Series

I Shouldn't Be Alive

2005 · 6 seasons · 60 episodes · Ended · Discovery

Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure

TMDB 7.1 · 27 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Shark Survivor2005-10-2860m

    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.

  • S01E02Lost in the Snow2005-11-0460m

    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.

  • S01E03Escape from the Amazon2005-11-1160m

    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.

  • S01E04Swept Away2005-11-1860m

    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.

  • S01E05Kidnap in the Killing Fields2005-11-2560m

    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.

  • S01E06Jaws of Death2005-12-0260m

    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.

  • S01E07Trapped Under a Boulder2006-03-1060m

    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.

  • S01E08Ice Cave Survivor2006-03-1760m

    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.

  • S01E09Shipwrecked2006-03-2460m

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

  • S01E10Alaskan Avalanche2006-03-3160m

    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.

  • S01E11Lost at Sea2006-06-0960m

    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.

  • S01E12Crash in a Volcano2006-06-1660m

    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.

  • S01E13Lost in the African Bush2006-06-2360m

    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.

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