Seconds from Disaster — Season 5

Mar 11, 2012 · 45m

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s coast caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.

Mar 18, 2012 · 45m

Maritime Historian Andrew Lambert looks at the Royal Navy's battle with the German battleship Bismarck.

Mar 25, 2012 · 45m

In 1963 a landslide from Monte Toc into the reservoir of the Europe's highest dam caused a giant flood wave that destroyed the village of Longarone and other villages, claiming over 2,000 lives.

Apr 1, 2012 · 45m

After a 51-day siege at the ranch of an armed religious cult, the FBI tries to force people out with tear gas, but a fire breaks out and almost 80 people die.

Apr 15, 2012 · 45m

A look at the series of decisions and mistakes that led to the world's largest oil spill disaster, and that 11 workers on the rig died.

Apr 22, 2012 · 45m

On 26 November 2008, terrorists attacked two luxury hotels (one of them the famous Taj Mahal Hotel), a Jewish educational center, a café and a train station in Mumbai, killing 166 people.