It's the 2nd part of the best of the year on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. We hear more about the outstanding work carried out on a daily basis by the British forces ... talk to Ewan McGregor in Iraq ... find out which regiments are "out-trumped" in a controversial new card game ... and celebrate pancake day onboard a new Astute class submarine.

The Sitrep panel review the events of 2007

Around the British forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with
John Adderley. It's a special Christmas Day edition as we take a look back at 2007 in the first of two best of the year programmes. The theme’s mainly one of remembrance - commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. There are also reflections, 90 years on, of the Battle of Passendaele …  and we mark the end of the British presence in Bosnia.

Around the British forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - an exclusive BFBS Christmas interview with the Prime Minister ... a report from Basra on the handover of the last Iraqi province under British control .... A medals ceremony in Cyprus for soldiers' brave efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan ... a contract's signed for more Chinook helicopters ... and tracking Santa's progress with his presents thanks to RAF Fylingdales.

Sitrep's end of term reports

Around the British forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week Gordon Brown speaks to BFBS in Basra ... critical reaction to the Prime Minister's vision for Afghanistan ... a homecoming to remember for the Royal Welsh in Cardiff ... a medals parade in Cyprus ... the 1st SSAFA young achiever awards in Brunei ... and the thrills and spills of the wives winter driving course in Canada.

Long term in Afghanistan says Brown, but it's even longer for the Royal Navy in the Gulf.

Around the British forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - the outcome of the inquiry into last year's Nimrod crash in Afghanistan ... concern over the role of British troops in Iraq after the handover of Basra Province to local security forces ... an award for a 19 year old soldier's bravery while off duty in Canada ... a tonic for wounded servicemen on the Colorado ski slopes ... a new aftercare service for former soldiers in Northern Ireland ... the Cyprus four day athletics challenge ... and the Army take up the Indian contact sport - kabaddi

As the western world tips south to recession, are our foreign & defence policies also bankrupt?

Around the British forces world on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - pressure's piled on the Government to tackle dilapidated forces housing ... the Princess Royal hands out Afghanistan campaign medals ...fears that Iran has a new long-range missile .. a row over soldiers who've lost limbs using a public swimming pool ... saving more money thanks to the Forces Discount Scheme ... and an underwater demolition job for Army divers in Cyprus.