Secret Derbyshire Episodes Episode guide
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Fifty years of Primark
Did you know the UK's first store was in Derby?
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Ernest Townsend: The man that saved our city
He painted a Rolls-Royce factory roof, to disguise it from German bombers during WW2.
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Dracula's Derby connection
Transylvania might be home, but Derby was where the Count first took to the stage.
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Do you know your Derbyshire folklore?
Folklorist, Simon Unsworth thinks that sadly, not many people know enough local folklore.
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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.
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Derbyshire’s connection to the gunpowder plot
Find out about the Derbyshire men involved in the gunpowder plot.
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Derby Hippodrome: Then and now
The Hippodrome's been placed on the Theatres At Risk register for the 19th year in a row.
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Derby Arboretum: England's first public park
Donated for the use of the public in 1840 by Joseph Strutt, it has a fascinating history.
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Derby After Dark: The must-know ghost stories
Is Derby the UK's most haunted city?
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'Major' the ram
Take a march to Long Eaton in the early 1970s, and the town's band has a new mascot.
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'I was naive' Rod Stewart's first manager
Jonathan Rowlands discusses managing Rod Stewart & a vinyl of his unreleased tracks.