Ambulance (2016)

8.2 (17 votes)

15 Seasons

September 27, 2016

English

Documentary Reality

Synopsis

Insight into the London, West Midlands and North West of England ambulance services, from the highly-pressurised control room to the crews on the streets. Ambulance provides an honest 360-degree snapshot of the daily dilemmas and pressures.

Creator

James Robinson, Lucy Morgan, Simon Ford

Network

BBC One

Episodes

The Day Shift

Sep 27, 2016

60 min

Multiple stabbings, suicide attempts, a double shooting and an explosion at a flat flood the control centre of the London Ambulance Service with emergency calls threatening to overwhelm the service.

The Night Shift

Oct 4, 2016

60 min

We join the staff in the nerve-centre control room on the night shift. Amongst the thousands of calls they receive, they also have to contend with hoaxers, frequent callers and run-away patients.

The Weekend Shift

Oct 11, 2016

60 min

The staff of the London Ambulance Service prepare for another busy weekend. Amidst the call-outs to drunken fights, drug overdoses and stabbings there are also five women going into labour and a miscarriage to cope with.