Michael Buerk begins a new series of the show featuring true stories of heroism, with a video of a daring helicopter rescue far out to sea. Plus a feature in which new co-presenter Dr Catherine Hood tests people on their first-aid knowledge.

Michael Buerk brings more heroic deeds to light, with a report on a doctor with vertigo who had to treat a patient on a 180ft high theme park ride. Plus Dr Catherine Hood tests people on their first-aid knowledge.

Michael Buerk reports on a driver's miraculous escape from her crushed car and a mystery celebrity's experience of first aid when an MP dropped dead in the street. Plus Dr Catherine Hood tests people on theirfirst-aid knowledge.

Michael Buerk reports on the spectacular rescue of a lone sailor who clung to his vessel for three hours in colossal waves during a storm. There's also footage of a parachutist hitting a football stand at 70mph. Plus Dr Catherine Hood tests a Shrewsbury audience on their first-aid knowledge.

More gripping stories of escape from danger, including a man and his son who were rescued by helicopter after spending three days in arctic conditions in the Cairngorms. Plus a man who survived an attack by a swarm of wasps that gave him over 400 stings, and a mother left dangling from a ferris wheel.

Michael Buerk reports on a lorry driver trapped in an infemo on the Ml, an ill-fated rescue operation on the River Mowhawk, New York, and a shooting incident which leaves a man fighting for his life. Dr Catherine Hood tests another audience on their first-aid knowledge.

Michael Buerk reports on the shipwrecked yashtsman who was stranded on a desert island and the lifeguard who paid a high price to rescue a child. Plus, there's real-life footage of rescues from last year's floods in Mozambique, and Dr Catharine Hood asks another audience how they would react in an emergency.

This week, Michael Buerk reports on the bid to stop a seaman bleeding to death after a rope had cut through both his legs, and on the two boys swept out to sea in a canoe. Plus a look at saving lives using infrared technology.

This week, the massive rescue operation to save seven potholers trapped in a flooding cave. Plus the rider trapped under his horse. And Dr Catharine Hood questions more people about how they would react in an emergency

Michael Buerk introduces more escapes, including the passenger in a van who suffered horrific facial injuries when a lorry's fuel tank exploded and a British climber who fell half a mile down a mountain in Alaska.

Michael Buerk introduces more escapes, including an off-duty policeman who had a brush with death in his garden and the cab driver who pulled a man from a burning car.

Michael Buerk introduces more escapes, including a young woman who survived a 120 metre fall and a man whose dog helped him survive when he was run over by a tractor.

Tonight, on the programme that reconstructs dramatic rescues, an abseiling trip goes wrong leaving a frightened girl to escape from a maze of caves.

In the last of the series, the story of a stunt woman who was trapped underwater after a power-boat accident, the taxi-driver who prevented a runaway car causing a motorway pile-up, plus a look back at highlights of the past ten series.