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Secret Sussex Episodes

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    Selsey鈥檚 lost Abbey beneath the sea

    The tides may have taken it, but some say you can still hear the bells toll.

  2. Selsey's Mulberry legacy

    The underwater D-Day trail off the Sussex coast.

  3. Seaford鈥檚 soldiers who weren鈥檛 allowed to fight

    Trained in Sussex, loved by locals but barred from the battlefields of Europe.

  4. Saltdean鈥檚 fiery past

    The seaside icon and its forgotten chapter in Britain鈥檚 firefighting history.

  5. Portslade Cookery School

    The school in Portslade where 14,000 men learnt how to cook before going to war in 1916.

  6. One extraordinary night in Brighton

    They climbed the lamp posts and had bonfires on the beach.

  7. Lost in the snow

    Something very peculiar happened when two boys got lost in the snow on Ditchling Beacon.

  8. Jane Austen鈥檚 forgotten seaside retreat

    How a quiet Sussex holiday shaped her final, unfinished novel 鈥� and literary history.

  9. It's pretty - but what's it for?

    Revealing the past of a small round brick building next to a burger van on the A27.

  10. It happened on a rainy night

    The tragic tale of a young couple married for just four hours.

  11. Inside Worthing's hidden basement

    Ancient maps, priceless books and a ghostly guardian.

  12. Goring's Sistine Chapel

    The stunning reproduction of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in a little-known Goring church.

  13. Gatwick鈥檚 original Art Deco terminal

    The Beehive was the world鈥檚 first circular airport terminal and is perfectly preserved.

  14. Gatwick's forgotten racecourse

    From Grand National to International, the racecourse that became a runway.

  15. Gasbags Ahoy!

    The 142 acres of land that was transformed into Polegate Airship Station.

  16. Found on a doorstep in Petworth

    The mysterious bundle of papers discovered just in time for Christmas.

  17. Finding England鈥檚 smallest church

    The tiny hidden church in the South Downs that you can only reach by foot.

  18. Cuckfield's Official Secret

    The Cold War underground monitoring station ready to report a nuclear attack.

  19. Buried alive in Alfriston

    It was a quiet funeral at St Andrew鈥檚 until rumours spread that the woman wasn鈥檛 dead.

  20. Britain鈥檚 deadliest avalanche

    The tragic tale of lives swept away by a crushing snow fall in Lewes.

  21. Brighton鈥檚 lost live music venues

    Punk music fanatic Chris Marshall takes a tour of Brighton鈥檚 lost live music venues.

  22. Brighton鈥檚 Forgotten Leading Man

    Sir Lenny Henry explores Ira Aldridge鈥檚 Brighton debut and its impact on theatre history.

  23. Brighton鈥檚 Daddy Long Legs

    The railway line that once travelled through the sea.

  24. Brighton's hidden cycling track

    It might be a wonky shape, but Preston Park velodrome is the oldest in the country.

  25. Brighton's Grand Old Duke of York's

    Step backstage at one of the oldest cinemas in the world.

  26. Bombed for Hitler鈥檚 birthday

    The church at Merstham that was destroyed to celebrate the F眉hrer鈥檚 birthday.

  27. Bognor on the big screen

    The surprising and well-loved British films made in Bognor Regis.

  28. Behind closed doors at Batemans

    The anguish, despair and haunting at Rudyard Kipling's house in Burwash.

  29. An eerie pyramid tomb

    A creepy story lies behind Brightling's 25ft mausoleum.

  30. Alfriston鈥檚 unknown obelisk

    Lurking in a car park, everyone has a theory.

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