Secrets of the London Underground

PG2021•44m•7.2/10

Documentary

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7.2/10(6)

Railway historian Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway from the London Transport Museum explore hidden areas of the London Underground that—despite being just feet away from where millions of people regularly travel—hardly anyone knows about. The pair will explore abandoned tunnels, secret bunkers and hidden staircases that have been concealed from public view for years.

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Production

Brown Bob Productions

Language

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

July 19, 2021

Last Aired

September 3, 2024

Networks

U&Yesterday

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Holborn

Air date: 2021-07-19

Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the abandoned branch line between Holborn and Aldwych. And at Holloway Road they find out about the Tube's only spiral escalator.

North End

Air date: 2021-07-26

Visit one of London Underground’s most secret places: North End under Hampstead Heath. Abandoned before completion, the station became a Cold War bunker.

Piccadilly Circus

Air date: 2021-08-02

Explore the disused parts of Piccadilly Circus, the grandest station on the London Underground. And they also visit the long-abandoned Highgate surface station.

Euston and York Road

Air date: 2021-08-09

Explore the hidden parts of Euston, including unique features not found elsewhere and the bits set for demolition for HS2. Siddy also visits York Road station.

St Mary's, Aldgate East and Oxford Circus

Air date: 2021-08-16

Have a night-time track walk exploring long forgotten stations on the District line in Whitechapel. And they discover how sprawling Oxford Circus was first built.

Clapham South and Moorgate

Air date: 2021-08-23

Explore Clapham South deep level shelter, where thousands of Londoners slept in the war. They also visit Moorgate, and the remains of a tunnelling machine there.