Secret Devon podcast

Secret Devon

BBC Radio Devon

Stories of people, places and events from Devon's history.

8 Episodes

Margaret Partridge - The powerhouse who built powerhouses
3/6/2019
17:55
The story of a pioneering Devon electrical engineer.
Devon's Fortune Fabric - Mrs Treadwin's Lace Manufactory
1/15/2019
20:25
RAMM volunteers Liz Trebble and Carol McFadzean on lace livelihoods, royalty & smuggling,
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A Less Than Dickensian Devon Christmas
12/20/2018
18:45
Dr Todd Gray on the demeaning practice of "gooding" in 1870s rural Devon.
Fairies, Demons and Folk Medicine – Devon’s Male Witch
12/7/2018
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
11/22/2018
17:17
Devon author Chris Robillard with a tale of spies killed behind enemy lines.
Wounded In Action - Devon's WW1 Hospitals
11/2/2018
19:28
Turning 66 sites across Devon into functioning wartime hospitals with Dr Julia Neville.
Joanna Southcott - The Exeter Prophetess
10/11/2018
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
9/19/2018
24:09
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