The Day I Should Have Died

The Day I Should Have Died Season 1 episodes

1. 01

   S01 E011 October 2016

   7/7 Bombing, London, 2005 Survivor(s): Gill Hicks

   45m

   On 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.

3. 02

   S01 E028 October 2016

   Yorkshire Ripper Attack, Leeds, 1980 Survivor(s): Mo Lea

   46m

   Mo 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.

5. 03

   S01 E0315 October 2016

   The Enniskillen Bombings, November 1987. Survivor(s): Stephen Gault

   45m

   Steven 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.

6. 04

   S01 E0422 October 2016

   Serial Killer Peter Tobin. Survivor(s): Margaret Mountney

   48m

   Peter Tobin married Margaret Mountney when she was seventeen, a whirlwind romance which quickly descended to violence and rape.

7. 05

   S01 E0529 October 2016

   The Bataclan Attacks, Paris, 2015. Survivors: Caroline Laglande, Maureen Roussell

   47m

   Caroline 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.

8. 06

   S01 E065 November 2016

   Paddington Railway Disaster Survivor(s): Pam Warren

   47m

   Pam 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.

9. 07

   S01 E0712 November 2016

   Kegworth Air Disaster Survivors: Declan Brady, Dominica Mcgowan & Stephen Mccoy

   46m

   Declan 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.

10. 08

    S01 E0819 November 2016

    Murder of Mother Susan Lowson Survivor(s): Amanda Wright

    45m

    At 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.

11. 09

    S01 E0926 November 2016

    Forced Marriage Survivor(s): Sameem Ali

    48m

    Sameem 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.

12. 10

    S01 E103 December 2016

    Anders Breivik Massacre, Utoya Island, Norway, 2011 Survivors: Jarl Riskjelle Gjerde, Tore Bekkedal, Knut Frydenlund, Hege Dalen

    47m

    The 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.

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