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Saving Lives at Sea

Series 5

2020 · 10 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2020-09-17 · 60m

    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. 2. Episode 2

    2020-09-24 · 60m

    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. 3. Episode 3

    2020-10-06 · 60m

    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. 4. Episode 4

    2020-10-13 · 60m

    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. 5. Episode 5

    2020-10-20 · 60m

    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. 6. Episode 6

    2020-11-10 · 60m

    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. 7. Episode 7

    2020-11-17 · 60m

    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. 8. Episode 8

    2020-11-24 · 60m

    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. 9. Episode 9

    2021-01-07 · 60m

    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. 10. Episode 10

    2021-01-14 · 60m

    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.

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