Underground Worlds Season 1

September. 25,2019
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Underground Worlds

British documentary series exploring incredible feats of human endeavour underground, revealing what people have built, where they have built it, how and why.

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Underground Worlds

2019
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British documentary series exploring incredible feats of human endeavour underground, revealing what people have built, where they have built it, how and why.

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Underground Worlds Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 10 - Dover War Rooms
First Aired: November. 27,2019

This edition explores the military headquarters built beneath Dover Castle during the Second World War, and Odessa's catacombs, possibly the largest tunnel network in the world.

Episode 9 - Edinburgh Vaults
First Aired: November. 20,2019

The sinister history of Edinburgh's vaults and the development of Helsinki's subterranean spaces. Plus, the impact of the building of Naples on the volcanic ground below.

Episode 8 - The Maginot Line
Episode 7 - Jersey War Tunnels
First Aired: November. 06,2019

The underground bases built by the German army during the occupation of Jersey, and a group of more than 20 underground cities in Turkey, one of which dates back to 800BC.

Episode 6 - City of Naours
First Aired: October. 30,2019

An underground city beneath a forest in Northern France built to house 3,000 people, an ice cave under Iceland's biggest glacier, and a subterranean power station in London.

Episode 5 - Bouzincourt
First Aired: October. 23,2019

A labyrinth of tunnels underneath a tiny French village which contains mysteries from several historical eras, and a Welsh slate mine that has been given a new lease of life.

Episode 4 - Kingdom of Salt
First Aired: October. 16,2019

The Wieliczka Salt mine in Poland, some 327 meters deep, where the voids left behind from excavating salt have been transformed into extraordinary spaces, carved by hand.

Episode 3 - Switzerland
First Aired: October. 09,2019

A look at some of Switzerland's 300,000 subterranean bunkers, the creation of a local entrepreneur shrouded in mystery in England and a network of tunnels deep beneath Slovenia.

Episode 2 - Sweden
First Aired: October. 02,2019

Explores how Sweden has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect itself - by excavating 65,000 nuclear bunkers. Plus, Somerset's Cheddar Gorge and an underground first in Romania.

Episode 1 - Gibraltar
First Aired: September. 25,2019

This edition explores the hidden network of tunnels and caves beneath Gibraltar that were instrumental to the Allies success during WWII. Plus, the ultimate super-sewer beneath London and a breathtaking cave system in Postojna, Slovenia.

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