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Secret Sussex Episodes

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    Where Christmas puddings hang from the ceiling

    The Midhurst Inn stirring up a tradition more than 100 years old.

  2. When the President visited Forest Row

    Just months before his death, why did JFK visit a small Sussex village?

  3. When Mrs Sandilands went to court

    The village art project that forced Nancy to take on a bishop, MPs and bohemian artists.

  4. When Brighton bared all

    How naked bathing divided a city, shocked locals and forced a councillor to go topless.

  5. What happened to Uncle Percy?

    Roy and his grandson Tom follow a trail to discover the truth about their missing uncle.

  6. What did he see on the South Downs?

    The shepherd who watched more than his flock at Firle.

  7. Wakehurst鈥檚 underground secret

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

  8. They carried them down to Brighton beach

    Brighton鈥檚 Sea Planes were built in the North Laine streets and launched into the sea.

  9. The truth about the Royal Pavilion tunnels

    A shortcut to the stables or a secret tunnel for a King to visit his mistress?

  10. The tragic tale of Pom Pom Whiting

    The goalkeeper, his wife and their unborn baby.

  11. The strange dome hiding by the A27 roadside

    Inside the eerie camouflaged building on the edge of Shoreham Airport.

  12. The silent deadly killer on Hastings beach

    The German submarine that became an unexpected tourist attraction when it washed ashore.

  13. The secret work of the Newhaven ferry

    How a passenger ferry service to Dieppe became a wartime hospital ship.

  14. The secret button to an island paradise

    Behind the barbed wire lies a beautiful walk around the only island off the Sussex coast.

  15. The pub, the ghost and the grave

    This pub garden has the most unusual feature.

  16. The pub where the WI began

    How a national institution was born at the Fox Inn pub at Singleton.

  17. The postcard that took 100 years to arrive

    How an emotional farewell message sent in 1916 from Newhaven shocked an entire family.

  18. The Peacehaven scandal

    The controversial national newspaper competition that gave Peacehaven its name.

  19. The night The Beatles came to Brighton

    1964 and too young to see The Beatles when they came to town.

  20. 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.

  21. The man who played guitar with Bowie

    A revealing glimpse into the backstage world at the greatest rock concert on Earth.

  22. The lone survivors on the Sussex landscape

    An industrial eyesore or a romantic memory 鈥� what did these disappearing iron frames do?

  23. The King鈥檚 ring lives in Worthing

    Andrew Hearn's garage in Worthing is a treasure trove of Elvis memorabilia.

  24. The hapless Sidlesham Snail

    The railway that went from Chichester to Selsey and back in one day 鈥� if you were lucky.

  25. The ghostly abandoned school in the woods

    The harder you look, the less likely you are to find it.

  26. The amazing story of the world鈥檚 deepest well

    Once they started digging in Woodingdean, they didn't stop until they found water.

  27. The aircraft graveyard at Staplecross

    Derelict and abandoned, the team saving rusty old aircraft from the scrapheap.

  28. The abandoned village of Tide Mills

    The haunting, eerie and mesmerising ruins on the Sussex coast.

  29. Surprising Selsey

    The unlikely misfits who put the town on the map.

  30. Strange goings-on at Chanctonbury Ring

    Chilling tales and paranormal activity at the most haunted site in the South Downs.

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