About London's Burning!
When London's Burning exploded to ITV1

London's Burning was first introduced as a TV movie in 1986. It was written by Jack Rosenthal and was sure to be a hit.

We were introduced to the men and women of the Blue Watch at east London's Blackwall Fire Station:

Station Officer Sidney Tate
Sub Officer John Hallam
Leading Fireman Malcolm Cross
Fireman Bert 'Sicknote' Quigley
Fireman Mike 'Bayleaf' Wilson
Fireman Roland 'Vaseline' Cartwright
Fireman Leslie 'Charisma' Appleby
Fireman 'Rambo' Bains
Fireman 'Ethnic' Lewis
Firewoman Josie Ingham

Two years later in 1988, the first series began and London's Burning continued until 2002.

Characters changed over the years and the Blue Watch faced a variety of shouts - some easy, some difficult. Some personal lives were even hotter than the fires.

We witnesed the deaths of Ethnic, Vaseline, John Hallam, Nick Georgiadis, Sicknote Joe Walker and Recall as well as fire fighters being promoted and or transfered elsewhere or out of the Brigade all together.

London's Burning was one of the most watched programmes at its peak, but ratings fell to around five million in its last year, after the series changed to a more serialised format.