TEDDINGTON RNLI VOLUNTEERS ‘STAR’ IN TV SERIES TONIGHT
Members of the volunteer lifeboat crew from Teddington will appear tonight (Tuesday) in the latest series of BBC’s Saving Lives at Sea.
The show is now in its tenth year of being broadcast. The episode featuring RNLI Teddington can be seen on BBC2 tonight at 8pm.
The series showcases the courage of RNLI lifesavers throughout the UK and Ireland as they respond to emergencies around the coast.
Teddington crew members, Tom Lee and Rupert Knowles feature in tonight’s episode.
This week’s episode sees the rescue of a lady from the riverside in Richmond, alongside other rescue stories from around the UK and Ireland.
A spokesperson said: “Saving Lives at Sea shows viewers how lifeboat crew and lifeguards rescue those in distress at sea, and the lifesaving nature of our work.
“We are delighted to feature in such a long-running and popular series alongside our fellow lifesavers from across the RNLI.”
More than 30 different RNLI lifeboat stations feature in the series, as well as some of the charity’s beach lifeguards.
The programme features real life rescue footage, interviews with the RNLI crews, lifeguards and the people they have rescued, and an insight into the lives of the charity’s lifesavers.
In 2025, RNLI lifeboat crews around the UK and Ireland aided 8,290 people, saving 272 lives, while the charity’s lifeguards helped 36,213 people and saved 117 lives on some of the UK’s busiest beaches.