''Twist of Fate'' is an American

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that airs on

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. It premiered on June 1, 2011. The series follows survivors of

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who were in severe danger at one point. In each episode, it details the split-second choices and twists of fate that got them to and out of those situations.

Production

The series was put together using interviews with the survivors intermingled with actor portrayals of what approximately happened. An exception to this rule was an episode in season 2 which included footage from one of the survivors'

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Reception

The ''

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''s David Hinkley gave ''Twist of Fate'' a generally positive review, stating that the series had "drama that feels so tense you'd almost think it was scripted". However, he didn't like that "the narration in "Twist of Fate" is turned up to full volume almost all the time", because "the stories don't need that kind of rhetoric to be compelling."

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* * The Weather Channel original programming 2011 American television series debuts 2010s American reality television series American English-language television shows {{US-documentary-tv-prog-stub