I Shouldn't Be Alive

1h

Documentary

Drama

Action & Adventure

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

Cast

Shark Survivor

1. Shark Survivor

1h

28th Oct 2005

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.

Lost in the Snow

2. Lost in the Snow

1h

4th Nov 2005

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.

Escape from the Amazon

3. Escape from the Amazon

1h

11th Nov 2005

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.

Swept Away

4. Swept Away

1h

18th Nov 2005

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.

Kidnap in the Killing Fields

5. Kidnap in the Killing Fields

1h

25th Nov 2005

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.

Jaws of Death

6. Jaws of Death

1h

2nd Dec 2005

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.

Trapped Under a Boulder

7. Trapped Under a Boulder

1h

10th Mar 2006

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.

Ice Cave Survivor

8. Ice Cave Survivor

1h

17th Mar 2006

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.

Shipwrecked

9. Shipwrecked

1h

24th Mar 2006

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

Alaskan Avalanche

10. Alaskan Avalanche

1h

31st Mar 2006

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.

Lost at Sea

11. Lost at Sea

1h

9th Jun 2006

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.

Crash in a Volcano

12. Crash in a Volcano

1h

16th Jun 2006

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.

Lost in the African Bush

13. Lost in the African Bush

1h

23rd Jun 2006

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.

First air date

28th Oct 2005

Last air date

24th Feb 2012

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks