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A tipped-over shipment of A4 paper on the A1 ends up being a tough task to take on. After hitting a bridge, a trailer's damage is too much to be towed without some sort of repair. Dud directions leave Mary searching for her destination.

In this week's episode, company boss Adam Crouch detours from his morning office commute to attend the scene of a big incident. He leads the team as they try to rescue a rolled-over mixer truck full of tonnes of wet cement. Joining him in this biggest of jobs is patriarch of the family Dave Crouch, Adam's dad and a crane-driving expert. At Lantern, Merrie gets back on the road after a week's holiday in Italy only to discover her hydraulic levers have gremlins in the system — making it difficult to fix a broken-down truck's dodgy turbo. And in Leicestershire, things get wet and wild for Abang as he has to fish a Ford Focus out of a river.

Return of the documentary following workers in the heavy recovery business. In Corby a 16-metre lorry loaded with waste flips over near a busy roundabout.

An artic lorry stacked full of bed frames and mattresses has careered off a busy Lincolnshire A-road into a dry stone wall and is now lying in a ditch.

In Hertfordshire, Sean tries to shift a tractor unit and trailer fully laden with 27 tonnes of wood, after it left a busy section of road and toppled over into a muddy ditch.

Lantern recovery op Merrie faces a dangerous challenge when a 20-tonne drinks lorry gets grounded on a boggy verge, and then becomes entangled in the overhanging branches of a tree.

An 18-wheel trailer carrying two modular buildings catches fire in the early morning, closing three lanes just before rush hour, and an 18-tonne lorry smashes into a tree.

A frost in Warwickshire makes a country lane as slippery as an ice rink, causing a road sweeper to slide into a ditch. The weather also causes problems for recovery op Stephen.

Lantern recovery op Steve is on his way to a risky roadside rescue. A 38-tonne mail lorry has taken doorstep delivery to another level by crashing on a London street.

A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.

A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.

A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.

A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.

Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.

A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.

A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.

A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.

A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.

A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.

A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.

A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.

A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.

In a quiet rural village in Leicestershire, a utility truck has got stuck in the mud in a local resident's garden. Adam and his team are under pressure to get it out without causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to the property.

Adam dispatches a team of recovery operators when a trailer sheds a 16-ton piece of metal machinery at a junction for East Midlands Airport, causing a collision into a passing van.

Marta and Fluff are sent to recover a massive digger that plunged into the River Thames after the bank it was sitting on gave way. However, moving 20 tons of dead weight is no easy task. Meanwhile, Rory is dispatched to rescue a Sprinter that is blocking a bus lane, and Jim has to work fast to get a stranded HGV driver to safety.

A waste truck is involved in a motorway pile-up, and a broken down vehicle towing a cutting-edge caravan presents a problem. Fluff has to transport one of the heaviest loads his vehicle is able to carry, and Marta is called out to a truck that has become stranded in a quarry.

A lorry loaded with tarmac breaks down. A burnt-out van abandoned on an isolated towpath presents a challenge for Steve and Marta, but a rescue lorry soon comes to their assistance.

The Crouch team deals with some monster jobs, while Simon and his crew have to grapple with a juggernaut that has skidded off the M62 and down a steep bank

A luxury coach breaks down on a busy motor way slip road, and recovery operative Jon is on hand to try and tow the vehicle amid heavy traffic and misty conditions

Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns

The team is called out to upright an artic that has rolled over on the A1. On arrival, they discover the container is loaded with a 23-tonne transformer

Father-and-son duo Dave and Adam try to recover a lorry transporting a 100-tonne train engine, while rookie driver Warren has to move a HGV on the busy M1

A heavy loader carrying cardboard bales tips onto its side.

Incident manager Steve is called to the scene of an overturned gas tanker that, while Sean is asked to pick up an abandoned scaffolding lorry

A 40-tonne lorry overturns and spills its load, forcing a major road to close. Meanwhile, heavy recruit specialist is called to recover two crashed cars from the side of the M69

A road in Leicester is blocked by a 26-tonne digger, while rescue specialists Richard and Lee have the unusual job of retrieving a load of straw from a broken down trailer

Tez and his crew deal with a 20-tonne milk tanker sinking in a muddy field in Leicestershire, while Merrie gets a rubbish job trying to rescue a broken down bin lorry on the M42.

Recovery operation Jim and heavy vehicle mechanic Jack are called out to help a loaded HGV with a puncture, and a fuel tanker is stranded in an SOS bay on the M25

A 44 tonne Artic straddling the central reservation of the M1 is a rush hour headache for Incident Manager Steve and his colleague Pat. Recovery op Steve rescues a broken down dustcart from a busy London street. Recovery op Jim gets drenched as he risks life and limb trying to rescue a tractor.

A 45-tonne crane gets caught out by a crumbling curb, Mouse performs a late-night recovery of a tanker that’s slipped into a sodden gully and a damaged family saloon needs rescuing.

There's an emergency in East London when a 25-ton truck hits a railway bridge. And Buzz needs to co-ordinate a multi-agency taskforce when a refrigerated lorry catches fire on the A42.

Rescue teams deal with a car transporter that goes up in smoke during rush hour, a car that took a nosedive down a steep bank, and a single decker bus stuck in mud on a mini roundabout.

In the north east of England, Alpha recovery ops Kevin and Ian battle the snow and ice to rescue a stricken fuel tanker that's slipped off a frozen track while making a delivery. With nowhere to turn and limited space they must perform a tricky reverse winch pull using hundreds of metres of line. They're relying on a tree as an anchor point and the power of their 4x4 road rescuer. It's a risky manoeuvre, if they get it wrong the cable could snap causing carnage.

Lantern recovery op Stuart has been tasked with rescuing a 26-tonne sewage tanker, fully loaded with waste material, that has got its nearside wheels wedged in a drainage ditch down a narrow muddy track. On top of having barely any room to manoeuvre, the tanker's tilting dangerously to one side, so Stuart must try and get the monster back onto solid ground without it toppling over.

The team endure an epic clean-up after a lorry carrying tonnes of curry sauce jars collides with a huge artic. Gary battles a bin wagon on a dirt track. Euan has a tug of war with a tanker.