Telling dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. Putting the viewer into the heart of action for every second of the unfolding drama, and every heart-stopping twist and turn.
EPISODE 1
Back From The Dead
A kayakist in New Zealand struggles to save his drowning friend. French snowboarders race against time to find the friend who has been buried by an avalanche.
EPISODE 2
Disaster Strikes
A novice caver is trapped in a flooding passage, a helicopter crew need to find a way to save an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice, and in Australia two spearfishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark infested waters.
EPISODE 3
Bleeding Out
A freak accident severs a cyclist's artery miles from medical help, a kayaker fights to rescue his friend from white water rapids, and a skier gets buried alive.
EPISODE 4
Lost At Sea
Rescued- dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves. Tourists struggle to find their loved ones after a capsize in rough seas.
EPISODE 5
Sunken Survivor
Dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves. A team sent to recover bodies from a sunken wreck finds one man still alive.
EPISODE 6
Hoisted From Hell
Dramatic real-life footage captured by rescuers. A helicopter crew pluck a mountaineer from a cliff, only to discover he's still attached.
Tom Streithorst
Andrew Parkin
David Skudder
