Surviving Disaster

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

Jan 10, 20062 seasons10 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Season 1

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 10, 2006

Season 2

3 episodes

Premiered Mar 7, 2006

Episodes

1–6 of 7

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Ep 1

Munich Air Crash

Jan 10, 2006

60m

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".

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Ep 2

Eruption at Mount St Helens

Jan 17, 2006

60m

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.

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Ep 3

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Jan 24, 2006

60m

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.

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Ep 4

San Francisco Earthquake

Feb 7, 2006

60m

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.

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Ep 5

The Fastnet Yacht Race

Feb 14, 2006

60m

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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Ep 6

Iran Hostage Rescue

Feb 21, 2006

60m

In November 1979, Iranian militants seized the US embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage. President Carter ordered an elite US military force to launch a top-secret rescue, Operation Eagle Claw. This re-creation of the dramatic events splices the action with archive footage of those directly involved.

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