999: What's Your Emergency?
999: What's Your Emergency? is a British factual documentary following the members of the emergency services in Blackpool, Lancashire. The series was filmed in Blackpool over 6 weeks in 2011 and follows members of the Police service, the Fire service and Ambulance service as they work together to tackle crime and disorder in Blackpool. Every episode highlights issues ranging from the damage caused by drugs and alcohol to the reality of domestic violence, and from the dysfunctional way that some people bring up their children to the plight of those who slip through society's safety net, with one or multiple issues raised per episode.
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 0h 45m
Release: 2012
Rating: 8.0
Season 1 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
2012-09-10
"A look at how Britain is changing through the eyes of the police, fire and ambulance services, starting with 'party drugs' in Blackpool."
2012-09-17
"PC Chris Hardy responds to a call from a terrified family who've had a brick thrown through their window. Later, police are called out after tourists spot a woman performing sexual acts on teenagers under the Blackpool pier."
2012-09-24
"An episode looks at cases of domestic abuse, as well as two paramedics on the verge of marriage."
2012-10-15
"PC Dave Donafee is called out to a halloween party that's turned into a street fight and he comes face-to-face with on of his 'regular customers' who threatens to take on six policemen."
2012-10-22
"Focusing on how women in our society are changing, whether it's putting themselves in harm's way as members of the emergency services, or the increasing number of women the 99 system is having to deal with."
2012-10-29
"Alcohol is fueling problems across the UK. Britain likes to drink and Blackpool is a magnet for stag and hen parties, with around 2000 clubs and bars.\n\n'It's a mixture between a zoo and Jeremy Kyle's waiting room,' says Sergeant Dunne. 'We've practically turned into a nation of just drunkards really, haven't we?'."
2012-11-12
"Following how Blackpool's emergency services deal with incidents involving people from outside the town. With 13 million visitors each year, Blackpool is Britain's most popular seaside resort."
2012-11-19
"What do the police, ambulance and fire staff really think about the jobs they do?"
Season 2 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
Season 3 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
2016-07-04
"The work of police and paramedics in Cheshire, following incidents from the moment a 999 call is made to the arrival of the frontline police and paramedics. In this episode, a 20-year-old girl has returned home after a night out, collapsed in front of her parents and stopped breathing, while one man calls the emergency services to say that a naked stranger his mother met at a punk gig has fallen down their stairs"
2016-07-29
"Exploring the complex issues surrounding the care of people with mental health problems in the UK and the increasing role that police and ambulance staff now have to play in supporting those who are affected."
2016-08-05
"The documentary focuses on the small but significant minority of people who are regular users of the emergency services. PC Billy Elliott visits a familiar address following complaints from neighbours about another disturbance - and one of the men ends up spending 24 hours in police custody, even requesting his favourite cell. DC Andy Knapman interviews a persistent shoplifter who has been arrested more than 50 times, while paramedics and police pay another visit to 50-year-old alcoholic Michaela"
2016-08-12
"PC Greg Greaves calls for back-up in Crewe after two suspects shout claims of abuse and racism at him, and in Warrington, paramedic Becki arrives at the home of Marika, a Latvian woman who has been mugged in the street and left with a black eye. Meanwhile, PC Niaz Waddington and his colleagues keep a close eye on Saturday night revelers as the number of racially aggravated incidents dealt with by Cheshire Police on a typical weekend has doubled in the past five years"
2016-08-18
"A look at how both the haves and the have-nots are being affected by crime. In Crewe, PC Matt Ambrose is called to the home of an elderly woman who has had nearly \u00a310,000 of her life savings stolen from her bank account."
2016-08-25
"With alcohol-related incidents in the UK costing the emergency services nearly \u00a33 billion a year, this episode features people who risk ruining their own - and other people's - lives for the sake of a night out."
2016-09-01
"Exploring the trails and tribulations of coming of age in 2016, and the challenges the emergency services face in dealing with people in the legal and social hinterland between childhood and adulthood."
2016-09-05
"PCs Matt Ambrose and Mike Lowe are dispatched to a house in Crewe following reports of a man threatening his ex-partner with a gun. It's down to the PCs to find and lock the male up for the night, despite him resisting arrest."
2016-09-19
"In Nantwich, PC Vicky Howell and PC Greg Greaves pull over a 31-year-old woman suspected of driving under the influence despite being only a couple of streets away from home. After blowing over double the legal limit, she is taken into custody."
2016-09-26
"PCs Bryony Hancock and Charlotte Wilson are called to a Saturday night lovers' tiff in Crewe before heading to help a woman who's been assaulted in her home by her partner."
2016-10-03
"In Warrington paramedics arrive at the home of a man having a suspected cardiac arrest. With CPR already in action and a defibrillator at close hand he is given the best possible chance of survival."
Season 4 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
2017-07-24
"The mother of nine year old Taleah calls 999 to report that her daughter has been racially abused by two 11 year olds while out playing. It's the first time that Taleah has ever heard the N-word."
2017-07-31
"Over the last decade, incidents of violence perpetrated by young men have risen by 22%. This episode meets the police officers and paramedics in Wiltshire dealing with the consequences."
2017-08-07
"Following criminalisation of once legal highs, crack and heroin are on the up and users and dealers are getting younger as organised gangs flood small local communities with drugs."
2017-08-14
"This episode explores a troubling rise in domestic burglaries, from people caught stealing food to thieves targeting wealthy individuals. And a woman dials 999 when she hears someone in her house."
2017-09-04
"Police are dispatched what a member of the public finds a four year old boy wandering alone in the street."
Season 5 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
Season 8 - 999: What's Your Emergency?
