Accidental Heroes WHAT would you do if confronted with someone else's life or death emergency situation? Accidental Heroes was a talkbackTHAMES production for BBC One – a brand new series that met those with truly heroic qualities. Accidental Heroes shined the spotlight on ordinary people who went to extraordinary lengths to help others. The six-part series celebrated the everyday people who stepped into the breach – often acting on instinct and always acting selflessly – to save a life and to become an 'accidental hero'. Each episode featured three stories which showed just what happened before the emergency services arrived at the scene of an accident. In addition to hearing from the heroes, the survivors and the witnesses, dramatic reconstructions of life threatening incidents and astounding real life footage that captured death defying moments, brought these stories to life. Series highlights include: • A group of cricketers put their team spirit to good use to save a woman being crushed under a car, following a horrific road traffic accident. • A schoolteacher raced to reach a man who’s fallen 200 feet in the Welsh mountains, and then used his ingenuity to bring him back to life. • A group of surfing friends fought raging currents and treacherous seas, and used their surfboards to keep a woman alive against all the odds. The series also featured amazing rescues by children such as a brother who saved his sister who had accidentally strangled herself, and a boy who carried his best friend to get help after he collapsed with potentially fatal injuries. But perhaps the most incredible stories featured in the series drew on real footage shot at the time of the events themselves, including: • The skydiver plummeting to earth when his parachute failed to open. His and his friend’s helmetcams captured the whole heart-stopping event. • The group of holiday-makers learning to sail a tall ship across the Atlantic suddenly found themselves on a rescue mission when they picked up a distress signal from two girls in severe trouble in a storm. • A Formula 3 racing driver fought to release his rival, trapped in a burning car after a spectacular mid-race crash. The event was filmed by a member of the crowd. Back to Credits