Close Calls: On Camera

Season 7

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.

Where to Watch Season 7

20 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Today, a driver opens his car door, sending a young motorcyclist into the path of a bus, and a mum-to-be calls 999 after suffering massive blood loss.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Today, a dramatic rescue by the Royal Navy saves the lives of 14 people on board a yacht that’s lost its mast in a mid Atlantic storm. And a schoolgirl sees her mum’s car on fire at the school gates and fears she’s still inside.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Today, a paralympian takes off in a para-motor plane, but a problem brings him crashing to earth. Also today, a pub landlady rushes to alert a regular whose home is ablaze.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4Today, two workmates leap into a harbour to save a drowning man, a mum falls asleep at the wheel on her way home from work, and a hiker captures an alarming moment when a cliff collapses in front of her.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Today, a daughter dials 999 when her father has a cardiac arrest, while her sister battles to save him. And coastguard volunteers come to the rescue of a climber who has fallen from a cliff in Wales.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6A flight over the Dorset coast becomes a terrifying ordeal when a small plane loses power.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7An eight-year-old boy has a freak accident on his scooter, and a doctor is forced to operate at the scene. Holiday makers run for their lives when a cliff collapses at a Greek island beauty spot.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Today, a 79-year-old celebrates his birthday with a tandem skydive, but the main chute fails to open. A young mum suffers a cardiac arrest following an asthma attack, and a taxi driver comes to the rescue of a regular passenger whose flat is ablaze.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9Today, a drone searches for a British climber missing in the Himalayas, and a mum panics when she sees a news picture of her son’s wrecked car and can’t get hold of him.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10Today, a dad with two young children calls for help, then fights for his life when what appeared to be a sore throat worsens and becomes sepsis. Plus a historic home and restaurant is engulfed in flames, but a young man sleeps through the fire alarm.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11Pensioner Brian tells how he became trapped up to his neck in a slurry pit until former policeman Matt came to his rescue, and a mum and her young daughter describe the moment their car plunged off the road into a water-filled ditch.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12Thousands of football fans applaud helicopter medics who land on the pitch and battle to save the life of a popular steward at the club, and a young mum describes the moment a huge lorry ploughed into stationary traffic, including her car. The lorry's dash cam captures it all.
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13Two scuba divers describe how they found a Second World War bomb under a pier, and a steward at a popular cycling race tells how a support car drove straight at him. Plus a mum is seen on CCTV snatching her daughter from the path of a car, which failed to stop at traffic lights.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14A fisherman describes being washed overboard at night off the south coast, a history buff tells how he hauled a live grenade out of a canal, and a student relives the moment, caught on her dash cam, when a massive tree struck her car during a storm.
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15Footage from a base jumper's helmet cam shows what happened when he misjudged his launch and crash-landed on a rocky beach, and a mum relives the moment when her young daughter fell from her pony at a competition and was trampled underfoot.
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16A glider pilot's footage captures the moments after he crashed and got stuck in a tree, and the operation to rescue him. And a DJ dad relives the night, caught on CCTV, when a car failed to stop at a notorious crossroads.
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17A schoolboy and his family relive the day he was horrifically injured after falling from his BMX bike while practicing tricks, and a young rider describes the moment, filmed by her boyfriend, when she was thrown from her horse during an amateur race.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18Schoolgirl Molly recalls how she saved her stepfather's life by performing CPR, and an uncle and niece are filmed as they're rescued by a ferry when their dinghy capsizes.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19A 60-year-old woman attempting to row across the Atlantic is rescued as her boat fills with water, and an animal lover falls down a sewer while trying to rescue his dog.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20A paraglider crash-lands on a wall in the Peak District, a son witnesses his mother crash her bicycle, and a cameraman filming a storm almost ends up a victim himself.

 

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