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Helicopter Heroes
Helicopter Heroes: Season 5

Air Date

September 12, 2011

Episodes

20 episodes

Helicopter Heroes

Season 5

Episodes

1. Episode 1

September 12, 2011
30 min

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.

2. Episode 2

September 13, 2011
30 min

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.

3. Episode 3

September 14, 2011
30 min

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.

4. Episode 4

September 15, 2011
30 min

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.

5. Episode 5

September 16, 2011
30 min

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.

6. Episode 6

September 19, 2011
30 min

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.

7. Episode 7

September 20, 2011
30 min

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.

8. Episode 8

September 21, 2011
30 min

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.

9. Episode 9

September 22, 2011
30 min

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.

10. Episode 10

September 23, 2011
30 min

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

11. Episode 11

September 26, 2011
30 min

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

12. Episode 12

September 27, 2011
30 min

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.

13. Episode 13

September 28, 2011
30 min

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.

14. Episode 14

September 29, 2011
30 min

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

15. Episode 15

September 30, 2011
30 min

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

16. Episode 16

October 3, 2011
30 min

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

17. Episode 17

October 4, 2011
30 min

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.

18. Episode 18

October 5, 2011
30 min

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.

19. Episode 19

October 6, 2011
30 min

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

20. Episode 20

October 7, 2011
30 min

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