BBC Radio Podcasts from The Localist in England

S3E4: The Landlady of Scarborough

Bek Homer investigates landlady life with Scarborough local Bonnie Purchon.

Bek Homer meets with Dr Asif who uses synthesisers to simulate sounds of the body.

Bek Homer takes a trip down memory lane and rediscovers her childhood in Scarborough.

Will Bek Homer discover the truth of a Scarborough myth?

Matt Marvel finds out whether the rivalry between Norfolk and Suffolk still an issue.

A story of sunflower seeds, family bonds and discrimination.

Meet people who search for treasure with a metal detector, looking for the next big find.

Explore the stories of mixed American/British heritage children dubbed ‘Brown Babies’.

Matt Marvel explores the stories, places and people putting Suffolk on the map.

For the film “Ammonite” actor Kate Winslet listened to recordings by a Lyme Regis local.

More than 250 years before Coronavirus, a local hero tackles a different, deadly virus.

The countryside has a lack of ethnic diversity, compared to urban areas. Why is that?

Carved into stone; how Shitterton's residents stopped their village sign being pinched.

Find out what St Paul's Cathedral and The Cenotaph have in common with Dorset.

Ollie Peart explores the stories, places and people putting Dorset on the map.