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 (20)
1. Episode 1
Aired 2 December 2021 • 45 min
A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.
2. Episode 2
Aired 9 December 2021 • 45 min
A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.
3. Episode 3
Aired 16 December 2021 • 45 min
A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.
4. Episode 4
Aired 23 December 2021 • 45 min
A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.
5. Episode 5
Aired 30 December 2021 • 45 min
A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.
6. Episode 6
Aired 6 January 2022 • 45 min
A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.
7. Episode 7
Aired 13 January 2022 • 45 min
A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.
8. Episode 8
Aired 20 January 2022 • 45 min
A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.
9. Episode 9
Aired 27 January 2022 • 45 min
A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.
10. Episode 10
Aired 3 February 2022 • 45 min
Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.
11. Episode 11
Aired 10 February 2022 • 45 min
A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.
12. Episode 12
Aired 17 February 2022 • 45 min
A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.
13. Episode 13
Aired 24 February 2022 • 45 min
A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.
14. Episode 14
Aired 3 March 2022 • 45 min
A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.
15. Episode 15
Aired 10 March 2022 • 45 min
Lantern recovery op Steve is on his way to a risky roadside rescue. A 38-tonne mail lorry has taken doorstep delivery to another level by crashing on a London street.
16. Episode 16
Aired 17 March 2022 • 45 min
A frost in Warwickshire makes a country lane as slippery as an ice rink, causing a road sweeper to slide into a ditch. The weather also causes problems for recovery op Stephen.
17. Episode 17
Aired 24 March 2022 • 45 min
An 18-wheel trailer carrying two modular buildings catches fire in the early morning, closing three lanes just before rush hour, and an 18-tonne lorry smashes into a tree.
18. Episode 18
Aired 31 March 2022 • 45 min
Lantern recovery op Merrie faces a dangerous challenge when a 20-tonne drinks lorry gets grounded on a boggy verge, and then becomes entangled in the overhanging branches of a tree.
19. Episode 19
Aired 7 April 2022 • 45 min
In Hertfordshire, Sean tries to shift a tractor unit and trailer fully laden with 27 tonnes of wood, after it left a busy section of road and toppled over into a muddy ditch.
20. Episode 20
Aired 14 April 2022 • 45 min
An artic lorry stacked full of bed frames and mattresses has careered off a busy Lincolnshire A-road into a dry stone wall and is now lying in a ditch.