Tales of the giant squid go back centuries, but scant proof of its existence made these sea beasts often seem more mythic than real. The giant squid is indisputably real now: A camera crew has for the first time captured film of one of these elusive predators in its natural habitat, in footage showcased by this new documentary. The three-man team that ended the generations-long hunt spent hundreds of hours in a cramped submarine before encountering the lone kraken at a half-mile depth in the waters off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands. Sunday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m., Discovery
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