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 7: Teamwork

Teamwork

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The Swanage lifeboat crew race to the rescue of an injured climber.

In Swanage, the lifeboat crew work hand in hand with the specialist coastguard rope team to help an injured climber.

In total, the RNLI is made up of over 35,000 individual volunteers, all working together on land and sea to save lives. In Swanage, the lifeboat crew work hand in hand with the specialist coastguard rope team to help an injured climber. In Rhyl, north Wales, a retired crew member comes to the aid of a person in the water when mechanical problems throw a spanner in the works of the lifeboat. On Douglas, in the Isle of Man, a fire on a fishing boat puts the crew on red alert. And in Gravesend, a routine training exercise is diverted by an unusual casualty: a poorly swan.

Saving Lives at Sea: Series 7

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Saving Lives at Sea brings to life some of the RNLI’s most extraordinary rescues through the eyes of their volunteer heroes and the people they’ve saved.

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