(Image: BBC/Blast Films/RNLI Seahouses Lifeboat Station)
Viewers across the North East will see a familiar stretch of coastline on TV tonight as Seahouses RNLI features in the latest episode of Saving Lives at Sea.
The popular BBC Two documentary returns to the Northumberland coast for an episode which follows the volunteer crew at RNLI Seahouses Lifeboat Station during a dramatic rescue.
It follows a 999 call from a woman whose husband has drifted out to sea on a paddleboard.
The Seahouses crew are called into action and race against time to locate him.
(Image: BBC/Blast Films/RNLI Seahouses Lifeboat Station)
The rescue forms one of several incidents featured in the episode, which also follows lifeboat crews in North Wales, Hampshire and the English Channel.
For people who know the Northumberland coast well, the episode offers a chance to see the Seahouses volunteers tackling the sort of emergency they train for year-round.
Seahouses Lifeboat Station has been part of the local community since 1827.
Today, the station operates both an all-weather lifeboat and an inshore lifeboat, with its crews having received four awards for gallantry.
The station is based at Seahouses Harbour, close to the boats that take visitors out towards the Farne Islands.
The latest episode is part of Saving Lives at Sea's 11th series.
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The series uses genuine rescue footage captured from lifeboats and helmet cameras, alongside interviews with the volunteer crews and people involved in the rescues.
The Seahouses story will give local viewers a chance to see their own coastline and a familiar lifeboat crew dealing with a genuine emergency - a reminder of how quickly conditions can become dangerous for people enjoying the Northumberland coast.
The episode, titled Paddleboard 999, airs on BBC Two at 8pm tonight (Wednesday, October 7) and will also be available on BBC iPlayer.