Close Calls: On Camera

April 11, 2022

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 from work when a huge sheet of ice crashes into her windscreen.

April 12, 2022

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 is knocked off his bike and fellow drivers rush to his aid.

April 13, 2022

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 when the crew aboard a British yacht are surrounded by a pod of killer whales.

April 14, 2022

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 down a rocky cliff face, severely injuring his leg.

April 15, 2022

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 rally car barrel-rolls after taking off from a jump at high speed.

April 18, 2022

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 the Peak District.

April 19, 2022

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 vehicle after being flagged down by another motorist.

April 20, 2022

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 more than they bargained for when a very big haul almost catches them out.

April 21, 2022

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 hearing their mum fall down the stairs in their home.

April 22, 2022

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 rounding a bend at speed. And a biker must make a split second decision on a busy roundabout.