

Drain the Oceans
2018 · 6 seasons · 55 episodes · Returning Series · National Geographic
Documentary
TMDB 7.1 · 30 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01Nazi Secrets2018-05-2847m
The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.
- S01E02Gulf of Mexico2018-06-0447m
Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.
- S01E03Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean2018-06-1147m
The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.
- S01E04Sunken Treasures2018-06-1847m
Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.
- S01E05Legends of Atlantis2018-06-2547m
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?
- S01E06Deadly Pacific2018-07-0247m
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.
- S01E07Egypt's Lost Wonders2018-07-0947m
The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.
- S01E08Mysteries of the China Seas2018-07-1647m
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.
- S01E09Ultimate Battleships2018-07-2347m
The hidden secrets of WWI's powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.
- S01E10Malaysia Airlines 3702018-07-3047m
Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.
Cast
- Craig SechlerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- James P. DelgadoExpedition leader, Archaeologist, Self - Marine Archaeologist, Self - marine archaeologist
- Eric GroveSelf - Naval Historian
- Runar LiaSelf - Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum
- Fredrik SoreideSelf - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Jann WittSelf - Historian, German Naval Association
- David MearnsSelf - Shipwreck Hunter - Blue Water Recoveries
- Andrzej SlabySelf - Hydrographer, LOTUS Petrobaltic S.A.
- Stephen BurkeSelf - Co-Author 'Freedom of the Seas'
- Adam OlejnikSelf - Polish Naval Academy, Co-Author 'Freedom of the Seas'
- Innes McCartneySelf - Maritime Archaeologist, Bournemouth University
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)









