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Season 1 – 999: What's Your Emergency?

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An inside look at the lives of emergency services personnel in the United Kingdom. Follow the specially trained police, fire and ambulance teams on the front line as they answer millions of emergency calls every year.
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999: What's Your Emergency? — Season 1

999: What's Your Emergency? — Season 1

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Julian Barratt

Narrator

Hugo Speer

Narrator

Greg Lander Williams

Director

Daniel Fromm

Co-Producer

Toby Trackman

Director

Shauna Keogh.

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 10, 2012 Filmed 24/7 with police, fire and ambulance teams, the program shows how Britain is changing through their eyes. In the first program of the series, Blackpool's emergency services tackle the fallout from the dizzying array of `party drugs' that are on the rise in towns across the UK. Meanwhile, the emergency services cope with a torrent of calls, including indecent exposure at a train station. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 17, 2012 PC Chris Hardy responds to a call from a terrified family who've had a brick thrown through their window. Later, police are called out after tourists spot a woman performing sexual acts on teenagers under the Blackpool pier. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 24, 2012 An increasing number of 999 calls involve relationship disputes, but they're never easy to resolve. In 2011, cases of domestic violence increased by an astonishing 35 per cent. Cases in the program include a man accused of punching his girlfriend outside a pub, and a heavily pregnant woman who claims to have been assaulted by her partner. Elsewhere, two paramedics are romantically involved; will they marry? Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 8, 2012 There is one night when everyone's up for a party: payday. Whether you work a 50-hour week or depend on state benefits, the day that money hits bank accounts across the UK signals the beginning of drink-fueled celebrations, a time to forget your troubles and blow off some steam. For the call operators at Blackpool's emergency control centers hearing about our payday excesses is a weekly occurrence. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 15, 2012 PC Dave Donafee is called out to a Halloween party that's turned into a street fight and he comes face-to-face with one of his `regular customers' who threatens to take on six policemen. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 22, 2012 Focusing on how women in our society are changing, whether it's putting themselves in harm's way as members of the emergency services, or the increasing number of women the 999 system is having to deal with. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 29, 2012 This episode focuses on a factor fueling problems across the UK: alcohol. Britain likes to drink and Blackpool is a magnet for stag and hen parties, with around 2,000 clubs and bars. With more than a quarter of adults drinking to hazardous levels, alcohol is a major factor in half of all crime and more than 70 per cent of violent crimes, and costs the NHS £2.7 billion a year. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 5, 2012 The program features calls to the emergency services about a range of non-emergencies, from culinary injuries to broken light bulbs, as bizarre as they are diverse. Even more serious are the handful of people who abuse the emergency system by making hoax calls in the knowledge that they are potentially diverting an ambulance or fire engine from attending a serious injury or life-threatening situation. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 12, 2012 Following how Blackpool's emergency services deal with incidents involving people from outside the town. With 13 million visitors each year, Blackpool is Britain's most popular seaside resort. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 19, 2012 The series finale asks the police, ambulance and fire staff what they really think about the jobs they do. With more and more social problems falling to them, the emergency workers frequently question how much of their work is made up of actual emergencies. Time and again they reveal how proud they are to be the last bastions of our society, protecting us from each other and from ourselves. Details
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Season Info

Director
Greg Lander Williams, Toby Trackman, Nick Leader, Leonardo Machado, Wes Pollitt, Jules Endersby, Jamie Seal
Network
Channel 4
Genre
Documentary, Crime, Health & Wellness
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 10, 2012