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In Tenby, police searching for a boat thief call for lifeboat assistance. The Mumbles lifeguards and lifeboat crew race to help two kayakers adrift in a boat laden with beer. And when two yachts capsize off Portsmouth, the crew must make fast decisions about who to rescue first. 58:58 Expired
When an early morning dog walker spots a flare off-shore, the Rhyl crew race to one of the strangest call-outs they've seen. The Lowestoft crew find themselves paged to help a sailor who doesn't want to be rescued. And at Tower, a Good Samaritan is clinging on for his life after trying to rescue a dog which has jumped into... 59:07 Expired
As the summer sun comes out, so do the fun seekers and crews around the country get ready for action. In Southend, a family of five out sightseeing are a kilometre from shore and waist deep in water after being caught out by the tide. The Shoreham crew are paged in the early hours after a drunken festival goer jumps in the... 59:06 Expired
The Aberystwyth crew must improvise when a local paraglider crash lands at the bottom of steep cliffs. When an adventurous seal is discovered on the steps of a block of flats, Redcar's newest recruit is first on the scene. And in Minehead, a challenging rescue forces an inexperienced crew member to consider her future. 58:59 Expired
In Ilfracombe, a father and son are themselves in danger after jumping into rescue a drowning dog. The Minehead crew must scour the cliffs and shoreline after a young woman goes missing in a distressed state. And when they're paged to a man seen entering the Thames, the Tower crew face the possibility they may not find him... 59:07 Expired
When a climber falls in a remote cave on the Gower Peninsula, the Mumbles crew are called in to search and rescue. In Portreath, lifeguards battle to save a teenager who's determined to surf despite red flag warnings. And on the Isle of Wight, the Yarmouth crew must locate a man in the water amongst over a thousand boats c... 59:06 Expired
On one of the hottest days of the year, the Dover crew race to a Channel swimmer who's collapsed within eyesight of the French coast. In Mudeford, there are growing fears for a dinghy sailor four miles out in rough seas and refusing to accept help. And the Tenby crew are called to a runaway yacht metres off running aground. 59:09 Expired
In South West Wales, the Tenby crew race to a kayaker with suspected head and neck injuries after being caught out by a freak wave. Neighbouring Cornish crews must join forces in an epic 11-hour battle to stop a 3600-tonne coaster breaking up on the rocks. And the Dart and Salcombe crews are astonished to be paged to the b... 59:10 Expired
In Bangor, Northern Ireland, crew are tasked to find two teenage paddleboarders blown offshore towards nearby shipping lanes. The Tenby crew must race to a dog who's fallen over a cliff before worried members of the public attempt to rescue it themselves. And on the North Norfolk coast, the harrowing hovercraft rescue of t... 59:06 Expired
In Ireland, the Castletownbere crew race to rescue a lone yachtsman who has lost his mast and is drifting powerless in 10 metre waves, 72-kilometres out to sea. In Minehead, a woman on a clifftop walk has gone missing, and after 17 hours the crew are called to search the shoreline. And for an injured horse rider on a remot... 59:10 Expired
Off the coast of Bridlington, a kayaker has been missing for an hour, and only the crews' tidal knowledge can track him down. A crew member on his first shout races to a dinghy capsize to find a man losing consciousness in the water. And when a fishing trawler sinks off the coast of the Shetland Islands, the fishermen and ... 58:54 Expired
A father and daughter find themselves treading water for almost an hour, hundreds of metres out at sea after being swept out by a rip current. In Kinsale, Ireland, three fishermen swim for their lives as their trawler is smashed onto rocks. And in London, an unlucky tourist is minutes from hypothermia after his attempt to ...Season 1
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The dangers of the water are put into perspective when a father gets himself into serious difficulties after swimming out to try and rescue his young son, while a YouTube prankster deliberately flings himself from Tower Bridge for 'a dare'. 57:54 Expired
In the summer months, millions of Britains flock to the UK's 18,000 kilometres of coastline - making it the busiest time of year by far for the RNLI. The army of unpaid volunteers has to contend with everything from overly ambitious novice sailors caught in a storm to a little girl who has become trapped in the rocks below... 58:05 Expired
At the coast in Newquay, the Royal National Lifeboat volunteers and coastguard helicopter are scrambled to try and help a 12-year-old boy on a cub scout coastal trip who has fallen badly and may have damaged his spine. And while no-one relishes the task of recovering the body of someone who has taken their own life, the vo... 58:12 Expired
The volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution staff more than 230 stations covering even the most far-flung areas of Britain's coastline but the busiest station by far is actually miles from the sea, on the river Thames in central London. It was established after the Marchioness pleasure cruiser sank in 1989, c...