One of the hidden stories from Llanwern in Monmouthshire in South Wales - Lord Rhonddha, David Thomas and his Suffragette daughter Margaret Haig Thomas. The lost estate of Llanwern. The Coal Mining Hey Days of South Wales. The Sinking of HMS Lusitania....

When is a beach not just a beach - when there is a story to tell. The North Devon coastline is some of the most breath-taking and atmospheric in Britain. In this podcast, Discover Hidden Britain explores the coastline and beaches from Barnstaple to...

Welcome to the flatlands of Norfolk - the Brecks, the Forests and the sights around Thetford. From tree-lined forests to heathland, from American Revolutionary Thomas Paine, Captain's Mainwaring's Dad's Army to the last Sikh Maharajah Duleep Singh. This...

Follow us down this rabbit hole. For many Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is the cornerstone of childish imagination and dreams but the man behind the name was actually one Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. In a quiet backwater village of Vowchurch in...

Vanished. Deserted. Disappeared. Don't we all love a mystery? The village of Wharram Percy in East Yorkshire is a tale of a medieval village that has come and gone. It has ceased to be - and like many of the thousands of villages that have disappeared...

They say trees are like people. And that ancient trees speak to us as witnesses of a time long ago. The aged yew tree at Much Marcle in rural Herefordshire is one such tree. Born perhaps a millennia or three ago. Ancient. Contorted. Resilient. Beautiful...

Discover the tranquil sleepy old village of Mells in Somerset and its links to the Horner family of 'Little Jack Horner' fame. Come find the legend of the horse of Mells and the memories to a time of the Edwardian Golden Age and the impact of the First...

It is quite simply one of the most picturesque parts of Britain. Come with us as we wander the cliffs and trails of the Wye Valley examining the wonder of the River Wye and its links to places and people through history, industry or art. Through...

Whilst we begin to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, Victory in Europe, the end of the Second World War in Europe, Discover Hidden Britain turns its attention to one man, a civilian and an aristocrat, who lived a life all young people dream....

You simply wouldn't know about Leighterton unless you knew... In a sleepy Gloucestershire Cotwolds village lies a lesser known history. An intrinsic link between this village and its adjacent village of Lasborough and Australia. For once, many moons...