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.
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I Shouldn't Be Alive
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⭐7.1/1027 votes
Quick facts
First Aired
2005
Seasons
6
Episodes
60
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
27
Genre
Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure
Status
Ended
Network
Discovery
Language
EN
Seasons
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S01E01
Shark Survivor
Oct 28, 200560 min
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 ho…
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S01E02
Lost in the Snow
Nov 4, 200560 min
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 …
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S01E03
Escape from the Amazon
Nov 11, 200560 min
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 …
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S01E04
Swept Away
Nov 18, 200560 min
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.
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S01E05
Kidnap in the Killing Fields
Nov 25, 200560 min
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.
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S01E06
Jaws of Death
Dec 2, 200560 min
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…
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S01E07
Trapped Under a Boulder
Mar 10, 200660 min
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 pi…
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S01E08
Ice Cave Survivor
Mar 17, 200660 min
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.
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S01E09
Shipwrecked
Mar 24, 200660 min
Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.
S01E10
Alaskan Avalanche
Mar 31, 200660 min
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 land…
S01E11
Lost at Sea
Jun 9, 200660 min
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 o…
S01E12
Crash in a Volcano
Jun 16, 200660 min
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, …
S01E13
Lost in the African Bush
Jun 23, 200660 min
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, ev…