Straight to the point! UNCUT!: Recent Episodes
Ciaran Gibbons
Ciaran Gibbons gets straight to the point of a wide range of subjects with a wide range of guests. Current affairs, military/veterans, sport, religion, politics & everything else in-between .
Neil Hewitt was a Falklands islander during the 1982 invasion by Argentina. Neil tells his story to Ciaran Gibbons.
Paul Boogie tells Ciaran Gibbons how he drifted into becoming a heroin addict on the streets of Edinburgh despite being brought up in a good home with two loving parents.
Paul speaks with blunt honesty about what it was like surviving as a drug addict, scoring drugs, getting high and keeping away from the police.
Finally after 13 attempts Paul kicked his addiction and joined the Scotts Guards and was responsible for keeping the Queen and other members of the Royal Family safe.
Heroin to Hero, this is Paul's insperational story.
Brian Thomas is a member of the Mines Rescue Team that attended the Gleision Colliery mining accident that took place in 2011. Brian describes the operations carried out by his team at the accident.
The accident which took place in South Wales following a routine blasting operation, the tunnel in which the miners were working began to fill with water. Three of the miners escaped, with one being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the others were trapped underground. A search and rescue operation was launched to locate the four remaining miners.
In 2010 while leading a British army patrol looking for IED's (improvised explosive devices) in war torn Afghanistan, Micky Yule stepped on an IED hidden in the ground that caused a huge explosion and left Micky with catastrophic injuries .
Micky talks to Ciaran Gibbons with brutal honesty about the blast that changed his life forever and how he came to terms with the mental and physically injuries after returning to the UK.
Gerrard Williams explains in detail how the worlds most hated man was allowed to escape from justice and those who helped him get away.
Williams, a British TV journalist in his own words "is not a conspiracy theorist" and has worked for Reuters, the BBC & Sky News and has covered some of the most significant political events of the late twentieth century, including the wars in the Gulf, Rwanda, and Bosnia, as well as the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Boxing trainer and writer Ben Doughty describes in brutal honesty how his alcohol abuse affected his day to day life over 25 years until he hit rockbottom and started on the road to recovery.
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Falklands veteran Thomas Navin talks to Ciaran Gibbons about the events leading up to and including the attack on the British ship, Sir Galahad which cost the lives of 56 British servicemen during the Falklands War.
Thomas also talks about how the incident has affected his life since the incident and how veterans have dealt with the trauma which was the biggest single loss of life for the British armed forces since World War 2.
Ciaran Gibbons talking to Mark Quinn on his battle with cancer. Mark got diagnosed in 2011 & his fight is ongoing.
But despite the illness Mark has raised thousands of pounds for charities, helped the homeless, help supply equipment for NHS workers & helped run a kids football team.
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Ciaran Gibbons speaking to gym owner & business man Chris Ware should gyms in Wales be allowed to open during the lockdown period.
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Ciaran Gibbons talking to Dai Owen about his experiences on auditioning for X Factor .
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Ciaran Gibbons introduces his new podcast.
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