Stories from people and places in and around Bristol.
Radio Bristol,·67 episodes
Karen Steer works three days a week at Grandma's Toy Shop - it's been there since 1981.
21 Oct 2026,·5 mins
Sound clips of local music, spoken history and dialect are being painstakingly preserved.
06 Oct 2026,·4 mins
Sir Peter Lord explains how it all started in Bristol’s harbour.
04 Sep 2026,·5 mins
Tony Powell left the UK to play in the US, then disappeared for decades.
25 Aug 2026,·4 mins
A new exhibition exploring Gulliver's Travels links to Bristol has opened in the city.
21 Aug 2026,·4 mins
Sam Wilmot has the Instagram account Rate This Bench.
18 Aug 2026,·2 mins
Mysterious yellow lines have appeared all on scorched grass because of dry weather.
13 Aug 2026,·3 mins
Disused 44 hectare Ebdon Farm is being transformed into a community nature reserve.
06 Aug 2026,·3 mins
The 25 metre mural at Stapleton Road railway station has been restored after 27 years.
21 Jul 2026,·3 mins
St James Priory dates back to the 12th century.
13 Jul 2026,·4 mins
The subterranean catacomb contains Ice Age animal bones discovered in 1824.
07 Jul 2026,·4 mins
The dog from the famous HMV logo was originally from Bristol.
02 Jul 2026,·3 mins
The Grade One listed building was part of the original city walls in Medieval Bristol.
15 Jun 2026,·9 mins
Filton's NHS Eye Bank recovers eyes from all over the country to improve peoples sight.
14 May 2026,·3 mins
80-year-old John is a petrol pump attendant at Markham Filling Station near Pill.
24 Apr 2026,·2 mins
Moreton was flooded in 1956 to create Chew Valley Lake.
17 Apr 2026,·3 mins
Windmill Hill City Farm is celebrating 50 years.
21 Jan 2026,·4 mins
Story of the man who said he sold secrets to Russia as Britain developed Concorde.
29 Dec 2025,·24 mins
Brunel’s hidden bridge may swivel again—thanks to a £1M gift from a mystery donor.
30 Oct 2025,·3 mins
BBC Radio Bristol’s Joe Sims meets paranormal investigators to try and find out.
29 Oct 2025,·5 mins
Forgotten names have been unearthed in an updated interactive map called Know Your Place.
23 Sep 2025,·3 mins
Bristol journalist Neil Maggs opens up to Joe Sims about facing with prostate cancer.
21 Jul 2025,·24 mins
It hasn’t been heard since 2023.
23 May 2025,·3 mins
Ula Rigg was an Auxiliary Fire Service switchboard operator during the Bristol Blitz.
07 May 2025,·4 mins
Historic link to the Netherlands explains the two week celebration.
25 Apr 2025,·3 mins
Zookeper Alan Toyne worked with Western Lowland Gorillas at Bristol Zoo for 14 years
16 Apr 2025,·4 mins
On Sunday 24 November 1940, Germany dispatched 148 bombers to attack Bristol.
26 Mar 2025,·3 mins
Find out what 19th century Jacob Wells Baths will be turned into.
20 Feb 2025,·3 mins
Naturalist Steve England talks about some of the unusual uses for the land in the past.
19 Feb 2025,·3 mins
The Hope Monument at Arnos Vale Cemetery has been restored.
29 Jan 2025,·3 mins
