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London Uncovered Episodes

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    Charting London's lost pubs

    Looking back at some of the most memorable boozers of London's past.

  2. Charlie Chaplin's London

    Charlie Chaplin grew up in working class Victorian London. What was the London he knew?

  3. Bloomsbury's library of lost maps

    At the heart of UCL lies a long-forgotten library packed with thousands of maps.

  4. Billy Bragg's London

    In new book 'Billy Bragg: A People's History', the musician reflects on his long career.

  5. Behind the doors of Tottenham Hale's lost factories

    From shoes to rubber to duplicating machines. Tottenham Hale was known for manufacturing.

  6. Alternative Kew: The 'ethereal' London Museum of Water and Steam

    Inside the former Kew Bridge Waterworks, and it's amazing pumping engines.

  7. Activism to eroticism: London's statues of women

    In recent years there have been more statues of women erected in London than men.

  8. A real hidden gem: Abbey Wood's Cathedral of Sewage

    Built in 1865, The Crossness Pumping Station is famed for it's wrought-iron decoration.

  9. A female spy in London: Edith Tudor Hart

    Edith Tudor Hart was a pioneer photographer of working class life - and a Soviet agent.

  10. A Blitz-ruin oasis in The City: St Dunstan in the East

    Is this enchanting courtyard in a bombed out church, London's best outdoor hidden gem?

  11. A (very) short history of Irish culture in London

    From Camden Pubs to Oscar Wilde, here's a snapshot of London Irish music and literature.

  12. 200 years of UCL

    From progressive beginnings, to notable alumni - UCL has achieved a lot in 200 years.

  13. 100 years of the Kenwood Ladies Pond

    Marking one hundred years of women taking a dip, in all weathers.

  14. "The centre of the world": Exploring the deep history of The Strand

    The Strand has witnessed to London鈥檚 growth and change from early on.

  15. 'I bought it for 拢1': Brixton Academy's miraculous revival

    The story of 23-year-old Simon Parkes, who purchased the derelict venue for 拢1 in 1983.

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