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Drain the Oceans
2018 - 2023 7.4 (15 votes) 6 Seasons
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Genres
Documentary
Networks
National Geographic
Disney+

Drain the Oceans

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Creator: Sophie Elwin-Harris

Top Cast

Craig Sechler
Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (2018)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Villains of the Underworld
2018-05-29

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 2: Drain the Bermuda Triangle
2014-12-07

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Drain the Titanic
2015-04-12

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

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Drain the Ocean
2009-08-09

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 7: Ghost Ships of the Atlantic
2018-07-31

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: Drain the Sunken Pirate City
2017-07-09

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 10: Sunken Cities
2018-10-15

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 11: Treasures of the Deep
2018-10-22

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 12: Sunken War Ships
2018-10-29

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 13: Stormy Seas
2018-11-05

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 14: Sabotage on the High Seas
2019-01-22

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 15: Americas Sunken Shores
2019-01-22

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 16: Deep Water Disasters
2019-01-29

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 17: Undersea Empires
2019-02-05

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 18: Without A Trace
2019-02-12

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 19: Secret Missions
2019-10-21

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

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 Titanic, a WWII sunken battleship and the mysterious Flight 19 lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Using already aired episodes of Drain the Ocean we will be able to highlight each of these sunken treasures and tell their stories.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 21: Drain Alcatraz
2017-12-19

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 inescapable.

Runtime: 47 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2018)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Nazi Secrets
2018-05-28

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 2: Gulf of Mexico
2018-06-04

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
2018-06-11

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 4: Sunken Treasures
2018-06-18

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Legends of Atlantis
2018-06-25

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 6: Deadly Pacific
2018-07-02

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 New Zealand.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 7: Egypt's Lost Wonders
2018-07-09

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 8: Mysteries of the China Seas
2018-07-16

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: Ultimate Battleships
2018-07-23

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 10: Malaysia Airlines 370
2018-07-30

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

Runtime: 47 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2019)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Secrets of D-Day
2019-06-03

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 2: Secrets of New York City
2019-06-10

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Killer U-Boats
2019-06-17

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 4: Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush
2019-07-01

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Secrets of the Civil War
2019-07-22

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 6: Lost Nukes of The Cold War
2019-07-29

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 7: Secrets of The Spanish Armada
2019-08-05

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 8: Pacific War Megawrecks
2019-08-12

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: Thai Cave Rescue
2019-09-02

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 10: London's Secret History
2019-09-09

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 11: Secrets of Loch Ness
2019-09-16

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 12: Hitler's Killer Warships
2019-09-23

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 13: Lost Giants
2019-09-30

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 14: Pacific Shockwave
2019-10-07

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 15: Rise of The Roman Empire
2019-10-14

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2020)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Atomic Ghost Fleet
2020-05-05

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 2: The Viking Seas
2020-05-05

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Egypt's Sunken City
2020-05-12

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 4: The Battle of Britain
2020-05-19

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
2020-05-26

Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 6: The American Revolution
2020-06-02

Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 7: Raiders of the Civil War
2020-06-09

Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 8: The Last Wrecks of WWII
2020-06-16

New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: Chicago
2020-06-23

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 10: America's Last Slave Ship
2020-10-18

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 Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.

Runtime: 47 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2021)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Wild West
2021-08-02

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 2: The Battle for the Black Swan
2021-08-02

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?

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Hollywood
2021-08-09

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 4: The First Americans
2021-08-09

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Venice's Lost Empire
2021-08-09

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 6: Hurricane Apocalypse
2021-08-17

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

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 7: The Great Barrier Reef
2021-08-23

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.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 8: Sea of Secrets
2021-08-23

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 reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.

Runtime: 47 min

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