Surviving Disaster

Episode 1

Munich Air Crash

In 1958, a plane ferrying the Manchester United football team crashed during take-off from the Munich Airport. German and British investigations would come to very different conclusions as to the cause.

Episode 2

Eruption at Mount St. Helens

"Fire Mountain" is the retelling of the Mount Saint Helen's eruption in 1980. The production is made for the BBC, by Big Blow Productions and is directed by Matthew Wortman

Episode 3

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

60 mins

Only a handful of men willing to sacrifice themselves can prevent an explosion and fire at a nuclear plant in the Ukraine from becoming a worldwide catastrophe due to design flaws and the Soviet obsession with secrecy and prestige.

Episode 4

San Francisco Earthquake

Episode 5

Fastnet Yacht Race

Over 300 yachts competing in a prestigious British yacht race don't know they are sailing headlong into a Force 10 Atlantic gale.

Episode 6

Iran Hostage Rescue

Episode 7

The Sinking of the Estonia

In 1994 a storm, an inexperienced crew and a fatal design flaw collide in the Baltic sea. The resulting loss of life will be one of the greatest peacetime disasters at sea in modern history.