Discover London

Discover London

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Discover London episodes

  • London's Places of Special Interest Part One
    In this podcast our host Derek O’Reilly will visit seven places of special interest in London. Ranging from The London Silver Vaults which offers the largest retail selection of fine antique and contemporary silver in the world. To The Chelsea Physic Garden which has been located in Chelsea since 1670 and was first established by the Apothecaries for growing plants for medical research. It also boasts original stones from the Tower of London. Another five fascinating places are also uncovered in the podcast. 

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    35 min
  • London’s Landmark Museums & Houses Part Four
    In this our final podcast on houses and museums our host Derek O’ Reilly visits eight of London’s finest, starting in Mayfair at the house where Handel and Jim Hendrix lived. Also the Freud Museum in Hampstead where Sigmund Freud lived with his family in the last years of his life. Six other gems will also be revealed.

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    27 min
  • London’s Landmark Museums & Houses Part Three
    Derek starts this podcast with a trip to the National Portrait Gallery located just off Trafalgar Square. Then on to Mayfair to visit the Faraday Museum at the Royal Institute and along the way uncovers other great museums in London. Royal London Hospital Museum which displays a set of George Washington teeth and onto the London Film Museum which has a James Bond display.

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    30 min
  • London’s Landmark Museums & Houses Part Two
    In this podcast we uncover five of London great houses and museums. We visit Kenwood & Burg House in Hampstead, the magical Denis Servers House located close to Liverpool Street, St Johns Museum in Clerkenwell and finish at the Grant Museum of Zoology.

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    24 min
  • London’s Landmark Museums & Houses Part One
    In this podcast we visit six of London’s landmark museums with unique histories. We start at The Wallace Collection which is a national museum displaying the art collections brought together by the first four marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the likely illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess. It was bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace, Sir Richard's widow, in 1897. 

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    21 min
  • London Places of Worship Part Two
    In the second of our podcasts covering places of worship in London, Derek visits five more historic churches. Including a feature on Hampstead churches and St Luke’s in Chelsea where Charles Dickens got married. Also, The Actors Church in Covent Garden designed by Inigo Jones in 1631

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    22 min
  • London Places of Worship Part One

    In this podcast our host Derek will visit six places of worship including Southwark Cathedral which has a history dating back to the seventh century. The diocese which it serves stretches from Kingston-upon-Thames in the west to Thamesmead in the east and Gatwick Airport in the south. It has a population of two-and-a-half million people, served by over 300 parishes.


    Also visited will be Sandy's Row Synagogue which is a historic Grade II listed synagogue and former Christian church in the East End of London. Built by refugee French Huguenots in 1766, it was later converted into a Baptist chapel and in 1867 was acquired by a Jewish congregation. It is the oldest surviving Ashkenazi synagogue in London.


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    18 min
  • Season 1 Special - Docklands and East London
    The London Docklands have played a key part in the City’s growth and wealth. We discover the history of the docks and the incredible manpower that went into creating them. We also encounter ‘The Good Hotel’ an extraordinary converted barge that now provides it’s guests with a unique experience.

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    41 min
  • Season 1 Special - Clerkenwell

    Clerkenwell is former monastic settlement located between the City of London and Kings Cross. In this episode we visit the Museum of the order of St John whose history dates back to the 12th century. Explore Smithfield and uncover the world’s first flyover.



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    24 min
  • Tourist London
    Derek and Jamie Cartwright take a black taxi drivers tour of Historic London. Starting at Westminster and travelling to Tower Bridge.

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    34 min

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Join taxi driver and master of The London Knowledge Derek O'Reilly as he guides us through the streets of London with a little help from some of the best tour guides in London.

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