ABERSOCH RNLI volunteers are to feature in a new television series­ about their lifesaving work.

The four-part documentary series will feature the crew from Abersoch alongside their fellow crew members from numerous RNLI stations around the UK.

The series, named Saving Lives at Sea, is part of a special volunteering season by the BBC called Do Something Great.

The documentary is a real-life portrayal of the lifesaving work that RNLI volunteers carry out around our coasts 24/7.

Filmed over the past year with lifeboat stations across the UK, the series­ portrays what life is like for the charity’s volunteers who must be ready at any time of day or night to help someone in trouble at sea or on the River Thames.

North Wales volunteer members of the RNLI Flood Rescue Team from Abersoch lifeboat station also feature in the series, which follows dramatic real-life rescue situations while also uncovering the heart-warming and poignant reasons why people from all walks of life volunteer to put their lives on the line to save others, and the vital support they receive from their families and communities.

Saving Lives at Sea will be broadcast weekly from Wednesday, 13 July, to Wednesday, 3 August, on BBC1 at 9pm.

See the full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News