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Secret Surrey Episodes

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    Witley's underwater ballroom

    The mystery of the folly beneath a lake in Witley.

  2. When Gladiator blew up Bourne Woods

    Roman Centurion Andy returns to the battlefield to reveal a few movie secrets.

  3. What lies beneath Reigate

    Sand mines, a subterranean beer cellar and the oldest road tunnel in the country.

  4. Trapped in Tatsfield

    Surrey’s highest village is also its most isolated when the snow falls.

  5. The world’s first Christmas card

    How the festive tradition was born in a Surrey village.

  6. The shocking story behind The Lark Ascending

    How Dorking's war-weary composer created the nation's favourite piece of classical music.

  7. The romantic ruins of Britain’s first monastery

    The 12 men who walked from France and built Waverley Abbey.

  8. The pioneer who created the Harrier Jump Jet

    In 1910 Tommy Sopwith taught himself how to fly in a monoplane at Brooklands.

  9. The man with a 60ft-long WW1 trench in his garden

    Surrounded by barbed wire, sandbags and mud – this is Andy’s happy place.

  10. The legend of the West Clandon Dragon

    How a village became obsessed with a mythical creature.

  11. The hidden space lab deep in the Surrey Hills

    Surrey's world-leading space science laboratory creating hardware for missions on Mars.

  12. The Guildford diary that rocked America

    How a young man's journal found in a garden shed shocked a nation.

  13. The gruesome murder of an unknown sailor

    The turnpike, the murder, the gibbet and the shaming.

  14. The flight that ended on Reigate Hill

    The moving wing tips that mark the exact spot of a dreadful accident.

  15. The boats with stories

    Taking a peak at the historic wooden vessels restored at a boatyard near Chertsey.

  16. The Batman of Brooklands

    The 20 years transformation of a Weybridge garden.

  17. Shere's little secret

    The historical hidden gem that only villagers know about.

  18. Puttenham's hidden goats

    Hanging out on the hay bale - they look like the cool kids at school.

  19. It’s 1906, welcome to The Spike

    Step inside the damp passageways of Guildford’s dark past.

  20. Horley fields ploughed by elephants

    Godalming Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick talks about the unsung heroes of World War One.

  21. Haslemere's musical gift

    The family that inspired a musical revival from their instrument-making workshop.

  22. Growing up in Woking with Paul Weller

    Nicky Weller grew up in Stanley Road with her brother Paul, "the miserable little toad".

  23. Godalming's Titanic hero

    How Godalming's Jack Phillips became a hero after the Ship of Dreams hit an iceberg.

  24. Godalming's greatest deception

    How the town has been misleading the world for more than 140 years.

  25. From sacred place to outer space

    How a unique embroidery project captured Surrey's hopes and aspirations in 1950s Britain.

  26. Dorking's hidden shelter

    Strange things lurking under a Dorking patio.

  27. Cranleigh's Secret Agents

    Winterfold Hill was used to teach sabotage and silent killing techniques in WW2.

  28. Concorde's most frequent flyer

    "Flying to the USA so fast, you bought back time"

  29. Chilworth’s Hidden Time Capsule

    Explosions, millstones, factory ruins and 300 years of history with Ken Bare.

  30. Chaldon's explicit hidden painting

    The disturbing β€˜doom painting’ was hidden inside a church for more than 700 years,

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