Original Season
Season 1 of Seconds from Disaster premiered on 19 September 2005, with 16 episodes.
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.
Every season of Seconds from Disaster in chronological order, with premiere dates and episode counts.
Original Season
Season 1 of Seconds from Disaster premiered on 19 September 2005, with 16 episodes.
Deconstruct the chain of events leading to some of the world's most tragic disasters. Blending advanced computer generated imaging (CGI), forensic science, eyewitness accounts, and expert testimony; the stories are recreated in gripping detail.
Deconstruct the chain of events leading to some of the world's most tragic disasters. Blending advanced computer generated imaging (CGI), forensic science, eyewitness accounts, and expert testimony; the stories are recreated in gripping detail.
In virtually every corner of the globe, at any time, tragedy can strike: two trains on a typical morning commute collide in a head-on collision, a chemical plant releases toxic gas upon unsuspecting residents and two airplanes collide in mid-air.
When disaster strikes, every second counts. Take a fresh look at some of history's most notorious tragedies as this eye-opening series returns to explore their development frame-by-frame.
Season 6 of Seconds from Disaster premiered on 22 July 2012, with 10 episodes.
Current Season
Season 7 of Seconds from Disaster premiered on 15 February 2018, with 2 episodes.
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Seconds from Disaster was released on 19 September 2005.
The web series stars Richard Vaughn, Ashton Smith, Peter Guinness, Ryo Takagi, Timothy McVeigh.
Seconds from Disaster is directed by Dan Gold, Stan Griffin.
Seconds from Disaster has an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 16 votes.
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