Season 5
Episodes
1. Episode 1
2021-12-02
A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.
2. Episode 2
2021-12-09
A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.
3. Episode 3
2021-12-16
A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.
4. Episode 4
2021-12-23
A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.
5. Episode 5
2021-12-30
A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.
6. Episode 6
2022-01-06
A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.
7. Episode 7
2022-01-13
A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.
8. Episode 8
2022-01-20
A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.
9. Episode 9
2022-01-27
A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.
10. Episode 10
2022-02-03
Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.
11. Episode 11
2022-02-10
A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.
12. Episode 12
2022-02-17
A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.
13. Episode 13
2022-02-24
A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.
14. Episode 14
2022-03-03
A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.
15. Episode 15
2022-03-10
Lantern recovery op Steve is on his way to a risky roadside rescue. A 38-tonne mail lorry has taken doorstep delivery to another level by crashing on a London street.
16. Episode 16
2022-03-17
A frost in Warwickshire makes a country lane as slippery as an ice rink, causing a road sweeper to slide into a ditch. The weather also causes problems for recovery op Stephen.
17. Episode 17
2022-03-24
An 18-wheel trailer carrying two modular buildings catches fire in the early morning, closing three lanes just before rush hour, and an 18-tonne lorry smashes into a tree.
18. Episode 18
2022-03-31
Lantern recovery op Merrie faces a dangerous challenge when a 20-tonne drinks lorry gets grounded on a boggy verge, and then becomes entangled in the overhanging branches of a tree.
19. Episode 19
2022-04-07
In Hertfordshire, Sean tries to shift a tractor unit and trailer fully laden with 27 tonnes of wood, after it left a busy section of road and toppled over into a muddy ditch.
20. Episode 20
2022-04-14
An artic lorry stacked full of bed frames and mattresses has careered off a busy Lincolnshire A-road into a dry stone wall and is now lying in a ditch.