London's Burning
The close knit members of Blue Watch, at Blackwell Fire Station, adjust to having a female firefighter join their ranks. The pilot movie for the long-running ITV series.
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"Londons Burning started out as a one off film written by Jack Rosenthal. After the success of this television film, it returned as a drama series. Jack Rosenthal mentioned that the film was inspired by the Broadwater Farm riots in London in 1985 when the rioters turned on the fire fighters. The other thing to note was that the film was from a perspective of a female fire fighter, Josie Ingham who joins Blue Watch at the Blackwall fire station. At that time a female fire fighter was novel and there was plenty of mileage in having a sole female in the team fighting to be accepted and respected..."
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Jerome Flynn, who stars as Rambo, went on to star in Soldier Soldier (1991) as Paddy Garvey, then had a pop career with Soldier, Soldier co-star Robson Green, topping the UK charts with Unchained Melody which the two first performed on Soldier, Soldier before an official release as a double A side with (There'll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover.
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The close knit members of Blue Watch, at Blackwell Fire Station, adjust to having a female firefighter join their ranks. The pilot movie for the long-running ITV series.