The Day I Should Have Died

Season 1

The stories of ordinary people faced with life-threatening circumstances told through actual footage, re-enactments and interviews. Survivors share how they cheated death, including escaping from serial killers and natural disasters.

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10 Episodes

  • 7/7 Bombing, London, 2005 Survivor(s): Gill Hicks
    E1
    7/7 Bombing, London, 2005 Survivor(s): Gill HicksOn July 7th 2005, Gill Hicks lay trapped in a smoke-filled train carriage. She was the last living person to be rescued after the attack, and is now a motivational speaker for peace.
  • Yorkshire Ripper Attack, Leeds, 1980 Survivor(s): Mo Lea
    E2
    Yorkshire Ripper Attack, Leeds, 1980 Survivor(s): Mo LeaMo Lea was attacked with a hammer by Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe. The attack almost ruined her life, leaving her with horrific injuries, but now she lectures art at a university.
  • The Enniskillen Bombings, November 1987. Survivor(s): Stephen Gault
    E3
    The Enniskillen Bombings, November 1987. Survivor(s): Stephen GaultSteven Gault was standing beside his father when a bomb exploded, instantly killing his father and ten others. Since then he has campaigned for justice for his family and the other victims.
  • Serial Killer Peter Tobin. Survivor(s): Margaret Mountney
    E4
    Serial Killer Peter Tobin. Survivor(s): Margaret MountneyPeter Tobin married Margaret Mountney when she was seventeen, a whirlwind romance which quickly descended to violence and rape.
  • The Bataclan Attacks, Paris, 2015. Survivors: Caroline Laglande, Maureen Roussell
    E5
    The Bataclan Attacks, Paris, 2015. Survivors: Caroline Laglande, Maureen RoussellCaroline Langlade hid with 40 other people as ISIS gunmen opened fire in the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015. Now she runs an organisation to support the survivors.
  • Paddington Railway Disaster Survivor(s): Pam Warren
    E6
    Paddington Railway Disaster Survivor(s): Pam WarrenPam Warren was a commuter on the ill-fated Reading to Paddington Great Western train on 5th October 1999 which crashed at Ladbroke Grove into a Thames Turbo train that had jumped a red light.
  • Kegworth Air Disaster Survivors: Declan Brady, Dominica Mcgowan & Stephen Mccoy
    E7
    Kegworth Air Disaster Survivors: Declan Brady, Dominica Mcgowan & Stephen MccoyDeclan Brady was on a flight from London to Belfast when the aircraft crashed; he managed to escape, having to crawl over people who were dead or dying in the process.
  • Murder of Mother Susan Lowson Survivor(s): Amanda Wright
    E8
    Murder of Mother Susan Lowson Survivor(s): Amanda WrightAt age four Amanda Wright was in bed with her mum Susan Lowson when Lowson was strangled to death by family friend John Dickinson. He then tried to do the same to Amanda before setting fire to the house.
  • Forced Marriage Survivor(s): Sameem Ali
    E9
    Forced Marriage Survivor(s): Sameem AliSameem Ali was taken to Pakistan and made to marry a stranger; she became pregnant and was left isolated from her peers back home, told she could go home only if she was pregnant.
  • Anders Breivik Massacre, Utoya Island, Norway, 2011 Survivors: Jarl Riskjelle Gjerde, Tore Bekkedal, Knut Frydenlund, Hege Dalen
    E10
    Anders Breivik Massacre, Utoya Island, Norway, 2011 Survivors: Jarl Riskjelle Gjerde, Tore Bekkedal, Knut Frydenlund, Hege DalenThe case of Anders Breivik and the massacre on Utøya island in 2011, focusing on how one boy threw himself in front of Breivik's gun to save the life of a girl he didn't even know.

 

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