Seconds from Disaster
September 19, 2005
7 Seasons
75 Episodes
Ended
Documentary
7.2
User Score
30 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Ended
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 75
Network:
National Geographic
Aired:
2005–2018
Top Cast
Ashton Smith
Narrator
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