SOS: Extreme Rescues

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

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Documentary series following rescue services in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia.

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.

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Arwyn Evans

SOS: Extreme Rescues: Series 1: A Fortunate Coincidence

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A Fortunate Coincidence

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A vast missing person search in inhospitable terrain sees multiple teams join forces. 

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.

It's time for a large-scale, multi-agency operation when the rescuers face one of the most labour-intensive types of call-out – a missing person search. The alarm is raised when a hiker fails to return to his campsite in the Rhiniogau mountains and his fellow walkers become concerned. From the coastguard helicopter to the search and rescue dogs, all the area’s rescue teams pull together in a bid to find him in this vast and inhospitable terrain. But with every passing hour, their fears for his safety grow. 

On Cader Idris, a walker collapses with suspected hypothermia in icy, stormy conditions. It’s only by sheer coincidence that a mountain rescue volunteer happens to be hiking on the same mountain – and steps in to help keep him alive until rescue teams arrive. Will they be in time to save him? 

A group of young friends decide to climb one of the area’s toughest peaks. But in this treacherous landscape, the best day can very quickly become the very worst. Icy weather and a wrong turn on their way down puts them all in danger, and an urgent rescue operation is launched. 

SOS: Extreme Rescues: Series 1

Series following emergency and rescue workers in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia.

In the stunning but wild landscape of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, the busiest network of emergency and rescue agencies in the country join forces to save lives.


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