Cave Rescue documentary

[KevinR]

Saturday the 31st March on BBC 1 at 21:10 there should be an interesting take on modern cave rescue; featuring (if my informants are correct) Some Mendip cave scenery and even Mendip cavers....


KevinR

 

[estelle]

According to BBC1 schedule, Sat 31st at 21.10 is Casualty. Are you sure you've got the right date/time/channel?

 

[graham]

According to Digital Spy, Casualty does have a cave rescue story line, but not until Saturday April 7th.

And, yes, I do need to get out more, but not until the operation scars have properly healed up. 

 

[flexx]

I can confirm this is correct as i know the mendip cavers on the set. Should be a good watch

 

[Burt]

Casualty is drama, dahling, not documentary.

 

[KevinR]

So who is the star of this drama then Ian? "Rescue 1" or the Fire officer?

 

[damian]

Just a reminder that tonight's Casualty (9:10pm BBC1) has a Cave Rescue storyline. I fear the worst!

 

[bograt]

Just watched this and it appears the moral of the story is, don't fall down a shaft within walking distance of Merseyside, ( an assumption, based upon accents) cos it will take CRO two hours to get to you and by then it will be too late if you have had a rock fall on you, by the way, feed your kids fruit or they will get scurvy. All very important lessons to be learn't!.
  I do hope MRO got a hefty cheque for their input.

 

[mikem]

You (didn't) ask for it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01g4qx2/Casualty_Series_26_When_the_Gloves_Come_Off/

Can't comment as haven't watch it...

Mike

 

[tony from suffolk]

I've just watched it via the iPlayer. Please don't bother folks - twaddle of the 1st water...

 

[dunc]

I did briefly click play and got bored as being Casualty the story is scattered from start to finish and dramatisations rarely portray accuracy or realism, although for people that watch Casualty it probably conforms to their beliefs about caves/mines etc.

 

[badger]

and for most who dont watch casualty, artistic licience.                            take the truth and stretch to beyond recognition, after all the truth and reality probably for most would not make good TV, that is if you think casualty is good TV.

 

[Mark]

One of them underground mobile phones would be right handy

 

[Brains]

I have recieved phone calls from the bottom of Catherdral in Box, and a friend of my received a text while passing under the golf course air shaft, again in Box.  I was told the signals "bounce" down the shaft walls, but I didnt believe it possible until I experienced it.

 

[Amy]

I can't watch it because I'm in the wrong country stupid copyrights. But as to mobiles...some pits here if they are in good service areas can get signal. There have been cases of spelunker groups somehow getting themselves down a shaft and not able to get back up (lack of ascending gear or whatever) but someone has a mobile phone and can get a call out to 911. Depends on openess of the pit/coverage in the area (especially since we have different tower types, but I think 911 calls work on both tower types from any phone? I can't remember, I do remember that being debated though).

 

[IanWalker]

just watched the episode. my goodness, what absolute load of tosh from beginning to end.

after hearing that cave rescue were involved with the filming i was disappointed to see cave rescue being shown so negatively.

i'm not too bothered that my and my girlfriend just lost 50 minutes of our lives watching this twaddle, but it seems a great shame that we should be getting such negative coverage in this programme, BBC1s tenth most-watched programme with over 5,500,000 viewers ie 10% of the population!

http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weekly-top-programmes
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Population+Estimates

 

[Edd]

Which cave was it?

 

[KevinR]

It was a two part cave:- a) the bottom of the cave was a set built in the studio in Cardiff, the top part of the cave was a quarry face near cardiff that had sides added to it to create the illusion of a shaft.

Certainly Drama over documentary!

 

[Andy Sparrow]

after hearing that cave rescue were involved with the filming i was disappointed to see cave rescue being shown so negatively.

I know a bit about this (but hasten to add I was not in any way involved).  Mendip cave rescue were NOT involved with this.  The consultant was from Somerset cliff rescue.

 

[Burt]

just watched the episode. my goodness, what absolute load of tosh from beginning to end.

after hearing that cave rescue were involved with the filming i was disappointed to see cave rescue being shown so negatively.

Negative? The very small scenes involving the rescue process were not at all negative. Quite neutral, I thought.
I watched the whole thing and thought "thank f**k for not screwing it up, BBC"
Factual? Well, like I said, casualty is drama, not documentary. Artistic license was applied, just as when you go to the theatre you accept a  wizard or something will fly in on a magic carpet. Drama, luvvie!