Saving Lives at Sea

On the south coast of Devon, the crew of Salcombe lifeboat station are called to two of the highest level of emergencies at sea: a mayday call to a fisherman pulled to the bottom of the sea ensnared in his own fishing gear, and a devastating fire on a boat fifteen miles out in the channel. Over t...

From first timers at sea to salty old skippers, the wrong conditions can catch anyone off their guard leaving them in need of rescuing. On the Eastcoast of Ireland, the crew of Courtown's inshore lifeboat face one of their most challenging shouts ever, in deep water they must keep a teenage girl ...

Keeping watch over the River Thames, the crew at Tower in central London, the busiest of the RNLI's 238 stations, are called to a man reported in the water eight miles downstream. On arrival, they discover a river bus already on the scene and their crew desperately trying to hang on to the unmovi...

In Brighton the crew are called out to what they think is just a routine job, towing a yacht that has lost power back to harbour, but a sudden spring squall and mountainous waves leave the crew fighting to save the yacht and themselves from being dashed on the shore.

I Torbay, Devon er havet ofte fyldt med sejlbåde, fra store til små, men da to af dem støder sammen, bliver Torbay redningsbåd kaldt ud som hjælp.

Da to teenagepiger fanges i en grotte, må de frivillige i Royal National Lifeboat Institution komme dem til undsætning. I mellemtiden kæmper to redningsbåde for at redde et fragtskib fra forlis, da stormen Henry rammer Storbritannien.

I dette afsnit af 'SOS på havet', hvor de frivillige kommer i kapløb med tiden for at redde en kæntret båd, en mystisk redningsflåde og to personer, der befinder sig i havet midt om natten.

Den frivillige Vinny må bevæge sig ud i mørket for at finde to teenagedrenge, som har jagtet en fodbold ud i havet, og i London må den frivillige læge Adam haste til Themsen, hvor tidevandet stiger, mens en mand er fanget under molen.

Da stormen Ophelia rammer de britiske øer, må de frivillige i RNLI haste afsted for at redde tre besætningsmedlemmer på en lille yacht, der er fanget i en af Storbritanniens værste storme i moderne tid.

De frivillige i Royal National Lifeboat Institution må haste afsted, da en teenagepige bliver blæst til søs, og en pludselig storm efterlader et hold af frivillige kæmpende for deres egen overlevelse.