Raging Planet

American documentary television series

Raging Planet
Genre	Documentary
Starring	Randall Lee Rose (Season 1) Robert Naughton (Season 2)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18^[1]
Production
Running time	50 minutes^[2]
Production company	Pioneer Productions
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel Science Channel
Release	October 10, 1997 (1997-10-10)^[3] – October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)^[4]

Raging Planet is an American documentary television series that originally aired in 1997 and 2009 on the Discovery Channel. The program focuses on natural disasters. It currently airs periodically on the Science Channel.

Summary

The show focuses on natural disasters, including tornadoes, hurricanes, avalanches, lightning, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, and blizzards. It features videos taken during disasters, computer-generated imagery effects, and reenactments. Rescue workers, scientists, and survivors are interviewed. Season 2 was produced in 2008–2009 on HD format from locations around the world. Transmitted in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally in 2009 on the Discovery Channel, the series was directed by Mark Westcott, Alex Williamson, Susannah Ward, and Martin Gorst, and was produced by Pioneer TV.^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

The first season was produced in 1997 and it has ten episodes.

No. in Series	No. in Season	Title	Original U.S. air date^[5]^[6]
1	1	"Avalanche"	October 10, 1997
2	2	"Blizzard"	October 17, 1997
3	3	"Earthquake"	October 24, 1997
4	4	"Fire"	October 31, 1997
5	5	"Flood"	November 7, 1997
6	6	"Hurricane"	November 14, 1997
7	7	"Lightning"	November 21, 1997
8	8	"Tidal Wave"	November 28, 1997
9	9	"Tornado"	December 5, 1997
10	10	"Volcano"	December 12, 1997

Season 2 (2009)

The second season was produced in 2009 on HD format and it has eight episodes.

No. in Series	No. in Season	Title	Original U.S. air date^[6]
11	1	"Tornado"	August 9, 2009
12	2	"Lightning"	August 9, 2009
13	3	"Flood"	August 16, 2009
14	4	"Hurricane"	August 16, 2009
15	5	"Blizzard"	September 27, 2009
16	6	"Volcano"	September 27, 2009
17	7	"Avalanche"	October 4, 2009
18	8	"Sea Storm"	October 4, 2009

References

^ "Raging Planet". TVBuzer.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ "Watch Raging Planet Free Online". Ovguide.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ "Raging Planet Episodes Guide and Summaries (Season 1)". next-episode.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ "Raging Planet Episodes Guide and Summaries (Season 2)". next-episode.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ "Raging Planet - Episode Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Raging Planet: Complete Episodes List". TheTVDB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.

External links

Video clips at Discovery.com
Raging Planet at IMDb

Discovery Channel original programming

Current

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How the Universe Works (since 2010)
Gold Rush (since 2010)
Moonshiners (since 2011)
Bering Sea Gold (since 2012)
Naked and Afraid (since 2013)
Alaskan Bush People (since 2014)
Gold Rush: White Water (since 2018)
BattleBots (since 2018)
Expedition Unknown (since 2018)
Growing Belushi (since 2020)
Survive the Raft (since 2023)

Former

1980s/1990s debuts	Wings (1980s–1990s) Lost Animals of the 20th Century (1990) The Next Step (1991–1996) World Class Cuisine (1993–1997) Ancient Warriors (1994–1995) Daily Planet (1995–2018, Canada) Discover Magazine (1996–2000) The New Detectives (1996–2004) Raging Planet (1997–2009) The FBI Files (1998–2006)
2000s debuts	When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001) Monster Garage (2002–06) Biker Build-Off (2002–07) Unsolved History (2002–05) American Chopper (2003–12,2018-20) MythBusters (2003–16, recast 2017–18) Dinosaur Planet (2003) Dirty Jobs (2003–2020, 2022-23) Critical Rescue (2003) Extreme Engineering (2003–11) Monster House (2003–06) Planes That Never Flew (2003) Before We Ruled the Earth (2003) American Hot Rod (2004–08) Animal Face-Off (2004) Big! (2004) American Casino (2004–05) It Takes a Thief (2005–07) Alien Planet (2005) Mega Builders (2005–10) A Haunting (2005–07) I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005–06) Firehouse USA: Boston (2005) Cash Cab (2005–12, 2017–18) Stunt Junkies (2006–07) Man vs. Wild (2006–11) Future Weapons (2006–08) Most Evil (2006–08) Discovery Atlas (2006–08) Everest: Beyond the Limit (2006–09) Perfect Disaster (2006) Really Big Things (2007) 2057 (2007) You Spoof Discovery (2007) Lobster Wars (2007) Storm Chasers (2007–11) Fearless Planet (2007) Rise of the Video Game (2007) Fight Quest (2007–08) Bone Detectives (2007–08) Smash Lab (2007–09) Some Assembly Required (2007–08) Weapon Masters (2007) Time Warp (2008–09) Verminators (2008–09) Out of the Wild (2008–11) When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008) Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein (2008) Destroyed in Seconds (2008–2011) Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth (2008) Prototype This! (2008–09) Wreckreation Nation (2009) One Way Out (2009) Doing DaVinci (2009–10) PitchMen (2009–11) Swamp Loggers (2009–12) The Colony (2009–10) Swords (2009–11) Monsters Resurrected (2009) Ghost Lab (2009–11) American Loggers (2009-11)
2010s debuts	Howe & Howe Tech (2010–11) Solving History with Olly Steeds (2010) Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) Weird or What? (2010–12) Dual Survival (2010–16) Man, Woman, Wild (2010–12) Auction Kings (2010–13) Oddities (2010–14) Brew Masters (2010) Airplane Repo (2010–15) Alaska: The Last Frontier (2011-22) Flying Wild Alaska (2011–12) Sons of Guns (2011–14) Disaster Eyewitness (2011) American Treasures (2011) Swamp Brothers (2011–12) One Man Army (2011) Curiosity (2011–13) Dinosaur Revolution (2011) American Guns (2011–12) Ragin' Cajuns (2012) Unchained Reaction (2012) Dealers (2012, United Kingdom) Outlaw Empires (2012) Fast N' Loud (2012-2020) Property Wars (2012–13) One Car Too Far (2012) Texas Car Wars (2012) How Booze Built America (2012) Overhaulin' (2012–15) Jungle Gold (2012–13) Amish Mafia (2012–15) Yukon Men (2012–16) Weed Country (2013) Marooned with Ed Stafford (2013–16) The Big Brain Theory (2013) North America (2013) Street Outlaws (2013-19) Klondike (2014) Lords of the Car Hoards (2014–15) Edge of Alaska (2014–17) Vegas Rat Rods (2014-18) Misfit Garage (2014-2018) Naked and Afraid XL (2015-22) Treasure Quest: Snake Island (2015-18) Diesel Brothers (2016-20) Killing Fields (2016–17) The Last Alaskans (2016–19) Harley and the Davidsons (2016) Manhunt: Unabomber (2017) Trading Spaces (2018-19)
2020s debuts	BattleBots: Bounty Hunters (2021)