999Seizoen 9
Recreations of dramatic rescues, where people cheat death through either sheer luck or outstanding bravery.
Where to Watch 999 • Seizoen 9
5 Episodes
- Aflevering 1A1
Aflevering 1Tonight's stories include how doctors saved the life of a knife attack victim by performing open heart surgery on the floor of a pub, and a workman's daring escape from a smoke-filled lift. Plus stuntman Marc Cass is in Norway to demonstrate the dangers of walking on thin ice. - Aflevering 2A2
Aflevering 2Heather Coles-Bayes who was impaled in the throat after slipping onto railings near her home in Leeds. Stuntman Marc Cass provides a graphic demonstration of the dangers of pouring petrol onto a barbecue. Plus a lorry driver's escape from the icy depths of a fjord in Norway. - Aflevering 3A3
Aflevering 3Michael Buerk presents more reconstructions of real-life rescues, including how a lone climber was saved after he became stranded with horrific injuries on the Isle of Skye's Cuillin Hills. Stuntman Marc Cass re-creates the experience of being stuck on a mountain with the symptoms of hypothermia. And the story of a canoeist who was rescued after becoming trapped under a weir. - Aflevering 5A5
Aflevering 5Michael Buerk introduces more true-life rescue tales, including that of a group of workers trapped beneath a huge steel door in a sewer on Liverpool's docks. Meanwhile, Marc Cass gets to grips with his fear of insects and a five-year-old tells the story of how she saved her dad's life when he lapsed into a diabetic coma.