Secret Essex Episodes Available now
Ongar's heroic Titanic priest
Father Thomas Byles was a passenger on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic in April 1912.
Saffron Walden's crucial Cromwell meeting
How a meeting in Saffron Walden led to the birth of English democracy.
How Purfleet inspired Amazing Grace
A near-death experience in Purfleet inspired John Newton to write the hymn Amazing Grace.
Southend's Ekco from history
The story of how an Essex radio manufacturing business and its founder changed the world.
Braintree's amazing 1066 coin find
The medieval coins discovered in Braintree that ended up being sold for 拢325,000.
Harwich and the Kindertransport children
How an Essex town helped save thousands of children鈥檚 lives during World War Two.
When Dovercourt said Hi-de-Hi! campers
What was it like living on the real Essex holiday camp where Hi-de-Hi! was filmed.
Essex and the secret D-Day plans
How top secret documents about the D-Day invasions were discovered in a Ford Escort.
The 'Fat Man of Maldon'
Maldon grocer Edward Bright weighed an incredible 44 stone when he died in 1750.
The Goldhanger gold rush
In 1904, Goldhanger residents began a search for gold on an uninhabited Norwegian island.
