THE Jersey branch of the RNLI is set to feature in a BBC documentary series about life-saving operations around the British coast.
RNLI Jersey’s St Helier lifeboat station will feature on the long-running BBC 2 series Saving Lives at Sea later this month.
Two rescues by St Catherine’s lifeboat station were featured in the fourth series of the show, seven years ago. However, RNLI Jersey has not featured in BBC 2’s long-running series since then.
The TV listing for the Tuesday 15 September episode confirms that the local branch will feature.
While the details of the upcoming episodes have not yet been released, RNLI Jersey has said that the Saving Lives at Sea production team has indicated that the St Helier lifeboat station will likely feature more than once this series, with the crew “eagerly awaiting” details of the upcoming episodes.
The RNLI Jersey service is made up by 50 volunteers across the two lifeboat stations, St Helier and St Catherine.
RNLI Jersey’s St Helier lifeboat operations manager, Nigel Sweeny MBE, said: “Our crew have helmet and boat cameras which allow us to record exercises and shouts, which can help with training and post-incident debriefs.
“One of the nice by-products is that we sometimes get footage which we can share with the Saving Lives at Sea team. It’s always exciting to see our volunteer crew recognised for their work and we are all looking forward to this particular episode.”
Lieutenant Governor, Vice-Admiral Sir Jerry Kyd added: “The crews at RNLI Jersey spend countless hours training to save lives at sea, and it will be fantastic to see how that training is put into practice through the unique viewpoint of their helmet cameras.
“The success of the Saving Lives at Sea series is largely because we get to see volunteers putting their lives at risk for the sake of others, often in extraordinary circumstances – I am really looking forward to seeing Jersey being featured in this coming episode.”
