The Day I Should Have Died
It meets a host of people who have survived life-threatening ordeals who share their experiences and explain how their lives were
20161 season
18+HDCC
Season 1
10 episodes
- 1. 7/7 Bombing, London, 2005 Survivor(s): Gill HicksOn July 7th 2005, Gill Hicks lay trapped in a smoke-filled train carriage. She was the last living person to be rescued after the attack, and is now a motivational speaker for peace.18+CC45minOct 1, 2016
- 2. Yorkshire Ripper Attack, Leeds, 1980 Survivor(s): Mo LeaMo Lea was attacked with a hammer by Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe. The attack almost ruined her life, leaving her with horrific injuries, but now she lectures art at a university.18+CC46minOct 8, 2016
- 3. The Enniskillen Bombings, November 1987. Survivor(s): Stephen GaultSteven Gault was standing beside his father when a bomb exploded, instantly killing his father and ten others. Since then he has campaigned for justice for his family and the other victims.18+CC45minOct 15, 2016
- 4. Serial Killer Peter Tobin. Survivor(s): Margaret MountneyPeter Tobin married Margaret Mountney when she was seventeen, a whirlwind romance which quickly descended to violence and rape.18+CC48minOct 22, 2016
- 5. The Bataclan Attacks, Paris, 2015. Survivors: Caroline Laglande, Maureen RoussellCaroline Langlade hid with 40 other people as ISIS gunmen opened fire in the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015. Now she runs an organisation to support the survivors.18+CC47minOct 29, 2016
- 6. Paddington Railway Disaster Survivor(s): Pam WarrenPam Warren was a commuter on the ill-fated Reading to Paddington Great Western train on 5th October 1999 which crashed at Ladbroke Grove into a Thames Turbo train that had jumped a red light.18+CC47minNov 5, 2016
- 7. Kegworth Air Disaster Survivors: Declan Brady, Dominica Mcgowan & Stephen MccoyDeclan Brady was on a flight from London to Belfast when the aircraft crashed; he managed to escape, having to crawl over people who were dead or dying in the process.18+CC46minNov 12, 2016
- 8. Murder of Mother Susan Lowson Survivor(s): Amanda WrightAt age four Amanda Wright was in bed with her mum Susan Lowson when Lowson was strangled to death by family friend John Dickinson. He then tried to do the same to Amanda before setting fire to the house.18+CC45minNov 19, 2016
- 9. Forced Marriage Survivor(s): Sameem AliSameem Ali was taken to Pakistan and made to marry a stranger; she became pregnant and was left isolated from her peers back home, told she could go home only if she was pregnant.18+CC48minNov 26, 2016
- 10. Anders Breivik Massacre, Utoya Island, Norway, 2011 Survivors: Jarl Riskjelle Gjerde, Tore Bekkedal, Knut Frydenlund, Hege DalenThe case of Anders Breivik and the massacre on Utøya island in 2011, focusing on how one boy threw himself in front of Breivik's gun to save the life of a girl he didn't even know.18+CC47minDec 3, 2016
