Seconds from Disaster 2005
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.
Episodes
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S1·E1 Concorde (Crash of the Concorde)Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter flight to New York, 109 people are on board an Air…2S1·E2 Tunnel InfernoMont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through the Alps. One March day in 1999, a Belgian Truck…3S1·E3 Oklahoma City (Bomb in Oklahoma)One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed with explosives at the front of the government…4S1·E4 Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually put out after 10 hours. Then the worst is revealed.…5S1·E5 Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in…6S1·E6 Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives…
S1·E7 Meltdown in ChernobylWe make mistakes every few seconds of our lives. They are unavoidable. But sometimes the results can be disastrous. On April 26, 1986, a series of catastrophic blunders…8S1·E8 Inferno at GuadalajaraApril 1992, Guadalajara, Mexico. On the 19th, residents start complaining of a strong gasoline-like smell coming from the sewers. Three days later, on the 22nd, numerous…9S1·E9 Fire on the Ski SlopeNovember 11, 2000, started out as a normal day at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, as a Furnicular train climbing the slopes breaks down in a tunnel. Passengers then…10S1·E10 Explosion in the North SeaJuly 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the…11S1·E11 Flood at Stava DamOn July 1985, Italy's Stava Dam collapses and demolishes 70 structures killing 268 people in the process. Was there a fault in the design of the dam? Is this something…12S1·E12 Collision on the RunwayTwo Jumbo Jets, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collide on the lone runway at Tenerife, Spain. The two aircraft are then burnt out and 583 people lose their lives. But how come…13S1·E13 Pentagon 9/11September 11, 2001 is one of the worst days in history. In Washington, D.C, the workers at the Pentagon have only just heard of the chaos going on at the New York World…Cast
R
Richard Vaughn
Narrator
A
Ashton Smith
Narrator (US)
A
Andrew Sullivan
Self
B
Boris Stolyarchuk
Self
A
Ankie Spitzer
Self
M
Manfred Schreiber
Himself
L
Lou Kasischke
Self
L
Lene Gammelgaard
Self
N
Neal Beidleman
Himself
G
Gilles Logelin
Self
J
John Hutchinson
Self
Details
- First air date
- Sep 19, 2005
- Last air date
- Feb 22, 2018
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes
- 75
- Episode runtime
- 45 min
- Network
- National Geographic
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- DSP
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language
- German, English, Italian, Hungarian
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