thanks Chris, it’s a pleasure and a privilege to chat to you mate.

C – Who’s got the best backdrop, that’s the question.

J – It does look a little bit corporate doesn’t it.

C – I’ve been told about what you’re doing and that’s obviously part of what we’re going to talk about, it sounds amazing.

J – Thanks yeah.

C – I’m all up for giving people the military experience without sending them to war. I’m all for peace these days in my old age. But yes incredible. So what is the SF experience?

J – Well it started off back in 2013. Tragically three guys died in the Brecon Beacons on SAS reserve selection. There was a lot of news coverage at the time and it got quite political.

One of the guys fathers, I knew him briefly and I felt sorry for the parents because all this political stuff was going on in the press and the media. There was little compassion for

the parents and I felt like I wanted to do something for them.

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Incoming! Suicide Survivor | Iraq | Afghanistan | #64

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Incoming Suicide Survivor, is a Bought the T-shirt podcast featuring Garry Curtis and Chris Thrall. Garry is a former Royal Marines Commando and has operated in every major conflict over the last twenty years.

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Incoming! Suicide Survivor

Garry Curtis is a former Royal Marines Commando who has operated in every major conflict in the last twenty years. He has been bombed, shot at and held hostage. He has seen things people shouldn’t see. Garry talks openly about his PTSD and trying to take his life.

Transcript snippet from ‘Incoming Suicide Survivor’ podcast

Chris and Garry

C – Gary how are you brother?

G – Hey Chris, how are you? Welcome to my garden, London Town! How are you mate?

C – Yeah I’m alright mate, that’s the best backdrop I’ve had on the podcast so far.

G – Glad to hear it.

C – That’s not like a video is it?

G – No, no it’s quite real, I’ll have to try and keep the noise of the vehicles down to a minimum if they go past.

C – Are you in central London then?

G – Yeah, yeah I’m up in Soho today.

C – So, I think out of everyone I know you have the most action packed, adventure packed traumatic media packed story that’s out there. We first got into contact when you wrote your book Incoming…

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FIRST Into Action | Duncan Falconer | #65

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

First into action is the story of Duncan Falconer who joined The Royal Marines and went on to passing selection with The Special Boat Service, based in Poole.

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First Into Action

Duncan Falconer joined the British Royal Marines at the age of 18. At 19 years of age, he attended SBS selection in Poole Dorset and was one of nine Marines to successfully complete the course out of 147 men. Most candidates are required to serve some time in a Commando unit before applying, however Duncan was given an exception. Later he was posted to 42 Commando as a career broadening opportunity. Duncan served the majority of his military service with the SBS. During his time in the military, he also served with the SAS and 14 Intelligence Detachment, deployed to Northern Ireland with each for one year and two and a half years respectively. After he left the Detachment he took a sabbatical for a year before returning to the SBS where he was posted to MAT (“Maritime Anti-Terrorism”) operations in which he was involved in a number of exercises retaking oil rigs and tankers.

Transcript from ‘First Into Action’ podcast

Chris and Duncan

C – Duncan, how are you brother?

D – I’m well and can I say thank you very much for inviting me on your podcast.

C- The honour is all mine. You look like you’re on a life raft!

D – Yep, I’ve just paused the ocean for this podcast, but I’ll get it going again soon.

C – It’s quite appropriate for our marines background that you’re at sea.

D – Actually it’s the North Sea so yeah it’s very appropriate! …

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Blown Up Shot Stabbed | SO19 Podcast #66

Posted on 3 March 202112 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Helen Barnett features in the ‘Blown Up, Shot, Stabbed S019 podcast. Here she chats with Chris Thrall to tell us what life was like at the frontline of British Policing.

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Blown Up Shot Stabbed | SO19

Helen Barnett and was authorised to shoot to kill. She has been blown up by the IRA, shot and stabbed. Helen was the first mother to join the Met Police’s Armed Response Unit.

Transcript from ‘Blown Up, Shot, Stabbed SO19’ podcast

Chris and Helen

C – Helen, how are you?

H – Hi Chris, I’m very well thanks how are you?

C – Yes, I’m okay, which part of the world are you in?

H – I’m in the Cotswold, I’m really lucky, it’s lovely and it’s been a lovely day as well, really sunny.

C – A beautiful part of the country. I did a 24 hour race in the Cotswolds. It’s one of those places where you hear Cotswolds and my mind starts thinking hang on are we talking like Lake District or something. It’s not actually far from the South West.

H – Yeah, it’s quite central isn’t it. It wasn’t around Broadway Tower was it?

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