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 1 September 2022
Return of the documentary following workers in the heavy recovery business. In Corby a 16-metre lorry loaded with waste flips over near a busy roundabout.
2. Episode 2
Aired 8 September 2022
In this week's episode, company boss Adam Crouch detours from his morning office commute to attend the scene of a big incident. He leads the team as they try to rescue a rolled-over mixer truck full of tonnes of wet cement. Joining him in this biggest of jobs is patriarch of the family Dave Crouch, Adam's dad and a crane-driving expert. At Lantern, Merrie gets back on the road after a week's holiday in Italy only to discover her hydraulic levers have gremlins in the system — making it difficult to fix a broken-down truck's dodgy turbo. And in Leicestershire, things get wet and wild for Abang as he has to fish a Ford Focus out of a river.
3. Episode 3
Aired 15 September 2022
In this week's episode, Crouch incident manger Steve and his team have been called out to a lorry that has caught fire on the extremely busy A1. By the time Steve arrives, the fire has been put out and Callum has pulled the tractor unit onto a low loader. But there's still the mammoth task of lifting what's left of the trailer onto another low loader. Steve and his team move a crane into position, but Dave notices that ash on the trailer is still burning — which could be extremely dangerous if the wind picks up, causing it to re-ignite. They decide to tip the trailer's remaining contents onto the road, making it much safer. Once this is done, they can concentrate on the lift, but the trailer is so badly damaged by fire that it could break up while in the air. So the team must be ultracautious as they attempt this recovery. Lantern boys Daniel and Steve have been called to rescue a trailer that's suffered a serious blow from the branch of an overhanging tree.
4. Episode 4
Aired 22 September 2022
A tipped-over shipment of A4 paper on the A1 ends up being a tough task to take on. After hitting a bridge, a trailer's damage is too much to be towed without some sort of repair. Dud directions leave Mary searching for her destination.
5. Episode 5
Aired 29 September 2022
A crew trying to take care of a burned-out trailer struggles due to its missing wheels. A broken-down bus blocks a bus stop, with pedestrians complicating recovery efforts. Troy gets lost on a country road searching for a breakdown.
6. Episode 6
Aired 6 October 2022
Sean faces the mother of all recoveries - a truck loaded with chemicals has plunged down a steep embankment into woodland. Troy tackles a lorry breakdown causing a big tailback at the height of rush hour.
7. Episode 7
Aired 17 November 2022
A sinkhole in Wokingham swallows up a 15-tonne water tanker, leaving rescue crews worried about what might lurk within the depths.
8. Episode 8
Aired 24 November 2022
The men and women working in the heavy recovery business deal with jack-knifed lorries, crashed heavy goods vehicles and roadside breakdowns.
9. Episode 9
Aired 1 December 2022
The men and women working in the heavy recovery business deal with jack-knifed lorries, crashed heavy goods vehicles and roadside breakdowns.
10. Episode 10
Aired 8 December 2022 • 45 min
On the Moors, a 50 ton construction machine has and landed in a stream. The team at Alpha face a dangerous two-day rescue. On The M1, Lantern's Bohdan rescues a stranded 44-ton artic and Stuart is called to the A34 to rescue a broken-down bus.
11. Episode 11
Aired 15 December 2022 • 45 min
A 50-ton construction machine is stranded by a severely-damaged Victorian bridge.
12. Episode 12
Aired 22 December 2022 • 45 min
On the busy A1, halfway between Newcastle and Durham, an articulated lorry has fallen down a 20-metre embankment. The Alpha Recovery crew must work out how to retrieve the truck.
13. Episode 13
Aired 5 January 2023 • 45 min
Shaun has to think outside the box as a trapped telehandler puts the team under serious pressure, A stranded bus may of blown Aiden's chances of an easy recovery and a sunken car causes trouble.
14. Episode 14
Aired 12 January 2023 • 45 min
On the M25 near Enfield, two lorries, two cars and a van have piled into each other, blocking three lanes, so the Lantern team must recover the two artics.
15. Episode 15
Aired 19 January 2023 • 45 min
A 40-ton lorry careers off the M1 and plunges down an embankment, becoming embedded in a ditch. Steve needs to work out how to free the truck.
16. Episode 16
Aired 26 January 2023 • 45 min
On the M11, a loaded truck pulling an extra trailer has been left marooned after the rear axle on the trailer collapsed while at full speed, causing two of the wheels to break.
17. Episode 17
Aired 2 February 2023
In Northumberland, a 32-tonne tipper gets lost in the dark and ends up stuck in a boggy field, while in Leicester recovery op Zibby gets the keys to a brand-new set of wheels.
18. Episode 18
Aired 9 February 2023 • 45 min
In the north of England, Kevin is called to a particularly challenging recovery - a 75-ton crane that has become stranded in the remote countryside, in the middle of the night
19. Episode 19
Aired 16 February 2023 • 45 min
Vehicles in need of recovery include a Land Rover Discovery dumped in a canal.
20. Episode 20
Aired 23 February 2023 • 45 min
Just outside Newcastle, Kev is sent to rescue a wheelie bin delivery truck that is stuck.