Just three days after the Rest is History explored the dark tale of the murder of 12-year-old William of Norwich, the hit show was investigating another unusual story from the county's past.

The series once again featured some questionable behaviour by Norfolk churchmen.

But rather than the 12th century Norwich monk who had peddled antisemitic conspiracy theories about William's death, this episode followed the extraordinary career of Harold Davidson, the renowned Rector of Stiffkey.

A witness arriving for Davidson's hearing (Image: Dick Meadows) The clergyman, who described himself as the Prostitutes' Padre, was at the centre of a national scandal in the 1930s over his infatuation with young women and girls.

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