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Secret Cumbria Episodes

  1.

    Uncovering the secrets of Roman Carlisle

    The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has revealed the largest Roman building on Hadrian's Wall.

  2. The Secrets of Ullswater鈥檚 Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel

    For 50 years Francis Coulson and Brian Sack ran this remarkable award winning hotel.

  3. The secrets of the Keswick museum wars

    When rival 18th Century Lakeland museums jockey to be the top dog, almost anything goes!

  4. The secrets of the hole that Mark dug in Flimby

    West Cumbrian businessman, Mark Telford, built a replica nuclear fuel storage pond.

  5. The secrets of Mr Pocklington's Keswick island

    250 years ago an eccentric bought Vicar's Island on Derwentwater and caused a scandal.

  6. The secrets of Kendal's time guns

    Forget the speaking clock or pips, in the past you set your watch with a cannon going off!

  7. The secret underground world of Carlisle station

    Underneath the platforms Andrew Carter discovers deserted kitchens, and hidden tunnels.

  8. The secret of the lost Cumbrian clapcake

    Food historian Ivan Day cooks a food staple, that's disappeared into the mists of time.

  9. The Secret Life of the Carlisle Custard Cream

    And other stories from the oldest biscuit factory in the world.

  10. The secret Brampton nuclear bunker

    Constructed during the Cold War, it was a refuge for 3 Royal Observer Corp volunteers.

  11. Secrets of the deepest gypsum mine in the world

    Birkshead mine near Appleby-in-Westmorland is a 1000 ft deep under rolling farmland.

  12. Secrets of the Carlisle railway traction maintenance depot

    Meet the guys who show Andrew Carter how they feed, water and repair the 130 ton beasts.

  13. Secrets of the Borrowdale caveman

    Millican Dalton the 'Professor of Adventure' lived in a cave on Castle Crag for 30 years.

  14. Secrets of Cockermouth Castle

    From Bing Crosby, ghosts, and floods to a private archive of national importance.

  15. More secret Carlisle Citadel station tunnels

    Andrew Carter explores more subterranean features and the abandoned station master's flat

  16. Carlisle Gaol - Secrets of the last public execution

    The condemned cell is in Carlisle Citadel, which dominates the city's southern entrance.

  17. Carlisle Citadel - the secret passages

    Underneath the court building the Tudor gun bastion has been hidden for 200 years.

  18. Carlisle Cathedral's secret painted Tudor ceiling

    The Prior's Tower in the Close is home to one of the finest ceilings in the north.