I Shouldn't Be Alive: Season 1

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Discovery | Discovery Channel | Season Premiere Date: October 28, 2005

Starring: Sasha Pick, Nicholas Shaw (II), Trevor White

Summary: This Discovery Channel series presents reenactments of real-life survival stories.

Genre(s): Drama, Reality, Action & Adventure, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Lost in the African Bush
Air Date: June 23, 2006
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S1:E12. Crash in a Volcano
Air Date: June 16, 2006
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S1:E11. Lost at Sea
Air Date: June 9, 2006

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San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Charlie McCollum

A gripping show. Read full review

N.F. Mendoza

Gripping and thrilling. Read full review

Ned Martel

A memorable horror show. Read full review

Tony Perry

Ghastly, grisly and yet pruriently gripping. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Sure, the re-enactment technique is cheesy by its very nature, but at the heart of this show is the ancient art of storytelling. The verbal accounts of the survivors are so vibrant, their evocation of extreme experience so precise, that the viewer huddles before the TV like a child listening to ghost stories around a campfire, undistracted even by the indignity of commercial interruptions. Read full review

Brian Lowry

This isn't to say what these folks experienced isn't harrowing, but these hybrids mixing dramatic and documentary techniques only enjoy a sense of authenticity if both halves work, which isn't the case at least in the maiden voyage. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Relies so heavily on... amateurish re-creations that it undermines its otherwise mind-blowing survival stories. Read full review

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DonnaG

Nov 25, 2005

It is too scary sometimes. I was worried I wouldn't be able to sleep after that one. (I live in South Florida). The only thing about these stories is that you know who will and who won't be around because of the narrators. I suppose that takes the edge off, at least.