Critical Incident
Critical Incident is a TV show on BBC1. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 15 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2024.
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Critical Incident
It’s a busy night in Newcastle for Northumbria Police as they work the night-time economy shift. And we take a look at one of the most dangerous specialities in the police – firearms.
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In London, a paramedic is sexually assaulted while on a call, and firefighters in Nottinghamshire tackle one of the biggest blazes they’ve ever seen.
A fire crew in Burnley come under attack on their busiest night of the year. In Swindon, two paramedics are violently assaulted by a patient.
Two paramedics talk of their experience at the scene of the 2017 London Bridge attacks. In Manchester, the police launch a new initiative to crack down on knife crime.
In Wakefield, a police officer is the victim of a violent attack. In another incident, the RAF are called in to help transatlantic rowers in distress.
In London, emergency responders remember the terror attack on Westminster. In Staffordshire, a newly taser-trained PC decides to fire her weapon at a woman wielding two machetes.
A Merseyside police officer is run over as he tries to search a van of drug runners. A call handler in Hampshire saves the life of a baby who isn’t breathing.
999ers on the scene remember the 7/7 terror attacks in London. Police are called as a volatile patient assaults two paramedics on the Isle of Wight.
Two RAF aircraft are dispatched to save the life of a sailor in heavy seas. A paramedic finds herself the victim of a terrifying assault.
Two officers in Leeds are faced with a knifeman on a city centre bus, and Sussex police take on the dangerous drivers putting us all at risk on the roads.
A Birmingham police officer is stabbed in the neck by someone he is arresting. In Hull, an officer and his faithful police dog come under a violent attack.
Two officers in south Wales are confronted by a man with a 30cm-long kitchen knife. In Leeds, a traffic cop puts his life at risk to save a driver trapped in his van.
In London, a Met officer is attacked by a man wielding a four-foot-long broadsword. An officer in York rescues her colleague from an icy river.
A Surrey police officer receives life-changing injuries when his patrol car is involved in a terrifying high-speed crash.
In Staffordshire, two officers save the life of a man in a burning building. In Norfolk, two firearms officers come face to face with a gunman in a car park.