Drain the Oceans is an Australian and British documentary television series that premiered on 28 May 2018 on National Geographic. 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. Drain The Oceans was preceded by similar National Geographic productions: Drain the Great Lakes, Drain the Titanic and Drain the Bermuda Triangle. The series is available in the form of a 10-part season and a 15-part season on iTunes. Season 4 began airing on National Geographic as of 2 August 2021.
Series overview
Background and production Visual effects
The primary visual effects vendor for all series and specials was Bristol, UK based graphics studio 422 South.
Last Pixel has provided over 70 minutes of computer-generated imagery (CGI) and other visual effects for 5 episodes of season 2.
Episodes Season 1 (2018)
Season 2 (2019)
Season 3 (2020)
Season 4 (2021)
Season 5 (2022–23)
Season 6 (2023)
Specials
Accolades Association Year Category Nominee(s) / Work Result New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2019 Bronze World Medal – Documentary (History & Society) Sophie Elwin-Harris, Imogen Walford, Dave Corfield, Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Mark Fielder, Andrew Ogilvie, Mark Robertson (for "Egypt's Lost Wonders") 2020 Silver – Documentary (History & Society) Sophie Elwin-Harris, Dave Corfield, Mike Denny, Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Tom Adams(for "Thai Cave Rescue") 2021 Finalist – Documentary (History & Society) Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Vicky Matthews, Simon Pearce, Dave Corfield(for "America's Last Slave Ship") Silver – Documentary (Science & Technology) Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Ludo Graham, Dave Corfield, Jonnie Morris(for "The Atomic Ghost Fleet") 2022 GOLD – Documentary (History & Society) Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Nigel Walk, Christopher Riley, Steve Perring, Dave Corfield, Benjamin Stott(for "The Battle for the Black Swan") GOLD – Documentary (Science & Technology) Crispin Sadler, Phil Craig, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Chris Thorburn, Dave Corfield, Simon Pearce, Chris Mallett(for "The First Americans") 2024 GOLD – Documentary (History & Society) Crispin Sadler, Nigel Walk, Christopher Riley, Alex Hanks, Vanessa Heron, Dave Corfield, Oliver Baker(for "$20 Million Time Bomb") Videographer Awards 2019 Award of Excellence – Cinematography Mark Molesworth 2020 Award of Excellence – Cinematography Mark Molesworth (for "Secrets of New York City")
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