Waterloo (1970) with Matthew Palmer

Robin and Carolina are joined by writer and former British Army soldier Matthew Palmer to discuss the best (and hammiest) film about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Politics include: everything you needed to know about the egomaniac, manipulative, completely genius character of Bonaparte; how Wellington was a massive dick, but so was everyone else; the nuts story behind how the film came into existence, and how it literally couldn't be made today; and of course the politics of the battlefield at Waterloo.

Plus some of the best one-liners committed to film in the history of cinema.

Hold on to your horses: it's going to be a good one.

Need more Bonaparte in your life? Check some of these monumental works - there are many, many, many others

• 'Napoleon the Great' by Andrew Roberts
• 'Napoleon: the Myth of the Saviour' by Jean Tulard
• 'The Greatest Movie Never Made: Kubrik's Napoleon vs Bondarchuk's Waterloo' by Matthew Shadbolt

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