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Secret North Yorkshire Episodes

  1. How spooky is Scarborough?

    Bek Homer hears some spooky Scarborough ghost stories and folklore.

  2. How Nun Monkton's maypole brings people together

    James Addyman hears the story of Nun Monkton's maypole.

  3. How Joseph Rowntree shaped York

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant takes a tour of significant places in the life of Joseph Rowntree.

  4. How a theatre in a Yorkshire library made history

    Bek Homer hears the story of Stephen Joseph's original Scarborough theatre.

  5. How a North Yorkshire sport went international

    Sarah Urwin hears the story behind VX, a ball sport that was invented in North Yorkshire.

  6. How a Knaresborough waterfall turns toys to stone

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the Petrifying Well at Mother Shipton’s Cave.

  7. How a cast iron cod's raised money since the 1800s

    Bek Homer hears the story of Robin Hood's Bay's RNLI fish.

  8. Gormire: A bottomless lake or a gateway to hell?

    Jericho Keys investigates the fact and fiction surrounding Gormire Lake.

  9. Gentleman Jack’s York connection

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds about the union of Anne Lister and Ann Walker.

  10. From a family project to world's 'strangest place'

    Freya Cox explores Forbidden Corner in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

  11. Exploring Yorkshire's 'Stonehenge of the North'

    Julia Lewis explores Thornborough Henges, near Masham.

  12. Exploring Scarborough’s Victorian Central Tramway

    Bek Homer goes behind the scenes at an iconic Scarborough landmark.

  13. Crackpot and Blubberhouses: Odd names explained

    Antony Collins investigates the stories behind North Yorkshire's strangest place names.

  14. Charles Laughton: Scarborough’s Oscar winner

    The story of Charles Laughton, from Scarborough beginnings to screen legend.

  15. Blood, smartphones and 1066's 'forgotten battle'

    Sarah Urwin meets one of the people behind the Stamford Bridge Tapestry.

  16. A brief history of North Yorkshire's music venues

    Declan Vink looks into the history of music venues in York and North Yorkshire

  17. 'My ancestor was Yorkshire's Mouseman'

    Freya Cox investigates the work of Robert Thompson.

  18. 'I set out to prove there were Romans in Cawood'

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds out why there's more to Cawood than meets the eye.

  19. 'I met The Beatles in a Yorkshire chippy'

    Declan Vink meets a man who remembers The Beatles' early gigs in York.

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