Mayday Mayday

Documentary series following the work of RNLI volunteers. A man slips on rocks and wakes up in the sea with a serious head wound, so the RNLI crew must rush him to safety and stabilise him before he is taken away by air ambulance. Two miles out to sea, a couple realise that their motor cruiser is rapidly filling with water. When the Plymouth lifeboat crew arrive, they have less than five minutes to save the stricken vessel.

Category

Adventure / Documentary

Original air date

2011-09-13