Saving Lives at Sea

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Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

Ordinary people, extraordinary bravery. From trawlers in peril to struggling swimmers, meet the army of RNLI volunteers working to save those in danger - whatever the weather.

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Saving Lives at Sea: Series 5 (Shortened Versions): Episode 9

Episode 9

Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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The crews search for a kitesurfer and a father and daughter being swept out to sea.

The RNLI volunteers search for a missing kitesurfer, race to rescue a father and daughter being swept out to sea and try to save all nine lives of a casualty in the Thames.

Last year, the lifeboat crews and lifeguards around the UK and Ireland raced to the aid of over 9,400 people, but all the volunteers know that, when the pager goes off, not every shout will end in a successful rescue.  

In the Solent, one the busiest stretches of water in the UK, reports come in of a missing kite surfer. The crew of Lymington lifeboat station launch and start searching, but as the hours pass, they begin to fear the worst. Meanwhile, 20 miles to the west, at the end of one of the hottest days of the summer, the Poole crew are called out to try and save a father and daughter from drowning as they’re swept out to sea. And at Chiswick, one of the few RNLI stations with a crew on permanent standby 24/7, an unusual casualty in the river Thames leaves the crew attempting to save not just one but nine lives.

Saving Lives at Sea: Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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