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Steel River Blues is a British television drama series, created by Patrick Harbinson, that was first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. Produced by Ken Horn, the series follows the working and private lives of a group of firefighters, known as Blue Watch, who are based in Middlesbrough. Critics were quick to dub the series "Middlesbrough's Burning" or "Teesside's Burning", after the popular fire-fighting drama that preceded it, London's Burning, yet there were very few similarities between the two, apart from them being about the business of firefighting.
Original Release
09/01/2004
Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Ainsleigh | Jeremy Lloyd / Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd |
Satnam Bhogal | Sunil Gupta / Firefighter Sunil Gupta |
Clare Buckfield | Katy Bell / LCRO Katy Bell |
Mark Cameron | Roger Hibbot / Firefighter Roger Hibbot |
Daniel Casey | Tony Barnes / Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes |
Charles Dale | George Barnes |
Vicky Hawkins | Sandra Harris |
Steven Hillman | Alan Priestley / Sub Officer Alan Priestley |
Nitin Kundra | Asif Hussain / Firefighter Asif Hussain |
Michael Nardone | Dave Tanner / Firefighter Dave Tanner |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Steel River | Wednesday, 01 September 2004 |
2 | Bloody Fridays | Wednesday, 08 September 2004 |
3 | Family Fortunes | Wednesday, 15 September 2004 |
4 | What Goes Around | Wednesday, 22 September 2004 |
5 | Blind Man's Buff | Wednesday, 29 September 2004 |
6 | Flashpoint | Wednesday, 06 October 2004 |
7 | The Long Drop | Wednesday, 13 October 2004 |
Directors
Writers
Patrick Harbinson, Alan Whiting, Charlie Fletcher, Patrick Melanaphy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Daniel Ainsleigh | Jeremy Lloyd / Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd |
Satnam Bhogal | Sunil Gupta / Firefighter Sunil Gupta |
Clare Buckfield | Katy Bell / LCRO Katy Bell |
Mark Cameron | Roger Hibbot / Firefighter Roger Hibbot |
Daniel Casey | Tony Barnes / Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes |
Charles Dale | George Barnes |
Vicky Hawkins | Sandra Harris |
Steven Hillman | Alan Priestley / Sub Officer Alan Priestley |
Nitin Kundra | Asif Hussain / Firefighter Asif Hussain |
Michael Nardone | Dave Tanner / Firefighter Dave Tanner |
Daniel Ryan | Andy Coulson / Firefighter Andy Coulson |
Kelly Wenham | Julie Priestley / Probationary Firefighter Julie Priestley |
John Bowler | Mick Hammond / Divisional Commander Mick Hammond |
Stuart Graham | Bill McGlinchy / Station Officer Bill McGlinchy |
Joanne Farrell | Nicky Higgins / Firefighter Nicky Higgins |
Malcolm Scates | Sgt. Moss |
Sarah Preston | Belinda Moss |
James Hedley | Young Man |
Mark Stratton | Chief Engineer |
John Lawson | Worker 1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Keith Richardson | Executive Producer |
Ken Horn | Producer |
Jonathan Critchley | Producer |
Menzies Kennedy | Producer |