- Steel River Blues
"Steel River Blues" is a British
television drama serial first broadcast in September2004 onITV . Produced byKen Horn , it is based on the working and private lives of a group offirefighter s inMiddlesbrough . Critics were quick to dub the new drama "Middlesbrough's Burning" or "Teesside 's Burning", after the popular fire-fighting drama that preceded it, "London's Burning ", yet there are very few similarities between the two, apart from them being about the business offirefighting .Like its predecessor, "Steel River Blues" is an ensemble drama without any single starring part, though perhaps the best-known actor is
Daniel Casey , who was previously a co-star in ITV's ratings banker, "Midsomer Murders ". Other stars include Joanne Farrell as Firefighter Nicky Higgins, Stuart Graham as Station Officer Bill McGlinchy,Daniel Ainsleigh as Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd, Satnam Bhogal as Firefighter Sunil GuptaThe show's title song is performed by Middlesbrough-born
Chris Rea .It was announced in January
2005 that the series would not be recommissioned.Main cast
*John Bowler - Divisional Officer Mick Hammond
*Stuart Graham - Station Officer Bill McGlinchy
*Steven Hillman - Sub Officer Alan Priestley
*Daniel Casey - Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes
*Charles Dale - Firefighter George Barnes
*Daniel Ryan - Firefighter Andy Coulson
*Satnam Bhogal - Firefighter Sunil Gupta
*Mark Cameron - Firefighter Roger Hibbot
*Michael Nardone - Firefighter Dave Tanner
*Joanne Farrell - Firefighter Nicky Higgins
*Daniel Ainsleigh - Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd
*Nitin Kundra - Firefighter Asif Hussain
*Kelly Wenham - Firefighter Julie Priestley
*Clare Buckfield - Leading Control Call Operator Katy Bell
*Victoria Hawkins - Control Operator Sandra HarrisExternal links
* [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0423743/ IMDB profile]
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