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Secret Berkshire

Explore fascinating stories from Berkshire. To share ideas with the team, please email SecretBerkshire@bbc.co.uk

Radio Berkshire,24 episodes

Episodes

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Is this Britain's rarest postbox?
Eton is home to one of Britain's rarest postboxes. Lorin Bozkurt tells its story.
20 Feb 2026,6 mins
Discoveries in The Reading Establishment
How a humble Reading studio transformed the future of photography.
10 mins
The Carpenter who outsmarted a Queen
Lorin Bozkurt explores a hidden priest‑hiding network built across the Thames Valley.
9 mins
The day music dived
Composer Gustav Holst made quite the impression during his time in Reading.
7 mins
The Slough Experiment
In the 1950s, one town became a national testbed for safer roads. Lorin Bozkurt has more.
02 Jan 2026,8 mins
The Real Life Scrooge
Meet John Elwes, the Berkshire miser who inspired Dickens’ Scrooge.
19 Dec 2025,8 mins
The Bunker Beneath Berkshire
Hidden beneath a university building, a Cold War secret. Lorin Bozkurt has more.
05 Dec 2025,8 mins
Reading's Forgotten Club
In the 70s, a team changed Berkshire rugby forever. Lorin Bozkurt has more.
28 Nov 2025,7 mins
The voice that grew a nation
He taught Britain to dig for victory.
14 Nov 2025,10 mins
The Bats of Enborne
A Berkshire church where the inhabitants only come out at night. Rich Clarke has more.
07 Nov 2025,4 mins
The Battle that broke a King
A fight in Reading that dethroned a king. Lorin Bozkurt has more.
31 Oct 2025,10 mins
The pilot who swam to shore
She flew across continents and swam for survival. Lorin Bozkurt finds out more.
17 Oct 2025,8 mins
The Windsor Witches
In 1579, Windsor accused four women of being Witches.
03 Oct 2025,7 mins
The funeral that shook Reading
When Selina Smith went, she went out in style. Katie Tyler finds out more.
26 Sep 2025,6 mins
The Wonky House of Windsor
It's Windsor’s most slanted landmark, Katie Tyler went along to find out more.
12 Sep 2025,5 mins
The UK’s First Petrol Station
Aldermaston’s lay-by hides the site of England’s first fuel station.
29 Aug 2025,5 mins
What's with Wilder's Folly?
It sits in a field for the world to see - but what are the origins of Wilders Folly?
19 Aug 2025,5 mins
The flying ship that stunned the county
In 1607, William Bush stunned Lambourn by sailing a ship over a church tower.
04 Aug 2025,7 mins
An icon born in Berkshire
The head-turning Reading Vardo became the gold standard for Romany travel across Britain.
18 Jul 2025,8 mins
The 'Reading system' that put the town on the map
It was a system that became the envy of Europe.
08 Jul 2025,5 mins
Bombs in the forest
One man's accidental find turned out to be the discovery of a lifetime.
12 Jun 2025,9 mins
Slough's Sleeping Beauty manor
In the village of Horton in Slough sits Berkyn Manor.
24 Apr 2025,9 mins
Caversham's Forgotten Pilgrim Past
The discovery of a well leads Katie to go searching for Caversham's lost pilgrimage site.
07 Mar 2025,9 mins
Reading's lost Danish Prisoners of War
Two centuries on, their unique impact on the town has been almost forgotten.
23 Dec 2024,11 mins