Mapping Disaster

Surviving Disaster

December 2025 •English

Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.

Seconds From Disaster

December 2025 •English

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 explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

Modern Marvels

December 2025 •English

HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.

Alaska Aircrash Investigations

December 2025 •English

Ride along with the NTSB and its inter-agency partners as they work together towards determining the probable cause of aircraft accidents. These NTSB investigations provide a window into the integral role of air travel in Alaskan life, while raising awareness that might prevent future accidents.

Zero Hour

December 2025 •English

Zero Hour dramatizes the hour leading up to some of the most memorable historical events as they unfold minute by minute. Using a real-time clock and a split screen to follow key players, the series reveals the compelling and exciting minutes leading up to events that changed the world.

Challenger: The Final Flight

December 2025 •English

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

The Kielland Disaster

December 2025 •Norwegian

123 people died when the Norwegian semi-submersible housing platform Alexander L. Kielland capsized in the North Sea in 1980. Survivors and relatives of the deceased still have many questions. What really happened?

Lac-Mégantic - This Is Not an Accident

December 2025 •French

Lac-Mégantic investigates one of the worst oil train tragedies in history: a foreseeable catastrophe ignited by corporate and political negligence.

Days That Shaped America

December 2025 •English

Historic events that forever transformed the United States.

Descent from Disaster

December 2025 •English

Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters. 

What Happened Next?

December 2025 •English

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

December 2025 •English

Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?

The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo

December 2025 •English

A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

Witness to Disaster

December 2025 •English

Hard-hitting amateur, CCTV and news footage reveals how some of the world's biggest natural disasters took away people's lives, homes and hope in Witness Disaster.

Mayday

December 2025 •English

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Light Chaser Rescue

December 2025 •Chinese

In the aftermath of the earthquake in Xichuan, lawyer Luo Ben went there to look for his sister, Luo Yuan. This is his first time meeting the non-profit rescue team led by Captain Qingshan and then he met with an old enemy Zhan Yan. Luo Ben was deeply impressed by the mutual support of the people in the affected areas and the sacrifice made by the rescue workers. He was also impressed by the superb medical skills and selflessness of Zhan Yan. Luo Ben, Xiong Fei, Zhou Mingming, Ding Dingding, and other newcomers joined the Yuanfang Non-profit rescue team, under Captain Qingshan's rigorous training, and became rescue team members, they, again and again, participated in various rescue operations, for earthquakes, fires, drowning, typhoons. Walking away from the direction of life, saving lives using their lives, through the baptism of disaster and they eventually grow into the rescue elites.

Train to the End of the World

December 2025 •Japanese

In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to the outside world, unsure if they'll make it back alive. As they venture toward the unknown, the question looms: What awaits them at the final stop?

Blood Blockade Battlefront

December 2025 •Japanese

One day, New York City as we know it vanished overnight into a mysterious fog. Now known as Hellsalem's Lot, it has become a place where another world beyond imagining is connected to our reality. The balance within this new world is protected by a secret society known as Libra. Leo, a journalist and photographer who arrives in the city, is unexpectedly recruited to join their ranks.

Meteor

December 2025 •English

Following an unparalleled series of meteor fireballs plummeting toward Earth, a renowned scientist, his assistant, and an on-target conspiracy theorist race against time to expose a government cover-up, reveal the truth, and prevent a massive meteor from destroying the planet.

The Storm

December 2025 •German

The Storm is a 2009 American science fiction disaster miniseries directed by Bradford May. Based on a previous teleplay by Matthew Chernov and David Rosiak, it was written by David Abramowitz and Dennis A. Pratt and revolves around a weather creation system developed by the Atmospheric Research Institute that threatens life on Earth when deployed by the military. However, while scientist Dr. Jonathan Kirk, Danni Wilson, and detectives Devon Williams and Stilman attempt to save the world, the former is hunted by hitmen. The first part of the film was broadcast on the NBC network July 26, 2009. The second part was broadcast on August 2, 2009.