''Triple Zero Heroes'' is an Australian observational documentary series that airs on the

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. It is an original production by

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Overview

Through interviews, dramatisations and the original

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call recordings, the series reconstructs emergencies where people have relied on the service to save loved ones from misadventure, serious injury and death. In February 2009, police in

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claimed that a 10-year-old boy saved his sister from drowning using

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skills he learned from watching the first episode of the show.

Weekly ratings

The ratings for the series are in the table below (The viewers are in millions).

References

2009 Australian television series debuts Seven Network original programming Australian factual television series {{Australia-tv-prog-stub