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Real Lives Reunited

Season 1 2014

  • 2014-01-06T19:30:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 5h (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Series reuniting people who shared extraordinary moments together. Disaster survivors meet the heroes who saved them, while people who made history together are reunited after decades apart.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-01-06T19:30:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2014-01-06T19:30:00Z30m

Survivors of the Aberfan landslide that killed 116 schoolchildren meet the teachers who saved them, and the young mum whose newborn child was abducted is reunited with the woman who helped her survive 17 days of hell.

2014-01-07T19:30:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2014-01-07T19:30:00Z30m

Survivors of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster meet to share stories of their miraculous escape, and the nurses who made history when they helped set up the NHS are reunited after 50 years.

2014-01-08T19:30:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2014-01-08T19:30:00Z30m

A woman meets the stranger who saved her life when the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized in 1987, and the choir handpicked to sing at the Queen's 1953 coronation are reunited after 60 years apart.

2014-01-09T19:30:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2014-01-09T19:30:00Z30m

The children who lived through a terrifying plane hijack reunite to share stories of their escape, and the villagers who survived an underground explosion meet their rescuers.

2014-01-10T19:30:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2014-01-10T19:30:00Z30m

Passengers and crew from Concorde's maiden flight share memories of flying supersonic and survivors of one of the country's worst mining disasters share stories of incredible escape.

2014-01-13T19:30:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2014-01-13T19:30:00Z30m

Reunited in this episode - The first military band to have a top 20 hit - with the theme tune to the 1955 Dam Busters film, and the survivors of the Bradford City fire meet those who saved them.

2014-01-14T19:30:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2014-01-14T19:30:00Z30m

Survivors of the worst civilian disaster of World War II are reunited to share stories of heroism and veterans of one of the UK's forgotten wars - Malaya - meet up after 60 years.

2014-01-15T19:30:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2014-01-15T19:30:00Z30m

Survivors of the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster meet the emergency crews who saved them and a community honours the hero who risked his life to pull people from the floods of 1953.

2014-01-16T19:30:00Z

1x09 Episode 9

1x09 Episode 9

  • 2014-01-16T19:30:00Z30m

Survivors of the Kegworth air disaster thank their heroes and the women of Doncaster who made footballing history come together for the first time in over 40 years.

2014-01-17T19:30:00Z

1x10 Episode 10

1x10 Episode 10

  • 2014-01-17T19:30:00Z30m

In this episode, the civilians who found themselves in the middle of the Falklands War meet again, and a woman pulled from the rubble of a factory explosion gets the chance to thank the fireman who saved her.

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