Close Calls: On Camera

Two best friends adrift in the North Sea pledge to look after each other's families if one of them doesn't make it out alive. A young British teacher in China waiting for a takeaway is hit full-on by a speeding driver.

A 15-year-old girl plunges 200ft down a cliff face while taking selfies with her best pal. A Royal Navy winchman repeatedly risks his own life to rescue six fishermen in horrendous seas.

There is holiday horror for a teenage brother and sister when their parasail detaches from the tow boat and their runaway parachute heads for a power cable. A children's author viewing a country property is nearly trampled to death by cows.

Two members of the Red Devils parachute display team collide in midair during a public event, and a mother risks her own life to rescue her young son after he climbs 40 feet up a rock-stack during a beach holiday.

A grandmother calls 999 as she battles to save her four-year-old grandson from choking on a grape. Two men checking to see if a road is passable are hit by a freak wave and swept away.

There's panic in the pits - a motorcycle rider and his back-up team are engulfed in flames when fuel spills out of the bike's tank. A family of cheetahs are too close for comfort for a safari-going holidaymaker.

An elderly couple are caught up in a horrific car fire in the Lakes, and a passer-by comes to the rescue. A helicopter stunt goes horribly wrong at a display.

A fun-filled village day out goes horribly wrong when a teacher crashes out of a go-kart race. Passers-by must shift a London bus to rescue a trapped cyclist.

A professional base jumper makes a misjudgement and crashes to the ground in a remote location. A grandmother is injured when she falls on rocks during a family seaside holiday.

There's a horrific delivery when a Royal Mail van smashes into a couple's home, trapping them in their bedroom. A water-ski jumper gets it wrong at take-off and hits the water at 70mph.