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Secret CambridgeEpisodes

  1. Why Cromwell’s head is in a Cambridge biscuit tin

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

  2. The Kite that soared in Cambridge

    How a working class district of Cambridge became a ‘dynamic’ force for social change.

  3. The Cambridge scientist who got man to the moon

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

  4. The Cambridge Olympic pedigree

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

  5. The boy chimney sweep who changed the law

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

  6. The ‘Cambridge Five’ spies

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

  7. The 'forgotten' queen of aviation

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

  8. Paradise Found

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

  9. Messages from Mount Everest

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