Drain the Oceans (2018)
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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Episode 1 - Secrets of D-Day
Release Date: 2019-06-03In 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.
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Episode 2 - Secrets of New York City
Release Date: 2019-06-10In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.
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Episode 3 - Killer U-Boats
Release Date: 2019-06-17Draining 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.
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Episode 4 - Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush
Release Date: 2019-07-01Winners 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.
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Episode 5 - Secrets of the Civil War
Release Date: 2019-07-22Throughout 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.
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Episode 6 - Lost Nukes of The Cold War
Release Date: 2019-07-29When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.
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Episode 7 - Secrets of The Spanish Armada
Release Date: 2019-08-05Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.
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Episode 8 - Pacific War Megawrecks
Release Date: 2019-08-12An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis.
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Episode 9 - Thai Cave Rescue
Release Date: 2019-09-02Drain 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.
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Episode 10 - London's Secret History
Release Date: 2019-09-09London is one of the most powerful cities on Earth. Drain the Oceans reveals the story of the city’s meteoric rise.
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Episode 11 - Secrets of Loch Ness
Release Date: 2019-09-16Combining 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.
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Episode 12 - Hitler's Killer Warships
Release Date: 2019-09-23The 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.
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Episode 13 - Lost Giants
Release Date: 2019-09-30Over the past century, advances in technology have fueled a race to build gigantic ships. When things go wrong, they become awe-inspiring wrecks.
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Episode 14 - Pacific Shockwave
Release Date: 2019-10-07In 1942, Japan came to dominate the Pacific region. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.
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Episode 15 - Rise of The Roman Empire
Release Date: 2019-10-14The secrets of the survival of the Roman empire are unearthed from beneath the waves of the Mediterranean and the soil of the Italian peninsula.