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Series 10: Episode 12
A young mum, alone at home with her three-year-old daughter, has a life-threatening asthma attack. Elsewhere, a coastguard helicopter lowers a winch to a swimmer who has clambered 50 feet up a crumbling cliff face, but the aircraft’s downdraft makes the rescue hazardous.
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Series 11: Episode 3
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Series 11: Episode 2
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