The Wave that Swept Us Away
In February 2010, Hector Gomez is partying with family and friends on a small river island just outside of Constitucion in Chile, when a devastating earthquake occurs just off the coast. Erupting wit...
9 Jan 202426min
Rescue From The Cemetery of The Living
It's December 1989. By order of Panamanian dictator General Manuel Noriega, American Kurt Muse is locked up in the Carcel Modelo – a notorious prison nicknamed 'the Cemetery For The Living'. But unk...
12 Dec 202338min
We See You
After the chaos of the 2011 Arab Spring, eruptions of violence saw millions become refugees overnight. Since then many have taken to the seas in a desperate bid to reach the relative safety of Europe...
5 Dec 202339min
Leave No One Behind
Late one night, a mayday message is received at the headquarters of Canada’s national search and rescue operations in Trenton, Ontario. The message is coming from a GPS tracking device registered to ...
28 Nov 202346min
Gunshots At The Mall
In Nairobi, Kenya, Paramedic Stella Zakina is preparing for the start of her shift when she is alerted to an attack taking place at the city's popular Westgate shopping mall. Local businessman Abdul ...
21 Nov 202338min
The Baby In The Well
18-month-old Jessica is playing with her friends in the backyard. One moment she is there, the next she has disappeared. Her mother, Reba, realises with horror what has happened. Baby Jessica has fall...
14 Nov 202340min
A Strange Picnic
Over half a million people commute to London every day. They travel at the same time, on the same train, with the same familiar faces in the carriage. Rarely does anyone think for a moment that they m...
7 Nov 202344min
Edgework
A man goes missing for two days in the Rockies. With the temperature plummeting, it falls to a team of local search and rescue volunteers to try and find him. PhD student Jen Lois is one of those vol...
31 Okt 202342min
