About this season
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 (6)
1. The Secrets of Pompeii's Dead
5.0Aired 14 November 2022 • 45 min
Through digital re-creations, scientists uncover mysteries from the bottom of the ocean.
2. The Amber Room
Aired 21 November 2022 • 45 min
The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.
3. Pearl Harbor
4.0Aired 28 November 2022 • 45 min
Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.
4. The Alamo
4.0Aired 5 December 2022 • 45 min
Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.
5. Maya Collapse
5.0Aired 11 December 2022 • 45 min
New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.
6. Narcos
4.0Aired 19 December 2022 • 45 min
With real-time access to a US border security team, discover the extraordinary story of how Mexican cartels have smuggled cockiness into the US over the last 40 years.