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Secret Derbyshire Episodes

  1.

    Vera Brittain: Did she actually hate Buxton?

    The famous writer and feminist, supposedly hated Buxton... or so the belief goes.

  2. UFO sightings in Bonsall?

    Forget Area 51, there's a Derbyshire village with a history of unexplained sightings.

  3. The Story Behind The Name: Sir Frank Whittle Road

    Find out about the man who took aviation to new heights

  4. The mystery of Spanker Lane

    Find out how a road in Nether Heage got its unusual name.

  5. The house with an amazing history - what's next?

    Find out what's going on at 27 Queen Street in the city centre.

  6. The Hidden Museum Bunker

    What does the Derby Museums Trust store in its collection?

  7. Revisit Dame Ellen MacArthur's record-breaking sail

    Head back to 2005, when Derbyshire's Dame Ellen MacArthur arrived home from her voyage.

  8. Remembering the old Derby Royal Infirmary

    It's been 10 years since the demolition of the site began.

  9. Joseph Wright: Who was he?

    You've probably heard the name, but how much do you actually know about him?

  10. It's the end of an era

    The country's last coal fire power station has closed at Ratcliffe-on-Soar.

  11. It's a 'remarkable' train station, some might say

    The Derbyshire train station with an Oasis link.

  12. Fifty years of Primark

    Did you know the UK's first store was in Derby?

  13. Ernest Townsend: The man that saved our city

    He painted a Rolls-Royce factory roof, to disguise it from German bombers during WW2.

  14. Did you know about the castle in Mackworth?

    The remains of the structure date back to 1495, but it's not all quite as it seems.

  15. Derbyshire鈥檚 connection to the gunpowder plot

    Find out about the Derbyshire men involved in the gunpowder plot.

  16. Derby Hippodrome: Then and now

    The Hippodrome's been placed on the Theatres At Risk register for the 19th year in a row.

  17. Derby After Dark: The must-know ghost stories

    Is Derby the UK's most haunted city?

  18. 'Major' the ram

    Take a march to Long Eaton in the early 1970s, and the town's band has a new mascot.