Episode 1

From some of Britain's police and ambulance emergency control rooms, Nick Knowles presents dramatic events from the day-to-day work of the emergency services on land, sea and in the air. Real Rescues also features real 999 calls, meets the people involved and the staff who answer them.

There's an emergency dash to hospital to save a life, police head up the M1 motorway after a young couple have been pushed across three lanes of traffic, and a fisherman becomes the one that couldn't get away.