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Help (Australian TV series)

Help (styled as HELP) is a six-part Australian documentary series is broadcast on SBS One covering events that ambulance officers and paramedics face while on the job.

Production

Guy Mansfield directed, wrote, and produced Help. Frank Martin was the show's camera person. Help has six episodes. It features parademics who wear cameras attached to their hats. They had two additional handheld cameras to record from various perspectives. The filming largely took place at night.

Reception

Hailing Help as a "brilliant" show, The Weekend Australian writer Kerrie Murphy found it to be "an insight into the demanding life of paramedics and the distressing plight of emergency victims". Stephen Downie and John Spence of The Sunday Telegraph called Help a "well-made doco series" that is "compelling TV". The Age critic Larissa Dubecki said the series has "rapid-fire editing, creative angles, urgent music" and is "an old-fashioned rendition of the best and worst of human nature".

Episodes

The series was first transmitted in Australia from 12 July to 23 August 2006. A total of six episodes were filmed, no further episodes have been announced.

References

External links

  • (Archived by SBS)