''World's Most Amazing Videos'' was an American

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series that ran on

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from March 3, 1999 until 2001, as a filler program when other shows were cancelled and later revived on

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from 2006 until 2008. The show showcases

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s, police chases and other extraordinary events that were caught on

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. Until 2007, all episodes of the show were narrated by

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. From that point on, the season was narrated by

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. The show was broadcast in the United Kingdom on

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and Channel One, in which David Wartnaby served as the narrator of the first season followed by

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in the second season of broadcast and was expected to return in 2012. In Australia, it is shown on the pay-TV channel Fox8. The series was given its own local name titled ''Global Shockers'' in the

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that was aired on ABC-5 (now known as TV5) from 2006 until 2007 and it was hosted by

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. The fifth and final season changed the format; instead of multiple random clips in one episode, each episode now focuses on a certain theme.

Synopsis

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'', ''

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'' and '' Destroyed in Seconds'', it took a more serious tone. The clips show some dangerous disasters, daring rescues, fights, amateur sports, robberies, animal attacks, and car accidents.

Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (1999-2001)

Season 3 (2006)

Season 4 (2007)

Season 5 (2008)

Syndication and revival

All of the older episodes of World's Most Amazing Videos (NBC version run only) were re-aired on

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from 2005 to 2008. A new series of episodes of the show were created in 2006 first-run for

, after a six-year hiatus from the NBC stint. Also, the show was re-aired on CMT from 2009 to 2010, and

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from 2016 to 2017.

Home media releases

From 1999 until 2000, Trimark Home Video (under the label NBC Home Video) released 13 episodes of the first season of the original NBC version of the show in six volumes on VHS. On November 4, 2008,

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released ''World's Most Amazing Videos: Volume One'' that features the first five episodes of the 2006 revival version (Season 3) on

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in Region 1.

References

External links

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Synopsis

Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (1999-2001)

Season 3 (2006)

Season 4 (2007)

Season 5 (2008)

Syndication and revival

Home media releases

See also

References

External links