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Season 5 – Seconds from Desaster

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Advanced computer graphics, forensic science, eyewitness accounts, interviews with experts, archival footage and re-enactments piece together in great detail the events that led to some of the biggest disasters of modern time.
Seconds from Desaster — Season 5

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Richard Vaughan

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Ashton Smith

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Richard Sears

Self

Andrew Lambert

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Clive Doyle

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Mitchell Mullen

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 18, 2012 Bismarck A gripping look at the war strategy and catalogue of errors that led to the British sinking of the Bismarck, a wreck that killed more than 2,000 German soldiers in 1941. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 25, 2012 Mountain Tsunami A tense look at the devastating tsunami that swept Northern Italy in 1963; largely down to human error, the death of 2,000 people could have been avoided; figuring out how a similar situation can be avoided in the future. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 1, 2012 Waco Cult Following a tense 51-day stand-off between authorities and wanted cult leader David Koresh in 1993, a huge inferno killed 74 people at the Branch Davidian sect compound. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 1, 2012 Fukushima An international nuclear expert will investigate what happened at Fukushima and see what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 15, 2012 The Deepwater Horizon An investigation into the series of decisions and failings that culminated in the world's biggest accidental marine oil spill in 2010, leaving 11 crewmen dead. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 22, 2012 Mumbai Massacre On 26th November 2008, terrorists attack two luxury hotels, a Jewish study centre, a café and a train station in Mumbai. The death toll was 166. Details

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Seconds from Desaster — Season 5

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Season Info

Director
Steve Webb, Stan Griffin, Sean Smith, Russell Eatough
Executive Producer
Nick Metcalfe, Stephen Hunter
Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 18, 2012