SOS: Extreme Rescues
SOS: Extreme Rescues is a documentary on BBC2. Saving lives in a place like no other takes an emergency service like no other. In the stunning, wild landscape of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, dedicated teams stand by to help. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2024.
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SOS: Extreme Rescues
A thrill-seeker fears he’s led his fiancee to her death on an icy mountain, rescuers help a dog in distress, and a trainee paramedic is in the right place at the right time.
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The race is on to find two climbers stranded in deep snow before night falls, a spate of wildfires puts fire and rescue teams under strain, and a hiker is caught out the day after the clocks change.
A crash in a remote spot brings emergency crews together, helicopter teams winch a seriously injured woman out of a gorge, and volunteers on race day get an unexpected call-out.
Teams work together to rescue an injured man trapped in woodland in south Eryri, two walkers get lost when thick fog descends, and the team struggle to find a woman in a mountain’s deep ridges.
Rescuers search for an injured man they think has taken magic mushrooms, two climbers get trapped on a dangerous ledge with no torches, and a family get lost on a notorious peak.
A man makes a tough decision when a rock crushes his friend in the Glyderau mountains. After a fall, a woman needs convincing to be carried back on a stretcher.
Multiple teams join forces to find a missing person, an amazing coincidence aids a walker who collapses with hypothermia in a storm, and a wrong turn puts young friends in danger.
A day trip flips from epic to nightmare for a Londoner lost on Tryfan with no way to get help, a man falls near a remote waterfall, and a holidaymaker drifts out to sea in a dinghy.
A woman scattering her father’s ashes on his favourite mountain needs help after falling, a man with dementia is lost in the forest; and a girl is stretchered down the mountainside.
Summer visitors put the teams under strain. There’s a race against the tide to save an injured power kiter. A freak storm delays an ambulance reaching a medical emergency.
A woman needs to be airlifted to safety after a fall in Devil’s Kitchen, a sheep is stuck in a mineshaft, and the police drone unit seeks out a teenager lost on a mountain after dark.
A young hiker gets trapped on an icy ledge on Tryfan, rescuers hunt for walkers lost in fog and a man risks heatstroke after a mountain climb on the hottest day of the year.