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 her life to save a family when their car bursts into flames following a motorway smash, and a woman survives when part of a huge tree crashes on to her car in a storm.
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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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
Series 10: Episode 18
A father of eight capsizes his kayak during his first time out at sea. He struggles to get back on, but fails. Elsewhere, a young couple have a narrow escape after a car pulls o ...
01-08-2022
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 7
Five fishermen are swept off their sinking ship into the vast Atlantic Ocean as a helicopter winch man desperately tries to pluck them from the sea. A 999 call records the momen ...
28-07-2015
BBC 1
Episode 7
When a farmer is speared by his own tractor, the scale of the drama is captured in his neighbour's 999 call to the ambulance. Elsewhere, a free solo climber films his own fright ...
29-10-2014
BBC 1
Series 11: Episode 7
Every parent's worst nightmare – a toddler stops breathing and dad has to perform CPR with help from a 999 call handler. And emergency services rush to the aid of a retire ...
04-07-2023
BBC 1
Series 9: Episode 13
Emergency services search for a dad who swerved to avoid another car and plunged down an embankment at night on a remote road, and a coastguard crew come to the rescue of a mum ...
08-09-2021
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 6
A frantic mum calls 999 when her seven-year-old daughter suffers a cardiac arrest, a microlight pilot loses power at 4,000ft and must dodge power cables to land, and two pals on ...
05-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 9: Episode 1
A surfing dad is found unconscious in the sea; fellow surfers battle to pull him to shore and give him CPR, as lifeboat and coastguard services join in the rescue. Also, a fathe ...
20-09-2021
BBC 1
Series 8: Episode 4
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a terrified family calls 999 when their baby becomes unresponsive, and paramedics must s ...
02-06-2021
BBC 1
Series 8: Episode 17
A heavily pregnant woman collapses on a remote moor. Will the emergency services find her in time? A young driver is filming his commute when a car rounds a bend on his side of ...
25-05-2021
BBC 1
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
BBC 1