Seasons & episodes

S1 · E6Deadly 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 New Zealand.

S1 · E7Egypt'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.

S1 · E8Mysteries 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.

S1 · E9Ultimate Battleships 2018-07-23 · 47 min＋

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

S1 · E10Malaysia 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

S3 · E1The Atomic Ghost Fleet 2020-05-05 · 47 min＋

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

S3 · E2The Viking Seas 2020-05-05 · 47 min＋

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

S3 · E3Egypt's Sunken City 2020-05-12 · 47 min＋

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

S3 · E4The Battle of Britain 2020-05-19 · 47 min＋

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.