The volunteers of the RNLI race to the scene of a plane crash on a busy beach, search for a man missing at sea in the Channel Islands and battle to save a horse from drowning.

The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a fisherman from a burning boat, a man stuck in freezing mud, and a walker who, after trying to rescue her dog, now needs saving herself.

The volunteers of the RNLI race to save three kids caught in a cave by the rising tide, a yacht caught in a storm, and search for a pensioner missing for several hours.

The RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of a rock climber who has fallen over 40 feet, a paraglider who has crashed into the sea and a man drifting offshore in a toy dinghy.

The RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of a diver found unconscious 30 metres underwater, a yacht sinking in the middle of the Channel and a windsurfer caught out in a storm.

RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of two five-year-old girls blown out to sea on an inflatable and a mother and daughter trapped by the tide, while one crew member saves his own dad.

The RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of the last inhabitant of a remote island, a kayaker in trouble in the North Sea and, on the river Thames, a dog trapped by the tide.

The RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of a huge cargo ship aground on a sandbank, a kayaker who has set off an emergency beacon, and a horse in danger of drowning in a river.

RNLI volunteers race to the rescue of a shark attack victim, two boys being swept out to sea in a rip current and two fisherman caught by the tide and now stranded in a rising sea.

RNLI volunteers teams come to the aid of two teenagers stuck in mud on the Humber estuary and a boat that has lost its mast on the freezing waters of Loch Ness.