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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 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 6
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Close Calls: On Camera
Series 11: Episode 4
A father goes into cardiac arrest after risking his life battling a blaze that's engulfed his family home. And an experienced mountain biker misjudges his take-off in a competit ...
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Series 11: Episode 3
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Series 11: Episode 2
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Series 5: Episode 14
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