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Seconds From Disaster(TV show/series, 2004-2018)

45min per episode | Genre: Documentary

Documentation in 7 seasons with 69 episodes

Seconds From DisasterRating: 3.6/5 (with 8 votes)
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th and early 21st centuries. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Seconds from Disaster was first broadcast on the National Geographic channel in 2004 and originally consisted of 45 episodes over three seasons. Following its original conclusion in 2007, the show was put on a four-year hiatus and later replaced with Critical Situation. In 2011, National Geographic revived the show and aired another 22 episodes over three seasons until the following year. In 2018, the show revived again and aired two episodes featuring compilations about helicopter and airliner crashes. Narrators of the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan, and Peter Guinness. "Disasters don't just happen. They are a chain of critical events. Unravel the fateful decisions in those final seconds from disaster." ()
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Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

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Seconds From Disaster Seasons and Episodes

02/15/2018Season 7 - 2 episodes
#1 | 02/15/2018Chopper Down
This compilation of Seconds from Disaster combines two helicopter tragedies of a military nature. Chinhook HC-2 crashed into a hill on the west side of the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland after taking a group of VIP passengers from Northern Ireland to Fort George. The following day would bring a mysterious crash that remains unsolved. When a US Black Hawk falls on the streets of Mogadishu, all hell breaks loose. In this infamous story of the daring escape of the surviving US military personnel, we learn about the seconds that meant the difference between life and death.
#2 | 02/22/2018Deadly Design
This compilation of Seconds from Disaster combines two airplane tragedies that took hundreds of lives and were caused by the smallest issues. Swiss Air 111 fell from the sky due to microscopic fault in the wiring that sparked a fire in the cockpit. This fire grew uncontrollably and led to the demise of 229 people onboard. JAL123 mysteriously crashed just after take-off into a remote mountainside. Through thorough investigation, it's learned that wear and tear on small repairs caused the untimely death of the 520 people on board.
07/22/2012Season 6 - 10 episodes
03/11/2012Season 5 - 6 episodes
09/05/2011Season 4 - 6 episodes
01/10/2006Season 3 - 19 episodes
06/28/2005Season 2 - 13 episodes
07/06/2004Season 1 - 13 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT)
Translated into 11 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/06/2004
Last episode released on: 02/22/2018
Composer: Graham Reilly
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"重返危机现场"
"Segundos catastróficos"
"La minute de vérité"
"Quei secondi fatali"
"Sekunder från katastrof"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:5886, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024