Written by: Anita...
Produced by: Paul Knight
Executive Producer: Nick Elliot
Directed by: Gerry Mill
Summary
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PART 1
Nick makes a speech at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, he's
supposed to be talking about fire safety, but brings up the
events of the motorway accident from the episode before. He
decides to name his speech 'Chariots of Fire'. Nick reveals all
the events of the fire: the fourty vehicles involved and the
twelve people who died, most of which were burned to death and
twenty more people were injured. They only took about twelve
minutes to die as due to the make up of the cars, they would have
been consumed by fire.
Kate goes to a party at a rugby club with her friend Mary. Kate
looks miserable and really doesn't want to be there. She's
approached by Don. The party leaves the rugby club, then goes on
at Don's house. She gets knocked slightly, then runs off to the
bathroom, where Don follows her. He apologises for the bloke who
knocked into her and asks her if she's ok. She clearly isn't and
begins to cry. Don leads Kate through to his bedroom, where it is
quieter. Kate lies on the bed and cries and Don tells her that
he'll kick everyone out and she can have the room and he'll sleep
on the couch, but Kate asks him to stay and he lays down with
her. Kate reveals to him the events of the last shout Blue Watch
attended, he kisses her and one thing leads to another...
Malcolm and Helen have an argument about her going to Brussels
while eating a meal in a posh restaurant. Helen storms off to the
ladies. Malcolm ends up following her, where he goes and knocks
on the door, then enters and knocks and calls through cubicle
doors.
Bayleaf goes out to look for his ex - mother - in - law to try to
find out where his ex - wife has taken his daughter Melanie. He
tries her house, but is told by a neighbour that she has gone out
to bingo. Mrs. Frazer, Bayleaf's ex - mother - in - law, tells
him that Melanie is in Spain, but she doesn't know where exactly.
PART 2
Kate wakes up and gets out of bed. She walks into the main room
of the house, noticing all the mess that was left. She picks up
her coat, puts it on, then leaves. Kate arrives home to find Mary
asleep, but she wakes her and moans at her for leaving her with
the man, whose name she didn't even know.
A hi - fi blows up in a house, causing a fish tank full of
guppies to explode... The watch are called to the fire, which
they quickly extinguish. The little girl, who's the owner of the
fish, screams about them. Colin goes in and picks up the guppies,
putting them in another tank, which is full of piranhas. Colin
leads the girl and her mother through to see a tank full of blood
where the piranahs had eaten the guppies. The girl goes mad and
hits Colin.
After entering Nick's office, Hallam informs him that Bayleaf has
rung in sick and Superscoop - a journalist, is in the station.
Superscoop talks to Nick in his office, who assumes Nick blamed
the car owners, at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, about the
deaths of the motorists.
Kelly argues with Beattie about her kids running riot in her
home, she's had enough how the noise and leave her home and goes
to her mum's. After George finds out, he approaches Lil and Kelly
in the street. Kelly tells George that she won't go home until
Beattie and her kids had gone. George attempts to apologise,
saying Beattie's only staying there temporarily, but still, he
can't tell his own sister to leave when she had no - where else
to go. Kelly gives George her wedding ring back, before walking
off.
Recall and Laura are in the hospital with Jamie. The doctor talks
to the two of them about a possible transplant for Jame.
PART 3.
Nick enters the station the next morning where the whole watch
are grouped around the appliances, reading an article printed by
Superscoop about Nick. Nick is livid, it was definitely not what
he said and as he and Hallam enter his office, the phone rings.
It's A.C.O. Bulstrode and he's not exactly happy about it either
and screams at Nick down the phone.
Bayleaf is glad when it's finally admitted that his daughter was
abducted, but the process of getting her back was going to be
complicated.
The talk in the mess is of the possible closure of the station.
Sicknote brings up the conversation of someone going to Union
Rep. He's wants to position, by no - one else is for him.
Nick arrives at HQ where he gets a grilling from Bulstrode, he
tells Nick that he had no right at all for what he said.
Sicknote reherses his Richard 3RD production, where he kisses
Cynthia on - stage, even though it isn't in the script and Jean
whitnesses it all!
Nick arrives outside a house of the widow of one of the
casualties from the motorway blaze. Hw asks for a Mrs. Carol
Martin, after a man answers the door. The man is not pleased to
see him, but Nick begs to have just five minutes with her. Carol
wants to know if Nick saw her husband die and he apologises to
her for what was printed, telling her that the fire wasn't like
what it said in the paper and that her husband wouldn't have
suffered.
Colin takes Zoe to a chip van for dinner, although she wants to
go to a restaurant but he can't afford it as he only had £2.50
until his next pay day. They sit eating their fish and chips on a
bench and Colin talks about thinking it's only fair that he gives
his mum half of his wages. Zoe asks him to move in with her and
Colin promises that he'll tell his mum when he gets home. When
Colin arrives home, he goes to tell his mum but is put off.
Kate informs Mary that she's two days late, but Mary tells her
that she's not necessarily pregnant.
Next shift... the bells go down and the watch attend a blaze at a
warehouse - Unit 2 at an industrial estate. Kate is asked to turn
the alarm bells off by Nick, but is too pre - occupied at the
thoughts of possibly being pregnant and cuts off the sprinkler
system, causing a flash - over in the building, nearly hurting
the BA crew inside. Outside Nick is livid and asks Kate if she
turned the sprinkler system off, when she says she didn't, he
goes to check and she had shut off the main valve.
Starring
Kate
- Samantha Beckinsale
Nick - Andrew Kazamia
George - Glen Murphy
Bayleaf - James Hazeldine
Malcolm - Rupert Baker
Colin - Stephen North
Kevin - Ross Boatman
Hallam - Sean Blowers
Recall - Ben Onwukwe
Sicknote - Richard Walsh
Mary - Kiran Hocking
Don - Vincent Regan
Kelly - Vanessa Pett
Beattie - Christine Ellerbeck
Helen - Elizabeth Morton
Lil (Kelly's Mum) - Helen Keating
Laura - Ona McCracken
Bulstrode - Gareth Thomas
Cynthia - Judi Lamb
Paul - Richard Syms
Jean - Amanda Dickinson
Zoe - Dorothy Atkinson
Colin's Mum - Deirdre Costello
Superscoop - Lloyd Hutchinson
Specialist - Timothy Carlton
Female Solicitor - Prunella Ransome
Singer - Christopher Beaumont
Mayor - Ivor Roberts
Lady Majoress - Daphne Goddard
Ritchie - Scott Riley
Trevor - Jeremy Warder
Neighbour - Anthony Psaila
Waiter - Robert High
Lady in restaurant - Annette Kerr
Karen's mum - Joan Scott
Jackie Blewitt - Chloe Andricopoulos
Mrs. Blewitt - Dee Anderson
Janine - Sarah Bolden
Jamie - Ricardo Lincoln
Mr. Marlin - Arthur Nightingale
Carol Martin - Lynn Clayton
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