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Journeys through the dark, mysterious and weird towns and villages in the British Isles. Each episode, a new place with new stories. Praise for The Town That Didn't Stare: "Arch and funny, ­but... deeply serious in trying to understand the peculiar history of the town" – Financial Times "Facinating... mysterious, it really hooks you in" – BBC "Brilliantly arch" – Sunday Times "Hilton is an engaging narrator, tip-toeing the lines between nostalgia, comedy and truth-telling" – The Big Issue

Journeys through the dark, mysterious and weird towns and villages in the British Isles. Each episode, a new place with new stories. Praise for The Town That Didn't Stare: "Arch and funny, ­but... deeply serious in trying to understand the peculiar history of the town" – Financial Times "Facinating... mysterious, it really hooks you in" – BBC "Brilliantly arch" – Sunday Times "Hilton is an engaging narrator, tip-toeing the lines between nostalgia, comedy and truth-telling" – The Big Issue

 

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#21

5: The Ballad of Reading Services

Christmas Day, 2021. I stop at Reading motorway services and find graffiti on the wall of ... more

23 Dec 2022

17 MINS

17:04

23 Dec 2022

#20

4: A History of the English Village

What makes the quintessential English village? A church? A pub? A post office? A cricket p... more

29 Nov 2022

31 MINS

31:37

29 Nov 2022

#19

3: The Maunsell Sea Forts: Iron islands in the Thames

In 1942, an engineer named Guy Maunsell constructed a series of audacious defensive towers... more

21 Nov 2022

27 MINS

27:14

21 Nov 2022

#18

2: Lewes: a town of smoke and flame

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why... more

04 Nov 2022

23 MINS

23:35

04 Nov 2022

#17

1: Pluckley: England's most haunted village

Nestled away in Kent is the small village of Pluckley. It looks charming and chocolate box... more

31 Oct 2022

21 MINS

21:15

31 Oct 2022

#16

Coming on Halloween... Other Edens

All things must change. As surely as winter bursts into spring life, spring into bountiful... more

28 Oct 2022

03 MINS

03:01

28 Oct 2022

#15

The Town That Knew Too Much: The Doughnut

The Doughnut. A giant circular low-rise office block in west Cheltenham; it is, jokingly I... more

01 Sep 2021

44 MINS

44:27

01 Sep 2021

#14

The Town That Knew Too Much: The Black Abbot

Where do the dead go when they die? Do we file them away in obituaries? Or celebrate them ... more

25 Aug 2021

32 MINS

32:58

25 Aug 2021

#13

The Town That Knew Too Much: Time of Trial

Geoffrey Prime, Soviet spy at GCHQ, has been arrested on sexual offences against children.... more

18 Aug 2021

31 MINS

31:58

18 Aug 2021

#12

The Town That Knew Too Much: The Wishing Fish Clock

There's a clock in Cheltenham that hangs above a shopping arcade. Below its face a magnifi... more

11 Aug 2021

35 MINS

35:41

11 Aug 2021

#11

The Town That Knew Too Much: Through The Looking Glass

This is the story of a man who had not one but two double lives. It is the story of the di... more

04 Aug 2021

36 MINS

36:08

04 Aug 2021

#10

The Town That Knew Too Much: Enigmas

Enigmas. Things that cannot be understood; things that must be unravelled and unriddled. T... more

28 Jul 2021

31 MINS

31:26

28 Jul 2021

#9

The Town That Knew Too Much: The Devil's Chimney

Tucked away in a scenic corner of the Cotswolds, you'll find the Regency spa town of Chelt... more

21 Jul 2021

27 MINS

27:30

21 Jul 2021

#8

Coming Soon... The Town That Knew Too Much

Set in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, in a part of England known for its beautiful Re... more

14 Jul 2021

02 MINS

02:57

14 Jul 2021

#7

The Town That Didn't Stare: Why East Grinstead?

East Grinstead, the home of Scientologists, Mormons, Rosicrucians and more; a nexus for le... more

10 Aug 2020

31 MINS

31:53

10 Aug 2020

#6

The Town That Didn't Stare: A Very British Killing

In 1556, three martyrs are burned at the stake. In 1812, the Prime Minister is gunned down... more

03 Aug 2020

43 MINS

43:09

03 Aug 2020

#5

The Town That Didn't Stare: The Guinea Pig Club

What is the Guinea Pig Club? At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town... more

27 Jul 2020

33 MINS

33:59

27 Jul 2020

#4

The Town That Didn't Stare: The Ley of the Land

There is something that makes East Grinstead special, and has drawn extraordinary people t... more

20 Jul 2020

35 MINS

35:59

20 Jul 2020

#3

The Town That Didn't Stare: The Scientologists on the Hill

In 1959, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, one of the world's most controversial... more

13 Jul 2020

51 MINS

51:11

13 Jul 2020

#2

The Town That Didn't Stare: The Land of the South Saxons

From the early humans of the Middle Pleistocene era through to the Norman conquest, the hi... more

06 Jul 2020

24 MINS

24:32

06 Jul 2020

#1

Coming Soon... The Town That Didn't Stare

There is a town in southern England, nestled between the ancient Ashdown Forest and the un... more

15 Jun 2020

02 MINS

02:46

15 Jun 2020