Hidden Cornwall Episodes Available now

Torpoint man was first to describe Down syndrome
It was the Cornish physician John Langdon Down, who characterized the condition.

How much do you know about Loe Pool and Loe Bar?
One is a freshwater lake and the other a shingle bank. Photo credit: Elizabeth Dale

200 years since Cornish miners headed to Mexico
The High Sheriff of Cornwall Sam Galsworthy has been in Mexico for the celebrations.

The St Ewe connection to a well known soap
Pears soap is still on sale thanks to a Cornish man. Photo credit: Bernie Pettersen

Why a new road in Helston caused a riot
People were unhappy during the summer of 1845.

How did a colourful bird land in a Helston museum?
The story behind the exhibit at the Museum of Cornish Life.

Celebrating the Cornish Pioneers
Many people born in Cornwall went on to do great things. Photo credit: James Kitto.

The lost footage of the Falmouth Oyster fishermen
The footage ended up in the hands of a local filmmaker. Photo credit: Paul Mulraney

The musical sisters who rowed the Carrick Roads
The legacy of the Radford sisters is in the archive at Kresen Kernow.

The Falmouth tomb built for a packet ship captain
Thomas Arundel Lewis commandeered The HMS Crane in the 1840s.