Close Calls: On Camera

Season 9

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 Close Calls: On Camera • Season 9

20 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1A surfing dad is found unconscious in the sea; fellow surfers battle to pull him to shore and give him CPR, as lifeboat and coastguard services join in the rescue. Also, a father is on the school run when a huge tree crashes onto his car.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Two police officers and a flight attendant perform CPR at the scene of a motorway accident in a bid to save the life of a lorry driver who has had a cardiac arrest at the wheel. Elsewhere, a young boy falls from a tree, and his mum, a doctor, calls mountain rescue for help.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3A teenage girl rings her parents to tell them their home is on fire, and her father braves the smoke and flames to save her. Also, a young mum on the way to hospital to give birth doesn't make it. Her partner dials 999 as the baby begins to arrive in the car.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4A teenage girl crashes into a bridge during a go-kart race. Her anxious parents are watching in the stands. Also, a kayaking mum and daughter are stranded on mud flats after getting caught out by the tide. As night falls, a major rescue operation is launched to save them.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5A man once rejected by the fire service for being too short rushes into a burning building to save an elderly woman. A young boxer tries to dodge a car shunted onto the pavement at speed, and a cyclist on his commute home has a near miss when a driver fails to see him on a busy dual carriageway.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Mountain Rescue come to the aid of a couple scrambling in the Lake District for their second date, when he plunges 60 meters down the mountain and she gets stuck on rocks above. Also, a teenage boy jumps into a water-filled dyke to save a drowning horse.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7A farm engineer is driving home in his newly purchased truck when a wheel comes off. Plus, a five-year-old boy uses the number on his toy ambulance to call for help when his mum is taken ill.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Rescue workers battle to save two students on Dartmoor when their island camp is cut off as a flooded river turns into a torrent. Elsewhere, a shop owner and his customers have a lucky escape when a car crashes through the window and into the store.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9A family flee their home when a battery charger, bought online, starts a fire that destroys their house. Also, a paddle boarder and a drone operator combine their skills to save four horses cut off by a river that has burst its banks.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10A Mountain Rescue team fight their way through appalling conditions to rescue a walker on Snowdon, and a mountain biker crash-lands after a jump, leading his friends to believe he's broken his neck.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14
  • 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 16
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18Medics perform life-saving surgery on a climber on a hillside in the Lake District.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19The bomb squad are called after two young boys find a metal object in the woods.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20Mountain Rescue are called out to help a young woman who has slipped down a hill.

 

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