Name: Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner
Released: 2023-08-08

Secrets of the London Underground

S3 · E6 — Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner

S3:E6 · Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner

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10 episodes in this season

Camden and Sloane Square

44 min

South Kensington and Marylebone

44 min

Green Park (Dover Street) and Down Street

44 min

British Museum and Leinster Gardens

44 min

West Ashfield and Oval

44 min

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Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner

44 min

Heathrow and Swiss Cottage

44 min

Shepherd's Bush and Elephant & Castle

44 min

Acton Works and South Acton

44 min

E10

Archway and Emergency Response Unit

44 min

Secrets of the London Underground

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Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner

Season 3 · Episode 6 · Aug 8, 2023

Tim and Siddy are exploring the station in the beating heart of London's theatreland - Leicester Square. It's a place adored by tourists and culture lovers but very few know of the secrets hidden below ground. Siddy reveals the extraordinary previous life of the station office - as a display cabinet for V&A antiquities. The pair then ride what was once the world's longest escalator at 54m, explore layers of the stations design history hidden in unassuming cupboards and see the unique wartime communication infrastructure still stored in abandoned lift shafts. Tim learns more about the work to preserve the networks heritage from TFL's Ann Gavaghan. Siddy visits the tourist hot spot of Hyde Park Corner, where the stunning Oxblood Leslie Green station building has had a renaissance as a high-end hotel. She delves into its abandoned cross passages, adorned by stunning original tiles and reveals enormous fans and gloriously aging stair shafts.

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Secrets of the London Underground

TV Series

202144m7.2

Documentary

Now playing

Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner

Season 3 · Episode 6 · Aug 8, 2023

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