999
Stagione 3
Recreations of dramatic rescues, where people cheat death through either sheer luck or outstanding bravery.
Dove guardare 999 • Stagione 3
10 Episodi
- Episodio 1E1
Episodio 1When a crane driver collapses 180 feet above the ground, the ambulanceman attempting to rescue him must grapple not just with the obvious dangers of the situation but with his own fear of heights. In the Isles of Scilly, the dramatic rescue of a lone yachtsman is captured on video, and in Manchester a 3-year-old boy and his dog Max go missing. - Episodio 5
E5Episodio 5One of tonight's reconstructions shows what happened that day when the man went into anaphylactic shock after he was stung by bees more than 100 times. The other two featured stories reconstruct a freak canoeing accident on the River Dart which tested the ingenuity of students at the scene, and the mountain rescue of an elderly woman with a broken arm, by a highly-trained dog. - Episodio 6
E6Episodio 6Tonight, the helicopter pilot whose flying expertise was tested to the limit when he had to hover for more than 20 minutes dangerously close to a cliff face in order to rescue a climber with a broken neck. Also, the couple who nearly died from something they couldn't see, hear, taste or smell, and the dual race to free a man trapped by a leaking chemical container and stop the toxic liquid inside polluting the environment. - Episodio 7
E7Episodio 7Tonight, a diving accident leaves a young woman at risk from the bends, and forces a helicopter to fly under the Tamar Bridge to get her to safety; the teenage boy speared by a javelin in a freak accident on a school sports field; and the cyclist who needed 718 pints of blood after he was run over by a lorry. - Episodio 8E8
Episodio 8One of the reconstructions introduced by Michael Buerk in tonight's programme uses the actual recording of the lifesaving call the little boy made when his mother went into a coma. Also featured is the original video made by the London Fire Brigade as they raced to free the driver of a 17-tonne juggernaut balanced on the edge of a bridge. - Episodio 9
E9Episodio 9Tonight, an improperly secured anchor leads to a massive search for two divers lost at sea off the Cornish coast. A woman makes a 999 call on her mobile phone while hanging upside down in her crashed car. And the complex rescue of two men badly injured by a lorry as they worked to replace old gas mains in a hole in the road. - Episodio 10E10
Episodio 10Tonight, how a stroll in the Yorkshire countryside left a 65-year-old woman struggling to stay alive after she was bitten by adders, the only poisonous snake in the UK - followed by medical advice on dealing with snakebites. There's also the rescue of two rally enthusiasts whose car veered off a forest track and plunged down a 1,000ft ravine in South Wales.
