Trucking Hell

A bin lorry has come off a country lane, it’s wheels slipping in mud, and a box van trailer which has been uncoupled and left with the front supported solely by its landing legs.

A tipper truck sinks into deep mud on an isolated farm track, a car has crashed onto an embankment, and a lorry breaks down off a busy roundabout in rush hour.

On a busy stretch of the M42 outside Birmingham a fully loaded Sprinter Van has limped onto the hard shoulder. The rear differential is broken meaning the van can no longer be driven, luckily Crouch Recovery op Joe has his flatbed truck at the ready. Joe needs to work quickly and carefully because he has busy rush hour traffic thundering past, making this a risky rescue.

A 46-tonne artic has veered into a verge on a busy A-road and is going nowhere without some help. And a lorry gets caught in slippery mud.

Gary leads a team from Alpha rescuing a burnt-out low loader and portacabin. Stu battles with a broken-down bus which is blocking a mini roundabout during the afternoon school run. And Joe retrieves a car which has careered off the A6.

Two coaches which tried passing each other on a narrow snowy lane come to grief, and a bin lorry stuck in mud is in danger of keeling over.

A 44-ton gravel lorry careers off the A69, plunging down an embankment, and Gary must pick up the pieces. In Croydon, Stu has a complex recovery: a bin lorry is stuck in deep mud

A three tonne passenger ferry is hauled out of the icy waters of a lake so it can be repaired, and there are two cases of massive vehicles stuck in mud.

Alpha Recovery send a crew to a challenging, energy sapping recovery: a fuel tanker has rolled down a steep muddy hill and landed on its side. A huge digger is needed to flip it over.

Following the men and women of the heavy recovery business. In Hertfordshire, rookie op Euan is tasked with rescuing a ten-tonne rigid - one wrong move could end his rescue mission.

Vehicles in need of recovery include a Land Rover Discovery dumped in a canal.

In Northumberland, a 32-tonne tipper gets lost in the dark and ends up stuck in a boggy field, while in Leicester recovery op Zibby gets the keys to a brand-new set of wheels.

A 40-ton lorry careers off the M1 and plunges down an embankment, becoming embedded in a ditch. Steve needs to work out how to free the truck.

Shaun has to think outside the box as a trapped telehandler puts the team under serious pressure, A stranded bus may of blown Aiden's chances of an easy recovery and a sunken car causes trouble.

A 50-ton construction machine is stranded by a severely-damaged Victorian bridge.

The men and women working in the heavy recovery business deal with jack-knifed lorries, crashed heavy goods vehicles and roadside breakdowns.

A sinkhole in Wokingham swallows up a 15-tonne water tanker, leaving rescue crews worried about what might lurk within the depths.

A crew trying to take care of a burned-out trailer struggles due to its missing wheels. A broken-down bus blocks a bus stop, with pedestrians complicating recovery efforts. Troy gets lost on a country road searching for a breakdown.

In this week's episode, Crouch incident manger Steve and his team have been called out to a lorry that has caught fire on the extremely busy A1. By the time Steve arrives, the fire has been put out and Callum has pulled the tractor unit onto a low loader. But there's still the mammoth task of lifting what's left of the trailer onto another low loader. Steve and his team move a crane into position, but Dave notices that ash on the trailer is still burning — which could be extremely dangerous if the wind picks up, causing it to re-ignite. They decide to tip the trailer's remaining contents onto the road, making it much safer. Once this is done, they can concentrate on the lift, but the trailer is so badly damaged by fire that it could break up while in the air. So the team must be ultracautious as they attempt this recovery. Lantern boys Daniel and Steve have been called to rescue a trailer that's suffered a serious blow from the branch of an overhanging tree.

Return of the documentary following workers in the heavy recovery business. In Corby a 16-metre lorry loaded with waste flips over near a busy roundabout.

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.

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.

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.

A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.

A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.

A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.

A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.

A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.

A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.

A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.

Martin leads four of the Lantern troops in an all-night rescue when a 44-tonne articulated lorry careers off the road, spilling fuel and its load.

When a horsebox breaks down on the notoriously busy M25, Lantern's heavy operations manager Michael is in for a rocky ride. Meanwhile, Buzz is dicing with danger on the A42.

When a bin lorry crashes onto its side, company boss Adam is tested to the max. In blizzard conditions, Lee has been landed with a 44-tonne headache.

Ant and Matt face up to a catastrophic lorry crash on a narrow road, transport manager Dan is called to an offroad nightmare, and a seven-tonne lorry slides off a country lane.

Steve comes to the rescue when a trailer rolls over on a busy roundabout on the A46, scattering hay bales everywhere. In south London, recovery op Merrie faces a boggy recovery nightmare.

Steve rescues a burning transporter loaded with cars.

Incident Manager Steve tackles a major job on the A1 following a collision, and must coordinate the recovery of a bin lorry that is now lying on its side in a ditch.

Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns.

Tez and his crew deal with a 20-tonne milk tanker sinking in a muddy field in Leicestershire, while Merrie gets a rubbish job trying to rescue a broken down bin lorry on the M42.

Jim and Steve face one of their riskiest recoveries when a tanker carrying highly corrosive pure sulphuric acid smashes into the central reservation of a busy road.

Jim faces mayhem on the motorway when a massive pile-up blocks the busy M1.

Lantern's only female driver Merrie is tasked with the removal of an abandoned lorry, but it is soon clear this will not be a routine job. As she takes a closer look, she discovers that not only has the lorry been used as a mobile home, but that it is housing many a guilty secret.

Steve and his team attempt to recover a car that has crashed into a river, while Jim is tasked with recovering a van that has become wedged on top of a garden wall.

Jim and his team face a difficult foggy morning on the M1 when a crash between two artics causes a five-mile-long tailback

A huge 32-tonne tipper truck has slid down a dirt embankment and is lying on its side, and a lorry stuck in reverse severely blocking traffic in Leicester city centre

The Crouch team deals with some monster jobs, while Simon and his crew have to grapple with a juggernaut that has skidded off the M62 and down a steep bank

A 40-tonne lorry overturns and spills its load, forcing a major road to close. Meanwhile, heavy recruit specialist is called to recover two crashed cars from the side of the M69

Recovery operation Jim and heavy vehicle mechanic Jack are called out to help a loaded HGV with a puncture, and a fuel tanker is stranded in an SOS bay on the M25

A 44 tonne Artic straddling the central reservation of the M1 is a rush hour headache for Incident Manager Steve and his colleague Pat. Recovery op Steve rescues a broken down dustcart from a busy London street. Recovery op Jim gets drenched as he risks life and limb trying to rescue a tractor.

A waste truck is involved in a motorway pile-up, and a broken down vehicle towing a cutting-edge caravan presents a problem. Fluff has to transport one of the heaviest loads his vehicle is able to carry, and Marta is called out to a truck that has become stranded in a quarry.

Adam dispatches a team of recovery operators when a trailer sheds a 16-ton piece of metal machinery at a junction for East Midlands Airport, causing a collision into a passing van.

On one of the UK's busiest roads, a jackknifed HGV has careered through a front garden, over a ditch and blocked a lane of traffic. Meanwhile, Jim's mettle is tested and Steve has to quell a rebellion.

A double-deck HGV rolls over on the A6, Crouch Recovery are sent in to save the day. Elsewhere, recovery operative Rob delivers a wrecked cab to a salvage yard

The Beast from the East descends, bringing some of the country's busiest roads to a standstill.