8.2 /10 1 Votes
8.4/10 TV No. of seasons 6 Final episode date 24 February 2012 | 8.1/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 58 First episode date 28 October 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Darlow Smithson Productions Running time 60 minutes (with adverts) Narrated by Qarie Marshall, Eric Meyers Main characters Roger Sargeant, Justin Kirkbride Similar I'm Alive, Your Worst Animal Nightmares, Rogue Nature, Everest: Beyond the Limit, I Was Bitten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Shouldn't Be Alive is a documentary television series made by Darlow Smithson Productions, a UK-based production company, that featured accounts of individuals or groups caught in dangerous scenarios away from civilization in natural environments. The show aired on multiple networks in the United States, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, India, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the Philippines.
The show was compiled using footage of interviews and dramatic reenactments of the situation. The main focus of the show was providing an explanation of how the participants survived the ordeal against typical odds and outlining the decisions they made that kept them alive.
Production
The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on October 28, 2005. Season 3 also airs in high definition on HD Theater. All episodes can now be seen in HD on DirecTV, Dish Network, or Verizon Fios. The show airs on Channel 7 in Australia and on Channel 4 in Britain.
On March 5, 2007, the Discovery Channel canceled the series and made it part of the "Discovery Classics" series. The show was broadcast on the Science Channel starting in early 2008. It was picked up in 2010 by Animal Planet and new episodes started to air along with the old.
As of October 2012, production of the show is currently on hiatus. Though, reruns of I Shouldn't Be Alive continued to air weekdays at 10AM (Eastern) until 2014. As of February 2013 casting has occurred for the show through Animal Planet's website, however no new episodes have been produced.