Trucking Hell

In the North East, a truck has taken a tumble into a ditch in the dead of night. In Leicestershire, Snods has got his hands full craning a car out of a field.

When Storm Isha hits Northumberland, Mouse attempts a dangerous rescue in high winds; Mick saves a dustcart from toppling over and Steve hauls a fully loaded tanker out of the mud.

Kev and Gary face a Herculean task extracting a fully loaded 44 tonne artic from a forest. Recovery op Bodhan finds himself under a bus in central London.

The team endure an epic clean-up after a lorry carrying tonnes of curry sauce jars collides with a huge artic. Gary battles a bin wagon on a dirt track. Euan has a tug of war with a tanker.

Lantern recovery op Stuart has been tasked with rescuing a 26-tonne sewage tanker, fully loaded with waste material, that has got its nearside wheels wedged in a drainage ditch down a narrow muddy track. On top of having barely any room to manoeuvre, the tanker's tilting dangerously to one side, so Stuart must try and get the monster back onto solid ground without it toppling over.

In the north east of England, Alpha recovery ops Kevin and Ian battle the snow and ice to rescue a stricken fuel tanker that's slipped off a frozen track while making a delivery. With nowhere to turn and limited space they must perform a tricky reverse winch pull using hundreds of metres of line. They're relying on a tree as an anchor point and the power of their 4x4 road rescuer. It's a risky manoeuvre, if they get it wrong the cable could snap causing carnage.

In Northumberland, bad weather causes an emergency in the A1 involving an 18-tonne truck. Plus a tricky recovery on the 17th fairway of a golf course when a beer truck grinds to a halt.

Rescue teams deal with a car transporter that goes up in smoke during rush hour, a car that took a nosedive down a steep bank, and a single decker bus stuck in mud on a mini roundabout.

A 44-tonne articulated lorry has attempted to drive up a hill, hit sleet ice, slid back down out of control and jackknifed, leaving it wedged across both sides of the road.

Sean is tasked with recovering a 17-tonne telehandler that’s tumbled off a track, landing upside down in a ditch, while Mouse tries to recover a broken-down bus.

A 45-tonne crane gets caught out by a crumbling curb, Mouse performs a late-night recovery of a tanker that’s slipped into a sodden gully and a damaged family saloon needs rescuing.

There’s an emergency in Nottinghamshire when the ground gives way beneath a tipper truck fully loaded with stone aggregate. In Middlesborough, a bus gets grounded on a grassy verge.

Rescue teams are required for a 22-tonne houseboat washed up on a muddy bank of the River Trent by storm babet, and a tractor unit and trailer with a trashed gearbox.

In a 600-metre-long tunnel on the M25, Steve and Daniel must combine forces to try to shift a 44-ton unit and trailer stacked full of breeze blocks.

Jobs include a bulker trailer that has burst into flames, a heavily laden truck that is wedged in soft mud by a busy dual carriageway, and a tractor unit with a broken prop shaft.

There's an emergency in East London when a 25-ton truck hits a railway bridge. And Buzz needs to co-ordinate a multi-agency taskforce when a refrigerated lorry catches fire on the A42.

The Alpha recovery team face a huge challenge as a double decker bus has rolled onto its side, and in The Midlands, a car transporter has become bogged down in the grounds of a venue.

On a busy stretch of the M42 outside Birmingham a fully loaded Sprinter Van has limped onto the hard shoulder. The rear differential is broken meaning the van can no longer be driven, luckily Crouch Recovery op Joe has his flatbed truck at the ready. Joe needs to work quickly and carefully because he has busy rush hour traffic thundering past, making this a risky rescue.

On the M25 near Enfield two lorries, two cars and a Transit have piled into each other blocking three of four lanes. In a ten-mile tailback the Lantern team must recover the two artics.

A 46-tonne artic has veered into a verge on a busy A-road and is going nowhere without some help. And a lorry gets caught in slippery mud.

While Stu struggles with a broken-down bus blocking a mini roundabout in Watford, Gary leads a complex mission to rescue a burnt-out low loader and cabin in the Scottish Borders.

Gary leads a team from Alpha rescuing a burnt-out low loader and portacabin. Stu battles with a broken-down bus which is blocking a mini roundabout during the afternoon school run. And Joe retrieves a car which has careered off the A6.

In Northumberland, Alpha Recovery stalwart Kevin's got his hands full winching a tanker out of a muddy ditch on a country road. His load is leaning perilously close to an ancient dry wall.

Two coaches which tried passing each other on a narrow snowy lane come to grief, and a bin lorry stuck in mud is in danger of keeling over.

A 26 tonne tanker gets stuck in a waterlogged verge on the busy A5, fully loaded and leaning to one side. Plus, moving an aging double decker bus that’s been immobile for eight years.

A 44-ton gravel lorry careers off the A69, plunging down an embankment, and Gary must pick up the pieces. In Croydon, Stu has a complex recovery: a bin lorry is stuck in deep mud

Recovery op Mark tackles a Vauxhall left dangling over the edge of a canal lock 8n wet weather, and Daniel helps with a recovery operation after a smash on the M25.

A three tonne passenger ferry is hauled out of the icy waters of a lake so it can be repaired, and there are two cases of massive vehicles stuck in mud.

In Buckinghamshire, recovery op Steve must deal with a mattress stuffed lorry which has hit a low bridge. Rookie Paul tries to extract a wrecked car in rural Derbyshire.

Alpha Recovery send a crew to a challenging, energy sapping recovery: a fuel tanker has rolled down a steep muddy hill and landed on its side. A huge digger is needed to flip it over.

A toppled tanker with liquid chicken guts needs rescuing, a refrigerated truck stranded on a busy road is leaking water everywhere, and an arctic has smashed into two lampposts.

Following the men and women of the heavy recovery business. In Hertfordshire, rookie op Euan is tasked with rescuing a ten-tonne rigid - one wrong move could end his rescue mission.

On the M11, a loaded truck pulling an extra trailer has been left marooned after the rear axle on the trailer collapsed while at full speed, causing two of the wheels to break.

A 40-ton lorry careers off the M1 and plunges down an embankment, becoming embedded in a ditch. Steve needs to work out how to free the truck.

On the M25 near Enfield, two lorries, two cars and a van have piled into each other, blocking three lanes, so the Lantern team must recover the two artics.

Shaun has to think outside the box as a trapped telehandler puts the team under serious pressure, A stranded bus may of blown Aiden's chances of an easy recovery and a sunken car causes trouble.

On the busy A1, halfway between Newcastle and Durham, an articulated lorry has fallen down a 20-metre embankment. The Alpha Recovery crew must work out how to retrieve the truck.

A 50-ton construction machine is stranded by a severely-damaged Victorian bridge.

On the Moors, a 50 ton construction machine has and landed in a stream. The team at Alpha face a dangerous two-day rescue. On The M1, Lantern's Bohdan rescues a stranded 44-ton artic and Stuart is called to the A34 to rescue a broken-down bus.

The men and women working in the heavy recovery business deal with jack-knifed lorries, crashed heavy goods vehicles and roadside breakdowns.

The men and women working in the heavy recovery business deal with jack-knifed lorries, crashed heavy goods vehicles and roadside breakdowns.

A sinkhole in Wokingham swallows up a 15-tonne water tanker, leaving rescue crews worried about what might lurk within the depths.

Sean faces the mother of all recoveries - a truck loaded with chemicals has plunged down a steep embankment into woodland. Troy tackles a lorry breakdown causing a big tailback at the height of rush hour.

A crew trying to take care of a burned-out trailer struggles due to its missing wheels. A broken-down bus blocks a bus stop, with pedestrians complicating recovery efforts. Troy gets lost on a country road searching for a breakdown.

A tipped-over shipment of A4 paper on the A1 ends up being a tough task to take on. After hitting a bridge, a trailer's damage is too much to be towed without some sort of repair. Dud directions leave Mary searching for her destination.

In this week's episode, Crouch incident manger Steve and his team have been called out to a lorry that has caught fire on the extremely busy A1. By the time Steve arrives, the fire has been put out and Callum has pulled the tractor unit onto a low loader. But there's still the mammoth task of lifting what's left of the trailer onto another low loader. Steve and his team move a crane into position, but Dave notices that ash on the trailer is still burning — which could be extremely dangerous if the wind picks up, causing it to re-ignite. They decide to tip the trailer's remaining contents onto the road, making it much safer. Once this is done, they can concentrate on the lift, but the trailer is so badly damaged by fire that it could break up while in the air. So the team must be ultracautious as they attempt this recovery. Lantern boys Daniel and Steve have been called to rescue a trailer that's suffered a serious blow from the branch of an overhanging tree.

In this week's episode, company boss Adam Crouch detours from his morning office commute to attend the scene of a big incident. He leads the team as they try to rescue a rolled-over mixer truck full of tonnes of wet cement. Joining him in this biggest of jobs is patriarch of the family Dave Crouch, Adam's dad and a crane-driving expert. At Lantern, Merrie gets back on the road after a week's holiday in Italy only to discover her hydraulic levers have gremlins in the system — making it difficult to fix a broken-down truck's dodgy turbo. And in Leicestershire, things get wet and wild for Abang as he has to fish a Ford Focus out of a river.

Return of the documentary following workers in the heavy recovery business. In Corby a 16-metre lorry loaded with waste flips over near a busy roundabout.

A frost in Warwickshire makes a country lane as slippery as an ice rink, causing a road sweeper to slide into a ditch. The weather also causes problems for recovery op Stephen.

Lantern recovery op Steve is on his way to a risky roadside rescue. A 38-tonne mail lorry has taken doorstep delivery to another level by crashing on a London street.

A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.

A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.

A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.

A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.

Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.

A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.

A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.

A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.

A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.

A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.

A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.

A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.

A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.

A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.

Michael is faced with a dustcart leaning dangerously by a ditch, and Lee has to right an expensive tractor that has rolled over on a busy roundabout.

When a bin lorry crashes onto its side, company boss Adam is tested to the max. In blizzard conditions, Lee has been landed with a 44-tonne headache.

A truck careers off the A1, smashing through the side barrier and gets tangled up in live electrics. Even worse, there is a gas pipe a couple of feet away.

Ant and Matt face up to a catastrophic lorry crash on a narrow road, transport manager Dan is called to an offroad nightmare, and a seven-tonne lorry slides off a country lane.

When a huge truck rolls over, blocking a busy dual carriageway in Derby, operations manager Steve needs to draw on his years of experience to tackle the job.

Steve comes to the rescue when a trailer rolls over on a busy roundabout on the A46, scattering hay bales everywhere. In south London, recovery op Merrie faces a boggy recovery nightmare.

Steve tackles a 44-ton lorry loaded with toilet roll that has flipped over and blocked the A50, while Martin rescues an articulated lorry axle deep in mud and sinking fast.

Steve rescues a burning transporter loaded with cars.

Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns.

In the middle of Storm Ciara, a team from Crouch Recovery is called into action. They must recover a truck and trailer that has blown over in the wild winds.

Steve and his team must recover a 26-tonne lorry that careered off the motorway, catapulted across a six-foot ditch, broke through a fence and landed 30 metres away from the road.

Incident Manager Steve tackles a major job on the A1 following a collision, and must coordinate the recovery of a bin lorry that is now lying on its side in a ditch.

Tez is tasked with a tricky recovery on one of the UK's deadliest roads as, thanks to a damaging bird strike, a 44-tonne artic needs rescuing from the side of the A1.

Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns.

The team is called out to upright an artic that has rolled over on the A1. On arrival, they discover the container is loaded with a 23-tonne transformer

Tez and his crew deal with a 20-tonne milk tanker sinking in a muddy field in Leicestershire, while Merrie gets a rubbish job trying to rescue a broken down bin lorry on the M42.

Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns

Rory risks life and limb to recovered a skip lorry from the M1. Jim has a happy reunion with his own truck. Chris has to find a way of separating two HGVs that have somehow become wedged together.

Lantern's only female driver Merrie is tasked with the removal of an abandoned lorry, but it is soon clear this will not be a routine job. As she takes a closer look, she discovers that not only has the lorry been used as a mobile home, but that it is housing many a guilty secret.

Steve battles rush hour traffic to manoeuvre his recovery vehicle around the narrow roads to get to a 7.5-tonne lorry out of a ditch, while Rory must deliver a dodgy van to a scrapyard for destruction.

Steve and his team attempt to recover a car that has crashed into a river, while Jim is tasked with recovering a van that has become wedged on top of a garden wall.

Veteran driver Jim attends an emergency call-out to recover a lorry that has broken down bang in the middle of a busy ring road. Motor racing fanatic Merrie has a hunch she may have landed her dream job when she attends a broken down lorry.

Jim and his team face a difficult foggy morning on the M1 when a crash between two artics causes a five-mile-long tailback

Crane operator Nick is called out to a particularly unusual job on a recycling plant. Meanwhile, recovery operative Jim faces a hazardous callout

A huge 32-tonne tipper truck has slid down a dirt embankment and is lying on its side, and a lorry stuck in reverse severely blocking traffic in Leicester city centre

A luxury coach breaks down on a busy motor way slip road, and recovery operative Jon is on hand to try and tow the vehicle amid heavy traffic and misty conditions

The Crouch team deals with some monster jobs, while Simon and his crew have to grapple with a juggernaut that has skidded off the M62 and down a steep bank

Father-and-son duo Dave and Adam try to recover a lorry transporting a 100-tonne train engine, while rookie driver Warren has to move a HGV on the busy M1

A 40-tonne lorry overturns and spills its load, forcing a major road to close. Meanwhile, heavy recruit specialist is called to recover two crashed cars from the side of the M69

A road in Leicester is blocked by a 26-tonne digger, while rescue specialists Richard and Lee have the unusual job of retrieving a load of straw from a broken down trailer

Recovery operation Jim and heavy vehicle mechanic Jack are called out to help a loaded HGV with a puncture, and a fuel tanker is stranded in an SOS bay on the M25

Incident manager Steve is called to the scene of an overturned gas tanker that, while Sean is asked to pick up an abandoned scaffolding lorry

A 44 tonne Artic straddling the central reservation of the M1 is a rush hour headache for Incident Manager Steve and his colleague Pat. Recovery op Steve rescues a broken down dustcart from a busy London street. Recovery op Jim gets drenched as he risks life and limb trying to rescue a tractor.

In a quiet rural village in Leicestershire, a utility truck has got stuck in the mud in a local resident's garden. Adam and his team are under pressure to get it out without causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to the property.

On one of the UK's busiest roads, a jackknifed HGV has careered through a front garden, over a ditch and blocked a lane of traffic. Meanwhile, Jim's mettle is tested and Steve has to quell a rebellion.

Heavy-recovery operator Marcus and his colleague Trigger have their work cut out when an HGV collides with another vehicle on one of Britain's busiest motorways

A double-deck HGV rolls over on the A6, Crouch Recovery are sent in to save the day. Elsewhere, recovery operative Rob delivers a wrecked cab to a salvage yard

A heavy loader carrying cardboard bales tips onto its side.

The Beast from the East descends, bringing some of the country's busiest roads to a standstill.