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Secret Cumbria Episodes

  1.

    Uncovering the secrets of Roman Carlisle

    The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has revealed the largest Roman building on Hadrian's Wall.

  2. The secrets of Mr Pocklington's Keswick island

    250 years ago an eccentric bought Vicar's Island on Derwentwater and caused a scandal.

  3. The secret underground world of Carlisle station

    Underneath the platforms Andrew Carter discovers deserted kitchens, and hidden tunnels.

  4. The secret of the lost Cumbrian clapcake

    Food historian Ivan Day cooks a food staple, that's disappeared into the mists of time.

  5. The secret Brampton nuclear bunker

    Constructed during the Cold War, it was a refuge for 3 Royal Observer Corp volunteers.

  6. Secrets of the deepest gypsum mine in the world

    Birkshead mine near Appleby-in-Westmorland is a 1000 ft deep under rolling farmland.

  7. Secrets of the Borrowdale caveman

    Millican Dalton the 'Professor of Adventure' lived in a cave on Castle Crag for 30 years.

  8. More secret Carlisle Citadel station tunnels

    Andrew Carter explores more subterranean features and the abandoned station master's flat

  9. Carlisle Gaol - Secrets of the last public execution

    The condemned cell is in Carlisle Citadel, which dominates the city's southern entrance.

  10. Carlisle Citadel - the secret passages

    Underneath the court building the Tudor gun bastion has been hidden for 200 years.

  11. Carlisle Cathedral's secret painted Tudor ceiling

    The Prior's Tower in the Close is home to one of the finest ceilings in the north.