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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 11: Episode 10
A passion for mountain biking turns perilous as a jump goes terribly wrong. And there's a lucky escape for a family when an ancient oak tree comes crashing into their home.
10-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 9
Horrifying dashcam footage captures the devastation caused by an out-of-control car. And a mum of three is trapped in a burning building while her sons desperately struggle to f ...
06-07-2023
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Series 11: Episode 8
A group of students face life-threatening conditions on a remote hike when one is injured and a weather white-out closes in. And twin sisters have man's best friend to thank aft ...
05-07-2023
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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
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Series 11: Episode 6
A man narrowly escapes death after his dog alerts local walkers of his plight, 200 feet down a remote ravine. And an enthusiast’s love of cars has dire consequences when h ...
03-07-2023
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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 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 ...
29-06-2023
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Series 11: Episode 3
A helicopter rescue mission for an injured climber who is stranded alone after plummeting down a rock face. And a cyclist's brush with death as a giant hay bale falls from a pas ...
28-06-2023
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Series 11: Episode 2
A race against the tide as a young woman lies injured in a rock pool after plunging 40 feet down a cliff during a family holiday. And a young girl and her grandfather come close ...
27-06-2023
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Series 11: Episode 1
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Stadium medics battle to save the life of a football fanatic who suffers a cardiac arrest on th ...
26-06-2023
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Series 9: Episode 12
A coastguard crew come to the rescue of four children stranded on tidal mud flats at night, and a mum dials 999 when her two-day-old baby becomes unresponsive.
11-08-2022
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Series 9: Episode 11
A trip to the beach ends in disaster when a woman plunges 60 feet down a Cornish cliff in front of her family, and a grandfather dials 999 when a garage fire spreads to the hous ...
10-08-2022
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Series 10: Episode 20
A young mum driving her two young sons to the shops notices smoke in the footwell of her car. She struggles to get the boys out just before flames take hold. Elsewhere, a day ou ...
09-08-2022
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Series 10: Episode 19
A mum spectating at a go-kart race doesn’t immediately realise that it is her son who has had a bad crash on a bend. Elsewhere, a father calls the coastguard as he is stuc ...
04-08-2022
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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
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Series 10: Episode 17
A mother and her two young sons have just returned home from the park when a huge gas explosion rips through their house with them inside.\nAlso, a runaway bin lorry, with no dr ...
01-08-2022
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Series 10: Episode 16
CCTV captures the moment a road worker is crushed under the wheels of a reversing dump truck. His colleagues need to give emergency first aid to help save his life. Elsewhere, a ...
01-08-2022
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Series 10: Episode 15
A 12-year-old boy is airlifted from England’s highest mountain after suffering severe head injuries in a 50-foot fall onto rocks. Elsewhere, a paraglider filming high abov ...
22-07-2022
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Series 10: Episode 14
A farmer finds his 14-year-old son lying severely injured in a field after having been run over by his tractor and trailer. Elsewhere, a pregnant woman in labour, waiting for a ...
21-07-2022
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Series 10: Episode 13
A rider is dragged along the ground after falling off her bolting horse. Her friend needs to get help fast when she finds her unconscious and badly injured. Elsewhere, a father ...
20-07-2022
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Series 10: Episode 12
A young mum, alone at home with her three-year-old daughter, has a life-threatening asthma attack. Elsewhere, a coastguard helicopter lowers a winch to a swimmer who has clamber ...
19-07-2022
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Series 10: Episode 11
A desperate husband calls 999 after his wife falls down the stairs onto a fish tank, slashing her neck on broken glass. Elsewhere, a man rekindling his love for walking ends up ...
18-07-2022
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Series 10: Episode 10
A mother and son are helped by neighbours when an out-of-control car smashes into their house. A couple have a lucky escape whilst driving, as a lorry sheds its load while round ...
22-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 9
A Christmas day walk in the Peaks takes a dramatic turn when an injured hiker becomes stranded in the freezing cold temperature, and two young siblings bravely call 999 after he ...
21-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 8
A professional mountain biker needs urgent medical help after a front flip he performs at a bike track goes horribly wrong. Also, two friends aboard a small fishing vessel get m ...
20-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 7
The fiancée of a young man in cardiac arrest fights to keep him alive after finding him unconscious in his sleep, and a stunned driver narrowly escapes from his burning v ...
19-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 6
Emergency services struggle to release a farmer impaled on a metre-long spike on his loading vehicle. Also, an injured hiker is rescued from a deep ravine in a remote part of th ...
18-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 5
Three siblings battle to save the life of their father, who has suffered a heart attack in the garden. A rally cross driver and his navigator have a lucky escape when their rall ...
15-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 4
A seven-year-old girl dials 999 from the back seat of her mother’s car as Mum is desperately struggling to breathe. A major rope rescue is launched when a climber plunges ...
14-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 3
A young man is thrown from his motorbike, hitting his head hard on a tree stump. His father dials 999, and an air ambulance crew races to the scene. Elsewhere, tension mounts wh ...
13-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 2
Mountain rescue volunteers, paramedics and fellow hikers race to save the life of a walker who has plummeted 100 feet from a rock stack in the Peak District. A young moped rider ...
12-04-2022
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Series 10: Episode 1
A young woman and her friends are pulled out to sea in a freak rip current. A lifeguard and the coastguard are scrambled as they battle to stay afloat, and a mum is driving home ...
11-04-2022
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Series 9: Episode 10
A Mountain Rescue team fight their way through appalling conditions to rescue a walker on Snowdon, and a mountain biker crash-lands after a jump, leading his friends to believe ...
01-10-2021
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Series 9: Episode 9
A family flee their home when a battery charger, bought online, starts a fire that destroys their house. Also, a paddle boarder and a drone operator combine their skills to save ...
30-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 8
Rescue workers battle to save two students on Dartmoor when their island camp is cut off as a flooded river turns into a torrent. Elsewhere, a shop owner and his customers have ...
29-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 7
A farm engineer is driving home in his newly purchased truck when a wheel comes off. Also, a five-year-old boy uses the number on his toy ambulance to call for help when his mum ...
28-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 6
Mountain Rescue come to the aid of a couple scrambling in the Lake District for their second date, when he plunges 60 meters down the mountain and she gets stuck on rocks above. ...
27-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 5
A man once rejected by the fire service for being too short rushes into a burning building to save an elderly woman. A young boxer tries to dodge a car shunted onto the pavement ...
24-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 4
A teenage girl crashes into a bridge during a go-kart race. Her anxious parents are watching in the stands. Also, a kayaking mum and daughter are stranded on mudflats after gett ...
23-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 3
A teenage girl rings her parents to tell them their home is on fire, and her father braves the smoke and flames to save her. Also, a young mum on the way to hospital to give bir ...
22-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 2
Two police officers and a flight attendant perform CPR at the scene of a motorway accident in a bid to save the life of a lorry driver who has had a cardiac arrest at the wheel. ...
21-09-2021
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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
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Series 9: Episode 20
Mountain Rescue are called out to help a young woman on her first ever hike who has made it to the top of a hill, but slipped on the way down, and a young woman and her dog get ...
17-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 19
The bomb squad are called after two young boys bring home a metal object they’ve found in the woods, Mountain Rescue help a grandmother whose dream trip is cut short by a ...
16-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 18
Emergency medics perform life-saving surgery on a seriously-injured climber on a hillside in the Lake District, and a driver’s in-car camera captures the moment he crests ...
15-09-2021
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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 9: Episode 16
A kayaker comes to the rescue of a young man who has plunged more than 100 feet into the sea from a Dorset beauty spot, and Mountain Rescue are called to help a man on a remote ...
13-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 15
A grandad dials 999 when his granddaughter suffers a rare medical event, a young mum takes evasive action when a trailer detaches from a truck hurtling towards her baby’s ...
10-09-2021
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Series 9: Episode 14
Mountain rescue are called out to help a woman with a medical condition who is stuck halfway up a mountain, and a waiter comes to the aid of a customer choking on his curry.
09-09-2021
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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
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Series 8: Episode 6
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a group of friends are hiking the Lake District when one falls 650 feet. A doctor and a ...
04-06-2021
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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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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
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Series 8: Episode 3
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a dad of five collapses at a trampoline park, and CCTV captures the centre’s staff ...
01-06-2021
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Series 8: Episode 2
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, an angler fishing off rocks is swept into a raging sea, and hikers see it happen, call f ...
31-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 20
A woman gives birth on the M5 motorway with the help of her husband and an emergency call handler, the coastguard come to the rescue of two fishermen whose boat has overturned, ...
28-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 19
Neighbours call the emergency services when a young mum rushes into the street in panic. Her baby has cut his throat on a glass. Also, a woman is knocked to the ground and tramp ...
27-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 18
A dad-to-be has an horrific accident while mountain biking with friends, and a man braves a fire at his family home to search for his dogs.
26-05-2021
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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
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Series 8: Episode 16
A climber plunges hundreds of feet down a mountain in the Lake District, coming to rest above a precipice, and a driver ploughs into a car blocking the fast lane of a motorway a ...
24-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 15
A Scottish cyclist on a round-the-world challenge is hit by a driver in Texas, and a family dog saves the day when a mum slips and falls on the stairs.
21-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 14
A base jumper leaps from a cliff top, but his parachute spins him 180 degrees and he plummets down the rock face. College students on their way home are injured when their coach ...
20-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 13
A young boy must find help after his grandfather falls on a rocky cliff face, a road racing cyclist’s career is threatened when he is hit by a car, and a motorbike rider h ...
19-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 12
A 15-year-old girl fights to save her father’s life when he has a heart attack after picking her up from school, and a driver loses control of a car, scooping two men up o ...
18-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 11
A young man is unconscious in his bedroom, and it’s up to an online friend in Texas to raise the alarm. A nine-year-old boy on holiday in Scotland gets stung by a giant je ...
11-05-2021
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Series 8: Episode 9
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a skier suffers a leg injury off-piste in a remote part of the Alps. Her guide attempts ...
20-11-2020
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Series 8: Episode 8
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, two divers documenting a wreck in the Thames find more than they bargained for and call ...
19-11-2020
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Series 8: Episode 7
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, an eight-year-old boy taking part in a karting race clips the wheel of a rival, sending ...
18-11-2020
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Series 8: Episode 1
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a hiker is in search of his dog when a cliff crumbles beneath his feet, a dramatic rescu ...
26-10-2020
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Series 6: Episode 9
A group of hikers are enjoying a day on Dartmoor when one falls, landing on rocks below, and a young couple and their baby flee a hotel fire after a fellow guest alerts them.
30-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 8
A top British surfer rides the wave of his life when it all goes wrong, two little girls call for help when their dad collapses, and a mum and daughter suddenly find their tumbl ...
29-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 7
A family is trapped 50 metres up on a tourist attraction, and a young rock climber disobeys his dad, with terrifying consequences.
28-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 6
A veteran saloon car race driver is involved in a horrific crash on the finish line, two pals fish a hand grenade out of a river, and a young boy alerts his mum to a car fire.
27-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 5
An experienced base jumper's parachute gets tangled up when he leaps off Beachy Head, passers by come to the aid of a fitness trainer collapsed in the street and a fire near a p ...
24-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 4
Nick Knowles presents stories of people who have survived extraordinary near misses, with real-time CCTV and phone recordings and the dramatic accounts of both the rescuers and ...
23-07-2020
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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 6: Episode 2
A film extra is taken ill at the top of a cathedral tower and a coastguard crew fight to save him, a mum and daughter flee a fire in their flat, and customers at a pub run from ...
21-07-2020
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Series 6: Episode 1
Nick Knowles presents stories of people who have survived extraordinary near misses, with real-time CCTV and phone recordings and the dramatic accounts of both the rescuers and ...
20-07-2020
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Series 7: Episode 3
Today, a paralympian takes off in a para-motor plane, but a problem brings him crashing to earth. Also today, a pub landlady rushes to alert a regular whose home is ablaze.
13-05-2020
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Series 7: Episode 2
Today, a dramatic rescue by the Royal Navy saves the lives of 14 people on board a yacht that’s lost its mast in a mid Atlantic storm. And a schoolgirl sees her mum’ ...
12-05-2020
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Series 7: Episode 1
Today, a driver opens his car door, sending a young motorcyclist into the path of a bus, and a mum-to-be calls 999 after suffering massive blood loss.
14-10-2019
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Series 6: Episode 10
Two young men are attempting to set a world record rowing the Atlantic when a freak wave capsizes their boat, and a family day out in the snow almost ends in tragedy when a dad ...
03-05-2019
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Series 4: Episode 6
A family on a safari holiday is attacked by an elephant as they sit down to eat. A climber plummets from near the top of Helvellyn in the Lake District. A singer and her band, p ...
05-10-2018
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Series 4: Episode 1
A supermarket manager and his girlfriend risk their own lives to save a pensioner from a burning car, a teenage adventurer has a near miss with an iceberg, and a family in Wales ...
28-09-2018
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