Seconds From Disaster

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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.

The Bismarck: Episode Image
Episode 1The Bismarck

A 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. 7+

Mountain Tsunami: Episode Image
Episode 2Mountain Tsunami

A 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. But how? RATING: AA

Waco Cult: Episode Image
Episode 3Waco Cult

After 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. RATING: NU12

Fukushima: Episode Image
Episode 4Fukushima

A tense look at the worst nuclear incident since Chernobyl. As a tsunami hit the Fukushima power plant in 2011, explosions tore the site apart, releasing lethal radiation. RATING: AA

The Deepwater Horizon: Episode Image
Episode 5The Deepwater Horizon

An investigation into the decisions and failings that culminated in the world's biggest accidental marine oil spill in 2010, leaving 11 crewmen dead. 7+

Mumbai Massacre: Episode Image
Episode 6Mumbai Massacre

...Disaster. A look at the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Terrorists killed 166 people in a string of bombings and shootings in the Indian city: could any of the deaths have been avoided? Rating: 12+

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