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The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

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Close Calls: On Camera

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Series looking at the split-second moments when everyday events turn into disasters.

Series which shows the split-second moments when everyday events are transformed into disasters and meets the people who lived to tell the tale.

BBC Two

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC Two Scotland

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

BBC Two England

England

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

Close Calls: On Camera: Series 4

Nick Knowles

Chris Riley

Jane Harbord

Virginia Hill

Topical Television

Close Calls: On Camera: Series 4: Episode 8

Reality

Episode 8

Series 4

BBC One - Close Calls: On Camera, Series 4, Episode 8

A building site worker digs up more than he bargained for - a World War II bomb.

Nick Knowles presents close calls caught on film. When a building site worker digs up a World War II bomb, 3,000 Londoners are moved out of their homes.

A building site worker digs up more than he bargained for - a World War II bomb. It's up to the bomb squad to make it safe while 3,000 Londoners are moved out of their homes. A postmaster takes evasive action as a car somersaults towards him on a country road, and a nurse calls for help after being nearly trampled to death in a field of cows.

BBC One

Series which shows the moments when everyday events are transformed into disasters.

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