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 (20)
1. Episode 1
Aired 8 April 2019 • 45 min
Nick Knowles returns with more life or death situations. A driver opens his door suddenly sending a motorcyclist into the path of a bus. A pregnant woman calls 999 after suffering huge blood loss.
2. Episode 2
Aired 9 April 2019 • 45 min
The Royal Navy save 14 people from a yacht that has lost its mast amid a mid-Atlantic storm. A schoolgirl sees her mum's car on fire outside the school and fears she is still inside it.
3. Episode 3
Aired 10 April 2019 • 45 min
A paralympian comes crashing down to earth when a para motor plane develops a problem after take off. A pub landlady rushes to warn a regular that his house is on fire.
4. Episode 4
Aired 11 April 2019 • 45 min
Two workmates leap into a harbour to save a drowning man, on her way home from work a mum falls asleep at the wheel and a hiker captures a dramatic moment when a cliff collapses in front of her.
5. Episode 5
Aired 12 April 2019 • 45 min
A daughter dials 999 when her father suffers a cardiac arrest while her sister battles to save him. Coastguard volunteers try to save a climber who has fallen off a cliff in Wales.
6. Episode 6
Aired 15 April 2019 • 45 min
When a small plane loses engine power a day trip over the Dorset coast turns into a terrifying ordeal. Three young lads call for help when when two of them become trapped in a mountain of mud and begin to sink.
7. Episode 7
Aired 16 April 2019 • 45 min
An 8-year-old boy suffers a freak accident while riding on his scooter and a doctor is forced to operate on him at the scene of the accident. Holidaymakers run for their lives when a cliff collapses at a Greek island beauty spot.
8. Episode 8
Aired 17 April 2019 • 45 min
When a 79-year-old celebrates his birthday with a tandem skydive the main chute fails to open. A young mum suffers a cardiac arrest following an asthma attack. A taxi driver comes to the aid of a customer whose flat is on fire.
9. Episode 9
Aired 18 April 2019 • 45 min
A drone searches for a British climber who has gone missing in the Himalayas. A mother panics when she sees a news picture of her son's wrecked car and she can't contact him.
10. Episode 10
Aired 19 April 2019 • 45 min
A father of two calls for help as what appeared to be a sore throat becomes sepsis. A historic home and restaurant is engulfed in flames, but a young man sleeps through the fire alarm.
11. Episode 11
Aired 2 September 2019 • 45 min
Pensioner Brian tells how he became trapped up to his neck in a slurry pit until a former policeman rescued him. A mum and her young daughter describe how their car plunged off the road into a water filled ditch.
12. Episode 12
Aired 3 September 2019 • 45 min
1,000's of football fans applaud as helicopter medics land on the pitch and try to save the life of a club steward. A young mum describes how a huge lorry ploughed into stationary traffic.
13. Episode 13
Aired 4 September 2019 • 45 min
2 scuba divers describe how they found a WWII bomb under a pier. A steward at a cycling event tells how a support car drove straight at him. A mother snatches her child from the path of a car.
14. Episode 14
Aired 5 September 2019 • 45 min
A fisherman describes being washed overboard at night off the south coast, a history buff tells how he hauled a live grenade out of a canal, and a student relives the moment when a massive tree struck her car during a storm.
15. Episode 15
Aired 6 September 2019 • 45 min
A base jumper misjudges his launch and crash-lands on a rocky beach. A mother relives the moment her young daughter fell from her pony during a competition and was trampled underfoot.
16. Episode 16
Aired 9 September 2019 • 45 min
Footage from a glider pilot captures him crashing and getting stuck in a tree and the operation to rescue him. CCTV records a car that fails to stop at a notorious crossroads.
17. Episode 17
Aired 10 September 2019 • 45 min
A schoolboy recalls the day he was horrifically injured after falling off his BMX bike while performing tricks. A young rider describes the moment she was thrown from her horse during an amateur race.
18. Episode 18
Aired 11 September 2019 • 45 min
A schoolgirl recounts how she saved the life of her stepfather by performing CPR. An uncle and niece are filmed as they are rescued by a ferry after their dinghy capsized.
19. Episode 19
Aired 12 September 2019 • 45 min
A 60-year-old woman attempting to row across the Atlantic Ocean has to be rescued when her boat begins to fill with water. An animal lover falls down a sewer as he attempts to rescue his pet dog.
20. Episode 20
Aired 13 September 2019 • 45 min
A para-glider crash lands onto a wall in the Peak District. A son witnesses his mother crash her bicycle. A cameraman filming a storm almost ends up a victim himself.