Filmed in the autumn of 2019, cameras follow a new cast of characters from the London Ambulance Service as they care for the nine million people of the city.\n\nAmbulance crew Kate and Femi are dispatched to a young man who is struggling to breathe. It turns out he’s suffering from severe anxiety, prompting Nigerian-born Femi to reflect on what he’s learned about the people here in the 18 years since he first came to the city.\n\nMandy, one of 24 dispatchers on duty today, sends crewmates Kayleigh and Lauren to help a young man in cardiac arrest. The case causes Mandy to reflect on what it is like to lose a son - something she has experienced herself.\n\nBy 10am, just three hours into the morning shift, control are dealing with the third assault of the day and have already responded to four stabbings. With the temperature gauge rising, control are taking over 300 emergency calls an hour. \n\nThe episode highlights the work of the London Ambulance Service as they tackle the consequences of knife crime in the capital and explores the devastating personal impact on those affected by the needless loss of young lives. These are the real human stories behind the sirens.
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Series 13: 6. No Room At A&e
Rising pressure on the NHS impacts local A&Es, with Croydon and St George's hospitals reaching capacity. As a result, control room dispatchers Ed and Webster have fewer resource ...
21-11-2024
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Series 13: 5. What Are You Scared Of?
The shift begins with Homerton-based crew Niamh and Isobel and clinical team manager Gary being dispatched to a 25-year-old patient who has fallen from height whilst scaling the ...
20-11-2024
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Series 13: 4. Shooting On The High Street
This episode centres on the London Ambulance Service's tactical operations centre, a team working around the clock to accelerate response times to the largest and most complex i ...
12-11-2024
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Series 13: 3. Hoax Caller
We follow crewmates Shyr-Nai and James alongside the team in control in London, including dispatchers Lucy and Karen, and call handler Nicole, as they are faced with a flurry of ...
06-11-2024
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Series 13: 2. Fire At The Police Station
It's a busy start to the shift, as London Ambulance Service have dispatched 12 resources to a fire at Forest Gate Police Station, leaving 57 patients waiting for an ambulance in ...
30-10-2024
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Series 13: 1. Crew Under Attack
Filmed in spring 2024, Ambulance returns to London, which has the UK’s biggest and busiest ambulance service. We revealing how frontline staff grapple to deliver the care ...
23-10-2024
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Series 12: Episode 6
An hour into the night shift, and a new call is being received every 19 seconds. Call handler Sairah is in training and answering calls for the first time. She receives a call f ...
14-08-2024
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Series 12: Episode 5
It’s Easter bank holiday weekend and the start of the new 12-hour day shift for the North West Ambulance Service. Looking after the communities of central Manchester and S ...
09-08-2024
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Series 12: Episode 4
This episode follows the team in control and crews out on the road across Lancashire as they respond to those in need. Filmed in 2023 in the north west of England, one of the ar ...
07-08-2024
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Series 12: Episode 3
This episode follows the team in control and crews out on the road in Wigan and Bolton. Filmed in 2023 in the north west of England, one of the areas hardest hit by the cost-of- ...
31-07-2024
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Series 11: Episode 5
At the start of the night shift, the North West Ambulance Service responds to an urgent call for a patient threatening use of a nerve agent. A major incident standby is declared ...
15-10-2023
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Series 3: Episode 6
It's the last Saturday night before Christmas and it was always going to be a busy night for the service, with controller Sui having to prioritise stabbing victims and reports o ...
11-07-2018
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Series 9: Episode 1
The Bafta-winning series turns its attention to the North East Ambulance Service as the region struggles to bounce back after facing one of the toughest times in its history. Th ...
24-08-2022
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Series 11: Episode 6
It's Thursday and the start of a new 12-hour shift for the North West Ambulance Service, and junior doctors across the NHS are on strike. With hundreds of hospital appointments ...
22-10-2023
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Series 4: Episode 1
The Bafta-winning series returns with a focus on the work of the North West Ambulance Service, joining the staff and crews as they deal with 11,000 calls over a busy weekend whe ...
24-10-2018
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Series 9: Episode 3
In the control centre, an emergency call is received concerning a man driving the wrong way up a slip road on the A19. Crewmates Ollie and James are immediately dispatched along ...
07-09-2022
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Series 10: Episode 5
A busy night shift for the North East Ambulance Service begins with an emergency call for a woman in labour. On hand to guide the patient through the birth is call handler, Jen ...
10-01-2023
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Series 4: Episode 3
This third episode joins the team as they are being kept busy dealing with with a repeat caller who moves around Manchester's canals on his barge.\n\nScott and Ana are the first ...
07-11-2018
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Series 9: Episode 6
It’s the start of another day shift for the North East Ambulance Service. Working out of Blucher station today are crewmates and partners Keigheley and Georgina. Also on s ...
12-10-2022
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