Seconds from Disaster (2005)

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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.

• Released: 2005-09-19
• Genres: Documentary
• Seasons: 7, 75 episodes
• Episode length: 45m
• Network: National Geographic
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 30 votes

Top cast

• Ashton Smith as Narrator

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