Series 13 - Episode 5

Written by: Jeff Dodds
Produced by: Angus Towler
Directed by: Ged Maguire

Summary

Previously and credits.

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At the station... George is sitting in the garden. Adam calls him down, then as they walk down all the watch group together. They enter the gym, where Hi - Ho and Melissa are having a contest. Melissa ends up winning.

The bells go off, pump ladder only, about a man who is trying to set himself alight.


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On the way to the scene in the appliance, Adam discusses the voice from control with Hi - Ho.

On arrival at the scene, a neighbour shows the fire fighters the way.

Adam axes the door down to the house. They enter in BA kits to find a man, partly dressed and what he was dressed in was viking gear with a helmet on his head, which let out flames.

There is a lot of arguement on the scene with the neighbour moaning about the man doing his stripping in his house when kids were around and that he was a weirdo. The man ends up going mad and smashes his neighbours flower pots.

Adam and Hi - Ho talk to the man about stripping and all his gear etc then Melissa enters the house. Giving the stripper some fire safety tips.


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After the Pump Ladder crew arrive back, Recall checks his shares online. Adam bets with Recall that he can earn more money than Recall by closing time the next day.

George enters the mess and asks to talk to Recall, they go out onto the landing.

George explains to Recall that he had been talking to the police all morning and asks him about the shares. George ends up giving Recall a large roll of notes for the shares.

They are both oblivious to the fact that Melissa is watching...


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Melissa enters the mess and walks into the kitchen where Hyper is. She gives him some tips about filing out the IRIS reports, much to Hypers dislike. She also begins questioning George and know's Kelly (George's ex - wife's) name, when she'd only been there a while.


Hyper is later talking to Sally and becomes suspicious about Melissa knowing Kelly's name.


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The watch check the appliances over, Griggs arrives after a while. Melissa greets him but he doesn't reply anything.

Maggie appears downstairs, questioning why there is a fish in her fridge and isn't happy with it being there after all her troubles with Environmental Health. George admits it's his and that he's planning a surprise meal for Andie.

Coleman appears near the appliance area and calls George...


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In Coleman's office... Griggs reveals to Coleman and Georgev that the woman who's broth was 'stolen' won't stop her complaint against George. He later reveals that he is transfering George to staff duties and the end of the rota.


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George is in the gym punching a punch bag, Sally enters. She asks him what Griggs wanted. George doesn't really say much and ends up leaving the gym.


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On the landing... Geoff tells Coleman about George exchanging the cash with Recall, after Melissa had told him.


Later on Coleman spots George in the locker room and offers his help and listening to him.


At the end of the shift everyone is leaving. The lads invite Coleman over to the Oliver Twist for a drink, but Coleman tells them he's busy. He reveals that he is going Ballroom dancing.


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In the Oliver Twist... Adam is instructing Melissa, how to do the perfect snooker shot. He's very close to her and Melissa ends up hitting him with the snooker queue, where it hurts!

Later on, Elaine tells Adam that she's in trouble. She reveals that the food poisoning actually started in the pub and that she had been throwing out a lot of food.

Maggie arrives and thinks that Elaine is going Ballroom dancing with Coleman. Elaine denies it, as she wasn't going anyway, then tells Maggie where the ballroom dancing was being held.


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Sally is in the locker room getting ready to leave when Sean enters. He reveals that he's got a date but his car won't start. Sally agrees to go down and look at it.

She notices something needs changing, but she's be able to get him started for then. They talk about dates and he reveals that 3 - years - ago, his fiancée never turned up to their wedding.


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Geoff arrives home... The house is a mess and he finds Fiona slightly asleep up in bed. She's still dressed in her pyjamas. They talk about going out like they planned, but Fiona is unsure about leaving Eve.


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Coleman and Alison arrive at the ballroom dancing hall. Maggie had already arrived and approach them both. She asks about a dance and Coleman excuses him for the dance with Alison and dances with Maggie.


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In a restaurant... Geoff and Fiona had just had their meal. Geoff talks about them saying they are family friendly on the door but they probably won't be and it may be hard for them to get tables when Eve would begin to go out with them. Geoff talks about having a desert, but Fiona wants to leave.


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Coleman and Alison dance, she obviously hadn't done it before so he tells her how to.


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At Andie and George's house... Andie and George are eating the fish dinner that George prepared. Andie is really impressed and George gives her the necklace, which she loves. Andie senses that something is wrong with George, but when she questions it he won't tell her. Finally, he tells her that he's tranfering to staff duties.


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The ballroom dancing finishes and Alison kisses Coleman.


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Andie calls George and enters their living room, he's gone...


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The next day... Adam and George compare how much money they had made over the day before. Adam tells Hi - Ho that he had begun searching from the voice from control.

Maggie approaches them all, telling them, without mentioning any names, about Coleman and Alison the night before.

Geoff enters the mess, telling them all that role - call will be in five minutes. He also tells Hyper that Melissa will be taking role - call instead of him.

Later on some of the watch had grouped in the locker area. George mutters something and they all look at him, taking advantage of the opportunity, he tells them that he is transfering to staff duties at the end of the rota.

Geoff's voice comes over the intercom, telling them that role - call is in two minutes.


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Melissa reads out everyone's names during role - call, but in the middle, the bells go down...

There's an RTA, the Pump Ladder only is needed.

The watch arrive at the scene, they notice the vehicle is one of their own - Shadbrook's Turntable Ladder.

They approach the appliance and Flatty and Liam are inside. The paramedics get called over but they are trapped. George has to cut through certain scaffolding poles. Flatty begins to give up hope for Liam's survival. To keep him focussed, George questions Flatty on West Ham and while the sawing is going on, Flatty admits that it was him, the person who stole the brotch.


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The Pump Ladder crew arrive back from the shout, Coleman approaches George and tells him that Flatty will be ok, although he'll be facing a direct dismissal. Coleman also apologises and admits to George that he had doubts about his innocense.

Later in the locker area... Recall and Sally also apologise to George about not directly believing his story about the brotch. He reveals to them, that the money he gave to Recall for the shares was his wedding ring.

Adam and Hi - Ho enter the locker area, Hi - Ho admits that he is meeting Kate, the voice from control, in the pub.


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Everyone is getting ready to leave the station... Alison enters the appliance area and asks if Coleman is about. She's told he's in his office and she walks up there.

Sally, Melissa, Adam and Hi - Ho walk across the road towards the pub.

Maggie leaves the station and notices Elaine throwing out a load of food, she eyes her suspiciously from her distance.


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Maggie enters the pub and Elaine finally tells Maggie that the food poisoning began at the pub and not in her kitchen at the station. Maggie is furious that she hadn't told her sooner and makes Elaine promise to clear her name with Coleman.

Kate enters the pub and approaches Adam and Hi - Ho. Adam offers the buy the drinks. He then sits down with Kate and begins to flirt with her. Hi - Ho is upset and goes to leave. Kate leaves Adam and approaches Hi - Ho, Hi - Ho then decides to stay and Kate excuses herself from Adam and goes to talk to Hi - Ho.

Recall approaches Adam and in the corner of the bar, he tells him that the shares had gone bust and that they had lost everything including George's wedding ring money. Recall asks Adam for help seeing as he's earned more money than his shares. Adam admits that he was lying out making all that money.


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Hyper is sitting in the office at the station filling out paperwork. Hyper notices a file and opens it, Melissa enters the office and claims the folder. Hyper reads through, she has a record of each and everyone of them, all with bad things to say and all on professional paper. Hyper suspects it is for Geoff, but Melissa keeps on saying it's just for her personal reference. Hyper reminds her that working in the brigade means working in a team.


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Starring

Coleman - Edward Peel
Pearce - Michael Garner
Recall - Ben Onwukwe
Hyper - Connor Byrne
George - Glen Murphy
Sally - Heather Peace
Hi - Ho - Fuman Dar
Adam - Sam Callis

Maggie - Shirley Greenwood
Fiona - Helen Anderson
Elaine Reeve - Sharon Duce
Andie - Joanne Adams
D.O. Griggs - Simon Merrells
Alison Hemmings - Liz Crowther
Melissa - Kate Odey
Kate - Natalie Robb
Sean Bateman - Dominic Taylor
Flatty - Mark Leadbetter
Steve Prentiss - Scott Lane
Mr. Eliot - Michael Mawby
Erik Hot Helmet - Mar Spalding
Liam - Guy List


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Quotes of the episode


Melissa: "So Adam, how quickly can you get this extended?"

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