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The Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 5

Every episode of Seconds From Disaster Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 5!

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...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Japan's Nuclear Nightmare" is the best rated episode of "Seconds From Disaster" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Steve Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 3/11/2012. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bismarck".

  • Japan's Nuclear Nightmare
    7.8/1044 votes

    #1 - Japan's Nuclear Nightmare

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2012

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

    Director: Steve Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • Bismarck
    7.7/1040 votes

    #2 - Bismarck

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mountain Tsunami
    7.6/1043 votes

    #3 - Mountain Tsunami

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Waco Cult
    7.2/1030 votes

    #4 - Waco Cult

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deepwater Horizon
    7.6/1038 votes

    #5 - Deepwater Horizon

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Massacre in Mumbai
    7.7/1035 votes

    #6 - Massacre in Mumbai

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A