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Secret WarwickshireEpisodes

  1. Was Leamington Spa the birthplace of tennis, as we know?

    Leamington's tennis club first opened up back in 1874 and has been running ever since.

  2. Warwick's connection to the history of fireworks

    Warwick hosted a dramatic and disastrous pyrotechnic display at Warwick Castle in 1572.

  3. The Titanic's Rugby Connection

    Herbert James Haddock from Rugby was the first person to captain Titanic.

  4. The Secrets of Warwick Castle

    Join BBC CWR's Richard Williams as he discovers that everything is not what it seems.

  5. The secret witch marks of Charlecote Mill

    Secret symbols on the mill were used as a form of protection from evil spirits.

  6. The secret tunnels of Warwickshire

    BBC CWR's Richard Williams explores the hidden tunnels under Warwickshire.

  7. The Roman Empire ring in Baginton

    The ring known as "Gyrus" is said to have been used to train horses in the Roman Empire.

  8. The haunting of Edgehill

    The battle took place in 1642, and ghostly happenings have been reported ever since.

  9. The Ghost stories of Kenilworth castle

    Join BBC CWR's Richard Williams on a tour of the supposedly haunted castle.

  10. The 300-year-old dungeons in Warwick

    Shire Hall is where criminal court took place and homes holding cells and a dungeon.

  11. The 18th Century woman who disguised herself as a man

    Hannah Snell joined the Sixth of Foot, which later became the Royal Warwickshire Regiment

  12. Rugby's role in the first telephone call across the Atlantic

    In 1927, Rugby Radio Station made the first transatlantic broadcast to Houlton, USA.

  13. Rugby: The home of the Hologram

    Dennis Gabor was a physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention/

  14. Remembering the Nuneaton rail crash 50 years on

    Six people were killed and 36 injured in the 1975 crash.

  15. Guy's Cliffe's secret garden

    The gardens of Guy's Cliffe House have reopened after thousands of hours of work.

  16. Friend of Adolf Hitler's Rugby connection

    Telling the story of Unity Mitford, the controversial woman who was a friend of Hitler.

  17. A tour of Warwick's iconic East gate

    The East Gate, Warwick, dates from 1426.