About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 13 June 2016 • 45 min
A supermarket manager and his girlfriend risk their lives to rescue a pensioner from a burning car. A teen adventurer has a near miss with an iceberg. A family find a strange object on the beach.
2. Episode 2
Aired 14 June 2016 • 45 min
A teacher walking her dog becomes entombed in a mudslide. A coastguard team battle to save her but become trapped too. A schoolgirl texting as she gets off the bus doesn't see the car heading towards her.
3. Episode 3
Aired 15 June 2016 • 45 min
A mountain biker suffers a freak accident in the Peak District and lies bleeding to death. An emergency call handler takes a call from a 3-year-old whose pregnant mum has fallen down the stairs.
4. Episode 4
Aired 16 June 2016 • 45 min
A para-glider misjudges the thermals and plunges, out of control into the tree canopy. Two young boys are trapped on the top floor of their burning home. A snowboarder is wiped out by a skier.
5. Episode 5
Aired 17 June 2016 • 45 min
A British pensioner on the trip of a lifetime is lost in the Australian bush without food and water. A mum on the school run is crushed by her own car. A champion British kite surfer suffers a traumatic injury when a stunt goes wrong.
6. Episode 6
Aired 20 June 2016 • 45 min
A family on safari are attacked by an elephant as they sit down to eat. A climber plummets from near the top of Helvellyn in the Lake District. A singer and her band flee as the hotel venue catches fire.
7. Episode 7
Aired 21 June 2016 • 45 min
A pedestrian is involved in an accident when a bus shunts a parked car into him.
8. Episode 8
Aired 22 June 2016 • 45 min
When a building site worker digs up a World War II bomb, 3,000 Londoners are moved out of their homes.
9. Episode 9
Aired 23 June 2016 • 45 min
Fire crews battle to reach a woman trapped in her 3rd-floor flat as smoke and flames envelop them all. Snowboarders accidentally trigger an avalanche on Mount Cook.
10. Episode 10
Aired 24 June 2016 • 45 min
A team of British rowers take on the Pacific Ocean, but their journey nearly ends in tragedy as their boat begins to sink. A family watch in horror as their 4-year-old daughter runs into the path of a car.