Secret Sussex Episodes Episode guide
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Where Christmas puddings hang from the ceiling
The Midhurst Inn stirring up a tradition more than 100 years old.
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When the President visited Forest Row
Just months before his death, why did JFK visit a small Sussex village?
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When Mrs Sandilands went to court
The village art project that forced Nancy to take on a bishop, MPs and bohemian artists.
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When Brighton bared all
How naked bathing divided a city, shocked locals and forced a councillor to go topless.
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What happened to Uncle Percy?
Roy and his grandson Tom follow a trail to discover the truth about their missing uncle.
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What did he see on the South Downs?
The shepherd who watched more than his flock at Firle.
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The truth about the Royal Pavilion tunnels
A shortcut to the stables or a secret tunnel for a King to visit his mistress?
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The tragic tale of Pom Pom Whiting
The goalkeeper, his wife and their unborn baby.
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The strange dome hiding by the A27 roadside
Inside the eerie camouflaged building on the edge of Shoreham Airport.
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The silent deadly killer on Hastings beach
The German submarine that became an unexpected tourist attraction when it washed ashore.
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The secret work of the Newhaven ferry
How a passenger ferry service to Dieppe became a wartime hospital ship.
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The secret button to an island paradise
Behind the barbed wire lies a beautiful walk around the only island off the Sussex coast.
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The pub, the ghost and the grave
This pub garden has the most unusual feature.
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The pub where the WI began
How a national institution was born at the Fox Inn pub at Singleton.
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The postcard that took 100 years to arrive
How an emotional farewell message sent in 1916 from Newhaven shocked an entire family.
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The Peacehaven scandal
The controversial national newspaper competition that gave Peacehaven its name.
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The night The Beatles came to Brighton
1964 and too young to see The Beatles when they came to town.
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The most secluded beach in Sussex
If you can find it, and don鈥檛 get lost on the way, you might just discover a hidden gem.
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The man who played guitar with Bowie
A revealing glimpse into the backstage world at the greatest rock concert on Earth.
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The lone survivors on the Sussex landscape
An industrial eyesore or a romantic memory 鈥� what did these disappearing iron frames do?
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The King鈥檚 ring lives in Worthing
Andrew Hearn's garage in Worthing is a treasure trove of Elvis memorabilia.
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The hapless Sidlesham Snail
The railway that went from Chichester to Selsey and back in one day 鈥� if you were lucky.
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The ghostly abandoned school in the woods
The harder you look, the less likely you are to find it.
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The amazing story of the world鈥檚 deepest well
Once they started digging in Woodingdean, they didn't stop until they found water.
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The abandoned village of Tide Mills
The haunting, eerie and mesmerising ruins on the Sussex coast.
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Surprising Selsey
The unlikely misfits who put the town on the map.
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Strange goings-on at Chanctonbury Ring
Chilling tales and paranormal activity at the most haunted site in the South Downs.
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Step inside the Ferring Pillbox
It's dark and cramped, but it's out of the wind.
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Spirits in the aisles in Crawley
Spooky goings on at a supermarket built on a graveyard.
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Smugglers, witches, priests and ghosts
A secret tunnel, witches marks and ghostly goings on at The Six Bells in Billingshurst.