Nick Knowles tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who survived a cardiac arrest in a swimming pool, plus an unsuspecting woman who was sandwiched between two cars, when one skidded on ice, and a motorbike rider who crashed into the back of his friend's vehicle and went careering over the handlebars.
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Series 11: Episode 20
An injured lone walker is lost for two nights during a storm on the Isle of Skye. And travels are cut short in Bolivia for a young woman when she has a terrifying encounter with ...
25-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 19
Brave rescuers risk their lives evacuating residents from a burning high-rise. And a woman comes to the aid of her best friend when she unexpectedly goes into cardiac arrest.
24-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 18
A man is severely injured and trapped under a tree that’s fallen during a storm. And a toddler is rushed to hospital after a deadly adder bite.
19-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 17
A family hike on Dartmoor sparks a helicopter rescue mission when a father of three is injured. And a huge lorry terrifies a young girl and her horse when it fails to slow down ...
18-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 16
An adrenaline-fuelled base jump goes terrifyingly wrong when a parachute opens the wrong way, a freak lightning strike sets fire to an annexe with a young girl inside, and a ter ...
17-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 15
A horse ride on the beach ends in disaster, a paraglider loses control during high winds, and a farmer is airlifted to hospital after two huge hay bales fall on him.
14-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 13
A father battles to save his young son’s life when he chokes on a hot dog. And a fun horse ride with friends takes a dramatic turn when a young girl crashes to the ground.
14-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 14
A tree surgeon's day nearly ends in tragedy after they plummet from an oak tree. And a cave adventure risks calamity when flash flooding causes an influx of water into a network ...
13-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 12
A solo climber risks his life when things go wrong on a remote snowy peak. And a dog walk in idyllic rural countryside threatens one woman’s life when she is trampled by c ...
13-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 11
A tranquil paddleboarding trip in Gibraltar takes a deadly turn. And a woman risks her life to save her beloved dog from a burning building.
12-07-2023
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Series 5: Episode 14
Nick Knowles tells the story of a young man kicked in the head by his girlfriend's horse. Plus the remarkable tale of survival of a British diver lost at sea off the Australian ...
14-06-2018
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Series 5: Episode 3
A young man hiking in the Cumbrian hills falls 200ft, and mountain rescue workers and an RAF helicopter come to his rescue. Two motorbiking brothers collide, and four children ...
18-01-2018
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Episode 10
Motorists struggle to save a woman trapped in her crashed car - it's on fire, and they have only moments to get her out. Elsewhere, a young motorcyclist films his own lucky esca ...
31-10-2014
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Series 11: Episode 5
An adrenaline-fuelled jump from a bridge goes terribly wrong, sparking a multi-agency rescue to retrieve an injured woman from icy water. And two young siblings bravely call 999 ...
30-06-2023
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Series 6: Episode 3
Nick Knowles introduces ordinary people who have survived extraordinary near misses, featuring real-time CCTV and phone recordings plus the dramatic accounts of both rescuers an ...
22-07-2020
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Series 9: Episode 17
A determined dad performs life-saving CPR on his ten-year-old son following a rare medical event, and a paramotorist crashes after coming into trouble at height.
14-09-2021
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Series 2: Episode 10
A young girl gets hit by a tram on the way to school - pinning her leg underneath the carriage. A stunned takeaway customer films the moment the pavement explodes right in front ...
31-07-2015
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Series 5: Episode 15
Featuring the story of two close friends bodyboarding off an Australian beach, one of whom has to go to the aid of the other when a great white shark attacks. A motorist risks h ...
18-09-2018
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Series 8: Episode 5
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a couple are on a trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary when their car is hit by a ...
03-06-2021
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