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The Patch Episodes

  1. Gendros, Swansea

    One gym in Swansea, visited 80 times a month by its most dedicated followers... Why?

  2. Gairloch

    What happens if a postcode starts to run out of children?

  3. Blackburn

    How did thousands of tonnes of plastic waste end up in the middle of Blackburn?

  4. Northowram, Halifax

    A small village which mysteriously has two cricket clubs, separated by a dry stone wall.

  5. St Mary Cray

    One of the largest settled Romani communities in the UK and an extraordinary cemetery

  6. Prestatyn

    When did this North Wales coast town end up in conflict with its local gull population?

  7. Broadstone, Poole

    A random postcode and a random spate of arson attacks in Dorset.

  8. Freiston, Boston

    An unexpected story springs from a landscape in rural Lincolnshire's hidden histories

  9. Farnborough

    A random postcode generator takes us to Britain's only airport dedicated to private jets.

  10. Bolton

    An unusual litter picking group and a knotty problem.

  11. Sunderland Point, Morecambe

    A village that gets cut off twice a day by the tide, and the shanty crew who live there.

  12. Gartree, Market Harborough

    The small rural village that hosts a prison for people serving life sentences.

  13. Feltwell

    The random postcode generator leads to rural Norfolk's mysterious US military domes.

  14. Haringey

    In an inner London borough, tales of loss and longing, told through vegetables

  15. Eastbourne

    Golden retrievers from Turkey arrive at an Eastbourne car park on a monthly basis - why?

  16. Welwyn Garden City

    The random postcode generator takes us to a religious order living here.

  17. Lowestoft

    An old boatyard in Lowestoft and the myth and legend of its "uncatchable" boat.

  18. Hawkhurst, Kent

    An ex-army corporal is on a quest to restore military graves and help veterans with PTSD.

  19. Camborne

    One producer, one random generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.

  20. Milton Keynes

    The random postcode generator delivers us up a Jimi Hendrix roadie turned pornographer

  21. Anglesey

    Surprisingly timely beliefs of the Latter-day Saints and their missionaries in North Wales

  22. City of London, St Paul's

    Lockdown with the homeless community in one of the wealthiest postcodes in Britain.

  23. Elland

    The Rex cinema started in 1912, still has an interval and organ, but faces a shock in 2020

  24. Croxteth, Liverpool

    A community centre providing a lifeline in Croxteth.

  25. Hartlepool

    The random postcode generator sends us to Hartlepool. Why are so many houses for sale?

  26. Tiptree, Essex

    A crimewave in Tiptree.

  27. Torry, Aberdeen

    The pet shop in Aberdeen where something terrible has been happening to customers.

  28. Blackford, Perthshire

    The ghost golf course of Scotland.

  29. Warrington

    The 'scourge' of the scrambler bikes in WA2 0.

  30. Knypersley

    One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.

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