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COLLECTION · Series · 2018

Drain the Oceans

Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world.

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* 7.0 (27)DocumentaryAustralia · United Kingdom
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Google
Countries
Australia · United Kingdom · United States
Studios
National Geographic · Mallinson Sadler Productions · Electric Pictures
Runtime
47 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
28/05/2018
Score
7.0 / 10 (27)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — Bronze World Medal – Documentary (History & Society)
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — Silver – Documentary (History & Society)
  • Finalist — New York Festivals TV & Film Awards
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — Silver – Documentary (Science & Technology)
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — GOLD – Documentary (History & Society)
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — GOLD – Documentary (Science & Technology)
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — Mark Molesworth
  • Winner at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards — Mark Molesworth (for " Secrets of New York City ")
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
19 episodes · 2018
Episode 1. Villains of the Underworld
2018-05-29 · 47 min

Cutting edge technology will reveal the secrets of the sea floor and expose the shaky ground on which we all live.

Episode 2. Drain the Bermuda Triangle
2014-12-07 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. Drain the Titanic
2015-04-12 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Drain The Ocean: WWII
2016-09-19 · 47 min

New undersea surveys and 3-D imaging reveal secrets of World War II shipwrecks.

Episode 5. Drain the Ocean
2009-08-09 · 47 min

What if we could pull the plug and drain the planet's water? Follow NGC on a virtual scientific expedition to the deep.

Episode 7. Ghost Ships of the Atlantic
2018-07-31 · 47 min

No synopsis

Drain the Sunken Pirate City
Episode 9. Drain the Sunken Pirate City
2017-07-09 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Sunken Cities
2018-10-15 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 11. Treasures of the Deep
2018-10-22 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 12. Sunken War Ships
2018-10-29 · 47 min

Sunken ships decisively influence WWI, and the impacts even changed the course of WWII.

Episode 13. Stormy Seas
2018-11-05 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. Sabotage on the High Seas
2019-01-22 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 15. Americas Sunken Shores
2019-01-22 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 16. Deep Water Disasters
2019-01-29 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 17. Undersea Empires
2019-02-05 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 18. Without A Trace
2019-02-12 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 19. Secret Missions
2019-10-21 · 47 min

No synopsis

Episode 20. Drain the Ocean: Deep Sea Mysteries
2019-01-01 · 47 min

Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the ocean bed. Combining the latest scientific data with state of the art CGI computer hardware we reveal some of the world's sunken mysteries. The…

Drain Alcatraz
Episode 21. Drain Alcatraz
2017-12-19 · 47 min

Drain Alcatraz uses cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the island's infamous prison was so…

Season 1
Season 1
10 episodes · 2018
Nazi Secrets
Episode 1. Nazi Secrets
2018-05-28 · 47 min

The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.

Gulf of Mexico
Episode 2. Gulf of Mexico
2018-06-04 · 47 min

Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.

Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
Episode 3. Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
2018-06-11 · 47 min

The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.

Sunken Treasures
Episode 4. Sunken Treasures
2018-06-18 · 47 min

Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.

Legends of Atlantis
Episode 5. Legends of Atlantis
2018-06-25 · 47 min

Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?

Deadly Pacific
Episode 6. Deadly Pacific
2018-07-02 · 47 min

The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis form; the ocean is drained to reveal the geological forces behind natural disasters and to uncover threats along the coast of Seattle, Tokyo and…

Egypt's Lost Wonders
Episode 7. Egypt's Lost Wonders
2018-07-09 · 47 min

The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.

Mysteries of the China Seas
Episode 8. Mysteries of the China Seas
2018-07-16 · 47 min

The China seas are the most fiercely contested and mysterious waters on the planet. We expose the remains of the biggest battleship ever put on the water.

Ultimate Battleships
Episode 9. Ultimate Battleships
2018-07-23 · 47 min

The hidden secrets of WWI's powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.

Malaysia Airlines 370
Episode 10. Malaysia Airlines 370
2018-07-30 · 47 min

Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.

Season 2
Season 2
15 episodes · 2019
Episode 1. Secrets of D-Day
2019-06-03 · 47 min

In the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled, 7,000 vessels and 250,000 men take the Nazis by surprise. By draining the ocean, we explain exactly how they did it.

Episode 2. Secrets of New York City
2019-06-10 · 47 min

In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.

Episode 3. Killer U-Boats
2019-06-17 · 47 min

Draining the oceans reveals the story of the U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the war.

Episode 4. Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush
2019-07-01 · 47 min

Winners took all in the race to get rich in the California and Klondike gold rushes; unearthing the ships involved reveals the risks taken to go west.

Episode 5. Secrets of the Civil War
2019-07-22 · 47 min

Throughout the American Civil War, technological advances fuelled an arms race on America’s seas and rivers. Science and graphics drain the oceans to reveal the ships that shaped America.

Episode 6. Lost Nukes of The Cold War
2019-07-29 · 47 min

When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.

Episode 7. Secrets of The Spanish Armada
2019-08-05 · 47 min

Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.

Episode 8. Pacific War Megawrecks
2019-08-12 · 47 min

An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis.

Episode 9. Thai Cave Rescue
2019-09-02 · 47 min

Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey of the Thai cave, revealing insight into the risky mission to save 12 boys from the flooded cave.

Episode 10. London's Secret History
2019-09-09 · 47 min

London is one of the most powerful cities on Earth. Drain the Oceans reveals the story of the city’s meteoric rise.

Episode 11. Secrets of Loch Ness
2019-09-16 · 47 min

Combining over 100 years of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world’s most famous lake to reveal the monster within.

Episode 12. Hitler's Killer Warships
2019-09-23 · 47 min

The story of Hitler’s vision to conquer the world using his high-tech battleships, revealing the rise and fall of the Third Reich’s deadly fleet.

Episode 13. Lost Giants
2019-09-30 · 47 min

Over the past century, advances in technology have fueled a race to build gigantic ships. When things go wrong, they become awe-inspiring wrecks.

Episode 14. Pacific Shockwave
2019-10-07 · 47 min

In 1942, Japan came to dominate the Pacific region. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.

Episode 15. Rise of The Roman Empire
2019-10-14 · 47 min

The secrets of the survival of the Roman empire are unearthed from beneath the waves of the Mediterranean and the soil of the Italian peninsula.

Season 3
Season 3
10 episodes · 2020
The Atomic Ghost Fleet
Episode 1. The Atomic Ghost Fleet
2020-05-05 · 47 min

The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

The Viking Seas
Episode 2. The Viking Seas
2020-05-05 · 47 min

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

Egypt's Sunken City
Episode 3. Egypt's Sunken City
2020-05-12 · 47 min

A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.

The Battle of Britain
Episode 4. The Battle of Britain
2020-05-19 · 47 min

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
Episode 5. Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
2020-05-26 · 47 min

Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.

The American Revolution
Episode 6. The American Revolution
2020-06-02 · 47 min

Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

Raiders of the Civil War
Episode 7. Raiders of the Civil War
2020-06-09 · 47 min

Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.

The Last Wrecks of WWII
Episode 8. The Last Wrecks of WWII
2020-06-16 · 47 min

New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.

Chicago
Episode 9. Chicago
2020-06-23 · 47 min

Chicago's past emerges from the waters of Lake Michigan.

America's Last Slave Ship
Episode 10. America's Last Slave Ship
2020-10-18 · 47 min

Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million…

Season 4
Season 4
8 episodes · 2021
The Wild West
Episode 1. The Wild West
2021-08-02 · 47 min

Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.

The Battle for the Black Swan
Episode 2. The Battle for the Black Swan
2021-08-02 · 47 min

Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?

Hollywood
Episode 3. Hollywood
2021-08-09 · 47 min

From a buried film set to a WW1 Navy ship and old fishing barge, we discover the role these ruins played in Hollywood movie-making history.

The First Americans
Episode 4. The First Americans
2021-08-09 · 47 min

Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.

Venice's Lost Empire
Episode 5. Venice's Lost Empire
2021-08-09 · 47 min

A 14th-century galley entombed in mud, a 16th-century hoard of luxury cargo, and a gruesome discovery reveal the rise and fall of the Venetian Empire.

Hurricane Apocalypse
Episode 6. Hurricane Apocalypse
2021-08-17 · 47 min

Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.

The Great Barrier Reef
Episode 7. The Great Barrier Reef
2021-08-23 · 47 min

The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for clues at the bottom of the reef.

Sea of Secrets
Episode 8. Sea of Secrets
2021-08-23 · 47 min

The Black Sea is a place of myth and legend and ships have sailed on its waters for millennia. Three wrecks unlock secrets of this mysterious sea.Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars…

Season 5
Season 5
6 episodes · 2022
Episode 1. The Secrets of Pompeii's Dead
2022-11-14 · 45 min

Through digital re-creations, scientists uncover mysteries from the bottom of the ocean.

Episode 2. The Amber Room
2022-11-21 · 45 min

The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.

Episode 3. Pearl Harbor
2022-11-28 · 45 min

Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.

Episode 4. The Alamo
2022-12-05 · 45 min

Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.

Episode 5. Maya Collapse
2022-12-11 · 45 min

New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.

Episode 6. Narcos
2022-12-19 · 45 min

With real-time access to a US border security team, discover the extraordinary story of how Mexican cartels have smuggled cockiness into the US over the last 40 years.

Season 6
Season 6
6 episodes · 2023
Episode 1. Alaska
2023-03-05 · 44 min

Revealing the graveyard of a fleet.

Episode 2. Rise of the Mob
2023-03-12 · 44 min

How the mob gained power and wealth in 1920s America.

Episode 3. Secrets of the Dinosaurs
2023-03-19 · 44 min

Paleontologists uncover the Real Jurassic Americas.

Episode 4. The Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship
2023-03-26 · 44 min

The truth behind the legend of a pirate ship.

Episode 5. Invasion USA
2023-04-02 · 44 min

The British burning of the White House in 1814.

Episode 6. $20 Million Time Bomb
2023-04-09 · 44 min

Thwarting a $20 million time bomb murder and insurance scam.

Cast by season
Craig Sechler
Craig Sechler
Self - Narrator (voice)
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