{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67bf06baddaea755a7c41553/692ff61d0a19c631c0ceefd3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Desert Rats","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67bf06baddaea755a7c41553/1769982314722-34b9fb2c-0781-453c-bde6-597fc81f1643.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For the second week running, we're with Australian troops, this time in the 1941 defence of Tobruk. <em>Desert Rats</em> took its name from a different unit, and quite a few liberties with the history, but it also delivered a some terrific scenes of commandos sneaking through the enemy lines on do-or-die missions, and caught Richard Burton as he was on the brink of stardom. And then of course there's James Mason, James Masoning. </p><p><br></p><p>Next week: <em>Malta Story.</em></p>","author_name":"Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon - War Movies Fans"}