Drain the Oceans

Drain the Oceans
Genre
  • Documentary
  • History
  • Mystery
Created bySophie Elwin-Harris
Directed by
  • Sophie Elwin-Harris
  • Marc Tiley
  • Alex West
  • Tomasz Cebula
  • Wayne Derrick
  • Chris Thorburn
  • Malcolm Clark
  • Sam Taplin
  • Vicky Matthews
  • Christopher Riley
Narrated by
Composers
  • Ash Gibson Greig
  • George Gattapan
  • Peter Mundinger
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes57
Production
Executive producers
  • Crispin Sadler
  • Phil Craig
  • Simon Raikes
  • Helen Hawken
  • Tom Adams
  • Carolyn Payne
  • Andrew Ogilvie
  • Andrea Quesnelle
  • Mark Fielder
Running time47 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNational Geographic
Release28 May 2018 (2018-05-28) –
present (present)
Related
  • Drain the Great Lakes
  • Drain the Titanic
  • Drain the Bermuda Triangle
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Drain the Oceans is an Australian and British documentary television series that premiered on 28 May 2018 on National Geographic.[1][2] The 25-part factual series is hosted by Russell Boulter, and explores shipwrecks, treasure and sunken cities using underwater scanning system, scientific data, and art digital recreations. Andrew Ogilvie from Electric Pictures and Crispin Sadler from Mallinson Sadler Productions produced the series for National Geographic.[3] Drain The Oceans was preceded by similar National Geographic productions: Drain the Great Lakes, Drain the Titanic and Drain the Bermuda Triangle.[4] The series is available in the form of a 10-part season and a 15-part season on iTunes.[5][6] Season 4 began airing on National Geographic as of 2 August 2021.[7]

  1. ^ NatGeo TV. "National Geographic - Drain The Ocean: Deep Sea Mysteries". www.natgeotv.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Nat Geo readies "Drain the Oceans"". Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Nat Geo filming Drain the Oceans". TV Tonight. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ Houston, Melinda (4 August 2018). "TV pick: Drain the Oceans". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Season 1 on iTunes". iTunes.
  6. ^ "Season 2 on iTunes". iTunes.
  7. ^ "National Geographic Announced Season 4 Release Date for Drain the Oceans – August 2, 2021". Retrieved 2 August 2021.