Explore fascinating stories from Devon.
Radio Devon,·118 episodes
The series is about the amazing science that’s happening around our coastline.
19 May 2025,·21 mins
Cheese making has been in Mary Quicke's family for generations and she is about to retire
12 May 2025,·10 mins
Henry continues the long tradition of collecting dogs on railways here in Devon.
06 May 2025,·10 mins
An armour plated land rover has been converted to sell ice cream
15 Apr 2025,·7 mins
Custom made for Hockings a1928 Morris Cowley was the first Hocking's ice cream van,
15 Apr 2025,·6 mins
Meet Christian Hocking, he gave John Acres his first taste of Hocking's ice cream
15 Apr 2025,·8 mins
Fabien is an ice cream man for Hocking's and he gave John Acres a van tour
Geoff Hocking's family have been making ice cream in North Devon for decades.
Paul Lamb lays traditional hedgerows across the South West and is convinced that we do
01 Apr 2025,·6 mins
The A38 Parkway is celebrating its 40th birthday, and historian Chris Robinson explains.
Now derelict, Torquay's Pavilion might be brought back to life. Emma Ruminski goes inside
21 Mar 2025,·3 mins
Caroline Densley has been behind the gates at Stover County Park to find out
5 mins
Rules have changed over the years, but car stacking still happens. How does it happen?
4 mins
Caroline's proper job gets started with recycling car parts and hopefully saving money
Caroline Densley finds out what happens in a breakers yard in Devon
3. Was the first gardener from Devon?
Jo Loosemore on how Devon shaped the development of gardening
19 Feb 2025,·6 mins
2. Did Devon have the first public Garden?
Jo Loosemore explores the role Devon has played in the development of gardening.
8 mins
1. How Devon shaped the history of gardens
Looking at the guile of Devon's gardeners over time, and the development of gardens.
19 Dec 2024,·7 mins
The SS James Egan Layne lies in 25ft of water in Whitsand bay, and still has secrets
3 mins
John Acres meets the people who devote themselves to Plymouth Argyles pitch.
Charlie Taylor visited the site of the St Ivel dairy in Hemyock to find out more.
6 mins
Wolford Chapel is officially Canadian territory, and in Devon
29 Jan 2025,·5 mins
Growing mushrooms, the first step towards and urban farm
11 mins
A cinema, a roller disco, a dance hall and a club; The Millennium building was all
Markets, music and mayhem, all now thriving in the once forgotten Union Corner
An abandoned pub has a new lease of life in Union Street
Meet the team who are reimagining derelict pubs, clubs and cinemas.
16 Jan 2025,·8 mins
1. World War One started on a Devon beach
John Nettles examines World War One from a Devon perspective
25 Nov 2024,·11 mins,·
2. West... Where Fighting Men are Bred
As WWI breaks and the tourists leave, men from Devon are recruited for battle
13 Dec 2024,·19 mins,·
Hattie McCann on the photos inspired by Devon folklore, with a Victorian twist
05 Dec 2024,·3 mins
