Destroyed In Seconds

8:00pm – Monday, October 5 on Seven

- HOSTED BY GRANT DENYER

If you’ve got an appetite for destruction, host Grant Denyer serves up a feast of unbelievable moments of havoc and devastation in DESTROYED IN SECONDS.

Tonight, a family picnic nearly ends in disaster when the flaming wreckage of a Stealth Fighter crashes too close for comfort and two out of control fires – at a filling station in Korea and a chemical plant in Nevada – result in earth shaking explosions.

Also, an eight story apartment building in Manila topples over and heavy rains in Utah that cause a river to overflow and devour roads, bridges and entire neighbourhoods.

And every driver knows how to properly cross railroad tracks – but at one confusing intersection a semi-truck driver’s blunder causes a spectacular train crash.

DESTROYED IN SECONDS is hosted by GRANT DENYER.

Channel Seven’s resident risk-taker Grant Denyer will host the new action series DESTROYED IN SECONDS, bringing you some of the most shocking catastrophes to be captured on film.

From the award winning Discovery Channel, DESTROYED IN SECONDS will cover the gamut of destruction – from frighteningly well-orchestrated implosions of urban structures, catastrophic mid-air collisions and the terrifying majesty of nature at its most unrelenting.

Grant Denyer says:

“Destroyed In Seconds is a gob-smacking program that has you constantly asking ‘how on earth did that happen?’

If it’s broken, blown up, caught on fire, flipped over or fallen down – it’s here!  All from the safety of your own couch.

I’m not one to cheer others misfortune but gee its hard to look away when you’re watching the most amazing situations turn from bad to worse.  It’s gut wrenching stuff.”

Shocking and compelling, DESTROYED IN SECONDS will also look at what caused some of the world’s biggest destructions and how families and communities rebuild from devastation.

DESTROYED IN SECONDS premieres on Monday October 5 at 8:00pm on Seven.

Here’s some quick programming updates from the various networks.

Channel 9

1. ER – will finally return to our screens at 10.30pm on Thursday October 8. The medical drama takes off from episode two of season 14, with episode 1 having already aired way back in January this year. ER just has season 14 and 15 left before it finishes forever. In the US, the finale of ER was seen back in April this year. Also earlier this year, 111 Hits on pay TV played seasons 9 – 13.

2. Secret Millionaire. A show about rich people giving to the poor and based on a UK format will air on Thursdays at 9.30pm from October 8. The series is narrated by Russel Crowe.

3. Channel 9’s movie for Tuesday Oct 6 is Transformers. It starts at 8.30pm and is a first run movie for free to air TV. That week is school holidays in pretty well all states.

Channel 10

1. The new CBS series “Three Rivers” which is a medical drama will be fast tracked to channel 10 and will air on Wednesday nights at 9.30 after NCIS: LA. The first episode can be seen on October 14.

Channel 7

1. Amazing Race Season 15 – will start on channel 7 on Thursday October 8. Timeslot yet to be confirmed but is likely to be 8.30pm.

2. Beauty and the Geek Australia – will also start on Thursday October 8. Timeslot to be confirmed.

3. Destroyed in Seconds – will air on Mondays 8pm from October 5. That means that Highway Patrol will be on Mondays at 7.30pm from Oct 5. On Monday Sept 28, 7.30 sees an extra episode of Border Security followed by Highway Patrol.

4. Worlds’ Strictest Parents – on Wed Sept 30, a “see where they are now” episode airs that shows us what has become of some of the teens featured in the show. That is the finale of the series. No word yet as to what will be on channel 7 Wed 7.30 from Oct 7.

Sources: Media Spy and TV Tonight.