Seconds from Disaster

Seconds from Disaster

2005 7 Seasons ⭐ 7.1
Documentary

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.

Seasons

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1. Crash of the Concorde (Concorde)

2005-09-19 • ⭐ 8.5

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 France Co…

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2. Tunnel Inferno

2005-10-10 • ⭐ 8.8

Mont 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 carrying f…

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3. The Bomb in Oklahoma City

2005-10-17 • ⭐ 6.7

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 landmark. At 9…

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4. Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

2005-10-16 • ⭐ 7.7

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. 158 people…

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5. Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

2005-09-26 • ⭐ 8.0

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 high-speed tra…

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6. Wreck of the Sunset Limited

2005-11-04 • ⭐ 7.7

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 lost. Why…

7. Meltdown in Chernobyl

2005-11-06 • ⭐ 8.1

We 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 leave doze…

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8. Inferno at Guadalajara

2005-10-09 • ⭐ 7.0

April 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 gas explo…

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9. Fire on the Ski Slope

2005-11-10 • ⭐ 8.8

November 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 realise it's…

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10. Explosion in the North Sea

2005-11-27 • ⭐ 8.7

July 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 Piper Alph…

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11. Flood at Stava Dam

2005-11-20 • ⭐ 8.0

On 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 that could …

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12. Collision on the Runway

2005-10-03 • ⭐ 8.75

Two 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 two exper…

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13. Pentagon 9/11

2005-09-11 • ⭐ 8.3

September 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 Trade Cent…

Top Cast

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Ashton Smith

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