Secret Somerset Episodes Episode guide
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Old Mother Leakey: the ghost of Minehead
A ghost, a bishop and mysterious shipwrecks around Minehead harbour.
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In the cockpit of Concorde
The story of Yeovilton’s Concorde at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
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Ilminster’s Victorian police cells
The former magistrates’ court and police station building now houses the town council.
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Ilminster’s shooting club
The rifle group is thought to have started in the Victorian times.
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How Cheddar inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
The author first visited the picturesque area of Somerset on his honeymoon in 1916.
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Glastonbury’s 550 year old pub
The George and Pilgrims Inn claims to be the oldest purpose-built pub in the South West
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From Exmoor to Australia: The oldest ringing church bell
How a 16th century bell that chimed in Upton ended up in an rainforest wedding chapel.
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Did King George III’s secret son live in Somerset?
Frederick Blomberg was adopted and raised by the King and Queen in 1765.
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Dead Woman’s Ditch
The chilling story of where a woman's body was discovered in 1789.
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Chard’s hanging tree
A hanging tree once stood between Tesco and B&Q in the town.
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80 years of Calverts in Taunton
The family-run furniture shop was established in 1944.