In this special episode commemorating the 2024 bicentenary of the RNLI, Dermot O'Leary uncovers the story of the RNLI's heroic efforts in WWII as its crews were called to serve in the most perilous of conditions, saving 6,376 lives.
In Dungeness, the crew are called out to reports of a small boat in the middle of the shipping lanes, and they discover that the casualty is the subject of a major manhunt. The Walmer crew race to the rescue of two divers.
In Porthcawl, a fisherman is dragged from the sea the lifeboat crew race to the beach to attempt to resuscitate him. In Lytham St Annes, a yacht loses control in rough seas. The Poole crew respond to reports of a man fallen in the harbour.