Bermuda Triangle myths take a dive in TV series

After all, how else would you know whether that area actually is problematic?

Yet this obvious step is not one this two-part series - nor any other show about the Bermuda Triangle - ever takes.

That's understandable, because whole Bermuda Triangle story is a myth. A comparison with other swathes of the ocean would show that there isn't anything "cursed" about it at all.

If it was, then how do we explain the hundreds and hundreds of ships that travel through the area regularly - it's a busy sea route - and don't disappear?

In studies of the most dangerous sea routes in the world, the Bermuda Triangle doesn't even rank in the top 10.

A look at maps logging shipwrecks around the world show places like the English Channel and the east coast of the United States have far more than the Bermuda Triangle - but no-one talks about them as places where aliens fly around and sink boats - or whatever ridiculous claims are made.

A look at those shipwreck maps show the vast majority within the Bermuda Triangle occur near islands in the Bahamas, which are all surrounded by reefs - an obvious cause of sinking ships.

The idea behind this series about the Bermuda Triangle actually unintentionally debunks the whole thing.

It centres around divers going down to investigate plane and shipwrecks before trying to figure out what happened.

While they don't figure that out at all, they spent the entire episode diving on wrecks that aren't even in the Bermuda Triangle.

If there are so many "mysterious" happenings in the triangle, why did they need to go outside of it to find a wreck?

Those with a fear of heights - like me - will find themselves looking away at times during this documentary.

It focuses on a group of teens who go under the collective of Brewman while doing a bunch of dangerous stuff like climbing to the top of high structures and filming themselves for social media likes.

But don't let that fear of heights put you off watching Off The Rails, because there's a deep, serious side to it as well.

Rather than portray the teens as crazy adrenaline junkies, the doco homes in on why they really do it.

In this case, the working-class teens have felt hopeless for their whole lives, and then this extreme risk-taking came along.

They found they were good at it and got lots of likes and feedback online; it gave them a sense of identity, of purpose - they discovered they actually weren't useless at all.

But everything goes downhill when one of their number dies while mucking about on the Paris Metro - though not while trying a thrill-seeking stunt.

While those left behind continue to take risks, they also have to deal with the loss of a friend - and some deal with that better than others.