Airdate: Saved by a Stranger

4 part UK series Saved by a Stranger begins tonight on SBS

Presented by Anita Rani, it  tells the personal stories of ordinary people caught up in recent events and follows them on a quest to find the individual who changed their lives forever.

Each episode provides a unique personal account of some of the biggest headline moments that have shaped Britain and its people, including the July 7 London terrorist attacks, the AIDs crisis and the Falkland’s War. The program also looks at stories from across the world, including the Holocaust an d the Bosnian War.

The series celebrates moments of kindness and humanity in some of our most challenging times and resolves in some emotional reunions.

Episode One: Karl And Emina
Karl, a trainee psychologist who was caught up in the July 7 terror attacks on the London Underground, goes looking for the mystery woman who held his hand and comforted him in the smoke-filled carriage. Emina, a former Bosnian War refugee living in Nottingham, searches for the doctor who cared for her baby sister during the siege of Sarajevo and helped her family evacuate to safety.

8:30pm Monday on SBS