999: What's Your Emergency?
999: What's Your Emergency? is a British factual documentary television series.
| 999: What's Your Emergency? | |
|---|---|
 Series 1 titlecard | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Narrated by | Hugo Speer (2012, 2016-) Julian Barratt (2013) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 62 (as of April, 2020) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ed Coulthard (2012-13) Simon Ford (2012-13) Guy Davies (2013) |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Fromm (2012) Mark Jones (2012) Ally Roberts (2013) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Blast! |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 10 September 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| 999: What's Your Emergency? | |
Broadcast on Channel 4, the show provides insight into modern Britain through the eyes of the emergency services using a mixture of fly-on-the-wall footage taken at incidents and retrospective interviews with the people and staff featured. The show is narrated by Hugo Speer, with the exception of Series 2 which was narrated by Julian Barratt.
Series 1 followed police officers, paramedics, firefighters, and call handlers in Blackpool, Lancashire. Series 2 followed paramedics throughout the UK. Series 3 followed police officers, paramedics, and call handlers in Cheshire. From Series 4 onwards, the show has followed police officers, paramedics, call handlers, and occasionally firefighters in Wiltshire and Northamptonshire.
Episodes
All episode ratings are taken from the BARB website and include Channel 4 and Channel 4+1.
| Series | Number of episodes | Start date | End date | Average UK viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 September 2012 | 19 November 2012 | 2.80 |
| 2 | 6 | 7 October 2013 | 11 November 2013 | 1.98 |
| 3 | 14 | 4 July 2016 | 3 October 2016 | 2.00 |
| 4 | 6 | 24 July 2017 | 4 September 2017 | 1.79 |
| 5 | 7 | 30 October 2017 | 11 December 2017 | |
| 6 | 4 | 19 April 2018 | 10 May 2018 | |
| 7 | 4 | 24 July 2018 | 14 August 2018 | |
| 8 | 3 | 29 November 2018 | 4 December 2018 | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 June 2019 | 24 June 2019 | |
| 10 | 4 | 20 January 2020 | 10 February 2020 |
Series 1 (2012)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 September 2012 | Drugs | 2.90 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 September 2012 | Children & Teenage Carers | 3.00 | 4 |
| 3 | 24 September 2012 | Relationships & Domestic Abuse | 2.95 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 October 2012 | Payday & Bonfire Night | 2.76 | 5 |
| 5 | 15 October 2012 | Mental Health | 2.96 | 3 |
| 6 | 22 October 2012 | Women | 2.91 | 5 |
| 7 | 29 October 2012 | Alcohol | 2.88 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 November 2012 | Life or Death & Hoax Calls | 3.12 | 4 |
| 9 | 12 November 2012 | Visitors | 2.56 | 5 |
| 10 | 19 November 2012 | Highlights & Interviews | 1.92 | 19 |
Series 2 (2013)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 October 2013 | Transition to Adulthood | 1.71 | 15 |
| 2 | 14 October 2013 | Alcohol | 1.78 | 16 |
| 3 | 21 October 2013 | Mental Health | 1.94 | 9 |
| 4 | 28 October 2013 | Life or Death | 1.94 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 November 2013 | The Elderly | 2.19 | 8 |
| 6 | 11 November 2013 | Babies | 2.33 | 6 |
Series 3 (2016-17)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 July 2016 | Call Handlers | 2.27 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 July 2016 | Legal Highs | 2.54 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 July 2016 | Neighbours | 2.23 | 3 |
| 4 | 28 July 2016 | Mental Health | 1.94 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 August 2016 | Regular Callers & Repeat Offenders | 2.20 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 August 2016 | Immigrants & The Language Barrier | 1.85 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 August 2016 | Money | 1.94 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 August 2016 | Alcohol | 2.11 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 September 2016 | Teenagers | 2.05 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 September 2016 | Violent Crime | 1.72 | 7 |
| 11 | 19 September 2016 | Roads Policing | 1.88 | 7 |
| 12 | 26 September 2016 | Relationships & Domestic Abuse | 1.63 | 9 |
| 13 | 3 October 2016 | Death | 1.71 | 10 |
| 14 | 27 February 2017 | Custody | 1.39 | 16 |
Series 4 (2017)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 July 2017 | Immigrants & Hate Crime | 1.83 | 5 |
| 2 | 31 July 2017 | Young Men | 2.22 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 August 2017 | Drugs | 1.81 | 5 |
| 4 | 14 August 2017 | Vigilante Justice | 1.78 | 7 |
| 5 | 28 August 2017 | Burglary | 2.19 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 September 2017 | Children & Parenting | 2.40 | 7 |
Series 5 (2017)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 October 2017 | Sex Crime | ||
| 2 | 6 November 2017 | Squaddies | ||
| 3 | 13 November 2017 | Homelessness | ||
| 4 | 20 November 2017 | Mental Health | ||
| 5 | 27 November 2017 | The Elderly | ||
| 6 | 4 December 2017 | Workplace Stress | ||
| 7 | 11 December 2017 | Juvenile Crime | ||
Series 6 (2018)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 April 2018 | Dangerous Driving | ||
| 2 | 26 April 2018 | Mother & Son Relationships | ||
| 3 | 3 May 2018 | Loneliness | ||
| 4 | 10 May 2018 | Cannabis | ||
Series 7 (2018)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 July 2018 | Accidents & Injuries | ||
| 2 | 31 July 2018 | Ambulance Response Times | ||
| 3 | 7 August 2018 | Emergency & Non-Emergency Calls | ||
| 4 | 14 August 2018 | Poverty | ||
Series 8 (2018)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 November 2018 | Violent Crime | ||
| 2 | 27 November 2018 | Learning Disabilities | ||
| 3 | 4 December 2018 | Criminal Families | ||
Series 9 (2019)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 June 2019 | Relationships & Domestic Abuse | ||
| 2 | 10 June 2019 | Increased Demand | ||
| 3 | 17 June 2019 | Assaults on Police | ||
| 4 | 24 June 2019 | Knife Crime |
Series 10 (2020)
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Episode Summary | Total viewers (millions) |
Channel 4 weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 January 2020 | Roads Policing | ||
| 2 | 27 January 2020 | Fathers & Young Men | ||
| 3 | 3 February 2020 | Hate Crime | ||
| 4 | 10 February 2020 | Women | ||
Controversies
Since the airing of the show, residents and councillors from Blackpool have been vocal on how the show has made their home town look to new visitors and especially families, after showing the apparent "darker" side of Blackpool.[1] The leader of Blackpool council Simon Blackburn has even voiced his concerns after watching the show.[2]
On 26 July 2013 it was confirmed that Crackit Productions and the BBC were about to commission "Holiday Hospital 999" again based in Blackpool however these plans were shelved in what the Blackpool Gazette called a "Bullet Dodged" due to the damaging effect caused by 999: What's Your Emergency? on tourism in the town.[3]
PC Claire van Deurs Goss was disciplined by Lancashire Constabulary after being shown applying lip gloss at the wheel of a police vehicle in Series 1 Episode 6, an action which prompted over 50 complaints to the force.[4]
References
- "TV & film news: gossip, pictures & video - Mirror Online". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "'Bullet dodged' on 999 TV show follow up". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- "Blackpool PC disciplined over applying lip gloss". 25 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
External links
- 999: What's Your Emergency? at Channel4.com