The Patch

One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and an unheard story unfolding in a corner of Britain we wouldn't otherwise know about.

Radio 4,35 episodes

Episodes

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Gairloch
What happens if a postcode starts to run out of children?
42 mins23 Dec 2024
Blackburn
How did thousands of tonnes of plastic waste end up in the middle of Blackburn?
42 mins16 Dec 2024
Northowram, Halifax
A small village which mysteriously has two cricket clubs, separated by a dry stone wall.
42 mins15 Apr 2024
St Mary Cray
One of the largest settled Romani communities in the UK and an extraordinary cemetery
42 mins08 Apr 2024
Prestatyn
When did this North Wales coast town end up in conflict with its local gull population?
42 mins01 Apr 2024
Broadstone, Poole
A random postcode and a random spate of arson attacks in Dorset.
28 mins07 Sep 2023
Freiston, Boston
An unexpected story springs from a landscape in rural Lincolnshire's hidden histories
28 mins31 Aug 2023
Farnborough
A random postcode generator takes us to Britain's only airport dedicated to private jets.
28 mins24 Aug 2023
Bolton
An unusual litter picking group and a knotty problem.
28 mins29 Mar 2023
Sunderland Point, Morecambe
A village that gets cut off twice a day by the tide, and the shanty crew who live there.
28 mins22 Mar 2023
Gartree, Market Harborough
The small rural village that hosts a prison for people serving life sentences.
28 mins15 Mar 2023
Feltwell
The random postcode generator leads to rural Norfolk's mysterious US military domes.
28 mins08 Mar 2023
Haringey
In an inner London borough, tales of loss and longing, told through vegetables
28 mins09 Aug 2021
Eastbourne
Golden retrievers from Turkey arrive at an Eastbourne car park on a monthly basis - why?
28 mins02 Aug 2021
Welwyn Garden City
The random postcode generator takes us to a religious order living here.
28 mins26 Jul 2021
Lowestoft
An old boatyard in Lowestoft and the myth and legend of its "uncatchable" boat.
28 mins19 Jul 2021
Hawkhurst, Kent
An ex-army corporal is on a quest to restore military graves and help veterans with PTSD.
28 mins12 Jul 2021
Camborne
One producer, one random generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.
28 mins24 Aug 2020
Milton Keynes
The random postcode generator delivers us up a Jimi Hendrix roadie turned pornographer
28 mins17 Aug 2020
Anglesey
Surprisingly timely beliefs of the Latter-day Saints and their missionaries in North Wales
28 mins10 Aug 2020
City of London, St Paul's
Lockdown with the homeless community in one of the wealthiest postcodes in Britain.
28 mins03 Aug 2020
Elland
The Rex cinema started in 1912, still has an interval and organ, but faces a shock in 2020
28 mins28 Mar 2020
Croxteth, Liverpool
A community centre providing a lifeline in Croxteth.
28 mins21 Mar 2020
Hartlepool
The random postcode generator sends us to Hartlepool. Why are so many houses for sale?
28 mins14 Mar 2020
Tiptree, Essex
A crimewave in Tiptree.
28 mins07 Mar 2020
Torry, Aberdeen
The pet shop in Aberdeen where something terrible has been happening to customers.
28 mins29 Feb 2020
Blackford, Perthshire
The ghost golf course of Scotland.
28 mins22 Feb 2020
Warrington
The 'scourge' of the scrambler bikes in WA2 0.
28 mins15 Feb 2020
Knypersley
One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.
28 mins22 Jun 2019
Chatham
One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.
28 mins15 Jun 2019