Viewers rage at BBC Ambulance as 'abusive' man calls emergency services 35 times in a year

Viewers of BBC One's Ambulance were left fuming after the show aired a call from an 'abusive' man, who had called 999 as many as 35 times in a year.

The hit documentary series follows crews from the North West Ambulance Service and their emergency call handlers responding to, and attending a number of serious incidents; delving into the challenging situations and pressures that the service face every day.

On Wednesday night's episode (March 6), a clip was played showing a man calling 999 to ask where his ambulance was, claiming he had been 'waiting for hours'.

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"Did you cancel the help before?" he is heard asking the call handler. "Where is it? Because they told me 30 minutes, and this was like, hours ago. It's just starting to p*** me off now."

He is repeatedly told that the service was facing unprecedented pressures and that the next available ambulance would be sent out to his address. Viewers are then told the man on the phone had called the ambulance service 35 times in the past year.

The man goes on to explain to the call handler that he felt like he was 'vibrating'. When asked how to describe it, he says: "Imagine like, shoving the world's biggest d***o up your a**. It's like, brr brr brr brr."

The call handler advises him to wait for the ambulance to eventually arrive, before he responds: "Yeah, whatever mate. I am sick and tired of this bulls***"". You're asking me a lot of f*****g, like silly questions."

A supervisor then steps in to assist in the control room to ask the patient if he wants an ambulance, before ending the call and asking him to call back if his symptoms worsen.

After the clip aired, viewers of the hit BBC