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.

Genre: Documentary,

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Country: United Kingdom,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 45 minutes

Release: 2019-09-25

Rating: 8

Season 1 - Underground Worlds
2019-09-25
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.
2019-10-02
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.
2019-10-09
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.
2019-10-16
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.
2019-10-23
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.
2019-10-30
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.
2019-11-06
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.
2019-11-13
The secrets of the largest subterranean fortress along France's border with Germany, and a look at how a unique precious mineral was discovered in Derbyshire.
2019-11-20
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.
2019-11-27
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.

Season 2 - Underground Worlds
2022-01-10
Exploring the extensive air raid tunnels hidden beneath Ramsgate. Also, how the former thriving mining town of Butte, Montana repurposed the 10,000 miles of tunnels.
2022-01-17
Exploring inside the Grand Canyon Caverns - North America's largest dry cave system. Plus, Cold War radar bunkers around the UK.
2022-01-24
Exploring the forgotten underworld hiding beneath the streets of Cincinati, USA. Plus, a state-of-the-art Cold War fortress on the shores of Denmark.
2022-01-31
Exploring the secret, Cold War US government bunker hidden under Greenbrier Hotel, West Virginia; Plus, delve into the depths of a former slate mine in Wales, UK.
2022-02-07
Exploring the vast 400-mile Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, USA. Plus, a newly constructed opening into a metal mine in Wales - untouched for over 70 years.
2022-02-14
Exploring hidden defences that have kept Cork Harbour, in Ireland, safe for over 400 years. Plus, a former submarine base in the fjords of northern Norway.
2022-02-21
Exploring long narrow tunnels beneath Exeter that were built in medieval times to protect the city. Plus, a marble quarry under the pine forests of Vermont.
2022-02-28
Exploring a former gold mine turned scientific laboratory in South Dakota. Plus, limestone tunnels in London and a former water cistern in Denmark.
2022-03-07
Exploring old tunnels in an abandoned tin mine beneath the moors of Cornwall. Plus, former Atlas missile siloes in Kansas and tunnels hiding under Valetta.
2022-03-14
Exploring caves beneath Orvieto in Italy, originally built by the Etruscans long before the Roman Empire. Plus, a former limestone mine under Kansas City.