Chopper Rescue update

Due to last week’s rolling coverage of the Queensland flood crisis, ABC’s Chopper Rescue -which was originally scheduled to premiere last Friday- will now be premiering this Friday (21st January). Which is all just a bit too ironic given the work they were doing last week.

This Southern Star series is like most other fly on the wall shows (in fact it doesn’t feel particularly ABC at all). That said, it will appeal to those who enjoy this genre.

Week 4
Friday, January 21 at 8pm
Chopper Rescue (Series 2, Episode 1)
Follow the Chopper Rescue team as they face genuine life and death human dramas. This unique observational series looks at the work of the helicopter rescue crews of Outback Queensland.

Week 5
Friday, January 28 at 8pm
Chopper Rescue (Series 2, Episode 2)
On Hinchenbrook Island a family’s yachting holiday of a lifetime takes a dangerous turn. Meanwhile a drama unfolds mid-air as a motorcyclist with catastrophic injuries has trouble breathing while being flown to Brisbane.

Week 6
Friday, February 04 at 8pm
Chopper Rescue (Series 2, Episode 3)
A fatal accident on Fraser Island leaves one tourist dead and seven in need of urgent medical care, and on a remote outback road, a head on collision leaves a man trapped in his car.

Week 7
Friday, February 11 at 8pm
Chopper Rescue (Series 2, Episode 4)
A bad accident on an outback cattle property tests everyone on Rescue 521 from Townsville. While on the Great Barrier Reef an English tourist suffers crushing chest pains.