Secret Somerset Episodes Available now
The hidden past of Exmoor鈥檚 WW2 training site
A radar station and archaeological remains can be found on the North Hill site.
In the cockpit of Concorde
The story of Yeovilton鈥檚 Concorde at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
The Exmoor pub with famous connections
A president, a spy and a tragic ghost 鈥� the history of The Royal Oak in Withypool.
Taunton鈥檚 Tudor Tavern
The town's oldest listed domestic building is now a caf茅.
How Cheddar inspired Tolkien鈥檚 Lord of the Rings
The author first visited the picturesque area of Somerset on his honeymoon in 1916.
The coal miner who ended up in a lunatic asylum
Mark Whitcomb and the Furman sisters are remembered at the Mendip Hospital Cemetery.
The Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery
The cemetery is the final resting place for inmates and staff from the asylum.
The burning city on the Mendips
Lights and fires were used to trick German bombers into thinking they鈥檇 reached Bristol.
The gothic mansion that became a TB Sanatorium
Quantock Lodge was built in the 1800s for the-then MP of Taunton, Henry Labouchere.
The D-Day air support
Discover the role the South West鈥檚 airfields played in D-Day.
