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Saving Lives at Sea in World War II
Episode number: 1
Overview: Dermot O’Leary uncovers the story of the RNLI’s heroic efforts in the Second World War, as its crews were called to serve in the most perilous of conditions, saving 6,376 lives.
999
Episode number: 2
Overview: In Dungeness, the crew are called out to reports of a small boat in the middle of the shipping lanes, and they discover that the casualty is the subject of a major manhunt.
Every Second Counts
Episode number: 3
Overview: In Porthcawl, a fisherman has been dragged lifeless out of the sea by bystanders. The lifeboat crew race to the beach and join the desperate attempts to resuscitate him.
First Time for Everything
Episode number: 4
Overview: In Castletownbere, crew member Donagh faces a baptism of fire on his first ever shout as the crew carry out a dramatic rescue of a fisherman who’s suffered a suspected stroke.
Caught Out
Episode number: 5
Overview: In Queensferry, on the east coast of Scotland, an American visitor is caught out by the tide and is barely conscious when the RNLI crew drag him out of the water.
Trust
Episode number: 6
Overview: In Humber, the crew must work closely together to pull off the dangerous medivac of a fisherman with a spinal injury.
Knife Edge
Episode number: 7
Overview: In Walmer, the crew respond to reports of a major incident involving a small boat in the Channel. On arrival, they are faced with mass casualties in the freezing water.
Pressure
Episode number: 8
Overview: In Mudeford, on the Dorset coast, a search for a missing kayaker quickly escalates when it emerges that there are six more kayaks unaccounted for.
Pride
Episode number: 9
Overview: On the north Somerset coast, the Minehead crew come close to disaster in a challenging rescue of two walkers cut off by the tide.
Hidden Dangers
Episode number: 10
Overview: In Porthcawl, on the south-west coast of Wales, the crew receive a call about a swimmer who’s been swept out to sea in a rip current - as his wife and son watch on helplessly.