Drain the Oceans

1. Nazi Secrets

May 28, 2018 · 47 min

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

2. Gulf of Mexico

Jun 4, 2018 · 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.

3. Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean

Jun 11, 2018 · 47 min

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

4. Sunken Treasures

Jun 18, 2018 · 47 min

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

5. Legends of Atlantis

Jun 25, 2018 · 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?

6. Deadly Pacific

Jul 2, 2018 · 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 New Zealand.

7. Egypt's Lost Wonders

Jul 9, 2018 · 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.

8. Mysteries of the China Seas

Jul 16, 2018 · 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.

9. Ultimate Battleships

Jul 23, 2018 · 47 min

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

10. Malaysia Airlines 370

Jul 30, 2018 · 47 min

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

1. Secrets of D-Day

Jun 3, 2019 · 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.

2. Secrets of New York City

Jun 10, 2019 · 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.

3. Killer U-Boats

Jun 17, 2019 · 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.

4. Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush

Jul 1, 2019 · 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.

5. Secrets of the Civil War

Jul 22, 2019 · 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.

6. Lost Nukes of The Cold War

Jul 29, 2019 · 47 min

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

7. Secrets of The Spanish Armada

Aug 5, 2019 · 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.

8. Pacific War Megawrecks

Aug 12, 2019 · 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.

9. Thai Cave Rescue

Sep 2, 2019 · 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.

10. London's Secret History

Sep 9, 2019 · 47 min

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

11. Secrets of Loch Ness

Sep 16, 2019 · 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.

12. Hitler's Killer Warships

Sep 23, 2019 · 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.

13. Lost Giants

Sep 30, 2019 · 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.

14. Pacific Shockwave

Oct 7, 2019 · 47 min

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

15. Rise of The Roman Empire

Oct 14, 2019 · 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.

1. The Atomic Ghost Fleet

May 5, 2020 · 47 min

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

2. The Viking Seas

May 5, 2020 · 47 min

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

3. Egypt's Sunken City

May 12, 2020 · 47 min

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

4. The Battle of Britain

May 19, 2020 · 47 min

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

5. Pirate Ships of the Caribbean

May 26, 2020 · 47 min

Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.

6. The American Revolution

Jun 2, 2020 · 47 min

Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

7. Raiders of the Civil War

Jun 9, 2020 · 47 min

Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.

8. The Last Wrecks of WWII

Jun 16, 2020 · 47 min

New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.

9. Chicago

Jun 23, 2020 · 47 min

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

10. America's Last Slave Ship

Oct 18, 2020 · 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 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.

1. The Wild West

Aug 2, 2021 · 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.

2. The Battle for the Black Swan

Aug 2, 2021 · 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?

3. Hollywood

Aug 9, 2021 · 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.

4. The First Americans

Aug 9, 2021 · 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.

5. Venice's Lost Empire

Aug 9, 2021 · 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.

6. Hurricane Apocalypse

Aug 17, 2021 · 47 min

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

7. The Great Barrier Reef

Aug 23, 2021 · 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.

8. Sea of Secrets

Aug 23, 2021 · 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 reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.

1. The Secrets of Pompeii's Dead

Nov 14, 2022 · 45 min

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

2. The Amber Room

Nov 21, 2022 · 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.

3. Pearl Harbor

Nov 28, 2022 · 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.

4. The Alamo

Dec 5, 2022 · 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.

5. Maya Collapse

Dec 11, 2022 · 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.

6. Narcos

Dec 19, 2022 · 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.

6. $20 Million Time Bomb

Apr 9, 2023 · 44 min

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