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Secret Derbyshire Episodes

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    Inside Derby's hidden motorsport workshop

    Did you know about the "hidden gem" that's the University of Derby's motorsport workshop.

  2. How summer snow halted cricket in Buxton

    At the height of cricket season, an unlikely winter shower brought to play to an end.

  3. Florence Nightingale: Her connection to Derbyshire

    She is credited with significantly improving hygiene and living standards.

  4. Florence Nightingale and William Ogle honoured with blue plaques

    The pair have been recognised for their pioneering healthcare work in the 19th century.

  5. Fifty years of Primark

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

  6. Ernest Townsend: The man that saved our city

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

  7. Dracula's Derby connection

    Transylvania might be home, but Derby was where the Count first took to the stage.

  8. Do you know your Derbyshire folklore?

    Folklorist, Simon Unsworth thinks that sadly, not many people know enough local folklore.

  9. 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.

  10. Derbyshire鈥檚 connection to the gunpowder plot

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

  11. Derbyshire during the Civil War

    What role did Derbyshire play? And what side was our county on, Roundheads or cavaliers?

  12. Derby Hippodrome: Then and now

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

  13. Derby Arboretum: England's first public park

    Donated for the use of the public in 1840 by Joseph Strutt, it has a fascinating history.

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

    Is Derby the UK's most haunted city?

  15. 'Major' the ram

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

  16. 'I was naive' Rod Stewart's first manager

    Jonathan Rowlands discusses managing Rod Stewart & a vinyl of his unreleased tracks.

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