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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔtown Boring? Episodes

    Introducing ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔtown Boring?

    Unearthing hidden histories around the UK in places misjudged as being β€œboring”

    1. ORMSKIRK: From Gingerbread to a Global Empire

    How does one local recipe connect to the dark history of the British Empire?

    2. CUMBERNAULD: Demolishing a New Town

    The story of a pioneering shopping centre that is soon to be demolished

    3. CHEPSTOW: Wales’s First Black Footballer

    Exploring the life of Eddie Parris, the first Black footballer to represent Wales

    5. PLYMOUTH: Life of β€œThe Devonshire Wonder”

    Highlighting the I in LGBTQIA+ History, through the life of Mark Weston

    4. SLOUGH: South Asian Women on Strike

    How one strike in 1979 connects to South Asian women’s resistance across the UK

    6. MILTON KEYNES: Worth Raving About

    A huge warehouse club at the centre of 1990s rave culture. In Milton Keynes?