Series presented by Nick Knowles which shows the split-second moments when everyday events are transformed into disasters and meets the people who lived to tell the tale.

Hvor å se Close Calls: On Camera • Season 8

20 episoder

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1A hiker is in search of his dog when a cliff crumbles beneath his feet, a dramatic rescue by a coastguard rope team is captured on camera. Plus, passers-by save the life of a woman who has collapsed in the street.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Stories 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 for help and film the dramatic rescue. A mountain biker attempts a trick but doesn’t make it. The accident is captured on camera.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Stories 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 fighting to safe his life. A paraglider, filming as he flies, gets into trouble and loses height rapidly. He attempts to land on a road but doesn’t make it.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4A terrified family calls 999 when their baby becomes unresponsive, and paramedics must shock him back to life with a defibrillator. A truck driver is diverted along a narrow country road which can't cope with the weight of his vehicle.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5A couple are on a trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary when their car is hit by a truck on the M1, spinning it into the path of another HGV. A wingsuit freefaller hits trouble when his parachute gets tangled up.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6A group of friends are hiking in the Lake District when one falls 650 ft. A doctor and a paramedic operate on the mountainside to try to save his life. A motorist crests a hill to see a car coming towards him on the wrong side of the road.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7An eight-year-old boy taking part in a karting race clips the wheel of a rival, sending his own kart somersaulting through the air. A man leaps into a river to save a drowning dog and ends up having to be rescued too.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Two divers documenting a wreck in the Thames find more than they bargained for and call in the Royal Navy bomb team. An insecure load flies off a vehicle, landing on the windscreen of another driver, blocking his view of a busy motorway.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9A skier suffers a leg injury in a remote part of the Alps. Her guide attempts to ski her to safety, carrying her on his back. A little girl calls 999 when her mum goes into anaphylactic shock after eating an ice cream.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10Mountain Rescue battle 100mph winds to rescue a woman has slipped and fallen near the summit of Snowden. Paramedics fight to save the life of a cardiac patient whose heart stops three times on the way to hospital.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11A 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 jellyfish.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12A 15-year-old girl fights to save her father's life when he has a heart attack after picking her up from school. A driver loses control of their car, scooping two men up on to the bonnet and crashing through a shop window.
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13A 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 hits black ice.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14A 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 leaves the road and overturns.
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15A 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.
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16A climber in the Lake District plunges hundreds of feet down a mountain, coming to rest above a precipice. A driver ploughs into a car that is blocking the fast lane of a motorway at night.
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17A 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 the road. The other driver is asleep at the wheel.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18A 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.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19Neighbours phone for an ambulance when a young mother runs into the street in a panic. Her baby has cut his throat on a glass. A woman is knocked over and trampled by the horses she is feeding when they are spooked by a dog.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20A woman gives birth beside the M5 motorway with the help of her husband and an emergency call handler. The coastguard rescue two fishermen whose boat has overturned. A huge oak tree hits a family car during a storm.

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