Ambulance: Series 5
Ambulance is a television documentary and reality series that provides insight into ambulance services in London, the West Midlands, and the North West of England. The series features emergency medical services responding to medical emergencies and rapidly transporting patients. Season five of Ambulance returns with a new cast of characters from the North West Ambulance Service. The production offers a look into the
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Ambulance returns with a new cast of characters from North West Ambulance Service.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
Ambulance is a television documentary and reality series that provides insight into ambulance services in London, the West Midlands, and the North West of England. The series features emergency medical services responding to medical emergencies and rapidly transporting patients. Season five of Ambulance returns with a new cast of characters from the North West Ambulance Service. The production offers a look into the highly pressurised environment faced by these medical and emergency services.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Manchester - Episode 1
May 30, 2019 · 60 min
Call handler Laura offers life saving advice to a panicked 999 caller, the call makes such a deep impact that she decides on the spot to change the direction of her life.
Manchester - Episode 2
Jun 6, 2019 · 60 min
As senior paramedic Rich waits for his first job, he comments on the increase in homelessness in Greater Manchester. A category one response is needed for a man lying unconscious o
Manchester - Episode 3
Jun 13, 2019 · 60 min
Doctor Ian and paramedic Nikki see the human consequences of youth violence when they attend a 13-year-old who has been stabbed and two young men who’ve been shot.
Manchester - Episode 4
Jun 20, 2019 · 60 min
North West Ambulance Service faces the pressure of the busiest day of the winter so far with an overwhelming volume of calls and severe delays handing over patients in hospital.
Manchester - Episode 6
Jul 11, 2019 · 60 min
Joining ambulance crews in Greater Manchester as they tackle the freezing winter conditions. Advanced paramedic Jon treats a homeless man who has spent the night in a van.
Liverpool - Episode 1
Jun 4, 2020 · 60 min
Following ambulance teams attending to the 1.4 million people of Merseyside on St Patrick's Day weekend.
Liverpool - Episode 2
Jun 11, 2020 · 60 min
The control room team feel the pressure on a busy night as they receive calls concerning a cocaine binge, a traffic collision and an accident involving a cherry picker.
Liverpool - Episode 3
Jun 18, 2020 · 60 min
North West Ambulance Service mobilises extra resources as thousands of visitors arrive in Liverpool for the Grand National.
Liverpool - Episode 4
Jul 2, 2020 · 60 min
A burglar has injured himself while trying to escape from a house he was burgling. As Kirsten arrives to support the crews already at scene, she finds he is in agony with a nasty o
Liverpool - Episode 5
Jul 9, 2020 · 60 min
A man found slumped in his car in the city centre turns on the good samaritan who called an ambulance for him, leaving the caller needing emergency hospital treatment.
Liverpool - Episode 6
Jul 16, 2020 · 60 min
Call handler Brogan has to guide one caller through the process of performing lifesaving CPR while they wait for an ambulance to arrive.