Secret DorsetEpisodes Episode guide
![]()
Weymouth's homemade horror house
Enter if you dare. Michelle Langthorne tours Terror Castle, a one night only attraction.
![]()
The tale of 'Bethan's Rock'
How a young girl's donated rock became Poole museum's 'most famous' object.
![]()
The stegosaurus built out of rivalry
How did this metal dinosaur end up in Poole? Steve Harris looks in to the story.
![]()
The mysterious network of sunken paths
Natural England experts take us on a tour of holloways in West Dorset.
![]()
The lost treasures of Sutton Waldron
St Bartholomew's in Sutton Waldron is unique with links to the Great Exhibition in 1851.
![]()
The Hardy of Hardy Monument
The English novelist and poet or vice-admiral? Why a monument was built for him.
![]()
The church mixing sermons with shuttlecocks
How Christ Church in Melplash has been partly converted into a badminton court.
![]()
The castle view not seen since the Civil War
A medieval castle tower built for a king publicly opens for the first time since 1646.
![]()
The Black GIs of Dorset
Discovering the American GIs who left an impression in Dorset during WWII.
![]()
Portland stone: From sea defences to art
Exploring the history of Tout Quarry at a sculpture workshop in Portland.
![]()
Last agricultural railway in the UK
Tucked away on a watercress farm near Bere Regis is unique piece of history.
![]()
Landmark's double life as emergency bunker
Learn about the Cold War "emergency centre" built below Nothe Fort in Weymouth.
![]()
It happened at Rampisham Down
A site in the middle of the Dorset countryside once sparked wild speculation.
![]()
Historic sport in Blandford Forum
Three walls, gloves and a hard cork ball is all you need.
![]()
Chained in Wimborne Minster
Tucked away in a corner of Wimborne Minster is England’s second largest chained library.
![]()
Bournemouth's Russian enclave
Discover how Tuckton is linked to one of the most seismic events in political history.
![]()
And the county took over
Some Dorset towns were once part of Hampshire but why did they move?
![]()
A case of mistaken identity
Identical statues almost 100 miles apart, but who are they actually representing?
![]()
'The butchers that sank the Mary Rose'
There's a family butchers that's been serving Bridport since 1515.


















