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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 8: In a Split Second

In a Split Second

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The RNLI crew race to a couple’s rescue and soon find that they too are in grave danger.

In Whitby, North Yorkshire, the RNLI crew race to the rescue of two fossil hunters who are cut off by the tide - and soon find that they too are in grave danger.

Last year, RNLI’s lifeboats launched over 9,000 times. And whenever they hit the water, the crews all know that someone’s life can be dependent on their split-second decisions.

In Whitby, the crew race to the rescue of two fossil hunters who are cut off by the tide - and soon find that they too are in grave danger. On Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, in Swanage, a trainee yachtsman has suffered a mysterious head injury and is in need of urgent treatment.

Twenty miles along the coast, the Poole crew embark on a frantic search for a missing paddleboarder. And in Newhaven, East Sussex, a kayaker’s fishing expedition takes a turn for the worse.

Saving Lives at Sea: Series 8

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