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Real Rescues (2007)

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Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

This documentary series follows the daily work of emergency services in Hampshire, UK, including police, fire, ambulance, coastguard and lifeboat crews. It shows real incidents and the people responding to them.

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What happens

Real Rescues is 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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