Top Video Picks


Every year the Daily Echo brings you hundreds of videos covering all aspects of Hampshire life. Here we put together some of the most popular clips that have featured on the site.

The collection of films on the site grows everyday, so be sure to check back to see what the latest offerings are. To view the extensive archive of all our videos - including the latest additions to the site - click here.

The Purple Man on video The Purple Man
Fundraiser Ben Edgeson paints himself purple and takes to the streets of Southampton to raise cash for Southampton General Hospital.
SMILE HIGH: Sharing a joke on the the most miserable day of the year, Echo clown for the day Simon Carr. Most depressing day of the year
Daily Echo reporter Simon Carr tells jokes to cheer people up on the most depressing day of the year
HATS OFF TO THEM: Kevin Jones, Dave Humphreys, Steve Brook, Adam Myers and Jack Leonard, with special guest Echo reporter Duncan Eaton Amateur actors can go The Full Monty
IT was so risqué that a Hampshire drama group had to get permission from the civic fathers to stage the show.
Thumbnail for media_id 0 Superman sighted in Romsey
The Daily Echo's Ash 'Clarke Kent' Bolton takes to the streets of Romsey to seek out opinion on an initiative by Test Valley Borough Council
Bankers work Overtime on Star Wars spoof Stars Wars - in a Hampshire office
Hampshire bankers star in a hilarious spoof of the film Star Wars dubbed 'Overtime
Thumbnail for media_id 0 Meet the Daily Echo Supergoup "The Vox Pops"
The Echo's James Maden does a convincing impression of a nerd. It doesn't seem to put off Georgina Cotton, left, and Hania Shiner. Southampton: Nerd Capital
Southampton has been crowned the 'nerd' capital of the UK. The Echo's resident geek James Maden asks you what you think.
Floating Bridge The Woolston Ferry Song
A song dedicated to the small ferry across the Itchen by Gutta Percha
Static HTML image A-Team visits the Daily Echo
B.A Baracus, Face, Hanibal and 'Howling Mad' Murdoch drive down to Daily Echo HQ
Static HTML image Civil war battle relived
Echo reporter Will Carson reports report from the bloody fields of Alresford, scene of the Battle of Cheriton
Static HTML image Southampton gets a new beach
A mobile beach arrives at Southampton complete with sand, deck chairs and a bikini clad siren
Static HTML image Does he have star quality?
The Daily Echo's James Maden gets his dancing shoes on for an audition to become an entertainer for Haven.
Static HTML image Hunting For Ghosts
The Daily Echo goes searching for the ghost of Richard Cromwell at the haunted Hiltonbury Farmhouse pub in Chandler's Ford.
Static HTML image Walking On Water
A new giant hamster ball has been produced to allow people to do the impossible - walk on water.
Static HTML image Testing Obesity
Reporter Julian Robinson spent the day in a body suit making him a 16 stone man to find out what it was like to be obese.
Static HTML image Sing for Maria
Ash Bolton takes to the streets dressed as a nun, to see if Southampton has a voice good enough for the Sound of Music.
Trying to Get Around Town
Daily Echo reporter Julian Robinson gets a crash course in how to use a mobility scooter in Southampton.
Radio Snake Scare
Breakfast DJ Gillie films staff starting to panic in the Power FM offices after a snake breaks lose. .
Static HTML image Elvis Lives! - in Hampshire
Lifetime Elvis fan Craig Jefferson was crowned Best Festival Elvis 2007 and he now hopes to turn his impersonation into a career.
Static HTML image Salty Seadog Does The Boat Show
The Daily Echo's Salty Seadog Will Carson shivers his timbers when he takes in the highlights of the Southampton Boat Show.
Spinnaker Tower Crashes Down
The Spinnaker Tower collapses into Portsmouth Harbour in an amazing piece of special effects trickery by a university student.
Reporter Gets a McJob
Daily Echo reporter Ash Bolton swaps the busy newsroom for the hectic kitchen of McDonalds in West Quay to make a BigMac.

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