About this season
Super-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the heavy recovery business, featuring industrial strength trucks capable of towing and lifting the biggest and heaviest machines on the nation's roads.
Episodes (12)
1. Episode 1
Aired 15 April 2021 • 45 min
Steve rescues a burning transporter loaded with cars.
2. Episode 2
Aired 22 April 2021 • 45 min
Steve tackles a 44-ton lorry loaded with toilet roll that has flipped over and blocked the A50, while Martin rescues an articulated lorry axle deep in mud and sinking fast.
3. Episode 3
Aired 29 April 2021 • 45 min
Steve comes to the rescue when a trailer rolls over on a busy roundabout on the A46, scattering hay bales everywhere. In south London, recovery op Merrie faces a boggy recovery nightmare.
4. Episode 4
Aired 6 May 2021 • 45 min
When a huge truck rolls over, blocking a busy dual carriageway in Derby, operations manager Steve needs to draw on his years of experience to tackle the job.
5. Episode 5
Aired 13 May 2021 • 45 min
Ant and Matt face up to a catastrophic lorry crash on a narrow road, transport manager Dan is called to an offroad nightmare, and a seven-tonne lorry slides off a country lane.
6. Episode 6
Aired 20 May 2021 • 45 min
A truck careers off the A1, smashing through the side barrier and gets tangled up in live electrics. Even worse, there is a gas pipe a couple of feet away.
7. Episode 7
Aired 27 May 2021 • 45 min
When a bin lorry crashes onto its side, company boss Adam is tested to the max. In blizzard conditions, Lee has been landed with a 44-tonne headache.
8. Episode 8
Aired 3 June 2021 • 45 min
Michael is faced with a dustcart leaning dangerously by a ditch, and Lee has to right an expensive tractor that has rolled over on a busy roundabout.
9. Episode 9
Aired 10 June 2021 • 45 min
When a horsebox breaks down on the notoriously busy M25, Lantern's heavy operations manager Michael is in for a rocky ride. Meanwhile, Buzz is dicing with danger on the A42.
10. Episode 10
Aired 17 June 2021 • 45 min
Crouch recovery op Buzz has to abandon his wrecker as he attempts to rescue a stranded skip lorry, while Merrie is faced with a 26-tonne water tanker stuck on a narrow muddy lane.
11. Episode 11
Aired 24 June 2021 • 45 min
Martin leads four of the Lantern troops in an all-night rescue when a 44-tonne articulated lorry careers off the road, spilling fuel and its load.
12. Episode 12
Aired 1 July 2021 • 45 min
Disaster strikes on a small country lane in Leicestershire when a 40-tonne truck jackknifes across both lanes.