You Saved My Life follows the stories of people who have been rescued in an emergency and reunited with their rescuers.[2] It has a similar premise to the successful Seven Network factual television series Triple Zero Heroes.[3] Two weeks after it started airing and six episodes in, the show was cancelled for the final time after having been taken off air and reinstated.[4][5]
In one episode, a plane crash survivor, Allana Arnott, meets with Hugh Russell, who had rescued her in the Blue Mountains 18 years prior.[6] In another episode, a toddler who is now 26 meets with the train conductor who lept from a speeding train to rescue the child from the tracks moments ahead of an oncoming express train between Newcastle and Sydney.[7]
Reception
Colin Vickery of the Herald Sun found the show to be a "a three-hanky job" and compared it to the Seven Network show Triple Zero Heroes where every installment also closed by bringing together the rescuer and rescuee.[3] In a mixed review, The Daily Telegraph reviewer Erin McWhirter called it a show that like Find My Family was "capable of producing tears in even the most hardened of viewers". McWhirter concluded, "Re-enactments might not be this program's strong point, but viewers will be so caught up in the real-life moments that the clunky moments fail to detract from the overall effect."[8] Anita Beaumont of Newcastle Herald also had a mixed review of the "heartstring-plucking" show, stating, "The emotions are real and touching, although there is a huge element of cheesiness — thanks to the soundtrack — that will hinder one's enthralment."[9]
The Daily Telegraph reviewer Ellen Rigney stated, "While the featured people are inspiring and their stories are moving, repeated close-ups of the rescuer and rescuee hugging in slow motion tends to grate after a while."[10] Jackie Tracy of the Sunday Mail praised the show for having "well-researched stories" and "pacy re-enactments".[11]The Australian journalist Amanda Meade attributed the show's cancellation after six episodes to being a "cheap copycat program" that attempted to capitalise on the popularity of Seven Network's Find My Family.[4]
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