Secrets of the London Underground
Season 3 Episode 6 - Leicester Square and Hyde Park Corner
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.
Episodes in Season 3
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
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
Archway and Emergency Response Unit
44 min
