ABERYSTWYTH RNLI lifeboat crew will feature in a BBC documentary to be aired this week and next.
The volunteer crew will appear on the UK’s television screens for the next two weeks as they feature in the ninth and 10th episodes of the BBC series, Saving Lives at Sea, which showcases the lifesaving work of the RNLI.
The 12-part documentary series, shown on BBC Two on Tuesdays at 8pm, features real rescues carried out by the charity’s lifeboat crews and lifeguards around the UK and Ireland, including Aberystwyth RNLI.
This forthcoming episodes, tonight and on 17 October, sees Aberystwyth RNLI rescue a crashed paraglider clinging onto rocks, and two girls cut off by the tide.
From the remote and rugged coastline of Aith in the Shetlands, to the packed sands of Woolacombe in Devon, the series gives a unique insight into the lives and work of the lifeboat crew members and lifeguards.
Following the success of the four-part first series, which was broadcast last year, this series features more episodes and more real-life rescue footage, accompanied by heart-warming and emotive testimonials from the crew, lifeguards and the people they rescue.
The series has been filmed over the past year, with lifeboat crews and lifeguards carrying special cameras and welcoming film-makers into their day-to-day life. Rescues from the RNLI’s archives are also revisited.
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