When fire engulfs a brand new boat, two men battle to launch a life raft - with their hair and clothes on fire. Elsewhere, a charity climber makes a last-minute change of plan and ends up being airlifted to safety.

Dramatic stories of people who have had a brush with disaster, including one of the most horrific falls a jockey has survived in the history of British horseracing and a chilling 999 call - a seven-year-old girl has been swallowed up by the ground.