Series synopsis
Superstorm is a British drama television series that premiered on BBC One on April 15, 2007. It ended on April 29, 2007. It stars JR Bourne, Tom Sizemore, Chris Potter and Nicola Stephenson.
Superstorm is a three-part British docudrama miniseries written and directed by Julian Simpson, about a group of scientists that try to divert and weaken hurricanes using cloud seeding.
Superstorm originally aired on BBC One for a period of three weeks, totaling three 59 minute episodes, from 15 April 2007 to 29 April 2007. Each episode was followed by a half-hour documentary on BBC Two on extreme weather monitoring and forecasting, called The Science of Superstorms. The series was also aired o ...
Premise
Superstorm is a three-part British docudrama miniseries written and directed by Julian Simpson, about a group of scientists that try to divert and weaken hurricanes using cloud seeding.
Superstorm originally aired on BBC One for a period of three weeks, totaling three 59 minute episodes, from 15 April 2007 to 29 April 2007. Each episode was followed by a half-hour documentary on BBC Two on extreme weather monitoring and forecasting, called The Science of Superstorms. The series was also aired on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2007.
Superstorm is a co-production of BBC Worldwide, Discovery Channel and ProSieben, in association with M6 and NHK. Ailsa Orr and Michael Mosley, who made also Supervolcano, are the executive producers for BBC, while Jack E. Smith is the executive producer for Discovery Channel.
The miniseries was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2007.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- JR Bourne as Lance Resnick
- Tom Sizemore as Katzenberg
- Chris Potter as Dan Abrams
- Nicola Stephenson as Sara Hughes
- Nicolas Wright as Ralf DeWitt
- Cas Anvar as Munish Loomba
- Jana Carpenter as Holly Zabrieski
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 3 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | April 15, 2007 | April 29, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Some scientists create a devise which allows them to take control of the weather unaware of the problems it is about to cause. |
April 15, 2007 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The team are forced to act fast when they learn that a hurricane is heading towards the city of Miami. When an experiment to stop it goes wrong New York finds itself under threat. |
April 22, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The team are forced to realize that their research has been used for all the wrong reasons. The storm is attempted to be diverted from hitting New York. |
April 29, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 15, 2007 |
| Last aired | April 29, 2007 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:00:00 |