Explore fascinating stories from Devon.
Radio Devon,·27 episodes
A plaque commemorating the man who built Plymouth's lighthouse has been returned!
Meet the team that are there in the case of emergency, whether that's fire or medical
Charlie is a recently qualified air traffic controller at Exeter Airport.
Meet the customer service team at Exeter Airport that ensure you make you flight on time
Meet some of the people trained to make us safe when we fly from Exeter Airport
Who makes sure there is no debris on Exeter Airports runway? John Acres finds out
John Acres has been to Exeter Airport to see behind the scenes on how an airport works
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Caroline Densley finds out more.
It's hoped the discovery will help us understand what life was like in the Bronze Age.
What is an AT-ST from Star Wars doing on the side of the A38? Charlotte Cory finds out...
Hattie McCann meets members of the South Hams History Hunters as they trawl for objects
8. The play
The radio play of Christian Michell’s wartime script.
7. Preserving the legacy
The people and the places preserving the history of this story.
6. Voices of the evacuation
The voices of local people who experienced the evacuation.
5. The community returns
The community returns and the play reappears.
4. Sacrifice on the home front
The home front story and the military machine.
3. Fact and fiction
The search for the fact and the fiction of Red Earth.
2. Inspiration for a play
The inspiration for a play and the witness to the story.
1. A lost play and a forgotten writer
The discovery of a lost play and a forgotten writer
Over Here - The American GIs in WW2 Devon
Love, segregation and military manoeuvres in wartime Devon with Dr Harry Bennett
Joanna Southcott - The Exeter Prophetess
The Devon domestic servant who had a cult following of more than a hundred thousand.
Wounded In Action - Devon's WW1 Hospitals
Turning 66 sites across Devon into functioning wartime hospitals with Dr Julia Neville.
Behind Enemy Lines - a WW2 story of love, espionage and tragedy
Devon author Chris Robillard with a tale of spies killed behind enemy lines.
Fairies, Demons and Folk Medicine – Devon’s Male Witch
Professor Marion Gibson from the University of Exeter on John Walsh - a 1500s Witch
A Less Than Dickensian Devon Christmas
Dr Todd Gray on the demeaning practice of "gooding" in 1870s rural Devon.
Devon's Fortune Fabric - Mrs Treadwin's Lace Manufactory
RAMM volunteers Liz Trebble and Carol McFadzean on lace livelihoods, royalty & smuggling,
Margaret Partridge - The powerhouse who built powerhouses
The story of a pioneering Devon electrical engineer.
