Real Rescues

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Real Rescues
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GenreDocumentary
Presented by Chris Hollins (2012)
Louise Minchin (2009–2012)
Nick Knowles (2007-2011, 2013)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series10
No. of episodes228 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersKate Roberts
Chris Riley
Running time28–58 minutes
Original release
Network BBC One
Release15 October 2007 (2007-10-15) 
25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)

Real Rescues was a British documentary broadcast on BBC One exploring the daily work of the emergency services aired from 2007 to 2013. Real Rescues was at the heart of the action with the emergency services of Hampshire including the police, fire, ambulance, coastguard and lifeboat crews. The majority of the footage was shot around Portsmouth and Fareham. In the later series, other counties from across the UK began to be featured. Other emergency services, such as mountain rescue and animal rescue, were also featured. The show was axed in 2013.

The programme reran on W and CBS Reality until 2017.

Episodes

SeriesStart DateEnd DateTotal EpisodesPresenters
115 Oct 20079 Nov 200720 x 58m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
2A29 Sep 200824 Oct 200820 x 44m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
2B*29 Apr 20089 Dec 200820 x 29m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
320 Apr 200915 May 200920 x 44m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
42 Nov 200927 Nov 200920 x 28m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
5A5 Jul 201016 Jul 201020 x 44m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
5B1 Jul 200922 Oct 20108 x 29m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
622 Nov 201017 Dec 201020 x 44m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
730 May 201124 Jun 201120 x 44m Nick Knowles and Louise Minchin
811 Jun 20126 Jul 201220 x 44m Chris Hollins and Louise Minchin
911 Mar 20135 Apr 201320 x 44m Nick Knowles
1030 Sep 201325 Oct 201320 x 44m Nick Knowles

Series 2B contained edited versions of series 1 content.

Series 5B contained edited versions of series 3 content.

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