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Secret Norfolk Episodes

  1.

    The Wherry: Norfolk's floating museum

    The Wherry is synonymous with Norfolk and is a piece of floating history.

  2. The unexpected marshes in the middle of Norwich

    Sweet Briar Marshes, just off the Norwich ring road, has finally opened to the public.

  3. The telegraph pole delivering bike

    The Norfolk Motorcycle museum hosts a fascinating history of the county's motorbikes.

  4. The Reedham WWII bomber disaster

    Piecing together the stories of the US airmen who were killed in the skies over Norfolk.

  5. The postcard that took 100 years to arrive

    From Newhaven to Norwich. How an emotional farewell shocked an entire family.

  6. The Norfolk woman who changed prisons forever

    In the 1800s Norfolk鈥檚 Elizabeth Fry brought reform to Prisons that still endures today.

  7. The Norfolk nurse hero who was also a spy

    New evidence shows celebrated nurse Edith Cavell actually was a spy during World War One.

  8. The museum of 10 million adverts

    Did you know Norfolk is home to the largest advertising archive in the world?

  9. The missing England manager

    Is it possible former Norwich City boss Jimmy Jewell may once have managed England?

  10. The hidden castle near Holt

    Baconsthorpe Castle is a hidden gem in North Norfolk, and is currently being restored.

  11. The Great Escapee memento found in a cupboard

    A Gresham School swagger stick owned by a wartime escapee is found in an airing cupboard.

  12. The Fakenham house made of dinosaurs and straw

    A 鈥榦ne of a kind鈥� house with unique building materials has been built in Fakenham.

  13. The English Trader: Cromer鈥檚 most famous rescue

    Henry Blogg is Norfolk's most celebrated lifeboatman. This was his most famous rescue.

  14. The Carrow Road fire

    It鈥檚 40 years since a fire devastated part of Norwich City鈥檚 stadium.

  15. The 鈥楢rabian nights鈥� arcade

    How the Royal Arcade in Norwich changed the face of the city.

  16. The 'vile' prison telling Wymondham's past

    The Wymondham Heritage Museum holds some interesting secrets about the town鈥檚 past.

  17. Norwich Cathedral's 'important' 550 year-old book

    The library at Norwich Cathedral is full of historic books 鈥� the oldest is from 1474.

  18. Looking east before Look East

    Look East is turning 60鈥� but what happened before it existed?

  19. King鈥檚 Lynn Shakespeare stage discovery

    Why the medieval stage in St George鈥檚 Guildhall is thought to have been used by the Bard.

  20. Inside Grime's Graves

    Going underground into Britain鈥檚 only open Neolithic flint mine, near Thetford.

  21. Brancaster鈥檚 vital role in D-Day

    Much of East Anglia was vital to the war effort, but Brancaster had a unique role.

  22. Banksy 鈥� A Spraycation Story

    In the summer of 2021 street artist Banksy took a trip to Norfolk.

  23. Ayrton Senna - Brazil to Breckland

    Why Ayrton Senna chose Norfolk as his springboard to become a three-time F1 world champ.

  24. Artefacts from WW2 massacre returned to Norfolk

    A helmet recovered from a World War Two massacre is being returned to the county.

  25. A Swaffham child鈥檚 World War Two passion

    How a man in Swaffham turned his World War Two passion into a museum.

  26. 1874: The Thorpe rail disaster

    In 1874, the worst single line rail collision took place in Thorpe.

  27. 1648: The day Norwich exploded

    Historian Stuart Orme tells the story of the 鈥楪reat Blow鈥� in Norwich.