999: What's Your Emergency?

999: What's Your Emergency?

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Series 1 titles
Genre Reality television, Documentary
Narrated by Hugo Speer (2012)
Julian Barratt (2013)
Hugo Speer (2016)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) British English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 18 (16 aired)
Production
Executive producer(s) Ed Coulthard (2012-2013)
Simon Ford (2012-2013)
Guy Davies (2013)
Producer(s) Daniel Fromm (2012)
Mark Jones (2012)
Ally Roberts (2013)
Location(s) Blackpool (2012)
Various (2013)
Cheshire (2016)
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Blast!
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release 10 September 2012 – present
External links
999: What's Your Emergency? www.channel4.com/programmes/999-whats-your-emergency

999: What's Your Emergency? is a British factual documentary following the members of the emergency services in Blackpool, Lancashire in series 1 and the ambulance service throughout the UK in series 2.

The first series was filmed in Blackpool over 6 weeks in 2011 and follows members of the Police service, the Fire service and Ambulance service as they work together to tackle crime and disorder in Blackpool.

The third series was announced on 27 June 2016 to be starting on 4 July 2016 on Channel 4. This series follows the Ambulance service and Police force in Cheshire as they attend a wide range of urgent and not so urgent call outs.

A final and fourth series was announced on the 1 January 2017 which will start to air in July 2017. The series will follow all 3 main police forces in Wiltshire.

Every episode highlights issues ranging from the damage caused by drugs and alcohol to the reality of domestic violence, and from the dysfunctional way that some people bring up their children to the plight of those who slip through society's safety net, with one or multiple issues raised per episode.

Episodes

All episode ratings are taken from the BARB website and include Channel 4 and Channel 4+1.

Series Episodes Originally aired Average UK viewers
(millions)
First aired Last aired
1 10 10 September 2012 19 November 2012 2.80
2 6 7 October 2013 11 November 2013 1.98
3 13 4 July 2016 3 October 2016 2.00
4 10 (Approx) 24 July 2017 2017 Not aired yet

Series 1 (2012)

Episode Broadcast Date Episode Summary Total viewers
(millions)		 Channel 4
weekly rank
1 10 September 2012 Drugs 2.90 3
2 17 September 2012 Children & Teenage Carers 3.00 4
3 24 September 2012 Relationships & Domestic Violence 2.95 2
4 8 October 2012 Payday & Bonfire Night 2.76 5
5 15 October 2012 Mental Health 2.96 3
6 22 October 2012 Women 2.91 5
7 29 October 2012 Alcohol 2.88 4
8 5 November 2012 Life or Death & Hoax Calls 3.12 4
9 12 November 2012 Visitors 2.56 5
10 19 November 2012 Highlights & Interviews 1.92 19

Series 2 (2013)

Episode Broadcast Date Episode Summary Total viewers
(millions)		 Channel 4
weekly rank
1 7 October 2013 Transition to Adulthood 1.71 15
2 14 October 2013 Alcohol 1.78 16
3 21 October 2013 Mental Health 1.94 9
4 28 October 2013 Life or Death 1.94 8
5 4 November 2013 The Elderly 2.19 8
6 11 November 2013 Babies 2.33 6

Series 3 (2016)

Episode Broadcast Date Episode Summary Total viewers
(millions)		 Channel 4
weekly rank
1 4 July 2016 Call Handlers 2.27 2
2 11 July 2016 Legal Highs 2.54 2
3 21 July 2016 Neighbours 2.23 3
4 28 July 2016 Mental Health 1.94 4
5 4 August 2016 Regular Callers & Repeat Offenders 2.20 2
6 11 August 2016 Immigrants & The Language Barrier 1.85 1
7 18 August 2016 Money 1.94 1
8 25 August 2016 Alcohol 2.11 3
9 1 September 2016 Teenagers 2.05 3
10 5 September 2016 Violent Crime 1.72 7
11 19 September 2016 Roads Policing 1.88 7
12 26 September 2016 Relationships & Domestic Violence 1.63 9
13 3 October 2016 Death 1.71 10

Series 4 (2017)

Episode Broadcast Date Episode Summary Total viewers
(millions)		 Channel 4
weekly rank
1 24 July 2017 Abuse TBD TBD
2 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
3 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
4 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
5 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
6 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
7 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
8 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
9 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD
10 Unknown Unknown TBD TBD

Controversy

Since the airing of the show, residents and councillors from Blackpool have been vocal on how the show has made their home town look to new visitors and especially families, after showing the apparent "darker" side of Blackpool.[1] The leader of Blackpool council Simon Blackburn has even voiced his concerns after watching the show.[2]Esther Rantzen wrote in the Daily Mail about how the show made her "weep for the women of today."[3]

In a separate incident, PC Claire van Deurs Goss was disciplined by Lancashire Constabulary after being shown applying lip gloss at the wheel of a police vehicle in Series 1 Episode 6, which prompted over 50 complaints to the force.[4]

On 26 July 2013 it was confirmed that Crackit Productions and the BBC were about to commission "Holiday Hospital 999" again based in Blackpool however these plans were shelved in what the Blackpool Gazette called a "Bullet Dodged" due to the damaging effect caused by 999: What's Your Emergency? on tourism in the town.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "TV & film news: gossip, pictures & video - Mirror Online". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  3. ↑ "Knives in their handbags, hell-bent on out-drinking men - The TV show that makes me weep for young women today: A new documentary leaves ESTHER RANTZEN horrified - and deeply concerned". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Blackpool PC disciplined over applying lip gloss". 25 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "‘Bullet dodged’ on 999 TV show follow up". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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