Saving Lives at Sea: Wick RNLI volunteer lifesavers to feature in this week’s episode

Lifeboat volunteers in Wick are due to feature in the latest episode of a real-life rescue documentary which airs this week.

Featuring footage captured on helmet and boat cameras, viewers will see dramatic rescues through the eyes of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifesavers while meeting the people behind the pagers and those rescued by the charity’s lifesavers.

The volunteer crew from Wick, including coxswain Allan Lipp, will feature in the popular TV show Saving Lives at Sea on BBC Two.

The 10-part documentary is now in its eighth series and includes the lifesaving work of RNLI lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crews from around the UK and Ireland.

The series began last month and includes interviews with lifeboat crews and lifeguards. The programme also hears from those rescued and their families who, thanks to RNLI lifesavers, are here to tell the tale.

This week’s episode, which will be on BBC Two at 8pm on Thursday, October 26, includes the Wick RNLI crew involved in the rescue of a person who was cut off from the shore with an incoming tide, alongside rescue stories from their colleagues at other stations and beaches around our coasts.

Coxswain Mr Lipp said: “Our lifesaving work would not be possible without donations from the public and we are delighted to be able to share a frontline view of the rescues they support with their kind generosity.”

In 2022, RNLI lifeboat crews around the UK and Ireland launched 9312 times, saving 389 lives, while the charity’s lifeguards aided 23,204 people and saved 117 lives on some of the UK’s busiest beaches.

The programme will also be available to view on the BBC iPlayer at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rsfb

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