Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 7
Steel River Blues is a British television drama serial first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. based on the working and private lives of a group of firefighters in Middlesbrough. 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 were very few similarities between the two,...
New station officer Bill McGlinchy arrives in Teesside and starts to make his mark on Middlesbrough Fire Station's Blue Watch. Control room operator Julie Priestley passes her firefighter training in the hope she can follow in her father's footsteps, but someone is standing in the way of her fulfilling her dream job.
Air Date : 2004-09-01
It's Friday night and it's a busy one for Blue Watch. Their first call is to some nuns trapped in a lift, but all is not as it seems. Julie gets more than she bargained for when she goes on the search for a stripper's missing python.
Air Date : 2004-09-08
Jeremy brings his troubles to work after finding out his girlfriend has been having an affair. Blue Watch attend an industrial accident and have to think quickly in order to rescue a trapped worker. Unsettling discoveries cause personal and professional problems on the moors.
Air Date : 2004-09-15
The crew are targeted by an act of vandalism, and tragedy strikes when George Barnes has a dramatic experience on his way to an emergency scene. Bill receives visitors from his past.
Air Date : 2004-09-22
New firefighter Nicky Higgins arrives to replace injured George, and makes quite an impression on her new colleagues. Tony tries to find out who is responsible for his brother's injury. Andy and Dave have personal crises that they must each deal with in their own unique ways.
Air Date : 2004-09-29
As George struggles to come to terms with his injury, Blue Watch are called to a fire on a packed boat. Joanne faces hostility from Tony and decides to confront him. A harrowing experience at a steel works forces Sunill to face personal demons. But will it cost him his life?
Air Date : 2004-10-06
Bill & Tony call an uneasy truce. George receives bad news and takes drastic action. Will Tony and the rest of Blue Watch save the depressed George? Or will they be too late?
Air Date : 2004-10-13
(CRO Sandra Harris)
(Divisional Commander Mick Hammond)
(Sub Officer Alan Priestley)
(Firefighter Andy Coulson)
(Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd)
(Probationary Firefighter Julie Priestley)
(Firefighter Nicky Higgins)
(Firefighter Sunil Gupta)
(Belinda Moss)
(Station Officer Bill McGlinchy)
(Firefighter Dave Tanner)
(Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes)
(Firefighter Asif Hussain)
(LCRO Katy Bell)
(Firefighter Roger Hibbot)