Close Calls: On Camera

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

10 Votes (5.6)

2014 HD United Kingdom English Returning Series
Drama Reality-tv

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S6E1 - Episode 1 2018-05-21

A young couple out for a walk are struck by an out-of-control car, a young mother dials 999 when her baby is unresponsive and a teenage motorcyclist meets a 4x4 head on.

S6E7 - Episode 7 2018-05-29

A group of visitors, including a mother and newborn baby, are trapped 50 metres up at the top of a popular tourist attraction, and there are terrifying consequences for a young rock climber when he disobeys his father.

S6E13 - Episode 13 2018-09-05

Featuring the story of a British professional cyclist involved in a horrific collision with a race support vehicle. A dashboard camera captures a car crash. Two men lighting a bonfire are in for a shock.

S6E20 - Episode 20 2018-09-14

The story of two friends who plunged down a cliff face in Cornwall on a late-night walk. A cyclist cant stop when a van brakes and two women are trapped in a historic house engulfed by flames.

S7E15 - Episode 15 2019-09-06

A base jumper misjudges his launch and crash-lands on a rocky beach. A mother relives the moment her young daughter fell from her pony during a competition and was trampled underfoot.

S7E16 - Episode 16 2019-09-09

Footage from a glider pilot captures him crashing and getting stuck in a tree and the operation to rescue him. CCTV records a car that fails to stop at a notorious crossroads.

S8E1 - Episode 1 2020-04-20

Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, a hiker is in search of his dog when a cliff crumbles beneath his feet, a dramatic rescue by a coastguard rope team is captured on camera, and passers-by save the life of a woman who has collapsed in the street.

S8E7 - Episode 7 2020-04-28

An eight-year-old boy taking part in a karting race clips the wheel of a rival, sending his own kart somersaulting through the air. A man leaps into a river to save a drowning dog and ends up having to be rescued too.

S8E8 - Episode 8 2020-04-29

Two divers documenting a wreck in the Thames find more than they bargained for and call in the Royal Navy bomb team. An insecure load flies off a vehicle, landing on the windscreen of another driver, blocking his view of a busy motorway.

S8E10 - Episode 10 2020-05-01

Mountain Rescue battle 100mph winds to rescue a woman has slipped and fallen near the summit of Snowden. Paramedics fight to save the life of a cardiac patient whose heart stops three times on the way to hospital.

S11E11 - Episode 11 2023-07-10

A tranquil paddleboarding trip in Gibraltar takes a deadly turn. And a woman risks her life to save her beloved dog from a burning building.

S11E12 - Episode 12 2023-07-11

A solo climber risks his life when things go wrong on a remote snowy peak. And a dog walk in idyllic rural countryside threatens one woman’s life when she is trampled by cows.

S11E13 - Episode 13 2023-07-12

A father battles to save his young son’s life when he chokes on a hot dog. And a fun horse ride with friends takes a dramatic turn when a young girl crashes to the ground.

S11E14 - Episode 14 2023-07-13

A tree surgeons day nearly ends in tragedy after they plummet from an oak tree. And a cave adventure risks calamity when flash flooding causes an influx of water into a network of caves.