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Unusual and interesting stories about people, places and events from around Britain. Learn about the less well-known, the hidden, the local but significant or controversial tales from British history,... more
FAQs about Stories From Our Island:How many episodes does Stories From Our Island have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.
October 16, 2020To The Woods At Tiddesley in WorcestershireDiscover Hidden Britain brings you On The Road with us to Tiddesley Wood near Pershore in Worcestershire. Seemingly surrounded by apple and plum orchards ripe for cider and sampling, come with us as we head into this historic woodland with its ancient......more42minPlay
October 02, 2020Come Take An Autumn WalkBack We Come For Series 2 On The Road - Come Take an Autumn Walk with Discover Hidden Britain. Come with us as we set off into the British woodland on a circular wander spotting signs of autumn and signs of nature as we head into the English countryside......more33minPlay
September 25, 2020Heading For The Road and Shilling's PennyBack We Come For Series 2 - Discover Hidden Britain returns with plans for the new podcasts this series - 'On The Road' - and give you a taster of our itinerary! We want you to come with us as we venture out with Discover Hidden Britain into the......more31minPlay
August 21, 2020Come Castling With Us at the Marcher CastlesWho doesn't love a castle? Who cares whether it's a hill fort, a motte and bailey, a Norman keep or the wonderful concentric castles? For there is plenty of all those round these parts in Britain. But in this episode, Discover Hidden Britain takes you......more33minPlay
August 14, 2020The Heart of Thomas Hardy's DorsetIt seems entirely in keeping with this legend of English Literature that Thomas Hardy's heart should remain in Dorset. No literally. For this writer, novelist and poet was a man of Dorset and the land of his home and his childhood was the setting for......more33minPlay
August 07, 2020Explore Edward Elgar's EnglandExplore Classical Music Composer Edward Elgar's England with Discover Hidden Britain. Step into Worcestershire and the Malvern Hills - his inspiration and his home. Discover the cottage he once called home, the places Elgar explored and ventured like......more28minPlay
July 31, 2020Finding Radar Innovation In A Field in NorthamptonshireSometimes history tells us of something so bonkers that it must be true - that two men in a field in rural Northamptonshire could test out some scientific innovation that would save hundreds, possibly thousands of lives in the Second World War, in the......more33minPlay
July 24, 2020Loving Nature at Nagshead and the Forest of DeanSometimes nature is the best medicine. The Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire is a contradiction - an industrial forest with the heart of iron and coal, a history of mining and smelting, of charcoal and timber production but a Forest that now savours its......more31minPlay
July 17, 2020Exploring Old Portsmouth WaterfrontExplore the historic old harbourside of Portsmouth with Discover Hidden Britain. A step away from the popular shipyard and commercial shops following the chain-link Millennium Trail towards the old seawalls, the Napoleonic fortifications and of course......more27minPlay
July 09, 2020Discovering Tyndale's Monument on the Cotswold WayTake an amble with Discover Hidden Britain on the long distance walking trail of the National Trail's Cotswolds Way in Gloucestershire. Get an up close study of one stretch around Dursley to Wotton-under-Edge with a stop at Tyndale's Monument. Learn of......more29minPlay
FAQs about Stories From Our Island:How many episodes does Stories From Our Island have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.