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Secret Surrey Episodes

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    Wotton鈥檚 Hidden Eden

    England鈥檚 first Italian garden hides grottoes, kangaroos and secrets carved in stone.

  2. Woking鈥檚 Secret Invasion

    It was a loud and thunderous landing on Horsell Common 鈥� but very few people know where.

  3. Witley's underwater ballroom

    The mystery of the folly beneath a lake in Witley.

  4. When Shepperton tricked Hitler

    Talented special FX artists helped divert German bombers away from British towns.

  5. When Gladiator blew up Bourne Woods

    Roman Centurion Andy returns to the battlefield to reveal a few movie secrets.

  6. When bombs rained down on Surrey

    The map that shows how close your house came to being bombed during WW2.

  7. What lies beneath Reigate

    Sand mines, a subterranean beer cellar and the oldest road tunnel in the country.

  8. Wakehurst鈥檚 underground secret

    The radio station that鈥檚 been hidden in the woods for more than 80 years.

  9. Waiting beneath Limpsfield Common

    The makeshift school classroom that held 50 children.

  10. Trapped in Tatsfield

    Surrey鈥檚 highest village is also its most isolated when the snow falls.

  11. The world鈥檚 first Christmas card

    How the festive tradition was born in a Surrey village.

  12. The Witch鈥檚 Cauldron of Frensham

    Inside the village church where a legend still casts a spell over Surrey.

  13. The village that was moved

    He didn鈥檛 want any neighbours, so he demolished their cottages and closed the main road.

  14. The shocking story behind The Lark Ascending

    How Dorking's war-weary composer created the nation's favourite piece of classical music.

  15. The secrets of Great Tangley Manor

    Armada timbers, a medieval moat, Royal signatures and ghostly whispers from the nursery.

  16. The secret inside Reigate Heath Windmill

    It has sails, timber, and a hilltop view 鈥� but it hides something very unexpected.

  17. The romantic ruins of Britain鈥檚 first monastery

    The 12 men who walked from France and built Waverley Abbey.

  18. The Poor Murdered Woman

    The Leatherhead mystery that simply won鈥檛 die.

  19. The pioneer who created the Harrier Jump Jet

    In 1910 Tommy Sopwith taught himself how to fly in a monoplane at Brooklands.

  20. The most excruciating noise

    The ear-splitting ordeal of tuning Guildford Cathedral organ

  21. The man with a 60ft-long WW1 trench in his garden

    Surrounded by barbed wire, sandbags and mud 鈥� this is Andy鈥檚 happy place.

  22. The man who tested parachutes

    Before soldiers could jump, Charles Agate had to prove they could survive the drop.

  23. The legend of the West Clandon Dragon

    How a village became obsessed with a mythical creature.

  24. The hotel where nobody stayed

    They kept phone lines open, took booking enquiries and even smiled at the gate.

  25. The hidden space lab deep in the Surrey Hills

    Surrey's world-leading space science laboratory creating hardware for missions on Mars.

  26. The Guildford diary that rocked America

    How a young man's journal found in a garden shed shocked a nation.

  27. The gruesome murder of an unknown sailor

    The turnpike, the murder, the gibbet and the shaming.

  28. The forgotten racecourse

    From Grand National to International, the Surrey racecourse that became a runway.

  29. The flight that ended on Reigate Hill

    The moving wing tips that mark the exact spot of a dreadful accident.

  30. The flat-pack church

    The prefabricated tin church that arrived in Surrey by horse and cart.

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