Secret LeicestershireEpisodes Available now
1. Ratae: Straight to the heart of Roman Leicester—Romans
Step back in time and explore the sights and sounds of the forum, basilica, and baths.
The Norman Undercroft hidden under Leicester
The Norman Undercroft under BBC Leicester are remains from a wealthy merchant’s house.
The secret remains of a Roman aqueduct
The Raw Dykes was part of an aqueduct conveying water to Leicester’s Roman baths.
‘Holy Town’ – Hallaton’s secret ‘bottle-kicking’ history
The destination for pilgrims and the capital of bottle kicking and Hare Pie Scramble!
The hidden history of Loughborough’s Old Rectory
From it’s medieval underbelly, to the ghosts and ‘haunted’ piano that call it home
Lady Rolleston and the street boys from Leicester
A Leicester woman's vision that still drives the local charity she started
The Bilstone Gibbet Post: The Gruesome Truth
One wooden post and it's connection to an infamous murder in 1801
The woman who gave birth to a cat
A mysterious birth and a story of solidarity
Is this where Chaucer tied the knot?
Why historians think the English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer may have got married in Leicester
Forkbeard or Cnut: Viking king buried at church
The Viking cross at Sproxton and its links to the Anglo-Norse monarchy
