Superstorm (film)

Superstorm
Genredocudrama
Written byJulian Simpson
Directed byJulian Simpson
StarringNicola Stephenson
Tom Sizemore
Chris Potter
JR Bourne
Cas Anvar
Nicolas Wright
Jana Carpenter
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerBBC/Discovery Channel/ProSieben
Running time177 minutes
(3x59 minutes)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release15 April (2007-04-15) –
29 April 2007 (2007-04-29)
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Superstorm is a three-part British docudrama miniseries written and directed by Julian Simpson,[1] 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 (2007-04-15) to 29 April 2007 (2007-04-29). 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 (after being edited for content) on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2007.[2]

Superstorm is a co-production of BBC Worldwide, Discovery Channel and ProSieben, in association with M6 and NHK.[3] Ailsa Orr and Michael Mosley, who made also Supervolcano,[4] are the executive producers for BBC, while Jack E. Smith is the executive producer and David J. Smolar as Production Coordinator for the Discovery Channel.[2]

The miniseries was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2007.[5]

  1. ^ "Julian Simpson – United Agents".
  2. ^ a b "Discovery Channel Asks Can We Control the weather".
  3. ^ "BBC – Press Office – BBC Worldwide fights evil at MIPCOM".
  4. ^ "BBC – Press Office – Primeval and Superstorm go to Nine in Australia".
  5. ^ Superstorm DVD at Amazon UK (region 2)