Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) will return to TV screens when series two of ‘Yorkshire Air 999’ launches on ‘Really’ and ‘Discovery +’ on Friday 30th May.
The new series continues to follow YAA’s skilled paramedics, doctors, technical crew members and pilots as they respond to life-threatening incidents across the region.
The first eight episodes will be shown weekly from 30th May at 9pm. The remaining eight will return later this year.
Filmed over several months by Yorkshire-based production company Air TV, Yorkshire Air 999 gives unprecedented access to one of the UK’s busiest air ambulance charities. Using a combination of body-worn cameras, fixed helicopter minicams, and a multi-camera set-up in YAA’s operations room at their Nostell air support unit in Wakefield, the series captures the pressure, complexity and emotion of each mission, from the moment a 999 call comes in, to patient handover at hospital.
Narrated by actor David Morrissey, Season 2 features eight brand new episodes, covering a wide range of emergencies, including the night-time rescue of a teenage motorcyclist who suffers critical injuries in a high-speed collision near Leeming, the dramatic response to a farmer crushed by a half-tonne hay bale in a remote rural area, and the urgent treatment of a horse rider near Wakefield who sustains two broken legs after being thrown from her horse.
Each episode also includes follow-up interviews with the patients, sharing their recovery journeys and the long-lasting impact of YAA’s work.
Matt Richards, Executive Producer and Managing Director at Air TV, said:
“We’re really proud to be continuing our long-term relationship with Yorkshire Air Ambulance with this new series of Yorkshire Air 999. The skill and compassion shown by YAA’s crews is always inspiring and it’s great to be able to capture their work and share that with viewers. This new series features a huge range of incidents and real human emotion, all captured amongst the stunning scenery of Yorkshire.”
