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Seconds from Disaster (2005)Season 1

★ 7.2 · 30 votes7 seasons · 75 episodesDocumentary2005

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.

Network
National Geographic
Country
United States
Language
English
First aired
September 19, 2005
Status
Ended

Cast

  • Richard VaughnNarrator
  • Ashton SmithNarrator
  • Peter GuinnessNarrator
  • Ryo TakagiSelf
  • Andrew SullivanSelf
  • Timothy McVeighSelf (archival footage)
  • Boris StolyarchukSelf
  • Bill ClintonSelf (archival footage)
  • Anders Behring BreivikSelf (archival footage)
  • Jim JonesSelf (archival footage)
  • Ankie SpitzerSelf
  • Manfred SchreiberHimself
  • Laura SwiftTheresa
  • Lou KasischkeSelf
  • Lene GammelgaardSelf
  • Neal BeidlemanHimself
  • Gilles LogelinSelf
  • John HutchinsonSelf

Episodes

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  1. Episode 1: Concorde (Crash of the Concorde)47 min · Sep 19, 2005
  2. Episode 2: Tunnel Inferno47 min · Oct 10, 2005
  3. Episode 3: Oklahoma City (Bomb in Oklahoma)47 min · Oct 17, 2005
  4. Episode 4: Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)47 min · Oct 16, 2005
  5. Episode 5: Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)47 min · Sep 26, 2005
  6. Episode 6: Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)47 min · Nov 4, 2005
  7. Episode 7: Meltdown in Chernobyl47 min · Nov 6, 2005
  8. Episode 8: Inferno at Guadalajara47 min · Oct 9, 2005
  9. Episode 9: Fire on the Ski Slope47 min · Nov 10, 2005
  10. Episode 10: Explosion in the North Sea47 min · Nov 27, 2005
  11. Episode 11: Flood at Stava Dam47 min · Nov 20, 2005
  12. Episode 12: Collision on the Runway47 min · Oct 3, 2005
  13. Episode 13: Pentagon 9/1147 min · Sep 11, 2005

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