Keeping Watch Podcast
1) Two Lighthouse Lives: Tony Mills & Annie Spencer
In this special end-of-season episode, we bring you two very different — but equally captivating — lighthouse stories. Tony Mills – From the Tower to the Pulpit Ed and Mel talk with Tony Mills, a form...Show More
2) Lighthouse Legacy through the lens: Photographer Connor Gault
In this week's episode of Keeping Watch, Ed and Mel discuss a lighthouse Banksy in Marseilles, before Mel interviews Scottish photographer Connor Gault, who is on a mission to photograph every living ...Show More
3) Exploring Lighthouse Legends: An Interview with Jeremy D'Entremont
In this episode of Keeping Watch, hosts Ed Peppitt and Melanie Charles bring you up to date with a roundup of lighthouse news. We welcome special guest Jeremy D'Entremont, a renowned author, historian...Show More
4) Lighthouses on television with engineer and tv presenter Rob Bell
In this week's episode of Keeping Watch, Ed and Mel discuss the community protests against the automation of St John's Point Lighthouse in Northern Ireland, and the recent cliff falls close to Belle T...Show More
5) Paranormal Phenomena in Lighthouses - With Mark Lewis
This week's episode of Keeping Watch, hosted by Ed Peppitt and Melanie Charles, features a captivating discussion with Mark Lewis, the ALK Education Officer, on lighthouses and the paranormal. Mark sh...Show More
6) Life as a lighthouse keeper's wife - Louise Medlicott
In this episode of Keeping Watch, Melanie talks about her recent trip to Tenerife and her review of the local lighthouses. The main highlight, however, is a wonderfully candid conversation with Lou Me...Show More
7) A Lighthouse Keeper's story - Gordon Medlicott
This week, Ed and Mel talk about the various lighthouse tours and events planned by the Association of Lighthouse Keepers (ALK) for 2025 - including the Isle of Wight, Cornwall, Anglesey and Kent. ...Show More
8) A Keeper's Legacy: Our Tribute to Ian Duff
This episode pays tribute to Ian Duff, former lighthouse keeper and President of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers (ALK), who passed away in November. We share heartfelt memories and stories fro...Show More
9) Robert Fong from the Museum of the Gulf Coast
In this episode of Keeping Watch, hosts Ed Peppitt and Melanie Charles discuss new lighthouse stories in the news, including the twinning of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse in Stranraer with the Inubo...Show More
10) Automation and redundancy: Gerald Butler reflects
In this episode of 'Keeping Watch,' Ed Peppitt and co-host Melanie Charles talk about some of the mysterious and spooky lighthouse tales, including the tragic story of Henry Hall at Eddystone, the eer...Show More