Drain the Oceans
By scanning the locations at the bottom of the ocean where sunken ships, treasures and even cities lie, the show tries to answer what they look like, how they got there and if they hide any secrets.
Genre: Documentary, History, Mystery
Cast:Craig Sechler , James Delgado , Russell Boulter , Eric Grove , Melissa Exelberth , Kerry Shale , Jon Henderson , Fredrik Soreide , Craig L. Symonds , Peter Campbell , Art Trembanis , Innes McCartney , David Mearns , Tomasz Stachura , Mike Brennan , Jann Witt , Amy Borgens , Anthony Tully
S1.E1 ∙ Nazi Secrets
Hidden deep underwater is the untold story of how the Nazis waged a secret war across the world's oceans including Hitler's only Aircraft Carrier and a Submarine with 'cloaking technology'.
S1.E2 ∙ Gulf of Mexico
The history of the Gulf of Mexico is marked by pirates, naval battles, slave trade and even the theorized meteor that supposedly brought about the extinction of dinosaurs. What artifacts from these eras lie there today?
S1.E3 ∙ Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean was once home to some of the world's greatest ancient civilizations. Draining the sea unlocks the mysteries of their rise and fall. Which artifacts that they left behind lie hidden at its bottom today?
S1.E4 ∙ Sunken Treasures
Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found, from the coast of England to the Florida Keys.
S1.E5 ∙ Legends of Atlantis
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?
S1.E6 ∙ Deadly Pacific
Under the Pacific Ocean lies a vast area known as the Ring of Fire where 75% of the world's volcanoes lie and 90% of earthquakes occur. Evidence show that its seismic activity could destroy Japan, North America and New Zealand one day.
S1.E7 ∙ Egypt's Lost Wonders
The waters of Egypt reveal some fascinating historical secrets. What did the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria really look like? Why were the so-called Abydos boats buried in the desert? Who built 15 forts on the Nile that never saw battle?
S1.E8 ∙ Mysteries of the China Seas
The China seas are the most fiercely contested and mysterious waters on the planet. Draining the China seas exposes the remains of the biggest battleship ever put on the water and the extraordinary truth behind a 700-year-old mystery.
S1.E9 ∙ Ultimate Battleships
Draining the North Sea helps solve whether Germany or Britain won the Battle of Jutland when their most devastating warships clashed in WWI. Also the wrecks at the bottom of the Scapa Flow are uncovered.
S1.E10 ∙ Malaysia Airlines 370
What happened to the missing flight MH370 which supposedly fell into the ocean with 239 people on board?. Experts and CGI reconstruction reveal the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.
S2.E1 ∙ Secrets of D-Day
Using the latest sonar technology, an expedition to map sunken Allied vessels off the Normandy Coast reveals stunning images from beneath the waves. There are over 100 shipwrecks in the English Channel of the landing craft and ships that took part in the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled.
S2.E2 ∙ Secrets of New York City
The latest sonar technology reveals shipwrecks as never seen before. As water drains away, a secret beneath Manhattan's skyline, an earth-shattering feat of engineering, a record-breaking icon and a casualty of World War I stealth warfare are revealed. Examining these hidden giants can explain New York City's meteoric rise to a bustling world metropolis.
S2.E3 ∙ Killer U-Boats
Using the latest sonar technology, hundreds of shipwrecks around the British Isles are uncovered as victims of World War II's German U-Boats, one of the world's first stealth weapons. Draining the oceans sheds light on this historical event as the secret technology deployed by Germany to sink ships and nearly bring the Allies to their knees is uncovered.
S2.E4 ∙ Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush
Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush drains the streets of San Francisco, the Sacramento River and the icy wastes of the Klondike in northern Canada to tell the true story of 19th century gold mania. In the race to be first to the gold fields, hundreds of thousands of people from across the world headed west despite the risks.
S2.E5 ∙ Secrets of the Civil War
The land battles of the American Civil War are well known, but it's the war on the seas that shaped the outcome of the war. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of Civil War secrets, hidden deep underwater. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to drain the oceans to investigate the lost wrecks of the war.
S2.E6 ∙ Lost Nukes of the Cold War
When the world's two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology. For nearly 50 years the United States and the Soviet Union engage in a monumental arms race known as the Cold War. Groundbreaking CGI allows us to Drain the ocean to reveal shocking evidence of secret nuclear confrontation.
S2.E7 ∙ Secrets of the Spanish Armada
Draining the ocean near Newfoundland reveals a preserved Basque galleon trading in lucrative whale oil. The Spanish empire relies on powerful ships like this to bring back valuable cargo, like silver and tobacco, from the New World. But when emerging rival England wants a share of this wealth, the Spanish attack. Draining an Armada wreck off the coast of Ireland reveals an extraordinary battle for control.
S2.E8 ∙ Pacific War Megawrecks
A high-tech expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, and the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis. Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the expedition's discoveries reveal new evidence that helps explain some of the greatest mysteries of World War II at sea
S2.E9 ∙ Thai Cave Rescue
The rescue of 12 boys trapped in the Tham Luang cave in Thailand was the most dangerous cave-diving rescue mission of all time. With unique access, Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey inside the cave. The data, combined with computer graphics, offers the first accurate visualization of how the boys were trapped and how they were saved.
S2.E10 ∙ London's Secret History
London is one of the most iconic and powerful cities on Earth. But how did London, the center of a vast empire, once the undisputed capital of the English-speaking world, become so dominant? Through a series of astonishing maritime discoveries, Drain the Oceans reveals the secret story of the city's meteoric rise.
S2.E11 ∙ Secrets of Loch Ness
Drain the Oceans solves one of the world's great mysteries - the identity of the Loch Ness monster. Using comparisons with the deepest lake on Earth - Lake Baikal in Russian Siberia - combined with military-grade scanning technology and a sonar curtain drawn across its entire surface, the plug is pulled on Scotland's famous loch. As the waters drain away, much more than a monster is revealed.
S2.E12 ∙ Hitler's Killer Warships
Hitler's dream is to build an armada of state-of-the-art warships and take on the might of the British Royal Navy. But his plans to dominate the oceans slowly unravel in a series of disastrous battles. Drain the Oceans investigates the mysteries and reveals how the Third Reich's mighty fleet finally sank beneath the waves.
S2.E13 ∙ Lost Giants
Over the past century, a new breed of ocean giant has emerged. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk beneath the seas. New scientific data combines with cutting-edge computer graphics to drain the oceans to investigate the world's most awe-inspiring wrecks.
S2.E14 ∙ Pacific Shockwave
We unlock the secrets of how the Japanese empire rose to power in the Pacific and how it harnessed superior technology and turned that devastating firepower against the Allies. We reveal hidden secrets of a catastrophic attack on Australia that gave control of the region to Japan and look at how its extraordinary tactics brought the British empire to its knees.
S2.E15 ∙ Rise of the Roman Empire
We unlock the secrets of how the Roman Empire controlled the seas of the ancient world and harnessed the power of volcanoes to defy nature itself. We reveal the extraordinary secrets of one of the oldest shipwrecks in the world and unearth a port lost for centuries under Italian soil.
S3.E0 ∙ America's Last Slave Ship
Archaeologists investigate a wreck that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
S3.E1 ∙ The Atomic Ghost Fleet
A high-tech survey reveals the dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
S3.E2 ∙ The Viking Seas
Of all the wrecks lying at the bottom of the Baltic, perhaps the most spectacular is the battleship Mars. Only recently discovered, she is finally ready to give up her secrets.
S3.E3 ∙ Egypt's Sunken City
A legendary ancient Egyptian city, lost beneath the waves for 2,000 years, finally gives up its secrets.
S3.E4 ∙ The Battle of Britain
In summer 1940, Great Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Now we uncover the wrecks that reveal the truth behind the Battle of Britain.
S3.E5 ∙ Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
Uncovering the long-lost shipwrecks of legendary captains reveals why the Caribbean, more than all other seas, became famous for pirates.
S3.E6 ∙ The American Revolution
Forgotten wrecks from the American Revolution are discovered. Cutting-edge computer graphics shed new light on the struggle for independence.
S3.E7 ∙ Raiders of the Civil War
Draining American rivers, seas and oceans reveals military tactics from the American Civil War that rewrote the rules of warfare forever.
S3.E8 ∙ The Last Wrecks of WWII
Hitler's latest weapons sink during a top-secret U-boat mission. An American aviation breakthrough brings victory to the Allies in the Pacific.
S3.E9 ∙ Chicago
Underwater exploration reveals astonishing secrets: terrifying disasters, war-winning heroics and an engineering marvel that saves the city.
S4.E1 ∙ The Wild West
Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.
S4.E2 ∙ The Battle for the Black Swan
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?
S4.E3 ∙ Arctic War
From a long lost US base beneath the Arctic ice cap, to a sunken Soviet submarine, the Cold War's toxic legacy is both fascinating and terrifying.
S4.E4 ∙ Hollywood
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.
S4.E5 ∙ The First Americans
Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.
S4.E6 ∙ Venice's Lost Empire
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.
S4.E7 ∙ The Mississippi River
From a steamboat in a cornfield to the true story behind Hurricane Katrina's floods, new discoveries reveal how the Mississippi river shaped America.
S4.E8 ∙ Hurricane Apocalypse
Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.
S4.E9 ∙ The Great Barrier Reef
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.
S4.E10 ∙ Sea of Secrets
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.
S5.E1 ∙ The Secrets of Pompeii's Dead
New discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal the identities and final moments of those trapped during Mount Vesuvius' eruption 2000 years ago.
S5.E2 ∙ The Amber Room
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.
S5.E3 ∙ Pearl Harbor
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.
S5.E4 ∙ The Alamo
Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America's most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.
S5.E5 ∙ Ancient Maya Resurrection
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 civilisation.
S5.E6 ∙ Narcos
With real-time access to a US border security team, discover the extraordinary story of how Mexican cartels have smuggled cocaine into the US over the last 40 years.
S6.E1 ∙ Alaska
Draining Alaskas extreme north reveals the graveyard of a tragic fleet.
S6.E2 ∙ Rise of the Mob
Lost wrecks reveal how the Mob gained power and wealth in 1920s America.
S6.E3 ∙ Secrets of the Dinosaurs
From Patagonia to Canada, paleontologists uncover the Real Jurassic Americas.
S6.E4 ∙ The Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship
Fragments of porcelain and blocks of beeswax lead to a 250-year-old shipwreck and a forgotten trade route of vast cargo ships in the Pacific.
