We're in the season of illuminations! From the failed gunpowder plot of 1605 to the dazzling processions of Bridgwater carnival, Somerset has developed a dazzling inheritance of wielding light in the encroaching darkness of November.

Many thanks to my friend Ben Johnson and his brilliant production students for assisting me in making some gorgeously weird and beautiful music for this episode.

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Written and produced by Rosie May

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A history of Bridgwater Carnival 

Timelapse of carnival procession

Squibbing at Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2013

A history of the squibbing tradition

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