Secret Devon

8. The play 05.06.2024 22:51 ↓

The radio play of Christian Michell’s wartime script.

7. Preserving the legacy 05.06.2024 12:15 ↓

The people and the places preserving the history of this story.

6. Voices of the evacuation 03.06.2024 12:26 ↓

The voices of local people who experienced the evacuation.

5. The community returns 03.06.2024 10:56 ↓

The community returns and the play reappears.

4. Sacrifice on the home front 03.06.2024 10:40 ↓

The home front story and the military machine.

3. Fact and fiction 03.06.2024 11:02 ↓

The search for the fact and the fiction of Red Earth.

2. Inspiration for a play 03.06.2024 11:57 ↓

The inspiration for a play and the witness to the story.

1. A lost play and a forgotten writer 03.06.2024 10:35 ↓

The discovery of a lost play and a forgotten writer

Margaret Partridge - The powerhouse who built powerhouses 06.03.2019 17:55 ↓

The story of a pioneering Devon electrical engineer.

Devon's Fortune Fabric - Mrs Treadwin's Lace Manufactory 15.01.2019 20:25 ↓

RAMM volunteers Liz Trebble and Carol McFadzean on lace livelihoods, royalty & smuggling,

A Less Than Dickensian Devon Christmas 20.12.2018 18:45 ↓

Dr Todd Gray on the demeaning practice of "gooding" in 1870s rural Devon.

Fairies, Demons and Folk Medicine – Devon’s Male Witch 07.12.2018 20:11 ↓

Professor Marion Gibson from the University of Exeter on John Walsh - a 1500s Witch

Behind Enemy Lines - a WW2 story of love, espionage and tragedy 22.11.2018 17:17 ↓

Devon author Chris Robillard with a tale of spies killed behind enemy lines.

Wounded In Action - Devon's WW1 Hospitals 02.11.2018 19:28 ↓

Turning 66 sites across Devon into functioning wartime hospitals with Dr Julia Neville.

Joanna Southcott - The Exeter Prophetess 11.10.2018 16:05 ↓

The Devon domestic servant who had a cult following of more than a hundred thousand.

Over Here - The American GIs in WW2 Devon 19.09.2018 24:09 ↓

If you have a cracking tale from Devon's history to share, email: watts@bbc.co.uk