{"id":329859,"date":"2026-03-27T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/underland-documentary-explores-humanity-beneath-the-surface\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:00:04","slug":"underland-documentary-explores-humanity-beneath-the-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/underland-documentary-explores-humanity-beneath-the-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Underland: documentary explores humanity beneath the surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PWWSrnEe8X4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Underland: documentary explores humanity beneath the surface\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWWSrnEe8X4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we being good ancestors\u201d? &#8211; the existential question posed by renowned nature writer Robert Macfarlane in his iconic work \u201cUnderland\u201d. His quest below the earth\u2019s surface to answer some of humanity\u2019s most ancient questions has now been made into a documentary.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Underland explores nuclear waste sites in the Arctic, vast underground scientific experiments searching for elusive \u201cdark matter\u201d, and much much more as it tries to unravel our legacy as a species. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre we being good ancestors\u201d? &#8211; the existential question posed by renowned nature writer Robert Macfarlane in his iconic work \u201cUnderland\u201d. 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