Superstorm

Superstorm is a three-part British docudrama miniseries written and directed by Julian Simpson, about a group of scientists that try to divert and weaken hurricanes using cloud seeding. Superstorm originally aired on BBC One for a period of three weeks, totaling three 59 minute episodes, from 15 April 2007 to 29 April 2007. Each episode was followed by a half-hour documentary on BBC Two on extreme weather monitoring and forecasting, called The Science of Superstorms. The series was also aired on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2007. Superstorm is a co-production of BBC Worldwide, Discovery Channel and ProSieben, in association with M6 and NHK. Ailsa Orr and Michael Mosley, who made also Supervolcano, are the executive producers for BBC, while Jack E. Smith is the executive producer for Discovery Channel. The miniseries was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2007.

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Drama
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First Aired on

Apr 15, 2007

1 seaons till Apr 29, 2007

Popularity: 5.3498
18 votes
Networks
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(US)
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Production

BBC Worldwide (GB)Discovery (US)M6 (FR)NHK (JP)Pro7 (DE)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Episode 3

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 3 episodes

Season 1

Aired

3 Episodes
  • Episode 1Episode 160 min

    Some scientists create a devise which allows them to take control of the weather unaware of the problems it is about to cause.

  • Episode 2Episode 260 min

    The team are forced to act fast when they learn that a hurricane is heading towards the city of Miami. When an experiment to stop it goes wrong New York finds itself under threat.

  • Episode 3Episode 360 min

    The team are forced to realize that their research has been used for all the wrong reasons. The storm is attempted to be diverted from hitting New York.

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