Trawlermen

Series following a group of trawler fishermen in Peterhead, Scotland. Prawn boat Amity is in the grip of a winter storm, 100 miles from shore, with its nets caught on the seabed. Skipper Jimmy Buchan and his crew battle to save the boat and themselves. Elsewhere, a rival prawn trawler is filling its nets. Skippered by the young and ambitious James West, Fruitful Bough is one of the most successful boats in Peterhead.

Jimmy Buchan, skipper of the prawn trawler Amity, has just hours to decide whether to run through a storm to Peterhead or try and ride it out. Fruitful Bough, another prawn boat, is also wondering what to do - face the mountainous seas and gale force winds or lose vital fishing time by taking shelter in the Shetland Islands? Away from the storm, the whitefish boat Ocean Venture isn't catching any valuable haddock.

Ocean Venture has headed north and is fishing at `The Edge', only 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Having failed to catch enough fish, skipper John Buchan is taking a huge risk in the deep and treacherous waters of the North Atlantic in a bid to find the perfect catch. With the previous night's storm over, Amity gets back to the business of trying to catch prawns.

Offshore fishing, the most dangerous job in Britain, has a problem when it comes to getting new recruits, but 17-year-old Ryan wants to take up the challenge. He sets out on his first trip on one of the most successful pair of trawlers in Britain as they head into the rough Norwegian waters looking for cod and haddock. If he doesn't impress skipper Kevin West, he'll be looking for a new job when they come back.

Jimmy, skipper of the prawn boat Amity, is 100 miles offshore fishing in one of the most hazardous areas of the North Sea - the Devil's Hole. The engines which bring in his nets are on the brink of failing - if they stop he'll have to cut loose his nets and return to port with no prawns and no pay. Eighty miles away, new boy Ryan is desperate to impress skipper Kevin West, but time is running out to show he's tough enough.

Skipper Jimmy Buchan takes his prawn trawler Amity south to avoid a ferocious storm. Mindful of the recent sinking of a local boat with the loss of all on board, he fears for the safety of his crew. Meahwhile, Skipper John Buchan is full of optimism when he sets off for haddock, but then his trawler Ocean Venture gets caught in a force nine gale.