Trucking Hell

Trucking Hell

2018
★★★★☆ 7.3/10
📺 9 Seasons
🎬 139 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
DocumentaryReality
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.

Seasons

Season 1
2018 • 10 Episodes
The Beast from the East descends, bringing some of the country's busiest roads to a standstill.
Season 2
2019 • 20 Episodes
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.
Season 3
2020 • 7 Episodes
Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns
Season 4
2021 • 12 Episodes
Steve rescues a burning transporter loaded with cars.
Season 5
2021 • 20 Episodes
A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.
Season 6
2022 • 20 Episodes
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.
Season 7
2023 • 20 Episodes
Following the men and women of the heavy recovery business. In Hertfordshire, rookie op Euan is tasked with rescuing a ten-tonne rigid - one wrong move could end his rescue mission.
Season 8
2024 • 20 Episodes
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.
Season 9
2025 • 10 Episodes
Recovery ops are dispatched to a toppled trailer and tractor unit on the busy A1. And in Walsall, Snods deals with a car is on the brink of tumbling into a canal lock!

Network

5

Production

Crackit Productions, Channel 5 Television