It is 286AD. A Roman ship comes to grief in St Peter Port Harbour,
and the locals are on hand to help - and to hinder!
Lady Margaret - Tudor Lady
After an absence of fifty years, Adèle returns to the Castle and relives the memories of the terrible explosion of 1672.
A tale of competition, heroism and tragedy when the L&SWR's steamship Stella is shipwrecked on a voyage to Guernsey in 1899.
The extraordinary story of General John Lambert, deputy to Oliver Cromwell, who was imprisoned in Castle Cornet by Charles II from 1661 to 1670.
The Uncrowned King
Neglect or Treason?
Guernsey Folklore
Letter of Marque
1885 - Sir Edgar McCulloch, Bailiff of Guernsey, gathers material for his book on Guernsey Legends - with the help of his housekeeper Ruth Du Pont.
Admiral James Saumarez commands the Royal Navy's Baltic Fleet in 1810 and prevents Napoleon from gaining control of the Baltic.
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The elegant balls of the Regency period made dancing an integral part of the social scene. Enjoy the spectacle - and maybe try it for yourself!
1204 and all that!
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In 1573 Lady Margaret comes to Castle Cornet to be a lady
companion to the Governor's wife. She shares her experiences
while working on her blackwork embroidery.
Three important prisoners have escaped from besieged Castle Cornet. Is the gaoler guilty of neglect? Or treason? You hear the evidence presented by the Royalist Governor, and decide.
Victory in the Baltic
In the 1740s Philip Saumarez joined Commodore Anson in pursuit of Spanish treasure. A story of ill-manned ships, disease, determination and, eventually, triumph.
Lady Tar
Besieged
Amice de Carteret, Bailiff of Guernsey in the 1600s: powerful, ruthless and the scourge of witches.
Life under siege in Castle Cornet during the English Civil War 1643-1651. John Plunkett recalls his life as a soldier garrisoned in the Castle.
Cholera
1832... rich or poor, no-one was safe from this deadly disease. Gravedigger Samuel Boucher relives the three weeks of terror with the help of several ladies of his acquaintance.
Fire in the Galley
Monsieur Victor Hugo
1672 - Catastrophe at the Castle
Naval muster books rarely mention the women who served under captains such as Nelson and Saumarez. The life of a seaman was not all it seemed!
A Letter of Marque gave seamen a legitimate claim on the bounty from captured enemy ships. Pirate Black Jack thinks this is one for him!
Wildhawk Warneford
The Ballad of the Boreas
Burnt at the Stake
Hero of Canada
Alf, a militiaman who served under Sir Isaac Brock, tells Nellie the barmaid about Brock's rise from Captain to Major-General and the Battle of Queenston Heights when Brock became the Hero of Canada.
An acquaintance of M. Hugo enlists the help of some of the audience to describe Hugo's new book Toilers of the Sea.
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An enthusiastic Air Cadet tells new recruits to 201 Squadron RAF
the story of Rex Warneford, who won the VC in 1915 as the first man to destroy a Zeppelin.
Recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs, this is the tragic tale of three
Guernsey women from the Cauches family who were tried and
convicted of heresy in 1556.
After King John loses Normandy, Eustace the renegade monk
tries to seize Guernsey but is thwarted by a brave volunteer
from the audience!
Regency Dancing
A-Gardening with Lambert
Full Steam Ahead
All Hands on Deck
The story of a most fateful shipwreck. In 1807 HMS Boreas struck the Hanois reef off Guernsey's south-west coast.