THE volunteer lifeboat crew of New Quay RNLI will be on TV screens on Tuesday, October 17 as they feature in the latest episode of the BBC TV series Saving Lives at Sea, which showcases the lifesaving work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

The 12-part documentary series is being shown on BBC Two on Tuesdays at 8pm and features real rescues carried out by the charity’s lifeboat crews and lifeguards around the UK and Ireland, including New Quay RNLI.

From the remote and rugged coastline of Aith in the Shetlands, to the packed sands of Woolacombe in Devon, the series gives a unique insight into the lives and work of the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crew members and lifeguards, who rescue thousands of people and save hundreds of lives around our coastline every year.

This forthcoming episode, on the 17th October sees RNLI New Quay in a joint exercise with Aberystwyth RNLI in a search for some missing girls alongside rescue stories from their colleagues at other stations and beaches around our coasts.

Following the success of the four-part first series, which was broadcast last year, this series features more episodes and more real-life rescue footage, accompanied by heart-warming and emotive testimonials from the crew, lifeguards and the people they rescue.

The series has been filmed over the past year, with lifeboat crews and lifeguards carrying special cameras and welcoming film-makers into their day-to-day life. Rescues from the RNLI’s archives are also revisited.

Last year alone, RNLI lifeboat crews around the UK and Ireland rescued 8,643 people, saving 431 lives, while the charity’s lifeguards responded to 17,414 incidents and saved 127 lives on some of the UK’s busiest beaches.

Saving Lives at Sea is broadcast weekly on Tuesdays until Tuesday, October 31 on BBC Two at 8pm.