About this season
Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 17 September 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save two paddleboarders being swept into a shipping lane, search for a missing fisherman and abandon a crewmate’s wedding when the pager calls.
2. Episode 2
Aired 24 September 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to rescue a stranded porpoise, a teenager trapped by the tide on a rocky outcrop and the crew of a fishing boat on fire.
3. Episode 3
Aired 6 October 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to rescue a paddleboarder being blown out to sea, a man overboard and two teenage girls trapped on a sandbank and at risk of drowning.
4. Episode 4
Aired 13 October 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a sinking schooner and a walker with a broken leg, while cries for help in the early hours of the morning lead to an eerie night-time search.
5. Episode 5
Aired 20 October 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a stricken fishing boat in a force-eight gale, a yacht trapped on a weir in Loch Ness and a puppy that has swallowed a fishing hook.
6. Episode 6
Aired 10 November 2020 • 60 min
The RNLI volunteers race against time to try and save three people in the water in the Bristol Channel, a father and son trapped against a cliff face and a badly injured sailor.
7. Episode 7
Aired 17 November 2020 • 60 min
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a family trapped in their car, slowly being engulfed by the sea, two kayakers close to drowning, and a fossil hunter cut off by the tide.
8. Episode 8
Aired 24 November 2020 • 60 min
The RNLI volunteers face a search in one of the worst storms in living memory, race to save three people caught in a rip current and two men stuck on an oil rig's anchor chain.
9. Episode 9
Aired 7 January 2021 • 60 min
The RNLI volunteers search for a missing kitesurfer, race to rescue a father and daughter being swept out to sea and try to save all nine lives of a casualty in the Thames.
10. Episode 10
Aired 14 January 2021 • 60 min
The RNLI volunteers race to save a teenage paddleboarder being swept out to sea, a sinking cargo ship and a yacht being battered by an Atlantic storm.