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Secret Kent

Explore fascinating stories from Kent. To share ideas or stories with the team, email secretkent@bbc.co.uk.

Radio Kent,82 episodes

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Tragedy in Faversham.
The disastrous gunpowder explosion of 1916.
30 May 2025,9 mins
What lies beneath Chislehurst?
Do we always know what's under our feet?
23 May 2025,9 mins
"They waited in the pub for the call."
Thanet's Dunkirk heroes. The story of ordinary people who did the extraordinary.
16 May 2025,9 mins
'Dumpy' Dover's cold war bunker
Nestled beneath the white cliffs, frozen in time, is a hidden moment in history.
14 May 2025,4 mins
Dover's secluded shipwreck
The story of the SS Falcon and her final resting place.
09 May 2025,9 mins
The tunnels that saved a school
Thought lost forever, we explore the underground classrooms of a Maidstone school.
08 May 2025,4 mins
The untold story of Van 132
How a humble railway wagon became part of history.
02 May 2025,9 mins
Sandgate's War of the Words
How the father of science fiction made his home on the Kent coast.
25 Apr 2025,8 mins
Whitstable's Shipwreck Pioneers
The story of how deep sea helmet diving began.
11 Apr 2025,9 mins
Death on a Thanet Beach
Exploring Thanet's links to a ripping yarn and how life ended up imitating art!
04 Apr 2025,9 mins
Sheppey's Magnificent Flying Machines
The history of British aviation began at Eastchurch.
27 Mar 2025,9 mins
Medway's Heroine of Dunkirk
The paddle steamer that saved thousands of lives.
20 Mar 2025,8 mins
"Murders most gruesome"
The story of a house that hosted a founding father and a brutal double murder.
13 Mar 2025,8 mins
Folkestone's Lost Pier
The short life of a Victorian seaside experience.
06 Mar 2025,9 mins
The woman who collected 42,000 insects
Sarah Lonsdale explores the extraordinary life of Evelyn Cheesman,
4 mins
Chislehurst's naughty little schoolboy!
How the creator of Just William made Chislehurst home.
27 Feb 2025,9 mins
Maidstone's forgotten zoo
There was once a menagerie of exotic animals just outside the county town.
20 Feb 2025,9 mins
Faversham's Russian Princess
Discover how the surviving Romanov's fled revolution and ended up in Kent.
12 Feb 2025,9 mins
Death in exile
The story of how a French Emperor came to live and die in Chislehurst.
05 Feb 2025,9 mins
Maidstone's mother's ruin
The story of how the county town was world famous for its gin.
29 Jan 2025,9 mins
Our fine four fendered friend
The story of how a series of tragedies led to one of our most treasured family films.
22 Jan 2025,9 mins
The unassuming church with a very long past.
Exploring the story of one of Canterbury's tucked away secrets.
16 Jan 2025,9 mins
Maidstone's little known TV star
There's a building in the county town that played a key role in television history.
06 Jan 2025,9 mins
How do you pickle an Admiral?
What happened after Trafalgar?
12 Dec 2024,9 mins
The Curate and the Barmaid
A tale of adultery, prison and love in Victorian Kent.
06 Dec 2024,8 mins
Have You Got The Time?
How did Victorian mariners tell the time off the Kent Coast?
27 Nov 2024,9 mins
From Founding Father to a Pauper's Grave
The sad story of the man who created a global sporting giant.
25 Nov 2024,4 mins
The Hidden History Of Walter Tull
The story of Folkestone's famous son.
20 Nov 2024,9 mins
The coastal town of daring and death
Behind the crumbling walls of lies a story of Gladiators on our doorstep.
18 Nov 2024,4 mins
Eyes On The Coast
Meeting the volunteers keeping watch on our coast.
07 Nov 2024,9 mins