Close Calls: On Camera

A young man disappears down a huge crack in the ice thousands of feet up a mountain. A family car catches fire at a safari park but there's no way out - the car is inside the lion enclosure.

CCTV captures the moment a motorbike hits a car catapulting a married couple metres through the air. They tell their remarkable story of rescue and survival and relive the moment their journey home changed their lives forever.

A cyclist disappears under the wheels of an eighteen ton truck, a sixteen-year-old gets stuck in a drain trying to rescue her mobile phone, and a camera in a train cab captures the moment a woman is pulled from the live rail track to safety.

An extreme sportsman films himself plummeting down a thousand foot cliff when his parachute fails to open properly, and the moment a six-year-old girl takes charge after her mother falls into a coma at the wheel.

A man fights for life for 90 minutes alone in the cold waters north pacific ocean - the rescue is captured by a yacht's onboard cameras, and a road worker tells the tale of what happens when drivers don't see the cones.

A 70-year-old pilot is hurled out of his glider after a mid-air collision, captured on camera, and a son sets out to film a ski-ing race with his dad, but ends up filming his father's accident.

When a farmer is speared by his own tractor, the scale of the drama is captured in his neighbour's 999 call to the ambulance; and a free solo climber films his own frightening fall from a sheer rock face.

A display at an air show goes horribly wrong - a vintage plane is diving straight into the ground - the pilot has to make a split-second decision; and CCTV records a mystery explosion blasting out from under a busy pavement in Central London.

When fire engulfs a brand new boat, two men battle to launch a life raft - with their hair and clothes on fire; and a charity climber makes a last minute change of plan and ends up being airlifted to safety.

Motorists struggle to save a woman trapped in her crashed car - it's on fire and they have only moments to get her out; and a young motorcyclist films his own lucky escape on a busy roundabout.

Footage of a jockey falling off a horse, and a chilling 999 call about a seven-year-old girl who has been swallowed up by the ground.

A TV cameraman's parachute opens too late to prevent him hitting a mountain side at 100 miles an hour, and a horse rolls on top of its fallen teenage rider.

A kayaker is stuck fast with his head underwater, and a car collides with a train on a level crossing.

The moment a bunjee jump rope breaks, and a son has had to swim away from his father floating helplessly miles out at sea.

A 999 call for help from a woman as fire engulfs her home, and the dramatic moment a 19-year-old is brought back to life after his heart stops during a cardiac arrest.