999: What’s Your Emergency?

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When a mother-son bond breaks, a call to the emergency services beckons in the first of a new run of 999: What's Your Emergency

When a mother-son bond breaks, a call to the emergency services beckons in the first of a new run of 999: What's Your Emergency.

A recent study found that a mother is the most powerful factor in determining what kind of man her son will become.

But with hundreds of offences committed by sons against their mothers every year, it’s clear that this relationship often breaks down.

As the sixth series of this behind-the-scenes documentary begins, Wiltshire’s emergency services are called out to incidents where blood may be thicker than water, but it doesn’t stop it being spilt.

From Kendall, 15, trashing his mum Daniell’s house, to Robert’s hatred of his alcoholic mother’s boyfriend, this is a really difficult though undeniably gripping watch.