Secret Worcestershire

Explore fascinating stories from Worcestershire.

Hereford & Worcester,19 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

Dialling up the past
Discover why Bromsgrove is the UK capital of telephone boxes.
19 Feb 2026,9 mins
Remembering Céline
Exploring the impact of a French student's murder on a sleepy Worcestershire village.
18 Dec 2025,17 mins,
Narnia, Middle Earth and Malvern
Discover how authors CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien found inspiration in Worcestershire.
10 Nov 2025,12 mins
Dark tales from Dowles Graveyard
The abandoned site holds a metal mortsafe, unexplained noises and rumours of a witch.
31 Oct 2025,12 mins
Worcestershire’s £1m Fabergé pear blossom
Discover the unique, intricate jewels given to the county's soldiers after the Boer War.
22 Oct 2025,9 mins
'I was a prisoner of war caught by the Japanese'
Fred Seiker describes the horrors of forced labour, and feelings of freedom after VJ Day.
14 Aug 2025,13 mins,
The old girl of Avoncroft
The Danzey Green Mill is a 200-year-old marvel, the only one of its kind in the Midlands.
19 Jul 2025,11 mins
'The seaside of Droitwich Spa'
The town's historic lido was opened by West End star Ralph Lynn in 1935.
11 Jun 2025,9 mins
The hidden WW2 airfield
War-winning radar technology was applied to thousands of aircraft at RAF Defford.
07 May 2025,13 mins
How The Stones, Tom Jones and U2 came to Kiddy
These incredible acts rocked out Kidderminster Town Hall on their way to superstardom.
06 Mar 2025,10 mins
Made like a gun: Redditch's Royal Enfields
The legendary motorbikes became used all over the world following the First World War.
27 Feb 2025,9 mins
The ghost of Weatheroak Hill
PC James Davies was patrolling his route near Beoley, before he was brutally murdered.
20 Feb 2025,13 mins
The Evesham war hospital with zero casualties
It was the unexpected treatment centre created by a woman determined to do her bit.
06 Feb 2025,9 mins
How Malvern won the war
Scientists at the town's radar station were tasked by Churchill to track German U-boats.
30 Jan 2025,9 mins
The hidden history of Worcester's Hopmarket
The nearly 300-year-old building was once a workhouse, a hotel, and hosted Lord Nelson.
23 Jan 2025,6 mins
Frank Freeman's Dance Club: Rock & roll pioneers
The music venue brought Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Marc Bolan and more to Kidderminster.
16 Jan 2025,11 mins
The tunnel under a nightclub
Discover the secret smuggling hideaway for Tudor-time Evesham monks.
09 Jan 2025,6 mins
Inside Stourport's hidden network of caves
Explore the caverns underneath a pub near Wilden, excavated by human hands.
02 Jan 2025,5 mins
What's on the other side of Lea & Perrins' gates?
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Worcestershire Sauce factory, on Midland Road.
02 Jan 2025,8 mins