Season 11

Episodes • 2023

Tom Ward
Rock 'N' Roll Island

1. Rock 'N' Roll Island

44 min

Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.

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Penthouse Palace

2. Penthouse Palace

44 min

Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.

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Castle Kingdom

3. Castle Kingdom

44 min

Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.

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Fake News Fortress

4. Fake News Fortress

44 min

Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.

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The True Cross

5. The True Cross

43 min

Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.

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Wonderland

6. Wonderland

44 min

A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

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K-Pop Dreamland

7. K-Pop Dreamland

44 min

Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.

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Blues Prison

8. Blues Prison

44 min

Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers!

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