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London's Burning : Season 1
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Air date: 20 Feb '88 - 8 episodesLondon's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall. It was broadcast between 1988 and 2002 in the United Kingdom and was shown in Canada on digital television station CBC Country Canada. In the UK, Discovery's entertainment channel, DMAX have also shown repeats of the later series, mainly 11 through 14.
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List of Episodes (8)
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London's Burning (1986)
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1. Series 1 Episode 1
20 Feb '88After rescuing a boy's pet cat from a roof, Vaseline accidentally runs over it in the appliance, killing it! They then attend a warehouse fire, where Vaseline's boots catch fire, injuring him seriously. An old tramp who was dossing in the basement burns to death but his cat survives, and they give it to the boy who's cat was crushed earlier. The Watch then raise £1,200 by pushing an old fire engine through the streets, but Tate discovers that the money has gone missing and calls in the police.
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2. Episode 2
27 Feb '88Charisma is flattered when a woman named Donna chats him up in a pub. He learns that she used to be the wife of a former fireman nicknamed Liver Salts. No sooner has she moved herself in with him, he discovers she took Liver Salts for a ride financially. Tate is behaving irrationally and humiliates Hallam over an incident involving some old tramps feared trapped in an old warehouse. Hallam calls in appliances from all-over London but the tramps are at a nearby off licence. Blue Watch are called
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3. Episode 3
05 Mar '88Blue Watch are called out to release a lift stuck between floors in a tower block. The rescue is hindered because vandals have stolen the winding lever and the passengers are frantic. There is a constant bitching by an old woman about Sue, a young tart, and her client who is claustrophobic. When they are freed and the man does a runner, Vaseline asks Sue out on a date. On their fire inspection round, the Watch visits a local clothing workshop. The place is a death-trap, but Malcolm falls for
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4. Episode 4
12 Mar '88In the middle of a divorce from her husband, Josie accepts a lift home from a man she has met at an evening class. He persuades her to ask him up to her flat for coffee but inside, attacks her and tries to rape her before she fights him off. Charisma, still in hospital, reveals that he wants Donna out of his house, but when he gets home, he finds out she has set up a Hairdressing business there. Blue Watch wants George to represent them in a charity LFB boxing match but after agreeing, he
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5. Episode 5
19 May '88An Open Day at Blackwall is badly interrupted by criminals who are on the run after they tried to rob a building site office round the corner from Blackwall. The robbers 2 men and a pregnat woman are armed with guns. Blackwall hosts an open day to a group of children. At the event, Sicknote dresses as a banana and Malcolm dresses as Welephant! Two men - Bobby and Garry, break into an office at a milk depot. Garry pulls a gun on an accountant and tells him, he wants money. Outside, Garry'
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6. Episode 6
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7. Episode 7 - Ding Dong Merrily (1988 Christmas Special)
25 Dec '88Christmas turns to misery for most members of blue watch when Hallam is set on fire, Charisma discovers that Donna is selling danerous toys, George is arrested for pandering and josie and Bayleaf end up in bed together
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14. Episode 1
07 Jul '02
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