Explore fascinating stories from Leicester and Leicestershire.
Radio Leicester,·64 episodes
Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio is one of the most influential texts in the England language.
02 Jun 2026,·7 mins
Billy Burton was a well-known Music Hall comedian from Coalville in the 1920’s.
28 May 2026,·7 mins
200 million years of history can be seen in exposed rock layers at Tilton Railway Cutting
19 May 2026,·7 mins
4. Vox Populi: The voice of the people in Roman Leicester
Cosmopolitan and diverse, come and meet the people of the ancient city.
12 May 2026,·21 mins
3. Musaica: The high art of Ratae Mosaics
Leicester’s Roman mosaics are among the finest in Britain.
05 May 2026,·21 mins
2. Via: The veins of a civilisation
The roads of Roman Leicester, and how the other half lived.
28 Apr 2026,·19 mins
1. Ratae: Straight to the heart of Roman Leicester
Step back in time and explore the sights and sounds of the forum, basilica, and baths.
24 Apr 2026,·19 mins
The Norman Undercroft under BBC Leicester are remains from a wealthy merchant’s house.
21 Apr 2026,·7 mins
The Raw Dykes was part of an aqueduct conveying water to Leicester’s Roman baths.
15 Apr 2026,·6 mins
The destination for pilgrims and the capital of bottle kicking and Hare Pie Scramble!
02 Apr 2026,·8 mins
From it’s medieval underbelly, to the ghosts and ‘haunted’ piano that call it home
25 Mar 2026,·6 mins
A Leicester woman's vision that still drives the local charity she started
17 Mar 2026,·6 mins
One wooden post and it's connection to an infamous murder in 1801
10 Mar 2026,·6 mins
A mysterious birth and a story of solidarity
06 Mar 2026,·7 mins
Why historians think the English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer may have got married in Leicester
24 Feb 2026,·6 mins
The Viking cross at Sproxton and its links to the Anglo-Norse monarchy
17 Feb 2026,·6 mins
The first recorded use of sign language in England at Leicester Cathedral
10 Feb 2026,·7 mins
How did a huge hydrogen balloon cause a riot and chaos in Victoria Park?
03 Feb 2026,·6 mins
The Coalville toy factory that created Action Man and was almost blow up
27 Jan 2026,·6 mins
16th May 1978 – a notorious day in Leicester’s history
20 Jan 2026,·6 mins
The Darracq 200hp: The record-breaking car hidden in a Leicester garage
13 Jan 2026,·6 mins
It’s 60 years since the Barwell meteorite landed in the village and made history.
24 Dec 2025,·6 mins
The Belvoir angels etched in gravestones and found nowhere else in the world
23 Dec 2025,·6 mins
How the only wife Henry VIII divorced ended up with a Melton Pub
17 Dec 2025,·6 mins
The wealth of archaeological secrets revealed under Leicester's famous market place
10 Dec 2025,·6 mins
The Abolitionist and runaway slave Frederick Douglass' links to a Leicester meeting hall
04 Dec 2025,·6 mins
In 1837 the Marquis of Waterford and his friends wreaked havoc through Melton Mowbray.
26 Nov 2025,·5 mins
Leicester Castle’s Great Hall hosted many illustrious visitors including Richard III.
18 Nov 2025,·6 mins
Leicester had four gaols (jails) in the 18th century, one still visible near Highcross
11 Nov 2025,·6 mins
Long Clawson’s Old Manor House reveals its hidden history - persecuting suspected witches
28 Oct 2025,·6 mins
