Rescue (TV series)
| Rescue | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Paul Berriff |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 7 January 1990 – 1 April 1990 |
Rescue was a 13-part documentary series created and directed by Cameraman Paul Berriff. It focused on the air-sea rescue work of "Rescue 137", a Sea King belonging to 202 Sqn, Royal Air Force in and around their base at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland and the North Sea over a period of a year between 1988 -1989.
The series covered a multitude of incidents ranging from ferrying a sick child to hospital right up to the world's worst offshore disasters, the explosion and ensuing fire on the Piper Alpha oil platform.
STV has upload all the episodes, with the exception of "Piper Alpha" to the STV Player YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/show/rescue
Episode guide
Episode 1: Budding Rose (First broadcast 7 January 1990)
The team race to rescue seven crew members from the Peterhead fishing vessel, "Budding Rose" after it begins taking on water in gale conditions 100 miles east of Aberdeen.
Episode 2: Baby Sam (First broadcast 14 January 1990)
The team are called out to transport a three month premature baby, Sam Harcus, from Orkney to a hospital in Aberdeen. During the flight, Baby Sam's heart stopped and the helicopter winchman, Bob Pountney, kept the baby alive by providing heart massage during the flight.
Episode 3: White Out (First broadcast 21 January 1990)
The team operate in Scotland during blizzard conditions
Episode 4: Worse Things Happen at Sea (First broadcast 28 January 1990)
"Rescue 137" scrambles to assist a man who has taken a 20 foot fall on board an Oil Rig support ship
Episode 5: Winchman (First broadcast February 4, 1990)
This episode focused on the life of a winchman aboard an RAF Sea King
Episode 6: Ditching, Ditching, Ditching (First broadcast 11 February 1990)
The team assist in the rescue of persons on board a helicopter that crashed into the North Sea
Episode 7: Piper Alpha (First broadcast 18 February 1990)
The role that 202 Sqn played in the response to the Piper Alpha tragedy
Episode 8: Chox's Lecture (First broadcast 25 February 1990)
Winchman, Paul "Chox" Barton provides advise for any walkers, climbers and tourists that may not be fully prepared
Episode 9: Water Falls (First broadcast March 4, 1990)
Water sports which may seem innocuous to some are shown in a different light by the events experienced by the crew of "Rescue 137"
Episode 10: Missing (First broadcast 11 March 1990)
"Rescue 137" is called out to rescue men from the drilling rig, Ocean Oddessey
Episode 11: Avalanche (First broadcast 18 March 1990)
The mountain rescue team, in conjunction with the crew of "Rescue 137" search for people trapped under the snow in the Highlands
Episode 12: We Never Say Never (First broadcast 25 March 1990)
The team rush against the clock to save a 13 year old girl suffering from meningitis on the Isle of Skye
Episode 13: Sting In The Tale (First broadcast 1 April 1990)
The crew set off for a weekend training with the mountain rescue team but an exercise goes drastically wrong