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I Shouldn't Be Alive

I Shouldn't Be Alive
★ 7.1/10•2005•1h 0m•B-15•Documentary•Drama•Action & Adventure
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The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The main focus is how the survivors survived and the decisions they made that kept them alive.

Nick Copus · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 28, 2005

Episodes

E160m

Shark Survivor

1982. Five people get caught in a tropical storm and their yacht sinks. They have to survive in the middle of the ocean on a raft with absolutely no survival equipment. To their horror they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks.

Oct 28, 2005

E260m

Lost in the Snow

A U.S. Army Private, his wife, and their five-month old son travel to a funeral, but on the way there, they miss the sign that leads to the city and instead go into an uninhabited national park which is closed for the winter.

Nov 4, 2005

E360m

Escape from the Amazon

Three friends go to the Amazon for a trip but things get nasty when their guide leads them to jeopardy. As the four (three friends and guide) split into two groups, one pair faces disaster at every turn, while the other two are never heard from again.

Nov 11, 2005

E460m

Swept Away

Two friends go kayaking in the Strait of Georgia. When the tide comes in, one friend falls from his kayak and fears that he will end up in the Pacific Ocean.

Nov 18, 2005

E560m

Kidnap in the Killing Fields

A man involved in demining Cambodia accidentally steps on a landmine and blows off his leg. Two years earlier, he was kidnapped by a murderous group of Khmer Rouge.

Nov 25, 2005

E660m

Jaws of Death

A man crashes his plane in the African savannah. With legs broken in a total of six different places, he has to make it alive past lions and other dangerous predators in a state of intense pain and loss of leg mobility.

Dec 2, 2005

E760m

Trapped Under a Boulder

An environmentalist heads for a remote island off the coast of Queensland, he then meets a Dutch man on a deserted beach. A one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend.

Mar 10, 2006

E860m

Ice Cave Survivor

1995. A man and his son go on a skiing trip to Turkey. When a snowstorm arrives, they lose their way, and the father has to chose between staying with his son or finding help.

Mar 17, 2006

E960m

Shipwrecked

Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Mar 24, 2006

Episode 10 - Alaskan AvalancheE1060m

Alaskan Avalanche

Two climbers are scaling a sheer ice-wall in an Alaskan mountain when one of the climbers falls and is badly injured. A passing aircraft sees their SOS signal, but damages the landing gear in the process. Now, the people on board are also stranded on the icy wasteland.

Mar 31, 2006

Episode 11 - Lost at SeaE1160m

Lost at Sea

Two sons looking to repair their relationship with their father plan a fishing trip with their father in Mexico. An unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Sea of Cortez.

Jun 9, 2006

Episode 12 - Crash in a VolcanoE1260m

Crash in a Volcano

Three men filming a volcano in their helicopter crash after losing control and get trapped in a crater of the active volcano. Surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, they must send one of them to radio for help.

Jun 16, 2006

Episode 13 - Lost in the African BushE1360m

Lost in the African Bush

Five survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With two severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, even though there is no civilization for hundreds of miles.

Jun 23, 2006

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