999: What's Your Emergency?

999: What's Your Emergency?
Series 1 titles
Genre	Reality television, Documentary
Narrated by	Hugo Speer (2012) Julian Barratt (2013) Hugo Speer (2016)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	British English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18 (16 aired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ed Coulthard (2012-2013) Simon Ford (2012-2013) Guy Davies (2013)
Producer(s)	Daniel Fromm (2012) Mark Jones (2012) Ally Roberts (2013)
Location(s)	Blackpool (2012) Various (2013) Cheshire (2016)
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Blast!
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	10 September 2012 – present
External links
999: What's Your Emergency?

999: What's Your Emergency? is a British factual documentary following the members of the emergency services in Blackpool, Lancashire in series 1 and the ambulance service throughout the UK in series 2.

The first series was filmed in Blackpool over 6 weeks in 2011 and follows members of the Police service, the Fire service and Ambulance service as they work together to tackle crime and disorder in Blackpool.

The third series was announced on 27 June 2016 to be starting on 4 July 2016 on Channel 4. This series follows the Ambulance service and Police force in Cheshire as they attend a wide range of urgent and not so urgent call outs.

Every episode highlights issues ranging from the damage caused by drugs and alcohol to the reality of domestic violence, and from the dysfunctional way that some people bring up their children to the plight of those who slip through society's safety net, with one or multiple issues raised per episode.

Episodes

All episode ratings are taken from the BARB website and include Channel 4 and Channel 4+1.

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		Average UK viewers (millions)
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Average UK viewers (millions)
	1	10	10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)	19 November 2012 (2012-11-19)	2.80
	2	6	7 October 2013 (2013-10-07)	11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)	1.98
	3	13	4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)	5 September 2016 (2016-09-05)	2.09

Series 1 (2012)

Episode	Broadcast Date	Episode Summary	Total viewers (millions)	Channel 4 weekly rank
1	10 September 2012	Drugs	2.90	3
2	17 September 2012	Children & Teenage Carers	3.00	4
3	24 September 2012	Relationships & Domestic Violence	2.95	2
4	8 October 2012	Payday & Bonfire Night	2.76	5
5	15 October 2012	Mental Health	2.96	3
6	22 October 2012	Women	2.91	5
7	29 October 2012	Alcohol	2.88	4
8	5 November 2012	Life or Death Calls & Hoax Calls	3.12	4
9	12 November 2012	Visitors	2.56	5
10	19 November 2012	Highlights & Interviews	1.92	19

Series 2 (2013)

Episode	Broadcast Date	Episode Summary	Total viewers (millions)	Channel 4 weekly rank
1	7 October 2013	Transition to Adulthood	1.71	15
2	14 October 2013	Alcohol	1.78	16
3	21 October 2013	Mental Health	1.94	9
4	28 October 2013	Life or Death	1.94	8
5	4 November 2013	The Elderly	2.19	8
6	11 November 2013	Babies	2.33	6

Series 3 (2016)

Episode	Broadcast Date	Episode Summary	Total viewers (millions)	Channel 4 weekly rank
1	4 July 2016	Call Handlers	2.27	2
2	11 July 2016	Legal Highs	2.54	2
3	21 July 2016	Neighbours	2.23	3
4	28 July 2016	Mental Health	1.94	4
5	4 August 2016	Regular Callers & Repeat Offenders	2.20	2
6	11 August 2016	Immigrants & The Language Barrier	1.85	1
7	18 August 2016	Money	1.94	1
8	25 August 2016	Alcohol	2.11	3
9	1 September 2016	Teenagers	2.05	3
10	5 September 2016	Violent Crime	1.72	7
11	19 September 2016	Driving & RTCs
12	26 September 2016	Relationships & Domestic Violence
13	3 October 2016	Death

Controversy

Since the airing of the show, residents and councillors from Blackpool have been vocal on how the show has made their home town look to new visitors and especially families, after showing the apparent "darker" side of Blackpool.^[1] The leader of Blackpool council Simon Blackburn has even voiced his concerns after watching the show.^[2]Esther Rantzen wrote in the Daily Mail about how the show made her "weep for the women of today."^[3]

In a separate incident, PC Claire van Deurs Goss was disciplined by Lancashire Constabulary after being shown applying lip gloss at the wheel of a police vehicle in Series 1 Episode 6, which prompted over 50 complaints to the force.^[4]

On 26 July 2013 it was confirmed that Crackit Productions and the BBC were about to commission "Holiday Hospital 999" again based in Blackpool however these plans were shelved in what the Blackpool Gazette called a "Bullet Dodged" due to the damaging effect caused by 999: What's Your Emergency? on tourism in the town.^[5]

References

External links

999: What's Your Emergency? at Channel4.com

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