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BBC Radio Sussex Special

On 22 August 2015, eleven lives were lost in the Shoreham Airshow crash - ordinary people caught in an unimaginable tragedy.

Radio Sussex,8 episodes

Episodes

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Shoreham: 10 years on
Introduction
On a quiet summer afternoon, the skies above Shoreham filled with smoke and sorrow.
21 Aug 2025,4 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
'And then the noise came'
Ben Bowie and Sophie Knight were just meters apart, but have never met, until now.
22 Aug 2025,14 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
'Extremely brave men and women'
Among the first to respond to the crash were volunteers who ran toward the chaos.
22 Aug 2025,7 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
'Mum's wail, I'll never unhear it'
Kelly and Marina Polito and Denise Morris talk about their memories of their brothers.
22 Aug 2025,10 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
An outlet for grief
In the days after the disaster, a bridge near the crash site became a sea of flowers.
22 Aug 2025,3 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
'Everything he did was football'
Among the 11 lives lost were two young footballers, Jacob Schilt and Matthew Grimstone.
22 Aug 2025,6 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
‘...for an airshow’
Ten years since since Matthew Grimstone's death, his parents still wait for answers.
22 Aug 2025,6 mins
Shoreham: 10 years on
'Too low and too slow'
What exactly happened on 22nd August 2015?
22 Aug 2025,4 mins