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Fire

Fire

1995TV EpisodeTV-14
CrimeDramaMystery
⭐ 8.6
IMDB Rating
32 votes

A woman is shot in a busy shopping street while talking to P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Ackland. It looks like a professional job, but who was the intended target?

Director
John Strickland
Writers
Geoff McQueen, Edward Canfor-Dumas
Stars
Tom Butcher, Simon Rouse, Trudie Goodwin
Release Date
October 6, 1995
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Tom Butcher
Tom Butcher
as P.C. Loxton
Simon Rouse
Simon Rouse
as D.C.I. Meadows
Trudie Goodwin
Trudie Goodwin
as W.P.C. Ackland
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Ben Roberts
as Acting Supt. Conway
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Kevin Lloyd
as D.C. Lines
Eric Richard
Eric Richard
as Sgt. Cryer
Peter Ellis
Peter Ellis
as Ch. Supt. Brownlow
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Colin Tarrant
as Insp. Monroe
Billy Murray
Billy Murray
as D.S. Beech
Tom Cotcher
Tom Cotcher
as D.C. Woods

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
England, UK
Production
Thames Television

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A bit of a classic this.
by Sleepin_Dragon β€’ 2021-09-27
9/10

"Loxton and Ackland are out on patrol, they watch in disbelief as a woman they're talking to is shot dead before their eyes, Jack Meadows is convinced that Steve is at risk. Absolutely brilliant episode, this was straight out of the top drawer. A little while back I was bemoaning the fact that there hadn't been a big, epic episode, this corrects that, and once again, June Ackland is involved. This is definitely the first half of a two part story, with any luck the second half will be of the same sort of quality. Great effects, it looks very good indeed, the fire especially looks im..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The location of the shooting at the beginning is Battersea High Street in London. This same street was used only 2 episodes earlier, for the shop explosion in 'Video Nasty'. You can even see the shop (minus the fake sign for the episode) in the opening scene.

πŸ“– Synopsis

A woman is shot in a busy shopping street while talking to P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Ackland. It looks like a professional job, but who was the intended target?