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Harwich and the U-Boat Surrender

In November 1918, more than 100 German U-Boats surrendered to the allied forces.

• 8 mins

The Essex scientist who got man to the moon

The vital role Billericay born scientist Tom Bacon played in the Apollo 11 mission.

• 5 mins

Ronald Blythe - A Word from Wormingford

The author's home in the north Essex village of Wormingford has an intriguing past.

• 6 mins

Inside the Braintree Cage

How a small brick building was the answer to drunken excess in 19th century Braintree.

• 5 mins

The Battle of Brightlingsea

Why did an Essex town become the centre of national attention for 10 months in 1995?

• 7 mins

Saving Dovercourt’s Leading Lights

Dovercourt’s lighthouses are an iconic part of Essex’s coastline – but for how long?

• 7 mins

The town built by shoes

How a Czech shoe maker transformed the fortunes of a small Essex village.

• 12 mins