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Secret Cambridgeshire Episodes

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    Why Cromwell鈥檚 head is in a Cambridge biscuit tin

    How Oliver Cromwell鈥檚 decapitated head eventually ended up being buried in Cambridge.

  2. The long-forgotten 麻豆社 broadcast

    Why was a village church chosen for the 麻豆社鈥檚 first outside broadcast from Cambridgeshire?

  3. The Kite that soared in Cambridge

    How a working class district of Cambridge became a 鈥榙ynamic鈥� force for social change.

  4. The Huntingdon witch trials

    In 1646, nine people from Huntingdonshire were tried by the notorious Matthew Hopkins.

  5. The Cambridge scientist who got man to the moon

    Telling the vital role Cambridge scientist Tom Bacon played in the Apollo 11 mission.

  6. The Cambridge Olympic pedigree

    Exploring the important role Cambridge has played in the history of the Olympic Games.

  7. The boy chimney sweep who changed the law

    How the death of a child chimney sweep in Fulbourn changed the lives of children forever.

  8. The 鈥楥ambridge Five鈥� spies

    Why did five University of Cambridge friends end up spying for the Soviet Union?

  9. The 'forgotten' queen of aviation

    The little-told story of Richarda Morrow-Tait, the first woman to fly around the world.

  10. Paradise Found

    The long lost handwritten notes by Paradise Lost poet John Milton discovered in Arizona.

  11. Papworth: Born from the trenches

    How treatment of WWI soldiers led to the creation of the Royal Papworth Hospital.

  12. Messages from Mount Everest

    A century after his death, George Mallory's final words went on display in Cambridge.

  13. Crime and punishment in Cambridgeshire

    Before it was the County Council HQ, Castle Hill was home to the County Gaol.