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Secret WorcestershireEpisodes

  1. Worcestershire’s £1m Fabergé pear blossom

    Discover the unique, intricate jewels given to the county's soldiers after the Boer War.

  2. What's on the other side of Lea & Perrins' gates?

    Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Worcestershire Sauce factory, on Midland Road.

  3. The tunnel under a nightclub

    Discover the secret smuggling hideaway for Tudor-time Evesham monks.

  4. The old girl of Avoncroft

    The Danzey Green Mill is a 200-year-old marvel, the only one of its kind in the Midlands.

  5. The hidden WW2 airfield

    War-winning radar technology was applied to thousands of aircraft at RAF Defford.

  6. The hidden history of Worcester's Hopmarket

    The nearly 300-year-old building was once a workhouse, a hotel, and hosted Lord Nelson.

  7. The ghost of Weatheroak Hill

    PC James Davies was patrolling his route near Beoley, before he was brutally murdered.

  8. The Evesham war hospital with zero casualties

    It was the unexpected treatment centre created by a woman determined to do her bit.

  9. Remembering Céline

    Exploring the impact of a French student's murder on a sleepy Worcestershire village.

  10. Narnia, Middle Earth and Malvern

    Discover how authors CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien found inspiration in Worcestershire.

  11. Made like a gun: Redditch's Royal Enfields

    The legendary motorbikes became used all over the world following the First World War.

  12. Inside Stourport's hidden network of caves

    Explore the caverns underneath a pub near Wilden, excavated by human hands.

  13. How The Stones, Tom Jones and U2 came to Kiddy

    These incredible acts rocked out Kidderminster Town Hall on their way to superstardom.

  14. How Malvern won the war

    Scientists at the town's radar station were tasked by Churchill to track German U-boats.

  15. Frank Freeman's Dance Club: Rock & roll pioneers

    The music venue brought Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Marc Bolan and more to Kidderminster.

  16. Dark tales from Dowles Graveyard

    The abandoned site holds a metal mortsafe, unexplained noises and rumours of a witch.

  17. 'The seaside of Droitwich Spa'

    The town's historic lido was opened by West End star Ralph Lynn in 1935.

  18. 'I was a prisoner of war caught by the Japanese'

    Fred Seiker describes the horrors of forced labour, and feelings of freedom after VJ Day.