The North West Ambulance Service prepares for England's meeting with Croatia in the World Cup semi-final. As the country comes together in hope and excitement, the crews nervously anticipate the increase in calls that will follow no matter what the result.

While most enjoy a hot May bank holiday weekend in Manchester, North West Ambulance Service paramedics Gary and Claire need face matters of life and death.

Crewmates Dec and Nicole are urgently dispatched to a baby who has stopped breathing, and they also attend to a 12-year-old patient with a history of being bullied.

Multiple resources are dispatched to a patient who has fallen 20 feet from a tree and requires urgent treatment for a suspected broken back and open wrist fracture.

It’s a run of night shifts for the London Ambulance Service and delays are on the rise. Despite intensifying pressure, paramedic Rob uses his Essex charm to put every patient at ease.

In south west London, Martin attends a child hit by a car, while dispatchers Ed and Webster work tirelessly to get ambulances to patients as hospitals reach full capacity.

One of London's specialist mental health cars helps to ease pressure on the service from the growing number of patients in crisis, including a homeless university student living rough.

As London sleeps. crews battle to care for vulnerable, lonely and critically ill patients, including an elderly man who has suffered catastrophic trauma after a fall downstairs.

Aer a frantic 999 caller reports witnessing a relative being attacked by an XL bully dog, crews are dispatched – but the dangerous dog is still on the loose.

Crews respond to a patient in traumatic cardiac arrest after being stabbed. With his life hanging in the balance, doctors have no choice but to operate on him at the roadside.

Call handler Caelainn and her colleagues are sexually harassed by a persistent caller using a withheld number, which makes it hard to block his repeated calls.

Patient Ron suddenly stops breathing whilst visiting London from the Isle of Wight. With his condition critical, a bystander intervenes to try to save his life.

A busy night shift for the ambulance service as they are alerted to an infectious disease outbreak at Fairfield General Hospital.

Crewmates Mandy and Lauren help an elderly patient at the local boatyard, who has been on the floor for two days before being discovered by his neighbour.

Filmed during a historical period of uncertainty for the NHS, this episode introduces the staff of North West Ambulance Service across Lancashire, from the picket line to the front line.

Justin and Dawn's first call of the day is to a woman whose waters have broken. A drunken man, repeat callers and a woman unable to leave her home all test the crews patience.

Crews in the more rural areas covered by the service are called out to an elderly couple, a train-spotter who has fallen and banged his head and suicidal patients.

A Friday night shift takes an unexpected turn for paramedic Jon. A panicked caller needs help for a friend who has given birth in a hotel room despite not knowing she was pregnant.

A night shift takes a turn for the worse as multiple Darlington crews respond to a category-1 call for a patient in cardiac arrest.

The North East Ambulance Service is struggling to deal with an unprecedented volume of calls. The NHS faces chronic stresses and strains as frontline staff battle an increase in mental health problems, stretched public services and deepening poverty in the north east region.

An urgent call from someone threatening to use a nerve agent against the emergency services leads to a major incident standby being declared.

At the start of a night shift, West Midlands Ambulance Service is receiving a High volume of emergency calls and is struggling to cope. A specialist paramedic attends a machete attack but his less urgent jobs are even more time-consuming.

Staff shortages and a rise in 999 calls stretch the North East Ambulance Service to its limits, meaning only the most critical patients will get an ambulance.

Crewmates Emily and Gayle respond to calls regarding an attempted suicide and an 81-year-old diabetic who has fallen off his mobility scooter.

A day shift takes an unexpected turn for West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics, Nat and Nat, when a 999 call about an unconscious patient suddenly becomes very personal. In the meantime, a 19-year-old girl has been taken ill at school.