Shockwave: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Nothing makes for more exciting television than seeing history captured as it happened, whether by home video, cell phones, surveillance systems or the occasional lucky news cameraman. Shockwave -- a new groundbreaking series taking the best raw footage of catastrophic, headline-making events from all over the world--uses the latest in graphics technology to dissect the video, revealing astonishing 3-D views and showing what really happened. From the catastrophic bridge collapse in Minneapolis to the explosion aboard the USS Forrestal, we take an in-depth look at the stories behind the headlines and introduce you to the people who conquered tragedy with their incredible human spirit.

Series details

• Title: Shockwave
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2007-11-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-10-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39281
• IMDb ID: tt1150811
• TVDB ID: 84206

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-11-30; final listed air date 2008-03-14; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-05-02; final listed air date 2008-10-03; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shockwave 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.