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Rockface is a British television drama series, principally written and created by Nicholas Hicks-Beach and Shelley Miller, that first broadcast on BBC One on 13 March 2002. The series, set in Glenntannoch, a fictitious town in the Scottish Highlands, centres on a mountain rescue team led by Dr. Gordon Urquhart (Clive Russell). The major rescues and incidents featured within the series were based upon real life rescues conducted by the Lochaber Mountain Rescue service. Prior to filming, the cast underwent training to gather knowledge of the skills required to become a real-life mountain rescue team, under the guidance of trainer Mick Tighe.

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  • Rockface is a British television drama series, principally written and created by Nicholas Hicks-Beach and Shelley Miller, that first broadcast on BBC One on 13 March 2002. The series, set in Glenntannoch, a fictitious town in the Scottish Highlands, centres on a mountain rescue team led by Dr. Gordon Urquhart (Clive Russell). The major rescues and incidents featured within the series were based upon real life rescues conducted by the Lochaber Mountain Rescue service. Prior to filming, the cast underwent training to gather knowledge of the skills required to become a real-life mountain rescue team, under the guidance of trainer Mick Tighe. (en)
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  • Jamie takes part in a cross country cycle race with his friend Ian, but when they get into an argument, Ian falls down the rocks into the river below. When Jamie climbs down to help him, he ends up falling himself. (en)
  • Douglas continues to have nightmares. Whilst out on a run, Peter and Ben find a man walking in a daze with cuts to his face. Caroline is upset to witness Adam's fiance rejecting him. (en)
  • Douglas and Gordon are involved in a serious accident together. Meanwhile, the team receive news that following heavy snowfall, an avalanche has occurred up on the hills, and two young people who have been skiing have been reported missing. (en)
  • Mike tries to rescue a girl trapped in a cave, but finds the only way out is to crawl through a series of tunnels. Jamie, Douglas and Annie come to the rescue of a group of rope climbers who have fallen. Jamie is not very happy when he discovers his mother is now a consultant at the hospital. Annie faces a tough test. Despite their differences, Douglas and Helen decide to go out for a meal together. (en)
  • Four teenagers wander into a drain that belongs to an old dam to have a party, but during a thunderstorm, water seeps into the drain, trapping the four boys inside. One of them manages to swim out and alerts the rescue team. One of the boys is identified as Betty's son Jason, and Annie discovers that the others are in the sixth form at the school where she teaches. (en)
  • Douglas is keen to get back to work, but Helen isn't so keen on the idea. The team are called to rescue a hand glider who has become entangled in cables, and a man who has fallen into a waterfall whilst out rambling with his wife. (en)
  • The team attempt to rescue two boys who have become stranded above a waterfall. Caroline and Jamie get chatting at her father's party. Gordon's daughter Kirsty returns from university, sparking further problems for Douglas. Ben finds it difficult to accept Caroline onto the team. (en)
  • Annie and Ben find themselves out on the hills searching for a chopper which has crashed. When they find it, they are taken hostage by the survivors, whose leader is an escaped prisoner who forces them to take him to his pick up point. Meanwhile, the remaining members of the team rescue a man who has fallen from Dragon's Tooth Sea Stack. But Mike is reprimanded after giving the man chocolate with nuts in, unaware that he has a serious nut allergy. (en)
  • Jamie underestimates the danger involved after he finds himself balanced on the edge of a rockface whilst attempting to rescue a photographer who has fallen. The team come to the aid of a man who has ruptured his spleen after tripping over whilst out walking with his brother, but are forced into an agonising wait for a rescue helicopter to arrive. Douglas has to rescue a diabetic who is in danger of going into a coma. Caroline wants to join the rescue team, but the team are wary of her because her father has donated money to the mountain rescue service. (en)
  • Danny helps a tour guide who is trying to organise a ramble with two patrons with impaired vision, but whilst en route, the tour guide has a heart attack and the two patrons are left alone. Foolishly, one of the partially sighted women wanders off, believing that they have more chance of being rescued that way. (en)
  • Gordon's wife plans a surprise party for his birthday. Peter begins to worry about Annie and Ben, and sets off to look for them. Gordon and Doug go to rescue some monks trapped on a hill, but are faced with a life or death situation after being caught in the middle of a rockfall. (en)
  • The team come to the rescue of two climbers who have fallen from a rockface. Mike decides to make a video for a dating agency and Caroline films him. Caroline is called for her annual assessment by Peter, but Jamie informs her that he has been asked to do it instead. Helen wonders why Douglas is so moody and cold towards her, and Jane suggests that he is still affected by his fall. (en)
  • Mike goes to the rescue of a construction team whose Landrover has left the road and plummeted down a cliff. Douglas receives the all clear to return to work. Ben and Annie attempt to rescue a climber who has fallen down a mountain whilst stealing falcon eggs. Annie goes to see Ben to see why he is avoiding her. (en)
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