Cities of the Underworld
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Cities of the Underworld was an American documentary
television series that premiered on March 2, 2007 on History. The program explored
the subterranean
environment and culture beneath various civilization
s. The series was hosted and narrated by Eric Geller for a short time in season one with Don Wildman
taking over for the rest of the series.
The show employed a quick-paced editing and shooting style along with extensive use of 3D computer graphics
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
television series that premiered on March 2, 2007 on History. The program explored
Urban exploration
Urban exploration is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or...
the subterranean
Subterranea (geography)
Subterranea refers to underground structures, both natural and man-made . Some subterranea include:* Bunker* Casemate* Catacombs* Caves** Ice caves* Cave dwellings, Cave house* Cave temple* Cellar* Cenote* Dungeon...
environment and culture beneath various civilization
Civilization
Civilization is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways. Primarily, the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally...
s. The series was hosted and narrated by Eric Geller for a short time in season one with Don Wildman
Don Wildman
Don Wildman is the current host and narrator of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on Travel. He also hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel. His latest TV series, Off Limits currently airs on the Travel Channel...
taking over for the rest of the series.
The show employed a quick-paced editing and shooting style along with extensive use of 3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
.
Episode list
"Istanbul" is the pre-series pilot under the name of Ancient Marvels: Cities of the Underworld.Season 1
| Production no. | Episode no. | Original Airdate | Episode Title | Location | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot/1 | 101 | March 2, 2007 | "Istanbul" | Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey |
Eric Geller |
| 2 | 102 | April 23, 2007 | "Scotland's Sin City" | Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... , Scotland (features Gilmerton Cove Gilmerton Cove Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.... ) |
Eric Geller |
| 3 | 103 | April 30, 2007 | "Hitler's Underground Lair" | Berlin, Germany | Eric Geller |
| 4 | 104 | May 7, 2007 | "Rome's Hidden Empire" | Rome, Italy | Eric Geller |
| 5 | 105 | May 14, 2007 | "Catacombs Catacombs Catacombs, human-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place can be described as a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman empire... of Death" |
Paris, France | Eric Geller |
| 6 | 106 | May 21, 2007 | "City of Caves" | Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary |
Eric Geller |
| 7 | 107 | June 4, 2007 | "New York" | New York City, United States | Eric Geller |
| 8 | 108 | June 11, 2007 | "London's Lost Cities" | London, England | Eric Geller |
| 9 | 109 | June 18, 2007 | "Beneath Vesuvius" | Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples... , Italy |
Don Wildman Don Wildman Don Wildman is the current host and narrator of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on Travel. He also hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel. His latest TV series, Off Limits currently airs on the Travel Channel... |
| 10 | 110 | June 25, 2007 | "Freemason Underground" | USA: Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... ; Philadelphia; and Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:... |
Don Wildman Don Wildman Don Wildman is the current host and narrator of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on Travel. He also hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel. His latest TV series, Off Limits currently airs on the Travel Channel... |
| 11 | 111 | July 9, 2007 | "Dracula Vlad III the Impaler Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia , also known by his patronymic Dracula , and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler , was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans... 's Underground" |
Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... , Romania |
Don Wildman |
| 12 | 112 | July 16, 2007 | "Secret Pagan Underground" | Cappadocia Cappadocia Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine... , Turkey |
Don Wildman |
| 13 | 113 | July 23, 2007 | "Underground Bootleggers" | Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... , USA |
Don Wildman |
| 14 | 114 | July 30, 2007 | "Rome: The Rise" | Rome, Italy | Eric Geller |
Season 2
| Production no. | Episode no. | Original Airdate | Episode Title | Location | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 201 | January 28, 2008 | "Underground Apocalypse" | Jerusalem, Israel | Don Wildman Don Wildman Don Wildman is the current host and narrator of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on Travel. He also hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel. His latest TV series, Off Limits currently airs on the Travel Channel... |
| 16 | 202 | February 4, 2008 | "Vietnam" | Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam... , Vietnam and the Vietnamese jungle |
Don Wildman |
| 17 | 203 | February 11, 2008 | "A-Bomb Underground" | Tokyo and Hiroshima Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M... , Japan |
Don Wildman |
| 18 | 204 | February 25, 2008 | "Viking Underground" | Dublin, Ireland | Don Wildman |
| 19 | 205 | March 3, 2008 | "Hitler's Last Secret" | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic |
Don Wildman |
| 20 | 206 | March 10, 2008 | "Maya Underground" | Belize Belize Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official... |
Don Wildman |
| 21 | 207 | March 17, 2008 | "Mob Underground" | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... USA |
Don Wildman |
| 22 | 208 | March 24, 2008 | "Prophecies From Below" | Jerusalem, Israel | Don Wildman |
| 23 | 209 | March 31, 2008 | "New York: Secret Societies" | New York City, USA | Don Wildman |
| 24 | 210 | April 14, 2008 | "Washington, D.C.: Seat of Power" | Washington, D.C., USA Greenbrier County, West Virginia Greenbrier County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 34,453 people, 14,571 households, and 9,922 families residing in the county. The population density was 34 people per square mile . There were 17,644 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile... |
Don Wildman |
| 25 | 211 | April 21, 2008 | "Stalin's Secret Lair" | Moscow, Russia | Don Wildman |
| 26 | 212 | April 28, 2008 | "Katrina Underground" | New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population... , USA |
Don Wildman |
| 27 | 213 | May 5, 2008 | "Secret Soviet Bases" | Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
Don Wildman |
Season 3
| Production no. | Episode no. | Original Airdate | Episode Title | Location | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 301 | October 26, 2008 | "City of Blood" | London, England | Don Wildman Don Wildman Don Wildman is the current host and narrator of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on Travel. He also hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel. His latest TV series, Off Limits currently airs on the Travel Channel... |
| 29 | 302 | November 2, 2008 | "Tunnels of Hell" | Okinawa Island, Japan | Don Wildman |
| 30 | 303 | November 9, 2008 | "Real Mafia Underground" | Island of Sicily Sicily Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,... , Italy |
Don Wildman |
| 31 | 304 | November 16, 2008 | "Secret Sin City" | Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , USA |
Don Wildman |
| 32 | 305 | November 24, 2008 | "Hitler's Trenches" | Belgium's Western Front Western Front (World War I) Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne... |
Don Wildman |
| 33 | 306 | December 1, 2008 | "Barbarians' Lair" | Dark Age sites of Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... Belgium and the Netherlands |
Don Wildman |
| 34 | 307 | December 8, 2008 | "Land of Manson" | Los Angeles, California, USA | Don Wildman |
| 35 | 308 | December 15, 2008 | "Gladiators: Blood Sport" | Rome, Italy | Don Wildman |
| 36 | 309 | December 22, 2008 | "Secret Holy Land" | Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... |
Don Wildman |
| 37 | 310 | January 12, 2009 | "Under The Rock" | San Francisco, California, USA | Don Wildman |
| 38 | 311 | January 26, 2009 | "Tomb of the Lost Mummies" | Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... , Egypt |
Don Wildman |
| 39 | 312 | February 2, 2009 | "Gods of War" | Turkey | Don Wildman |
| 40 | 313 | February 9, 2009 | "Alcatraz Down Under" | Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia |
Don Wildman |