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Secret North Yorkshire Episodes

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    Last piano builders say it's 'not a dead craft'

    Fiona Callow visits the UK's last surviving piano makers.

  2. Knaresborough's forgotten linen industry

    Joanita Musisi heads to Knaresborough Town Museum to find out how linen shaped Yorkshire.

  3. Is Yorkshire home to the country's oldest theatre?

    Jack Hadaway-Weller gets a tour of Richmond's Georgian Theatre Royal.

  4. Is Oliver Cromwell's body buried in Yorkshire?

    Julia Lewis investigates rumours that Cromwell's body is buried at Newburgh Priory.

  5. Inside York鈥檚 last surviving windmill

    Joanita Musisi explores Holgate Windmill.

  6. Inside York Theatre Royal's costume department

    Joanita Musisi meets Pauline who has maintained the theatre's costumes for three decades

  7. Inside the world's oldest music hall in Settle

    Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Josie Guthrie from Settle Victoria Hall.

  8. Inside the Mason's Loft at York Minster

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant visits the Mason's Loft at York Minster with tour guide Aileen.

  9. Inside Ripon Cathedral's 1,350 year old crypt

    Jack Hadaway-Weller explores Ripon's underground crypt which was built in 672.

  10. Inside Helmsley's secret artefact archive

    James Addyman goes to English Heritage's storage centre to see items hidden from display.

  11. How Yorkshire inspired Dickens' A Christmas Carol

    Antony Collins finds out how Charles Dickens took inspiration from Malton.

  12. How York's Jewish past has shaped the city

    Fiona Callow takes a tour of significant sites in York's complex Jewish history.

  13. How York created the KitKat

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant goes inside the Nestle factory on Haxby Road in York.

  14. How unpaid ransom money built a Yorkshire church

    Jack Hadaway-Weller investigates the tragic origins of a church near Ripon.

  15. How the Terry's clock tower became a timeless icon

    Oliver Day goes inside the iconic clock tower in York.

  16. How Nun Monkton's maypole brings people together

    James Addyman hears the story of Nun Monkton's maypole.

  17. How Joseph Rowntree shaped York

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant takes a tour of significant places in the life of Joseph Rowntree.

  18. How a theatre in a Yorkshire library made history

    Bek Homer hears the story of Stephen Joseph's original Scarborough theatre.

  19. How a North Yorkshire sport went international

    Sarah Urwin hears the story behind VX, a ball sport that was invented in North Yorkshire.

  20. How a Knaresborough waterfall turns toys to stone

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the Petrifying Well at Mother Shipton鈥檚 Cave.

  21. How a cast iron cod's raised money since the 1800s

    Bek Homer hears the story of Robin Hood's Bay's RNLI fish.

  22. Gormire: A bottomless lake or a gateway to hell?

    Jericho Keys investigates the fact and fiction surrounding Gormire Lake.

  23. Gentleman Jack鈥檚 York connection

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds about the union of Anne Lister and Ann Walker.

  24. From a family project to world's 'strangest place'

    Freya Cox explores Forbidden Corner in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

  25. Exploring Yorkshire's 'Stonehenge of the North'

    Julia Lewis explores Thornborough Henges, near Masham.

  26. Exploring Scarborough鈥檚 Victorian Central Tramway

    Bek Homer goes behind the scenes at an iconic Scarborough landmark.

  27. Crackpot and Blubberhouses: Odd names explained

    Antony Collins investigates the stories behind North Yorkshire's strangest place names.

  28. Charles Laughton: Scarborough鈥檚 Oscar winner

    The story of Charles Laughton, from Scarborough beginnings to screen legend.

  29. A brief history of North Yorkshire's music venues

    Declan Vink looks into the history of music venues in York and North Yorkshire

  30. 'I set out to prove there were Romans in Cawood'

    Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds out why there's more to Cawood than meets the eye.

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