Stop! Roadworks Ahead

On the A27 in Hampshire, time is running out for road gangers Steve and Robbie. They have an epic resurfacing of a dual carriageway to carry out – but it hits the skids when the late arrival of the cone lorry needed to shut off the road is closely followed by the no-show of the tar truck. In Essex, site manager Steve has a bold plan to build a new slip road and pedestrian subway under the busy Army & Navy roundabout. But could the million pound job be in danger of folding because of some specially moulded concrete blocks not fitting together like Lego as planned? And in Hampshire, likely lads Mike and Russ are in a race to stop a busy country lane cut-through falling apart at the seams – and an unsuspecting motorist ending up in the hedgerow as a result.

In Buckinghamshire, lost tempers all round as night-time roadworks on the A412 take a wrong turn and site manager Tom finds himself squaring off against an angry trucker who has failed to see the “Road closed” signs. In the Pennines, we climb Station Road, one of the steepest roads in the country. And join Andy and Richard from the Cheshire gulley clearing crew, who keep the drains free from field muck and slurry. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it! And in Essex, on the B179, for old hand Richard a simple pothole repair runs into trouble when his disc-cutter runs out of gas and an HGV lorry insists on squeezing through.

On Culliford Road in Dorset, a crumbling hump-back bridge is in danger of collapsing onto a railway line. But could the emergency repairs prove to be a bridge too far for Godfather of all bridge repairmen, Lorenzo Ferrari? Night-time roadworks on the A35 see Dave and the gang almost getting mowed down by a wayward woman driver who takes it upon herself to drive through a live roadworks site filled with men at work And in Buckinghamshire, a blocked drainage ditch could turn a busy dual carriageway into a skid-pan and leads to Councillor Ruth getting drenched on her way to work. Can road worker Wayne save the day or will he incur the wrath of Ruth?

In Hampshire foreman Jim is out on an emergency job to repair a busy motorway slip road that is on the brink of collapse, with the banking that props it up about to turn into a landslide. To make matters even worse, his work site is visited by thieves in the night. In Buckinghamshire, Mick and Wayne argue over who is responsible for fixing a damaged driveway and Cheshire gritter drivers Richard and Andy take an underground tour of Europe's biggest salt mine

Dave and his crew tackle one of the most pothole-pitted roads in Britain on a nightshift on the A338 in Dorset, while Mick deals with the collapse of a 60-year-old drainpipe that is threatening the A3090 in Hampshire with flooding. In Cheshire, Richard and Andy have been sent to give the streets of one of the nation's most exclusive neighbourhoods a spring clean

Andy has to rebuild a 100-year-old bridge in Colchester, but the job is already six months behind schedule, the site is under constant risk of flooding, and the residents are constantly complaining. in Hampshire, the lads of the Totton road crew enjoy a working lunch as Russ offers a lesson in how to turn a tar truck into a hot plate to make the perfect bowl of soup.