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Helicopter Heroes

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First Aired:September 3, 2007
Seasons:5 seasons
Episodes:87
Status:Ended

Helicopter Heroes is a British daytime television series, following the lifesaving work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The first episode aired on 3 September 2007. In 2012–13 the team also produced a 10 part series called Helicopter Heroes Down Under, featuring the work of British medics working in Australia.

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Seasons & Episodes

E1Episode 1

30m

Sep 12, 2011

A rambler's badly hurt after she's attacked by a herd of cows in the Dales, and the team's forced to call in the RAF after a doctor falls down a ravine in the picturesque Peak District.

E2Episode 2

30m

Sep 13, 2011

A professional mountain biker plunges 40ft off a cliff, and a French motorist forgets to drive on the left - with painful consequences for a motorcyclist.

E3Episode 3

30m

Sep 14, 2011

Identical twin climbers cause confusion when one falls off a rock face, there's a hit-and-run accident, and a cyclist on a charity bike ride in aid of the air ambulance needs its help.

E4Episode 4

30m

Sep 15, 2011

A teenage cyclist fights for life after a serious road accident near his home, and pilot Steve faces a tricky landing to rescue a camper who has fallen down a hillside.

E5Episode 5

30m

Sep 16, 2011

The team turn childminders after a father overturns his car on a family day out, and a pigeon fancier insists his rescuers release his birds before he takes a flight to hospital.

E6Episode 6

30m

Sep 19, 2011

A bride's wedding plans are wrecked when the minibus carrying the groom's stag party overturns on the motorway, and an angler fights for his life after experiencing a rare reaction to a wasp sting.

E7Episode 7

30m

Sep 20, 2011

The team flies to the rescue of a teenage canoeist feared badly hurt after a white water accident, and a trapped farm worker texts for help after he is crushed by a giant hay bale.

E8Episode 8

30m

Sep 21, 2011

A young worker fights for his life after being injured by a forklift truck. Meanwhile, a wartime re-enactment group suffers a casualty when one of its recruits is crushed by a field gun.

E9Episode 9

30m

Sep 22, 2011

A good samaritan is trapped beneath the wheels of an articulated lorry after he stops to help out a fellow motorist, and a mountain biker has a heart attack on the highest peak in Derbyshire.

E10Episode 10

30m

Sep 23, 2011

Two children are run over by a reversing car, and a worker is badly injured in a freak explosion.

E11Episode 11

30m

Sep 26, 2011

A three year old girl is run over by a lorry and helimed pilot Matt must touchdown in the town centre to save her.

E12Episode 12

30m

Sep 27, 2011

When a trench collapses, emergency services fight to free a young builder trapped up to his waist and a teenage girl falls down a ravine.

E13Episode 13

30m

Sep 28, 2011

There is a major rescue operation as a plane crash lands in a river and a veteran climber plunges down a rock face he was trying to climb without ropes.

E14Episode 14

30m

Sep 29, 2011

A paraglider crashes to earth and a vintage car enthusiast is runover by his own vehicle.

E15Episode 15

30m

Sep 30, 2011

There is a difficult rescue after a woodsman is injured by a falling tree and a factory worker is trapped in machinery.

E16Episode 16

30m

Oct 3, 2011

A disabled boy is trapped after a car leaves the road and careers through his bedroom window.

E17Episode 17

30m

Oct 4, 2011

A major search operation is launched for a pilot trapped in his wrecked cockpit. 999 controllers have no idea where he is - and it is up to the helimed team to find him.

E18Episode 18

30m

Oct 5, 2011

A cycling club's Sunday spin ends in a serious accident, a teenager plunges 30ft from rocks and a boy is hit by a runaway truck.

E19Episode 19

30m

Oct 6, 2011

The team call in the RAF to winch an injured walker off Derbyshire's highest peak.

E20Episode 20

30m

Oct 7, 2011

Helimed 99 is grounded by blizzards - but their patient is suffering from a heart attack.

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Helicopter Heroes is a British daytime television series, following the lifesaving work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The first episode aired on 3 September 2007. In 2012–13 the team also produced a 10 part series called Helicopter Heroes Down Under, featuring the work of British medics working in Australia.

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