Helicopter Heroes - Season 5

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Episode 1

1 - Episode 1

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 2

2 - Episode 2

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 3

3 - Episode 3

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 4

4 - Episode 4

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 5

5 - Episode 5

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 6

6 - Episode 6

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 7

7 - Episode 7

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 8

8 - Episode 8

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 9

9 - Episode 9

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 10

10 - Episode 10

Air Date: September 23, 2011

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

Episode 11

11 - Episode 11

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 12

12 - Episode 12

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 13

13 - Episode 13

Air Date: September 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.

Episode 14

14 - Episode 14

Air Date: September 29, 2011

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

Episode 15

15 - Episode 15

Air Date: September 30, 2011

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

Episode 16

16 - Episode 16

Air Date: October 3, 2011

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

Episode 17

17 - Episode 17

Air Date: October 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.

Episode 18

18 - Episode 18

Air Date: October 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.

Episode 19

19 - Episode 19

Air Date: October 6, 2011

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

Episode 20

20 - Episode 20

Air Date: October 7, 2011

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