The Screen Addict Recommends – 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

Banijay’s (clever) strategy of creating Youtube channels for a huge chunk of their library, has led me to rediscover Dragonfly Film and Television’s phenomenal Reality-series 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

This is peak TV. A soul-stirring soundtrack, gorgeous camerawork, stunning visuals... I admit this all sounds a bit crass considering the sensitive subject matter, but here we are.

The series is put together exceptionally well – every single episode is just top notch. Also, there always seems to be at least one storyline that will basically reduce me to a blubbering mess.

This is not The Blood & Guts show, it is really about the human beings behind the tragedies and the heroes who are there for them, come hell or high water. Truly life-affirming television that deservedly won the BAFTA for Best Factual Series in 2018.

All this makes 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 a great companion piece for that other poignant, award-winning show about medics with its own Banijay-owned Youtube channel – 𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔&𝗘.

As a film buff, it’s almost impossible for me to watch anything without making an association with movies. It is therefore very tempting to believe that 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 inspired the film industry to produce a slew of first-responder focused features.

The past decade or so saw the release of 𝗗𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴) – remade for Netflix as 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭) – 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯), and even Michael Bay caught on to the trend with the appropriately titled 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮). Martin Scorsese was of course at the forefront of it all with the late-Nineties Nicolas Cage Thriller 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵) but then again – Marty isn’t called The Maestro for nothing...

In conclusion, I will quote one of the first responders featured in 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 who, when summarizing her day, unwittingly but very aptly described the show in a nutshell: “You only die once, but you live every day.”

Seek it out & get your fix.

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