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

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

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

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.

Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.

New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.

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

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.

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.

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

Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.

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

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

Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?

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.

The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.

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.

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

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

Cutting edge technology will reveal the secrets of the sea floor and expose the shaky ground on which we all live.

New undersea surveys and 3-D imaging reveal secrets of World War II shipwrecks.

What if we could pull the plug and drain the planet's water? Follow NGC on a virtual scientific expedition to the deep.

Sunken ships decisively influence WWI, and the impacts even changed the course of WWII.

Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the ocean bed. Combining the latest scientific data with state of the art CGI computer hardware we reveal some of the world's sunken mysteries. The Titanic, a WWII sunken battleship and the mysterious Flight 19 lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Using already aired episodes of Drain the Ocean we will be able to highlight each of these sunken treasures and tell their stories.