TV series · 2022 · Running
Mysteries From Above
Investigate significant historic and contemporary sites from the revealing vantage points of drone, satellite, and aerial photography. Each episode contains four distinct stories, and each story begins with a view from above, allowing for a unique perspective from which to understand the site below, dramatically changing the way we see ourselves and the world around us.
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Season 110 episodes · 2022
- 01 Accidental Discoveries Mon 28 Mar 2022 Cameras capture the world from fresh and exhilarating perspectives. Using drones and satellite imagery, this instalment discovers a vanished Neolithic structure in an Irish field, an oasis in a Chinese desert and buried treasure in the UK.
- 02 Military Mysteries Mon 4 Apr 2022 An array of mysterious phenomena, as seen from above. These include a Nazi weapon in Northern France and a Russian military tower near Chernobyl.
- 03 In Plain Sight Mon 11 Apr 2022 Aerial views offer a fresh perspective on massive concrete arrows scattered across America. Plus, a giant chalk figure on an English hillside and a mysterious hole in the middle of a lake in Southern California.
- 04 Submerged Mon 18 Apr 2022 A Turkish drought reveals a long-lost ancient Basilica and its secrets; a church spire punches through the surface of a toxic sludge in Romania; the hull of a massive ship in the North Sea answers decades old questions.
- 05 Ancient Civilizations Mon 25 Apr 2022 Nubian pyramids reveal the rise of female power in Ancient Kush; a shocking satellite image uncovers secrets of an ancient ancestral Puebloan site in New Mexico.
- 06 Unreachable Places Mon 2 May 2022 Strange markings in the remote region of Northern Finland; drones find a Manhattan-size mystery in the depths of a Vietnamese cave; secrets are no longer hidden in the Antarctic; a lost sky-high world in Mozambique gets a visit from above.
- 07 Ghost Towns Mon 9 May 2022 Drones reveal what's left of Henry Ford's American suburb in the Brazilian jungle; clues to what killed a once-vibrant Pennsylvania mining town; an aerial glimpse of New York's forgotten ghost town; an Italian Renaissance reduced to dust.
- 08 Natural Mysteries Mon 16 May 2022 From above, a constant inferno in Turkmenistan, mysterious circles in the Namibian desert, slithering stones across Death Valley, and the secret of Utah's electric blue ponds.
- 09 Lost at Sea Mon 23 May 2022 A remote island linked to one of the world's most famous aviation mysteries; thousands of shipwrecks in the Bermuda triangle; a history lost and found in the South Pacific.
- 10 New Technologies Mon 30 May 2022 The pyramids of Giza could be a giant map of the stars; first responders bring hope to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina; an Indonesian volcano burns a shade of blue; a bird's-eye view reveals the forgotten pleasures of America's recent past.
Season 210 episodes · 2023
- 01 Out of Place Mon 3 Apr 2023 Aerial cameras reveal strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Columbia, a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast, a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest. Plus, a giant, unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.
- 02 Disaster From Above Mon 10 Apr 2023 Malta loses a natural treasure, an enormous fiery vortex is seen in California and a mysterious radioactive hotspot is found near Chernobyl.
- 03 Expect the Unexpected Mon 17 Apr 2023 Explore a long-forgotten network of Native American earthworks, a battlefield mystery in Belgium and a mysterious blood red lake on a Greek island.
- 04 Ocean Mysteries Mon 24 Apr 2023 Discover an underwater find from a violent past, a mysterious concrete 'ghost island' and never-before-seen tracks along the seabed.
- 05 Behind the Myths Mon 1 May 2023 Strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Colombia, a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast, a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest, and a unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.
- 06 Giants Mon 8 May 2023 The view from above reveals; the skeletal remains of an enormous ancient reptile, a colossal head carved into the Badlands of Alberta, a giant footprint in the wilds of South Africa, and gigantic, mysterious Pentagram in Kazakhstan.
- 07 Mysterious Monuments Mon 15 May 2023 Cameras capture the world from fresh and exhilarating perspectives. The planet's most puzzling structures are revealed, including ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island, gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe, and a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.
- 08 A Whole Lot of Holes Mon 22 May 2023 Visits to some of the most cavernous places on Earth, including Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert and a voluminous void in Antarctica.
- 09 Far From Above Mon 29 May 2023 Cameras capture the world from fresh and exhilarating perspectives. Drones explore strange geological occurrences, unique man-made structures, curious creatures and lost civilizations, revealing fascinating insights and never-before-seen footage.
- 10 Ancient Civilizations Mon 5 Jun 2023 Cameras capture evidence of ancient civilizations. Featuring a mysterious Norwegian mound, a pre-historic stone circle on the banks of the Tagus River and a lost city in the very cradle of civilization.
Season 310 episodes · 2025
- 01 Out of This World Thu 3 Apr 2025 A spin around a doughnut-shaped lake in Saskatchewan. Plus, a giant glacier on the Red Planet and a huge hexagon witnessed floating above Saturn.
- 02 The Deserted Thu 10 Apr 2025 A deserted 'lost' city in the Amazon jungle, a desert fortress made by humanity's most notorious empire, a city of identical castles and a Greek isle's bloody history, as seen from the air.
- 03 Mysteries of the Misplaced Thu 17 Apr 2025 An investigation of significant historic and contemporary sites from the revealing vantage points of drone, satellite, and aerial photography.
- 04 Ancient Mysteries Thu 24 Apr 2025 Strange relics forgotten by time, including familiar stone monoliths in Colombia, a lost city in Sierra Nevada and ancient ruins in Greece and Malta.
- 05 Extraordinarily Out of the Ordinary Thu 1 May 2025 Visions from above, including a spinning island in an Argentinian marsh, a colossal triangle stuck in the Arizona desert and mysterious multicoloured pools across northern Ethiopia. Plus, a huge human figure hidden in the Australian Outback.
- 06 Deep Blue Thu 15 May 2025 Take a deep dive into watery enigmas. Glide over a sunken Italian city, a unique underwater cemetery in the Florida Keys, a yellow brick road to nowhere in the depths of the North Pacific, and puzzling rocky constructions off the coast of Australia.
- 07 Perplexing Patterns Thu 22 May 2025 Feast your eyes on divine designs. Circle around psychedelic swirls in the Utah wastelands, see a bizarre configuration of circles in the Sahara, uncover hidden lines with the help of a drone, and swoop down over a remote polka-dot lake in Canada
- 08 Great Cities Thu 29 May 2025 Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.
- 09 Stone Cold Mysteries Thu 5 Jun 2025 Get petrified by cryptic rock structures normally hidden from view. Look inside curious dwellings in the Peruvian Andes, visit a sacred monolith in Wyoming's Black Hills, haunt a Turkish stone village, and spot an immovable waterfall in Mexico.
- 10 Animal Oddities Thu 12 Jun 2025 Witness jaw-dropping animal spectacles from high above the Earth. Watch a whirling herd of northern nomads, see undersea behemoths show off in the Pacific shallows, track a US porcine stampede, and confront top ocean predators on the Florida coast.
Season 48 episodes · 2025
- 01 It's Getting Hot in Here Thu 9 Oct 2025 Get a birds-eye view of a mysterious, massive explosion in China and a quickly melting glacier on Earths iciest continent; investigate a strange orange haze enveloping the Big Apple, then float over a toxic, too-hot-to-handle lake in New Zealand.
- 02 Disasters Thu 16 Oct 2025 Revealed from above; mysterious holes in Isreal; a ghost village hidden in the Colombian jungle; a shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka; and a gutted airplane fuselage abandoned in Iceland.
- 03 Desert Mysteries Thu 23 Oct 2025 Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
- 04 Ancient Civilizations Thu 6 Nov 2025
- 05 Ice Cold Mysteries Thu 13 Nov 2025
- 06 Archaeological Mysteries Thu 20 Nov 2025
- 07 Mysterious Marine Creatures Thu 27 Nov 2025 Revealed from above; "Fishy" marlin hunting behavior; whales with an odd accessorizing habit; a confounding congregation of sharks "down under"; and mysterious circles on the ocean floor.
- 08 Mysteries of the Abandoned Thu 4 Dec 2025 The view from above reveals a derelict complex of pod-like structures with seemingly alien origins; a bewildering concrete construction in the mountains of Bosnia; a puzzling collection of out of place shapes discarded in the wilds of Greenland.
Season 54 episodes · 2026
- 01 Unexpected Naturally Sat 3 Oct 2026 Revealed from above; massive striped mounds forming bizarre, beehive shapes and cones in the outback of western Australia; high above the city of Huelva, Spain, the view from above reveals a "way too neon" pool of emerald green water.
- 02 Celtic Mysteries Sat 10 Oct 2026 The view from above reveals an endless deep ditch, dipping into forests and across open hillsides, a 60 km trench spanning the entire width of Scotland.
- 03 Mythical Mysteries Sat 17 Oct 2026 Revealed from above; high above the Avalon marshes in England's West Country the centuries-old ruins of an imposing tower - a bewildering building seeming forgotten and frozen in time.
- 04 Mysteries of the Sands Sat 24 Oct 2026 In the middle of the scorching Australian outback, a birds eye view reveals a seemingly endless collection of gigantic reddish rocks.