Secret Warwickshire

Explore fascinating stories from Warwickshire. Image by Nicholas Posner.

CWR,17 episodes

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The haunting of Edgehill
The battle took place in 1642, and ghostly happenings have been reported ever since.
08 Dec 2025,4 mins
Rugby: The home of the Hologram
Dennis Gabor was a physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention/
25 Nov 2025,13 mins
Warwick's connection to the history of fireworks
Warwick hosted a dramatic and disastrous pyrotechnic display at Warwick Castle in 1572.
07 Oct 2025,8 mins
A tour of Warwick's iconic East gate
The East Gate, Warwick, dates from 1426.
01 Oct 2025,8 mins
The Titanic's Rugby Connection
Herbert James Haddock from Rugby was the first person to captain Titanic.
30 Jul 2025,14 mins
The Secrets of Warwick Castle
Join BBC CWR's Richard Williams as he discovers that everything is not what it seems.
15 Jul 2025,10 mins
Rugby's role in the first telephone call across the Atlantic
In 1927, Rugby Radio Station made the first transatlantic broadcast to Houlton, USA.
17 Jun 2025,4 mins
Remembering the Nuneaton rail crash 50 years on
Six people were killed and 36 injured in the 1975 crash.
03 Jun 2025,13 mins
The 18th Century woman who disguised herself as a man
Hannah Snell joined the Sixth of Foot, which later became the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
19 May 2025,7 mins
The Ghost stories of Kenilworth castle
Join BBC CWR's Richard Williams on a tour of the supposedly haunted castle.
23 Apr 2025,6 mins
Friend of Adolf Hitler's Rugby connection
Telling the story of Unity Mitford, the controversial woman who was a friend of Hitler.
26 Mar 2025,20 mins
The 300-year-old dungeons in Warwick
Shire Hall is where criminal court took place and homes holding cells and a dungeon.
10 Oct 2024,7 mins
Guy's Cliffe's secret garden
The gardens of Guy's Cliffe House have reopened after thousands of hours of work.
08 Oct 2024,6 mins
The Roman Empire ring in Baginton
The ring known as "Gyrus" is said to have been used to train horses in the Roman Empire.
02 Oct 2024,6 mins
The secret witch marks of Charlecote Mill
Secret symbols on the mill were used as a form of protection from evil spirits.
20 Sep 2024,4 mins
Was Leamington Spa the birthplace of tennis, as we know?
Leamington's tennis club first opened up back in 1874 and has been running ever since.
08 Sep 2024,4 mins
The secret tunnels of Warwickshire
BBC CWR's Richard Williams explores the hidden tunnels under Warwickshire.
23 Aug 2024,10 mins