Keeping Britain Safe 24/7

Keeping Britain Safe 24/7

BBC One Ended

1 Season · 4 Episodes · Premiered December 5, 2013 · Ended March 25, 2014

A celebration of the UK's frontline workers and first responders,
ordinary people doing extraordinary things to keep Britain running at
critical pressure points throughout the year.

Where to Watch: BBC One

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes
E01
Autumn
Thu, Dec 5 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Meet the everyday heroes who keep Britain safe, battling the unexpected challenges that unfold with each passing season. In autumn, we're with the teams that keep the country moving in the face of the dreaded leaves on the line. We ride along with the fire crews of the Cleveland Fire Brigade on Bonfire Night - their busiest night of the year; and as the national birth rate rockets we're with the midwives of St Thomas's Hospital in London, as they face an autumnal baby boom.
E02
Winter
Thu, Dec 12 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
The series meeting the everyday heroes who keep Britain safe through each passing season looks at the challenges brought by the most extreme season of the year, winter.Julia Bradbury and Matt Allwright follow the paramedics of the Scottish Ambulance Service as they deal with new year and the country's biggest street party, the RAF search and rescue teams as they work in the most remote wilderness in Britain, and the teams who keep the roads moving through the cold and darkness.
E03
Spring
Tue, Mar 18 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Series meeting the everyday heroes who keep Britain safe, battling the unexpected challenges that unfold with each passing season.Matt Allwright and Julia Bradbury go behind the scenes at the largest trauma centre in the Midlands as the team field the rise of sporting injuries in spring. Plus a report on the team at the largest blood processing facility in the world and the volunteer blood bikers keeping the NHS supplied with almost a million litres of blood. As the MET police launch their Spring offensive we're behind the scenes of the custody suite.
E04
Summer
Tue, Mar 25 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
The series following the everyday heroes who keep Britain safe goes behind the scenes with the safety teams at the world's busiest runway and the world's busiest shipping lane as they are overrun by holidaymakers.As festival tented villages the size of towns pop up all over the country, police try to control the crowds.Plus, when the party's over in Notting Hill, the country's biggest street carnival, an army of workers are left to clean up the mess.
Julia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury as Presenter
Matt Allwright
Matt Allwright as Presenter

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