Raging Planet


Raging Planet is an American documentary television series that originally aired in 1997 and 2009 on the Discovery Channel. The program focuses on natural disasters. It currently airs periodically on the Science Channel.

Summary

The show, Raging Planet, focuses on natural disasters that happen on Earth, including tornadoes, hurricanes, avalanches, lightning, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, and blizzards. It features actual videos taken during disasters, CGI effects, and a few reenactments. The show often had the science behind how these disasters occurred as well as case studies of certain disasters. The program often uses scale models rather than CGIs. Rescue workers, scientists, and survivors are interviewed. Actual footage of rescue workers and scientists predicting and researching the featured disaster is used. Season 2 was produced in 2008–2009 on HD format from locations around the world. Transmitted in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally in 2009 on the Discovery Channel, the series was directed by Mark Westcott, Alex Williamson, Susannah Ward, and Martin Gorst, and was produced by Pioneer TV.

Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

The first season was produced in 1997 and it has ten episodes.
No. in SeriesNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal U.S. air date
11"Avalanche"October 10, 1997
22"Blizzard"October 17, 1997
33"Earthquake"October 24, 1997
44"Fire"October 31, 1997
55"Flood"November 7, 1997
66"Hurricane"November 14, 1997
77"Lightning"November 21, 1997
88"Tidal Wave"November 28, 1997
99"Tornado"December 5, 1997
1010"Volcano"December 12, 1997

Season 2 (2009)

The second season was produced in 2009 on HD format and it has eight episodes.
No. in SeriesNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal U.S. air date
111"Tornado"August 9, 2009
122"Lightning"August 9, 2009
133"Flood"August 16, 2009
144"Hurricane"August 16, 2009
155"Blizzard"September 27, 2009
166"Volcano"September 27, 2009
177"Avalanche"October 4, 2009
188"Sea Storm"October 4, 2009