Shocking Emergency Calls
Documentary series telling the stories behind some of the most dramatic and extraordinary calls made to the emergency services around the world.
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- Documentary
Documentary series telling the stories behind some of the most dramatic and extraordinary calls made to the emergency services around the world.
Season 1 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
45 mins
Emergency services in the north-east of England receive a harrowing call from a young woman who has found her flatmate dead at their home in Gateshead. A tiger on the loose in U.S. residential street causes panic.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
45 mins
The horrific story of how Travis the chimpanzee made a brutal attack that would change lives forever. Plus a chilling call from an online predator, and a shift at work that became a life-or-death situation.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
45 mins
In Ohio, a 911 call reveals the aftermath of an attack on a baby. Fog hits the Sheppey Crossing in Kent causing one of the biggest road accidents in UK history. A man makes a 911 call in South Carolina as he attacks his ex-girlfriend.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
45 mins
Dramatic 911 calls and interviews with emergency services and witnesses tell the traumatic story of the Boston Marathon bombing. Plus, in Bristol a neighbour finds a man covered in acid.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
45 mins
A helicopter crash takes place as a wealthy entrepreneur and his friends fly to his ranch in New Mexico. In north London, a van is deliberately driven into a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
47 mins
A 911 call reveals one woman's desperate bid to escape her abductor while he lays asleep next to her. A little boy falls into the gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo. A bride is shot dead by her new husband.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
47 mins
In California, a woman who has just given birth is threatened by a wildfire. In Georgia, a mother reports an attempted murder by her sons. And a racially motivated attack takes place in South Carolina.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
45 mins
In Cincinnati, Ohio a gunman opens fire in a bank. In Florida, a woman is attacked by a black bear on her own doorstep. A man calls 911 after spotting burglars breaking into his neighbour's home in Texas.
Episode 9
Episode #1.9
46 mins
A man in Florida makes a 911 call admitting to shooting his daughter and her six children. In Colorado, a woman hides in fear for her life and that of her son as an intruder breaks into their home.
Episode 10
Episode #1.10
45 mins
A gunman opens fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killing 49 people. A distressing emergency call reveals that a toddler has been killed by her family's pet.
Episode 11