Trucking Hell

On a dark country road just off the A1 in Lincolnshire a toppled tanker needs rescuing.

In the Pennines, Alpha Recovery have sent a large crew to a very challenging and energy sapping recovery.

In Buckinghamshire, a lorry stuffed with mattresses hits a low bridge and limps to Little Chalfonts station car park.

Its a different type of recovery for the team at Alpha Recovery as they head out to Northumberland national park for a marine mission.

In Walsall, Crouch recovery op Mark has the unenviable task of recovering a one-and-a-half-ton Vauxhall that's been left dangling over the edge of a narrow canal.

When a forty-four-ton gravel lorry careers off the A697 and plunges down an embankment its down to Operations Manager Gary to pick up the pieces.

Crouch Recovery op Lloyd has a mess on his hands when a 26-tonne tanker gets stuck in a waterlogged verge on the busy A5.

Alpha Recoverys fatjer and son Dave and Chris tackle two coaches who tried passing each other on a narrow snowy lane.

In Northumberland, Alpha Recovery stalwart Kevins got his hands full winching a tanker out of a muddy ditch on a country road.

In the Scottish borders, Operations Manager Gary leads a team from Alpha rescuing a burnt out low loader and portacabin.

There is an early morning call out for Steve when emergency services respond to a major incident near Loughborough.

Alpha Recoverys Operations Manager Gary assembles a crack team to take on a tipping lorry.

A £300,000 supercar has left the road and crashed into a Surrey wood.

The Alpha team have been called to a burning truck full of bricks on the A69.

Near Durham, the Alpha Recovery team face a huge challenge that theyve never encountered before.

Near Newcastle, veteran operator Kevin must save a bus with blown out back tyres from an awkward spot between two traffic islands.

In Warwickshire, there is an early morning call out for Dave Crouch when a tipper truck gets stuck in deep mud on an isolated farm track.

Alpha Recovery op Mouse is on his way to a rescue, but the country lanes are confusing, and he gets lost.

In County Durham, Alpha Recoverys Operations Manager Gary and rookie Recovery Op Ian must free a refrigerated trailer from the railway bridge.