Series 8

Episodes • 2021

Tom Ward
Heroes & Villains

1. Heroes & Villains

44 min

The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.

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Paradise Lost

2. Paradise Lost

44 min

Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico, and a remote village on Cyprus.

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A Royal Deception

3. A Royal Deception

44 min

Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.

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Mafia Seaside Resort

4. Mafia Seaside Resort

44 min

Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.

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The Giant Speaker

5. The Giant Speaker

44 min

Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.

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Cathedral of Sewage

6. Cathedral of Sewage

44 min

An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.

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The Secret Bunker

7. The Secret Bunker

44 min

Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.

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The Battle of San Pietro

8. The Battle of San Pietro

44 min

Featuring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.

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Divine Intervention

9. Divine Intervention

44 min

Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.

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Shadow of the Wars

10. Shadow of the Wars

44 min

Exploring a dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA, a fairy-tale castle in Poland and AngloSaxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland.

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Death In Paradise

11. Death In Paradise

44 min

Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.

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Before The Crown

12. Before The Crown

44 min

This episode travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in?ruins.

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