WE all absorb surprising amounts of information from TV programmes without even realising it.

Young Jack-Dean Lower knew exactly what to do when a van ploughed into four cars in Kent. Frozen in shock, his mother Tina and sister Lexi, aged four, were trapped in their car.

The brave 10 year-old pulled his petrified mother and sister from the wreckage and put them in a safe place after learning what to do from an episode of Casualty.

Now he’s won a special Fireman Sam award to recognise his bravery — and his obvious concentration when it comes to useful knowledge.