to learn how climate change is threatening to destroy a priceless treasure trove of roman artefacts. we ll meet the 83 year old grandfather who has made 48 trips to donate ambulances and aid to eastern europe and he s currently planning trip number 49. i wasted about ten years of my life not wearing the clothes i wanted or eating not wearing the clothes i wanted or eating the not wearing the clothes i wanted or eating the things i wanted in the restaurant because i was so obsessed with this restaurant because i was so obsessed with this idea of perfection. and that s the reality star vicki pattison, talking to dance and drama students for a new bbc documentary about mental health and self esteem in the pressurised world of performing arts. more on that after nine. imagine spending 54 hours trapped underground, with horrific injuries and no guarantee you ll ever see daylight again. that s what happened to george linnane back in november. he got out thanks to an epic rescue effor
the extraordinary rescue effort. our correspondent hywel griffith reports. little did i know it was going to turn into a 50, 60 hour epic, whatever it was, where, you know, i could have never come out of there again. this is where george linnane s life changed in an instant. ogof nynnon ddu, britain s deepest cave system. somewhere he d been dozens of times before, but, last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midairand arms grabbing for something. one second, i was caving, the next, the world went mad. it all went black and, two minutes later, i woke up in a very different state to when i d started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding heavily. as a friend went for help, he wrestled with the pain. did you think that
his life changed in a split second. the first thing i knew about it was this. ..instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in mid air and arms grabbing for something and just this kind of feeling that, you know, one second i was caving, the next minute the world went mad. and then it all went black. and then two minutes later, i kind of woke up in a very different state to. ..to when i d started. his friend went to raise the alarm. george had broken his leg, his jaw, several ribs and was bleeding. after three hours, the first rescuers arrived. i remember hearing the voices in the distance and realising that this time they weren t in my head. they were actually real people that were coming. i remember those first aiders turning up. i ve basically lost somewhere between 12 and 18 hours, probably towards the 18 hour end. so, there s bits of rescue that i don t remember. are you all right? how are you doing? nice to see you. i know who you are!
the first thing i knew about it was this. ..instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in mid air and arms grabbing for something and just this kind of feeling that, you know, one second i was caving, the next minute the world went mad. and then it all went black. and then two minutes later, i kind of woke up in a very different state to. to when i d started. his friend went to raise the alarm. george had broken his leg, his jaw, several ribs and was bleeding. after three hours, the first rescuers arrived. i remember hearing the voices in the distance and realising that this time they weren t in my head. they were actually real people that were coming. i remember those first aiders turning up. i ve basically lost somewhere between 12 and 18 hours, probably towards the 18 hour end. so there s bits of rescue that i don t remember. are you all right? how are you doing? nice to see you. i know who you are! to help george piece together what happened,
the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midairand arms grabbing for something. 0ne second, i was caving, the next, the world went mad. it all went black and, two minutes later, i woke up in a very different state to when i d started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding heavily. as a friend went for help, he wrestled with the pain. did you think that you might not survive? honestly? yes, at times. it was kind of dark times initially, i guess, until the help started arriving. what followed was britain s longest ever cave rescue. in all, 300 volunteers from across the uk turned out to help. they included becky, a doctor with a local rescue team, who was one of the first to help him. my immediate thought was there s a chance that he s not going to survive this and then the thought also went through my mind that i m the only