Main content
Secret LeicestershireEpisodes Available now
Sproxton’s Viking Cross
The Sproxton Cross is an Anglo-Norse monument by the Church of St Bartholemew.
The 450-year-old love story in Sign Language
The first recorded use of sign language in England at Leicester Cathedral
The Leicester Balloon Riot of 1864
How did a huge hydrogen balloon cause a riot and chaos in Victoria Park?
Action Man and the Unexploded Bomb!
The Coalville toy factory that helped make Spitfires and was almost blown up
The Green Dragon Inn: an infamous murder
16th May 1978 – a notorious day in Leicester’s history
‘The Best Car in The World’
The Darracq 200hp: THE fastest thing on the planet in 1905
Christmas Eve 1965: A star fell from the sky
It’s 60 years since the Barwell meteorite landed in the village and made history.
The Belvoir Angels
Etched in gravestones around the Vale of Belvoir and found nowhere else in the world
The Anne of Cleves Pub in Melton Mowbray
The Melton Pub which was owned by the fourth wife of Henry VIII
The Medieval Dungeon Beneath Leicester Market
Beneath the surface of Leicester's market place, a wealth of archaeology can be found.
