Tonight's programme includes the story of two brave lorry drivers who attempted to rescue a young woman trapped in a burning car and that of a courageous farmer who cut off his own hand with a pen-knife to avoid being crushed to death in baling machinery.

Tonight's programme includes stunt performer Marc Cass attempting to stand up in hurricane force winds. Plus the incredible story of how Martin Mudie survived being submerged in freezing water for 15 minutes.

Tonight's programme includes the stories of a musician on board a cruise ship who helped save the lives of 300 people, and an 11-year-old boy who was trapped at the bottom of a swimming pool. Plus how a Royal Air Force pilot earned a bravery award for his part in an air-sea rescue off the Isles of Scilly.

Tonight, on the programme that reconstructs dramatic rescues, how the life of a 14-year-old boy was saved by a quick-thinking 999 operator, and the amazing story of a lorry driver who became impaled on a metal spike at a Kent building site. Plus a demonstration of the dangers of chip-pan fires.

Tonight, on the programme that reconstructs dramatic rescues, how a woman survived falling 800ft down a Scottish mountain, and the story of a 13-year-old boy whose head was impaled on a bicycle fork. Plus stuntman Marc Cass finds out what it's like to get caught in a flash flood.

Tonight, how firemen risked their lives to save five children who became trapped in a smoke-filled cave in Nottingham. Plus stuntman Marc Cass helps demonstrate how to escape from a house fire when visibility is impaired by smoke.

A look at how 17 people survived the largest recorded multiple lightning strikes in the UK, plus stuntman Marc Cass demonstrates the power of lightning when his car is hit by 800,000 volts. The programme also follows new junior doctors as they join Bristol Royal Infirmary's accident-and-emergency department.

From Cornwall, the story of a boy and his father who were swept into a sea cave by huge waves; the lifeboat crew that went to rescue them became trapped as well. Plus footage of a typhoon that devastated South Korea.

More reconstructions of dramatic rescues, including how an amazing set of coincidences saved the life of a motorcyclist, and the story of a woman who fell through a window she was trying to open and impaled herself on a railing. Plus another visit to Bristol Royal Infirmary's accident-and-emergency department.

Including the amazing story of two people who survived for four months stranded on a life raft in the Pacific Ocean, plus stuntman Marc Cass re-creates a panic-stricken evacuation of a packed passenger jet.