Saving Lives at Sea Catch up, Series 4: Episode 1 on BBC 2

Saving Lives at Sea

Series 4: Episode 1

Every day in the seas around the UK and Ireland, an army of unpaid volunteers put their lives on the line to save those of others. Saving Lives At Sea tells the story of the ordinary men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) who are ready to answer their pager’s call and race to the rescue of those in trouble, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, whatever the weather. Using footage shot on the crews’ own cameras, this series takes us into the heart of the action, capturing the unpredictable work of the RNLI in unique detail.\n\nOver five thousand lifeboat crew volunteers are on standby to launch into the seas, rivers and lakes of the UK and Ireland and when they do they know there are three things they can rely on – their kit, their training and, most importantly, their team. The tight-knit crew at St Davids in Pembrokeshire includes three brothers Hal, Will and Ben, who are all called into action together when a plane makes an emergency crash landing on one of Wales’s busiest beaches, while over two hundreds miles to the south, on Jersey in the Channel Islands the St Catherine crew push their boat and themselves to their limits launching into a winter storm to search for a man missing far out at sea; and on the Wirral the crew of Hoylake launch their specialist rescue hovercraft and race the incoming tide to try and save a horse, stuck fast in mud, from drowning.

Source: BBC 2

Most recent episodes of Saving Lives at Sea

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 3. Every Second Counts

Over 5,000 lifeboat volunteers across the UK and Ireland are ready to answer the call to save lives at sea. From the moment their pagers sound, they know that every second count ...

18-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 6. Trust

Every one of the RNLI’s crew members brings their own unique skills to the station at which they volunteer. But they’re all united by one key element: trust.\n\nIn H ...

16-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 5. Caught Out

Although the crews of the RNLI know the perils around their coasts, many seaside visitors already need rescuing by the time they become apparent.\n\nIn Queensferry, an American ...

13-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 2. 999

Of the 9,000 shouts the lifeboat crews respond to each year, the vast majority start - as most emergencies do - with a 999 call.\n\nIn Dungeness, the crew are called out to repo ...

11-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 4. First Time For Everything

For every RNLI crew member, the first shout is just the beginning of many firsts.\n\nOn the south western tip of Ireland, Castletownbere crew member Donagh faces a baptism of fi ...

06-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 9: 1. Saving Lives At Sea In World War Ii

In this special episode commemorating the 2024 bicentenary of the RNLI, Dermot O’Leary uncovers the untold story of the institution’s heroic efforts in the Second Wo ...

04-04-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 6 (shortened Versions): Episode 4

Of the calls the RNLI respond to every year, some are a race against the tide while others are against the weather. But all of them are a race against time. The crew at Tower, o ...

29-01-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 6

Every day around the UK and Ireland, an unpaid army of men and women, from artists to undertakers and from priests to poets, are ready to put their lives on the line to save tho ...

19-01-2024

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 8: 10. Expect The Unexpected

In 2022, the lifeboats around the UK and Ireland launched over 9,300 times. On each and every shout, the crews must expect the unexpected.\n\nOn the Isle of Wight, the Bembridge ...

15-12-2023

BBC 2

All episodes

Saving Lives At Sea

Series 6 (shortened Versions): 1. Saving Lives At Sea

Each year the volunteer crews of the RNLI respond to around 9,000 call outs, from paddleboarders swept out to sea to sinking fishing boats, from families caught in rip currents ...

13-12-2023

BBC 2

All episodes