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Series 9: Episode 5
A man once rejected by the fire service for being too short rushes into a burning building to save an elderly woman. A young boxer tries to dodge a car shunted onto the pavement at speed, and a cyclist on his commute home has a near miss when a driver fails to see him on a busy dual carriageway.
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