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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 Ulverston Talisman

    Alex Sharphouse had a dream to build from a scratch a Fowler B6 Big Lion Road Locomotive.

  4. The Secrets of the King of Piel Island

    Uncovering the tradition of crowning the landlord of the Ship Inn the 2nd King of England

  5. The secrets of the Keswick museum wars

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

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

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

  7. The secrets of the Cumbrian who fell to earth

    Archie Workman is one of the last lengthsmen maintaining Colton Parish Council's roads.

  8. The secrets of Mr Pocklington's Keswick island

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

  9. The secrets of Mr Bells mince pies

    Family owned bakery, Bells of Lazonby near Penrith, is the mince pie capital of England.

  10. 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!

  11. The secrets of driving the Settle-Carlisle Line

    Andrew Carter grabs a cab ride on the highest mainline in England.

  12. The secrets of Carlisle Cathedral bell tower

    Andrew Carter meets the band who keep a 950 year old tradition alive and ringing.

  13. The secrets of Brampton's Rocket

    After the Rainhill Trials this iconic steam engine rusted away on a Cumbrian train line.

  14. The secret underground world of Carlisle station

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

  15. The secret of the lost Cumbrian clapcake

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

  16. The Secret Life of the Carlisle Custard Cream

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

  17. The secret Brampton nuclear bunker

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

  18. Secrets of Warwick Bridge Corn Mill

    Andrew Carter meets the 'watery millers' at the Grade 2* listed mill east of Carlisle.

  19. Secrets of the Lake Windermere Wardens

    Andrew Carter meets the Cumbria emergency service you've not heard of.

  20. Secrets of the deepest gypsum mine in the world

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

  21. 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.

  22. Secrets of the Borrowdale caveman

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

  23. Secrets of Cockermouth Castle

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

  24. Secret Wainwright

    In search of the man behind the best selling pictorial guides to the Lakeland fells.

  25. More secret Carlisle Citadel station tunnels

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

  26. Keswick and the secret of the Three Bears

    Robert Southey wrote the original version of the world's most famous fairy tale.

  27. Carlisle Gaol - Secrets of the last public execution

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

  28. Carlisle Citadel - the secret passages

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

  29. 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.

  30. Alan's secret war

    Alan Kelly confronts his demons at the Keswick orphanage he was evacuated to during WWII.