Series synopsis
Inside the Ambulance is a British documentary reality television series that premiered on U&W on November 28, 2016. It ended on April 8, 2022.
Cameras mounted on paramedics and inside their vehicles get closer than ever to the work of Britain's frontline life-savers.
Premise
Cameras mounted on paramedics and inside their vehicles get closer than ever to the work of Britain's frontline life-savers.
Episodes
This series spans 15 seasons with 138 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | March 8, 2021 | March 8, 2021 |
| Season 1 | 10 | November 28, 2016 | December 9, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 10 | November 13, 2017 | November 24, 2017 |
| Season 3 | 10 | January 22, 2018 | February 2, 2018 |
| Season 4 | 10 | August 13, 2018 | August 24, 2018 |
| Season 5 | 10 | November 26, 2018 | December 7, 2018 |
| Season 6 | 10 | December 10, 2018 | December 21, 2018 |
| Season 7 | 10 | January 7, 2019 | January 18, 2019 |
| Season 8 | 10 | May 13, 2019 | May 24, 2019 |
| Season 9 | 10 | January 20, 2020 | January 31, 2020 |
| Season 10 | 10 | May 11, 2020 | May 22, 2020 |
| Season 11 | 10 | November 23, 2020 | December 4, 2020 |
| Season 12 | 10 | January 18, 2021 | January 29, 2021 |
| Season 13 | 7 | February 11, 2021 | March 12, 2021 |
| Season 14 | 10 | March 28, 2022 | April 8, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wonder Women Featuring the incredible women who have featured in the series over the past five years, highlighting their courage, compassion and camaraderie. |
March 8, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Steve and Neil help a man having a debilitating panic attack at work |
November 28, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Hannah and Mike are called to a young woman who has had a fit in the street |
November 29, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Michelle and Simon rush to a young man who has collapsed at work, while Gaz and Debbie help a teenager with chest pain |
November 30, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The documentary charting the every-day work of paramedics with the West Midlands Ambulance Service returns, beginning as medics respond to a case of gang violence |
November 13, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The paramedics of the West Midlands Ambulance Service attend to a man with abdominal pain, and a grandmother suffering a panic attack |
November 14, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Documentary series following the heart-pounding action and human stories of the frontline paramedics of one of Britain's busiest ambulance services |
November 15, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Featuring a man who is struggling to breathe after injecting himself. |
January 22, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Featuring a woman who is feeling suicidal and a young lad who has banged his head. |
January 23, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Crew members help a student with a dislocated knee and a child who has drunk a dangerous liquid. |
January 24, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A taxi flips over on the motorway with two passengers trapped inside, and paramedics come to the aid of a 74-year-old man with a long list of serious health problems |
August 13, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Paramedics help a woman who has a suspected stroke, and an eight-year-old boy raises the alarm after his mother collapses |
August 14, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 A young man has a seizure and a police officer is involved in a car accident. |
August 15, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The crew fight to restart a man's heart after he had a cardiac arrest and crashed the van he was driving. Eleswhere, a young woman is in need of help following a series of severe stomach cramps. |
November 26, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Paramedics desperately try to save a patient whose hear5 has stopped for more than 15 minutes. Eleswhere, a pregnant woman struggles to breath and a young lad has a deep cut in his hand. |
November 27, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Medics treat a man who appears to be having a heart attack and needs to be taken to hospital right away. Meanwhile, crew also help a man who got so confused he came home early from his holiday. |
November 28, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Following the West Midlands Ambulance Service during the festive period. Laura and Anna are called to a man who has fallen off a roof and hit his head. |
December 10, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Heavy snow in the West Midlands wreaks chaos and two separate crews treat patients, both called John, who have both broken hips after falling. |
December 11, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Aaron and Chris are called to a man who has been stabbed, while Deena and Mike help an elderly lady who has fallen in the street. |
December 12, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 7, 2019 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 8, 2019 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 9, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Chris and Tom go to the home of a young woman who is having suicidal thoughts and demonstrate how well trained they are at dealing with mental illness, as well as physical injury. |
May 13, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Ash and Jamie rush to a lady with severe chest pains who is losing consciousness, while Chris and Joel help a man with low kidney functions who has been picked up by the police. |
May 14, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Anna and Stuart head to the home of a former soldier who has fallen down some stairs and has a potential spinal injury. Jo and Laura treat a teenage boy having a seizure at college. |
May 15, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Paramedics collect a seriously injured man airlifted in from Wales, deal with a distressed pensioner who has taken a tumble, and treat a toddler struggling to breathe. |
January 20, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The Stoke crews cope with a major heart attack and a nasty football injury, while in Dudley, the paramedics help an elderly diabetic man with severe stomach pains. |
January 21, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The paramedic crews treat a drug user with a burst abscess, an elderly woman whose face has swollen, and a distraught young woman who may be suffering a miscarriage. |
January 22, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 In a dramatic start to the new series, the West Midlands Ambulance Service treat a man who stabbed a police dog, a woman with a suspected stroke and a man on his fourth bout of pneumonia. |
May 11, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Hard-working ambulance crews help a young woman who fell down a flight of stairs and a shivering pensioner with possible sepsis, as well as a sparky 95-year-old who's had a fall. |
May 12, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 On shift with West Midlands Ambulance Service who treat a young lad with a fever, a golf-loving pensioner with a heart problem and a woman convinced she has lung cancer. |
May 13, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 South Central paramedics race to a newborn baby with a low temperature, while crews in Oxford and Portsmouth deal with a man vomiting blood and a patient's mysterious hip pain. |
November 23, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 In Oxford, a 14-year-old boy suffers fractures from a football tackle gone wrong, while in Portsmouth, paramedics meet an 81-year-old woman who has fallen from her stairlift. |
November 24, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The crews deal with a cycling accident and a woman having a heart attack, while paramedics go above and beyond to get a 24-year-old with severe allergies some medication. |
November 25, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Crews struggle to reach a woman who has fallen from her horse on treacherous boggy ground. Paramedics also treat a 14-year-old boy in agony with suspected appendicitis. |
January 18, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Paramedics attend a father and son whose car has been hit by a falling tree on a stormy night, and are called out to assist a homeless woman sheltering in a bin shed. |
January 19, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Paramedics from the South Central Ambulance Service treat a site foreman having a heart attack on a building site and a woman who has hit her head on sharp gardening shears. |
January 20, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | February 11, 2021 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | February 18, 2021 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | February 25, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Crews attend an explosion, a dislocated knee and a motorcyclist who's spun off the road. An elderly patient is taken to the hospice via the beach. |
March 28, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Paramedics attend a man with a possible ruptured appendix, an anxious 91-year-old with Covid, and a head injury case. |
March 29, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Crews attend a playground head injury, a patient with multiple fainting episodes, a man with suspected DVT, and visit a convent to treat a nun with chest pain. |
March 30, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | U&W |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 28, 2016 |
| Last aired | April 8, 2022 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 20:00:00 |