The stories, places and people putting the country on the map.
Local Radio,·15 episodes
S3E1: The legend of Hairy Bob
Will Bek Â鶹ԼÅÄr discover the truth of a Scarborough myth?
S3E2: Memories, posted
Bek Â鶹ԼÅÄr takes a trip down memory lane and rediscovers her childhood in Scarborough.
S3E3: Synths in the surgery
Bek Â鶹ԼÅÄr meets with Dr Asif who uses synthesisers to simulate sounds of the body.
S3E4: The Landlady of Scarborough
Bek Â鶹ԼÅÄr investigates landlady life with Scarborough local Bonnie Purchon.
S2E4: The Norf Suff divide
Matt Marvel finds out whether the rivalry between Norfolk and Suffolk still an issue.
S2E3: The Roma
A story of sunflower seeds, family bonds and discrimination.
S2E2: The detectorists
Meet people who search for treasure with a metal detector, looking for the next big find.
S2E1: The children left behind
Explore the stories of mixed American/British heritage children dubbed ‘Brown Babies’.
S2: Welcome to The Localist - Suffolk
Matt Marvel explores the stories, places and people putting Suffolk on the map.
S1E5: The sound of Dorset
For the film “Ammonite†actor Kate Winslet listened to recordings by a Lyme Regis local.
S1E4: Pioneer of vaccination
More than 250 years before Coronavirus, a local hero tackles a different, deadly virus.
S1E3: A green and not so pleasant land
The countryside has a lack of ethnic diversity, compared to urban areas. Why is that?
S1E2: Rude Britannia - you live where?
Carved into stone; how Shitterton's residents stopped their village sign being pinched.
S1E1: The island that built the World
Find out what St Paul's Cathedral and The Cenotaph have in common with Dorset.
S1: Welcome to The Localist - Dorset
Ollie Peart explores the stories, places and people putting Dorset on the map.
