I Shouldn't Be Alive: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What lengths would you go to in order to survive in the wild where you have to battle the forces of nature and the elements? I Shouldn't Be Alive presents viewers with this very question, allowing them to re-live the harrowing, true stories of real people who survived fascinatingly dire circumstances and lived to tell about it. Viewers find the experience of I Shouldn't Be Alive to be an emotional one - the featured tales often deal with unimaginable scenarios, moral dilemmas, split-second decisions and chance occurrences that determine life or death. This highly engaging series constantly leaves viewers in awe and forces them to ponder: Do I have it within me to do the same?

Series details

• Title: I Shouldn't Be Alive
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2005-10-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-02-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animal Planet
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3930

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-28; final listed air date 2006-06-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-11-10; final listed air date 2006-12-22; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-01-15; final listed air date 2010-04-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2010-10-13; final listed air date 2011-02-23; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-07-06; final listed air date 2011-09-30; episode order: 6.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-10-07; final listed air date 2012-02-24; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from I Shouldn't Be Alive on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.