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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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Checked Sep 5, 2026
Drain the Oceans is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Disney+, Hulu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV, and Fubo in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Google Play, Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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
The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.
Guest stars Runar Lia, Fredrik Soreide, Jann Witt, David Mearns, Andrzej Slaby, Stephen Burke, Adam Olejnik, Innes McCartney
Episode 2
Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.
Guest stars Kenneth Lacovara, Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra, Sean Gulick, Dave Huber, James P. Delgado, Frederick Hanselmann, Amy Borgens, Eric Grove
Episode 3
The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.
Guest stars Costas Emmanuel Synolakis, Evi Nomikou, Lefteris Zorzos, Stella Demesticha, Jon Henderson, William M. Murray, Peter Campbell, Dougal Jerram
Episode 4
Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.
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Episode 5
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?
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Episode 6
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.
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Episode 7
The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.
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Episode 8
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.
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Episode 9
The hidden secrets of WWI's powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.
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Episode 10
Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.
Where to watch Drain the OceansEpisode information updated Sep 18, 2026
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