Seconds from Disaster
TV-PG2005–2018·Ended·7 Seasons·69 Episodes·60 min·National Geographic·Tuesday · 20:30
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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.
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Seasons
Season 113 episodes2005
1
Crash of the Concorde (Concorde)
2005-09-19
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2Tunnel Inferno
2005-10-10
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3The Bomb in Oklahoma City
2005-10-17
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4Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)
2005-10-16
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5Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)
2005-09-26
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6Wreck of the Sunset Limited
2005-11-04
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7Meltdown in Chernobyl
2005-11-06
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8Inferno at Guadalajara
2005-10-09
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9Fire on the Ski Slope
2005-11-10
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10Explosion in the North Sea
2005-11-27
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11Flood at Stava Dam
2005-11-20
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12Collision on the Runway
2005-10-03
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13Pentagon 9/11
2005-09-11
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Season 213 episodes2005
1
Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)
2005-06-28
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2Alpine Tsunami
2005-07-05
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3Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash)
2005-07-12
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4Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption)
2005-07-26
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5Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea)
2005-08-16
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6Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)
2005-08-30
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7Crash Landing at Sioux City
2005-09-13
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8The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing)
2005-09-20
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9Hotel Collapse Singapore (Hotel Collapse)
2005-09-27
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10TWA Flight 800
2005-10-08
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11Paris Train Crash (Runaway Train)
2005-11-01
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12The Hindenburg (Hindenburg Airship)
2005-11-15
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13Explosion in Peurto Rico (Puerto Rico Gas Explosion)
2005-12-13
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Season 319 episodes2006
1
Skywalk Collapse
2006-01-10
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2Amsterdam Air Crash
2006-03-28
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3Kursk: Russia's Nuclear Nightmare
2006-04-18
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4King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)
2006-05-19
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5Nairobi Bombing
2006-06-27
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6Everglades Plane Crash
2006-07-11
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7Titanic
2006-07-25
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8Aircraft Carrier Explosion
2006-08-15
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9Queens Air Crash
2006-09-06
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10Munich Olympic Massacre
2006-09-13
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11Superstore Collapse
2006-09-20
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12Plane Crash in the Potomac
2006-09-27
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13Asian Tsunami
2006-10-25
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14Comet Air Crash
2006-11-15
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15Flight Engine Down
2006-11-29
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16Oil Fire in Texas
2006-12-06
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17Tornado Outbreak
2007-01-02
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18Space Shuttle Challenger
2007-01-31
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19Eruption on Montserrat
2007-03-07
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Season 46 episodes2011
Season 56 episodes2012
Season 610 episodes2012
1
Norway Massacre: I Was There
2012-07-22
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2Jonestown Cult Suicide
2012-11-05
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3Fire in the Cockpit
2012-11-12
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4Black Hawk Down
2012-11-19
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5Into The Death Zone
2012-11-26
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6Terrified Over Tokyo
2012-12-03
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7Runaway Train
2012-12-10
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8Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb
2012-12-17
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9Sinking the Coventry
2012-12-24
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10Chinook Helicopter Crash
2013-01-07
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Season 72 episodes2018
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026