I Got Lucky

1 season available

Using surveillance cameras, dashboards and mobile phones from around the world, the series uses science and mechanics to analyze car accidents, collapses and near-miss disasters.
Massive Momentum
S1 E3

Racing down a mountain while lying on a skateboard traveling at 75mph is bound to lead to some crushing situations; professional racer Darius Escander tells us what it feels to have a bone crunching collision with a wall.

Fire and Water
S1 E4

Moving to the suburbs can feel like a relaxing life choice until you find yourself commuting to work, and an airplane blows up over your head.

Fight or Flight
S1 E5

Going hang gliding for the first time in your life can have some unexpected consequences; American tourist Chris Gursky tells us the terrifying experience of flying 2000ft above the Swiss Alps, hanging on by only one hand.

Land Speed Wrecker
S1 E6

Trying to break the land speed record is difficult at the best of time, but on an overused, beat-up desert racecourse the result can be flipping brutal.

Lights Out
S1 E7

Spending a whole weekend skydiving may sound like fun, but it can have some concussive consequences; amateur skydiver Ben Pigeon describes what it's like to get knocked unconscious before pulling the chute.

What Goes Up
S1 E8

Amateur snowmobile rider describes getting buried in an avalanche; we discover what happens when you play a game of cat and mouse in your supercar.

Going for a Spin
S1 E11

Racing driver Jeremy Foley talks about the devastating impact of having an engine malfunction on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Desert Demolition Derby
S1 E12

Matthew Campbell recalls his car going airborne and crashing down in an explosion of flames while racing in the Andes mountains.