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As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe - no matter the cost.

After disaster strikes Earth, a marine biologist on a submarine research mission must fight to survive with the crew as a conspiracy comes to light.

Our worst nightmares in the sky, caused by engine failure and human mistakes are combated with courage and may end up in amazing miracles or disasters.

Through original archival material, expert testimony and dramatic re-creations using CGI technology to place Theo E.J. Wilson in the scene, each episode challenges ideas of what really happened during some of the most pivotal moments in history. This season explores Abraham Lincoln's assassination; the Hindenburg disaster; the Salem witch trials; the death of Jesse James; the Oklahoma City bombing; the battle of Stalingrad; H.H. Holmes' murder spree during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the Chernobyl accident; the 1965 Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery; the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster; the 1889 catastrophic Johnstown flood in eastern Pennsylvania and the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.

A toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal which killed thousands of people. The protagonists of "The Railway Men" are workers at the Bhopal railway station who saved thousands of lives.

Eight Days left. A 60 kilometer wide meteor is on collision course with Earth. The anticipated strike zone is right in the middle of Europe. Estimated survival rate: Zero. The United States try to knock the meteor off course with nuclear weapons, but fail. All of Europe is on the run. Not the spectacular Hollywood version, but the nitty-gritty story of a real family doing whatever they have to do to survive when the world spins out of control.

This documentary series explores situations in which technology doesn't work correctly, such as building collapses and airplane crashes, resulting in spectacular (and often tragic) failures.

Experience the chaos and devastation of the Great Fire of London in 1666 through this gripping drama series. Follow the lives of those affected by the disaster, from the wealthy to the working class, in this historical retelling.

Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 bestseller sci-fi novel "Japan Sinks." After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.

Howard Steel's wedding week turns into a nightmare in this hilarious British sitcom. Every mishap imaginable happens on the way to the altar. From exploding toilets to disastrous stag parties, Howard's life is one disaster after another. This show will keep you laughing from start to finish.

A mysterious informant investigates each disaster-in-the-making via a wide range of experts who've studied some of science's most unbelievable wonders.

Two young people living in the Wahrheit Empire are planning to relocate to the capital city: the shy Inumael who works as a transporter and was once an important younger sister, and Leocaido, a naive new soldier of the Empire who spent his days in the imperial city thinking of his future as a soldier. In the Empire, countless human beings were once extinguished from the world. The return of the "light," the disaster that summoned a ferocious monster into the world, is predicted, and the remaining humans' spirits are devastated. Meanwhile, the fate of Inumael, Leocadio, and the history of the Empire will change drastically as a result of one weapon smuggling incident.

Blending advanced CGI, re-enactments, archival footage, forensic science, dramatic eyewitness accounts and expert testimony, we recreate in gripping detail the final moments behind some of the most calamitous disasters of modern time. Seconds From Disaster reconstructs the events leading up to the Paddington rail collision in London, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and one of the world's worst industrial accidents, in Bhopal, India. Blending advanced CGI, re-enactments, archival footage, forensic science, dramatic eyewitness accounts and expert testimony, experience first-hand, the gripping details of the final moments behind some of the world's most chilling disasters.

What would happen if a 8.0 earthquake took place in Tokyo? Meet Mirai and Yutaka, two siblings who are having a quiet summer vacation and are visiting a robot exhibition when a big earthquake strikes Tokyo, this is the story of what happened and follows the siblings as they try to get back to their home, if it still exists.

When a catastrophe occurs, the questions immediately arise. How did it happen? Who was responsible? And can it happen again? Often, the tragedy isn't triggered by a single cause but by a string of errors. This series investigates four of modern history's worst disasters-the JFK assassination, the 9/11 attack, the 737 Max crashes, and the Deepwater Horizon explosion-and reveals ten crucial mistakes behind each one. Weaving archive and interviews, we detail what went wrong and what steps have been taken to prevent similar events from reoccurring.

Documentary exploring the experiences of the survivors of the Andes plane crash in 1972, from battling the harsh landscapes to considering cannibalism in order to stay alive. Through the testimonies of the survivors, the series focuses on their stories and the event that's come to be known as the Miracle of the Andes.

When disaster strikes, it often comes without warning, catching people off guard and forcing split-second decisions that mean the difference between life and death. This series revisits some of the most harrowing calamities of the last 75 years, from the Oklahoma monster tornado of 1999 to the Mount St. Helens eruption to the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Through firsthand accounts, we follow the fortunes of those who found themselves in the middle of catastrophe and fought to make it out alive.

Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!

Christopher Lloyd and Marla Sokoloff star as scientists who become aware of a giant meteor headed straight for Earth in this NBC miniseries.

Eight days left. A 40 kilometer wide meteor is racing toward Earth at a speed of 30,000 kilometers an hour. The anticipated strike zone is right in the middle of Europe. Estimated European survival rate: Zero. The United States try to knock the meteor off course with nuclear weapons, but fail. All of Europe is on the run. Acht Tage tells the story of a world we've never seen before: People suddenly can break the speed limit at will, have wild unprotected sex, do all the drugs they want, shop with no money, live without working, love with no consequences but in the end, the only thing that matters is: What's really important to you in your final days and hours?

With space at a premium in many towns and cities, every year hundreds of thousands of unwanted buildings are razed to the ground to make way for something new. Featuring video footage of some of the world's biggest and most infamous disasters.

Follow six catastrophic events that stunned the world. Each disaster is retold by survivors and first responders, but eventually turns its focus on the machines, the high tech infallible constructions that suffered catastrophic failure because of engineering errors that were entirely preventable.

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Eiichi gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Koichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.One day, Yusuke Tadokoro's article is published in a magazine, which warns that Kanto region will sink into the sea..

When an oil rig causes an eruption in a small town, it's just the first in a series that could affect the dangerous "Ring of Fire" that contains most of the world's volcanoes. If these cataclysmic eruptions cannot be stopped, the Earth could be headed for an extinction level event.