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Seconds from Disaster

2005 to 2018 Documentary 7 seasons

TMDB rating 7.2/10 Ended

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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    TMDB rating 7.9/10

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    TMDB rating 7.2/10

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Cast and details

  • Richard VaughnNarrator
  • Ashton SmithNarrator (US)
  • 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
Network
National Geographic
First aired
Sep 19, 2005
Latest episode
Feb 22, 2018

NOVA

1974

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