Ambulance

Synopsis

Insight into the London, West Midlands and North West of England ambulance services, from the highly-pressurised control room to the crews on the streets. Ambulance provides an honest 360-degree snapshot of the daily dilemmas and pressures.

First Air Date: 2016-09-27

Last Air Date: 2025-10-21

Number of Seasons: 15

Number of Episodes: 98

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Christopher Eccleston as Self - Narrator
Kris Marshall as Self - Narrator

Seasons

Series 1 (2016) - (3 Episodes)

Series 2 (2017) - (8 Episodes)

Series 3 (2018) - (6 Episodes)

Series 4 (2018) - (10 Episodes)

Series 5 (2019) - (12 Episodes)

Series 6 (2020) - (8 Episodes)

Series 7 (2021) - (6 Episodes)

Series 8 (2021) - (6 Episodes)

Series 9 (2022) - (6 Episodes)

Series 10 (2022) - (6 Episodes)

Series 11 (2023) - (6 Episodes)

Series 12 (2024) - (6 Episodes)

Series 13 (2024) - (6 Episodes)

Series 14 (2025) - (6 Episodes)

Series 15 (2025) - (6 Episodes)

Series 1 (2016)

Insight into the London Ambulance Service, providing a snapshot of the daily pressures.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Day Shift (2016-09-27)

Multiple stabbings, suicide attempts, a double shooting and an explosion at a flat flood the control centre of the London Ambulance Service with emergency calls threatening to overwhelm the service.
Ep. 2: The Night Shift (2016-10-04)

We join the staff in the nerve-centre control room on the night shift. Amongst the thousands of calls they receive, they also have to contend with hoaxers, frequent callers and run-away patients.
Ep. 3: The Weekend Shift (2016-10-11)

The staff of the London Ambulance Service prepare for another busy weekend. Amidst the call-outs to drunken fights, drug overdoses and stabbings there are also five women going into labour and a miscarriage to cope with.