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Christopher Winn’s I Never Knew That

opening a door on to a world of knowledge, adventure and surprise

Join me and my special guests in this new podcast series as we travel to all four corners of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland discovering entertaining stories and fascinating facts, hearing epic tales and intimate re
Latest Episode1/21/2021

The West Country

Season 1, Ep. 2
Christopher visits a handsome village in Dorset resting place of a farmer whose enterprise, and whose wife, helped save millions of lives, the Devon landscape beloved of a Hollywood legend, the most perfect combination of sculpture and scenery you will ever find, in Cornwall, an enchanted Somerset combe that inspired great poetry and the Computer Age, and an ancient temple in Wiltshire restored with marmalade.Link to some places to visit in this episode:Visit DorsetVisit DartmoorTateVisit ExmoorEnglish Heritage---------Sound Credits
1/21/2021

The West Country

Season 1, Ep. 2
Christopher visits a handsome village in Dorset resting place of a farmer whose enterprise, and whose wife, helped save millions of lives, the Devon landscape beloved of a Hollywood legend, the most perfect combination of sculpture and scenery you will ever find, in Cornwall, an enchanted Somerset combe that inspired great poetry and the Computer Age, and an ancient temple in Wiltshire restored with marmalade.Link to some places to visit in this episode:Visit DorsetVisit DartmoorTateVisit ExmoorEnglish Heritage---------Sound Credits
1/21/2021

The South of England

Season 1, Ep. 1
Christopher visits a mountain side house in Surrey where larks ascend, a desert in Kent where a famous film director lived out his final days, a beautiful ancient hilltop town in East Sussex, with an enviable literary heritage, the loveliest room in the world in a castle in West Sussex, the spot in Hampshire where a naval hero was felled in his moment of triumph, and a medieval space ship on the Isle of Wight.Link to some places to visit in this episode:National Trust (Leith Hill)National Trust (Lamb House)Arundel CastleThe Quarterdeck of HMS VictoryEnglish Heritage---------Sound Credits
12/20/2020

Christmas Special

In this feature length Christmas special Christopher goes in search of the Great British Christmas, discovering magical Christmas stories and fascinating Christmas facts from around the nation that shine a light on the origins and traditions of Britain’s favourite celebration.List of places and GazetteerCredits