Secret Kent Episodes Episode guide
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The lady launchers of Dungeness
The story of a woman who was on hand to launch the Dungeness lifeboat when it was needed.
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The killing field at Penenden Heath
Exploring the gruesome past of a Maidstone suburb.
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The house that vanished
The story of a Sittingbourne home that had links to the American War of Independence.
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The hidden history of Walter Tull
The story of Folkestone's famous son.
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The Ghosts Of Bluebell Hill
Investigating what lies behind the folklore at this supernatural hot spot.
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The epic battle over an unassuming village
The story of Aylesford's part in the Battle Of The Medway.
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The Curate and the Barmaid
A tale of adultery, prison and love in Victorian Kent.
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The coastal town of daring and death
Behind the crumbling walls of lies a story of Gladiators on our doorstep.
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Tales From Pratts Bottom
Discovering the history just a stones throw from Bromley.
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Switching off the lights at Betteshanger
It's a century since the coal mine opened and 35 years since it closed for good.
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Suffrage, Hockey And Cricket
The story of three amazing women at Great Comp.
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Stand and Deliver! A Fall From Grace
Discover the story of East Peckham's highwaymen.
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St Leonard's Tower - what's it for?
Steve Ladner is near West Malling and asks 'where's the rest of the castle'?
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Shootout at the Goudhurst Corral
A story of smuggling, violence and the Hawkhurst Gang.
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Sheppey's Magnificent Flying Machines
The history of British aviation began at Eastchurch.
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Searching for Stig's dump
Where is the location for this children's classic tale?
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Sandgate's War of the Words
How the father of science fiction made his home on the Kent coast.
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Safe inside Dover's White Cliffs
Exploring the story of the Fan Bay wartime tunnels.
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Roman secrets in a Tudor place
There are many hidden treasures at Smallhythe Place. Steve Ladner has been for a look.
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Rochester: Where our Christmas began
Uncovering how the Christmas we know today originated in Rochester with Charles Dickens.
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Reculver's Dambuster.
From the Romans to the Lancaster, the story of a North Kent landmark.
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Ramsgate's underground lifesaver
The tunnels under the Thanet seaside town that protected a generation.
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Radical relationships at Sissinghurst
How did the world renowned garden play a part in LGBTQ+ milestones?
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Present and future protect the past
An historic estate is using modern techniques to honour its past.
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Penshurst's drinking bear & other animals
The story of a tucked away toy museum that spans the generations.
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Our fine four fendered friend
The story of how a series of tragedies led to one of our most treasured family films.
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On the trail of William Garrow
Exploring the life and mysterious wife of the ground breaking legal eagle.
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Murder most foul in Faversham
The murder of Thomas Arden.
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Murder in Seal Chart
It's 1908 and there's a murder, poison pen letters and suicide.
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Meet Big Ben's Little Brother
Hidden in a church in Cranbrook lies a little treasure that needs daily handling.