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Hidden East Yorkshire Episodes

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    The Beverley ship that pioneered ocean science

    A century on, the William Scoresby voyages still shape our knowledge of oceans & climate.

  2. The Beatles in Hull, 60 years on: I was there

    Fans recall the night the Beatles played the ABC on Ferensway, on 19th October 1964.

  3. Stitching together Hull's history

    Hull's answer to the Bayeux Tapestry was created over 15 years, charting Hull's history.

  4. She risked her life to save Jews during Holocaust

    This is the remarkable story of Sister Agnes from Hull during World War II.

  5. Restoring Hull's National Picture Theatre

    The Beverley Road building was bombed in WWII and has remained derelict ever since.

  6. Power and royalty, Hook's 800 year history

    The story of the East Yorkshire village's long and illustrious history.

  7. Old cassette brings back Hull WW2 veteran's stories

    A soldier's remarkable war story, recorded on cassette, is shared for the first time.

  8. My Hull neighbour was Douglas Bader's wingman

    Bob Morton was a Spitfire pilot in World War II.

  9. Murder, marriage and betrayal

    Archaeologists uncover the history behind Skipsea Castle.

  10. Marvell's poems still whisper across centuries

    Andrew Marvell: From civil war to Cromwell’s court, his pen shaped politics & passion.

  11. Market Weighton’s link to Venezuela’s independence

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

  12. Maister House: fires, merchants and music

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

  13. Long after the curtain fell

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

  14. Larkin’s final words surface after 40 years

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

  15. Kiplingcotes Derby: England's oldest horse race

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

  16. John Godber: a life in theatre

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

  17. Is this the Bermuda Triangle of East Yorkshire?

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

  18. Hunting down the home of 'Gentleman Jack'

    Anne Lister spent her childhood in Market Weighton.

  19. Hull’s railway history

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

  20. Hull’s golden King Billy

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

  21. Hull's wartime flatpack church mystery

    A surprising discovery sheds light on Hull's past.

  22. Hull's forgotten Hollywood star

    Remembering Dorothy Mackaill

  23. How Viola almost made it home

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

  24. How Hull saved children from the Spanish civil war

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

  25. Gold Cup glory sparked Sewerby Hall’s creation

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

  26. 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.

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

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

  28. Exploring the 'fragile beauty' of Spurn

    Sally Fairfax discovers the history and nature of the spit.

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

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

  30. Eurovision’s unlikely star: Withernsea Lighthouse

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

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