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Surviving Disaster

Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.

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Documentary
Drama
Created By

First Aired on

Jan 10, 2006

2 seaons till Mar 21, 2006

Popularity: 12.1626
3 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

BBC (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Episode 3

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 10 episodes

Season 1

Aired

7 Episodes
  • Episode 1Munich Air Crash60 min

    6 February 1958: the plane carrying Manchester United crashes during take-off in Germany, killing 23 of the 43 on board, including eight members of the "Busby Babes".

  • Episode 2Eruption at Mount St Helens60 min

    Eruption at Mount St Helens. Rising almost 10,000 feet over Washington State, the volcano had not erupted for more than 100 years until May 1980, when its unexpected explosion unleashed a destructive force estimated to be 500 times the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

  • Episode 3Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster60 min

    April 1986: a blast at a Soviet nuclear plant emits 400 times more radiation than Hiroshima's bomb. Adrian Edmondson stars in a drama documentary recalling a catastrophe that the UN claims has killed at least 8,000.

  • Episode 4San Francisco Earthquake60 min

    17 October 1989: a tremor measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale causes major damage to the coastal city, trapping scores of drivers on the Cypress freeway. This drama documentary vividly reconstructs the disaster and the rescue mission, while survivors recall the terror.

  • Episode 5The Fastnet Yacht Race60 min

    Terror awaited men and women sailing in the infamous offshore race of August 1979. This drama documentary reconstructs the ferocious Irish Sea storm that hit the race and scattered yachts in treacherous waters - killing 15 and causing 24 crews to abandon ship.

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