Craig Duncan
Director
Trucking Hell (2018)
Season 5
Super-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the heavy recovery business, featuring industrial strength trucks capable of towing and lifting the biggest and heaviest machines on the nation's roads.
Released May 17, 2018
Episode 50 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Keywords: imdb.observational-documentary, imdb.truck, imdb.truck-driver, imdb.breakdown, imdb.tow-truck, imdb.overturned, imdb.heavy-lifting + 3 more, imdb.recovery-team, imdb.male-narrator, imdb.two-word-title
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Production Companies: Crackit Productions, Channel 5 Television
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Episode 1
A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.
Dec. 2, 2021, midnight
S5E2 - Episode 2
A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.
Dec. 9, 2021, midnight
S5E3 - Episode 3
A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.
Dec. 16, 2021, midnight
S5E4 - Episode 4
A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.
Dec. 23, 2021, midnight
S5E5 - Episode 5
A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.
Dec. 30, 2021, midnight
S5E6 - Episode 6
A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.
Jan. 6, 2022, midnight
S5E7 - Episode 7
A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.
Jan. 13, 2022, midnight
S5E8 - Episode 8
A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.
Jan. 20, 2022, midnight
S5E9 - Episode 9
A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.
Jan. 27, 2022, midnight
S5E10 - Episode 10
Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.
Feb. 3, 2022, midnight
S5E11 - Episode 11
A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.
Feb. 10, 2022, midnight
S5E12 - Episode 12
A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.
Feb. 17, 2022, midnight
S5E13 - Episode 13
A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.
Feb. 24, 2022, midnight
S5E14 - Episode 14
A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.
March 3, 2022, midnight
S5E15 - Episode 15
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.
March 10, 2022, midnight
S5E16 - Episode 16
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.
March 17, 2022, midnight
S5E17 - Episode 17
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.
March 24, 2022, midnight
S5E18 - Episode 18
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.
March 31, 2022, midnight
S5E19 - Episode 19
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.
April 7, 2022, midnight
S5E20 - Episode 20
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.
April 14, 2022, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 6195 min.
Released: May 17, 2018
Last Air Date: July 17, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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