Deadly Dilemmas: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Here's your choice: would you rather get electrocuted by an electric eel or a Taser? Or your house is on fire, what's the best way to escape: through the window or down the stairs? Or the engine of your aircraft fails, what would you rather be in: a helicopter or a plane? Deadly Dilemmas gives you a load of hypothetical situations in every episode, and all you have to is decide which is the more survivable. Then we'll tell you the science behind why! Think of it as a kind of dangerous version of Play Your Cards Right, where the decision between higher or lower will make the difference between life or death!

Series details

• Title: Deadly Dilemmas
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-03-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14006
• IMDb ID: tt3639208
• TVDB ID: 278401

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-02-05; final listed air date 2014-03-05; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Deadly Dilemmas 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.