There's an emergency in Surrey when a thirty-six-ton crane gets caught out by a crumbling curb. Having slipped down a muddy bank on its nearside, there is now a real risk of rollover for the huge vehicle. The pressure is on to first stop the crane from getting bogged down any further, and then to figure out how to get the casualty out of the ditch. Lantern recovery op Merrie is leading the rescue operation, helped by wingman, Euan, and they have a mammoth task ahead of them. The crane is listing dangerously, and the challenge is how to level it up so it can be pulled out. Using a combination of two wreckers and a whole lot of elbow grease, Merrie, Euan and the crane crew face an epic battle to get the beached behemoth out of the ditch and back on the road.

Three hundred miles away Alpha recovery op, Mouse, is tasked with the late-night rescue of a tanker that's slipped into a sodden gully in the wilds of Northumberland. Opting to use his winch to haul out the stricken vehicle proves troublesome as the quagmire refuses to release the tanker's rear wheels. It's down to Mouse to find a solution to this recovery puzzle in the darkness of night.

In the Midlands, Crouch recovery op Christina has a challenge on her hands when a damaged family saloon needs to be recovered from the middle of a small country village. Christina wants the rescue to be quick and quiet, but she faces a tricky test keeping the locals happy.

In a remote area of Northumberland, a 44-tonne articulated lorry has attempted to drive up a hill, hit sheet ice, slid back down out of control and jackknifed, leaving it wedged across both sides of the road. Alpha's Kevin and Ian have been called to the scene in a specialist six-wheel drive truck to try and cope with the frozen ground and treacherous conditions. As a nerve-wracking nighttime rescue attempt begins, Kevin knows that one false move could see the lorry slide back down the hill again, with its immense weight potentially pulling his own vehicle with it.

Bohdan is on high alert in Hertfordshire for a dicey job on an exit of the A1 Motorway after a lorry gets stranded on the slip road. What he hopes will be a straightforward lift and shift turns into a nightmare, trying to remove the half shaft beside traffic filtering off the motorway. Bohdan must use every trick up his sleeve and all the tools in his arsenal to stand any chance of overcoming a half shaft horror show.

On a country lane near Coventry, recovery op Buzz fears the worst after a 26-tonne lorry gets caught in a ditch having had to swerve to avoid a collision. It's rush hour and the route is a well used cut through, but the only way to get the lorry out will be to shut the road. With a tailback growing, Buzz wants a quick escape for the truck, but it is more stuck than he thought. He must keep adapting to find the best pull set up, but any adjustments eat up the minutes as motorists grow increasingly impatient.