1x1 - The house with the star

November 27, 2016

Add to Watchlist Insiders Project Season 1 Episode 1 In this issue is shown a neo-classical Stalin-era building with common name 'The House With the Star'. Overcoming all sorts of obstacles and getting into emergencies, the TV show host together with the shooting crew passes through a labyrinth of the old building's internal communications to achieve the main goal of the feat - a five-pointed star, which is the highest point of the building

1x2 - Underground tunnels of Arsenal factory

In this episode, the team sets on an expedition to Arsenal, which used to be a secret factory. Crawling inside narrow pipes, the shooting crew finds itself in the labyrinth of cellars connecting the whole factory underground. At the night the team gets out into the object's territory to walk through it all and see the power of Soviet industry - all the while avoiding military guard patrols.

1x3 - Top of Kyiv's South Bridge

The shooting crew follows through the internal constructions of the South Bridge. Having passed the whole bridge inside, the team goes up vertical cables 300 meters long. A hand-made construction for ascent, strong arms and self-confidence - these are the only things the team relies on. Throwing a climbing hook with a rope, the shooting crew gets to the peak using a hand-made ladder.

1x4 - Cold War bunker

This episode shows a big air-raid shelter from Cold War times. Through the system of tunnels at a big factory the shooting crew gets into the cellar of an industrial workshop. Overcoming all obstacles, the team penetrates the conserved shelter built in the 1970s.

1x6 - Abandoned Kyiv Metro tunnels

In this issue the team sets out on an exploration tour of abandoned subway tunnels. The shooting crew penetrates internal communications of the underground. Running between trains along a functioning train line, the crew finds itself in a three-kilometer conserved tunnel.

1x7 - Mechanical engineering plant "Bolshevik"

In this episode the shooting crew gets inside Bolshevik, a conserved factory. The team passes through the whole territory, hiding from dogs and patrol guards. In the end of the episode, the shooting crew finds a huge workshop where a seven-meter drill for building metro tunnels is kept.

1x8 - Ancient underground river

The shooting crew explores ancient brick tunnels of the underground river. To get to the main course, they have to crawl for six kilometers along narrow wet pipes. In case of even the slightest precipitation the water in the underground river reaches up to the ceiling. One has to constantly watch the water level and if any hazard arises - to quickly get to the surface.

1x9 - Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

This episode shows a 40-kilometer hike in Chornobyl exclusion zone. The shooting crew shows the zone through the eyes of a stalker. The team passes through empty and evacuated villages; it examines a military radar antenna. The episode also shows the challenges of human survival in the wild - swimming over the rivers, crossing the marshes, taking and purifying water from radioactive springs.

1x10 - The dead city of Pripyat

This episode shows the dead city of Pripyat, its empty streets and evacuated houses. This is no excursion route. The shooting crew encounters unique objects on its way - a morgue, the death bridge, the red forest. In the end of the episode, the team reaches the unfinished nuclear power unit.