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Hidden East Yorkshire Episodes

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    Market Weighton’s link to Venezuela’s independence

    Sarah Andrews: The Market Weighton woman behind Venezuela’s freedom.

  2. Maister House: fires, merchants and music

    Maister House shaped by trade, tragedy, loss & survival. It now has a new creative life.

  3. Long after the curtain fell

    When Hull’s nights belonged to theatre. The history of Hull’s Theatres Royal.

  4. Larkin’s final words surface after 40 years

    A letter kept private for decades, offers a rare glimpse into Larkin’s final months.

  5. Kiplingcotes Derby: England's oldest horse race

    Britain’s oldest horse race still runs every March, open to any rider who dares.

  6. John Godber: a life in theatre

    John Godber at 70: it’s better than working.

  7. Is this the Bermuda Triangle of East Yorkshire?

    The Wold Newton Triangle is a place of myth and legend.

  8. Hunting down the home of 'Gentleman Jack'

    Anne Lister spent her childhood in Market Weighton.

  9. Hull’s railway history

    Hull once had many stations and the H&BR carried coal from South Yorkshire to Hull docks.

  10. Hull’s golden King Billy

    Why Hull has a huge statue of King William III dressed as a Roman when he was Dutch.

  11. Hull's forgotten Hollywood star

    Remembering Dorothy Mackaill

  12. How Viola almost made it home

    The quest to bring the oldest surviving steam trawler back to East Yorkshire.

  13. How Hull saved children from the Spanish civil war

    Sally Fairfax finds out how child refugees from Guernica ended up in Hull.

  14. Gold Cup glory sparked Sewerby Hall’s creation

    Sally Fairfax finds out how the Graeme family came to build Sewerby Hall.

  15. From Hull to Hollywood, the story of Lorenzo's Oil

    How Hull’s Croda helped create Lorenzo’s Oil, a treatment that inspired a Hollywood film.

  16. From 1930s to today: Hull's Danish Xmas market

    Keeping the Danish Christmas tradition alive in Hull since the 1930s.

  17. Exploring the 'fragile beauty' of Spurn

    Sally Fairfax discovers the history and nature of the spit.

  18. Exploring inside Hull Minster's 300 year old organ

    Sally Fairfax takes a tour of Hull Minster's historic organ.

  19. Eurovision’s unlikely star: Withernsea Lighthouse

    Withernsea Lighthouse appears in Look Mum No Computer's Eurovision video.

  20. Echoes of Hull’s ship building past

    The 18-tonne Scotch Derrick crane is a survivor of Hull's shipbuilding industry.

  21. Does English theatre have its origins in Beverley?

    Described as 'the oldest reference to non-secular theatre in the British Isles'.

  22. David Hockney’s East Yorkshire roots

    How David Hockney's East Yorkshire roots shaped his life, art, & identity beyond Bradford

  23. Could the next blockbuster movie be made in Hull?

    Just off the A63 in Hull is a state of the art film studio complex.

  24. Burton Agnes: a skull, a promise, a haunting

    Anne Griffith’s ghost still haunts Burton Agnes Hall, guarding her beloved home forever.

  25. Bringing an East Yorkshire treasure back to life

    Fort Paull has existed since the 16th century. We explore its latest chapter.

  26. Bransholme Castle: A fortress born of civil war

    This is the story of survival, ambition, and a forgotten stronghold.

  27. Beverley’s hidden rivers

    If you know where to look you can still find them.

  28. Beryl and Betty remembered

    How two pensioners from Hull won the highest award in British radio.

  29. A walk through history - part one

    Dr Al Oswald from English Heritage reveals the secrets of Wharram Percy.

  30. A walk through history - part 2

    Dr Al Oswald of English Heritage sheds light on Wharram Percy’s dramatic downfall.

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