Steel River Blues

The story

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, apart from them being about the business of firefighting.

Like its predecessor, Steel River Blues was an ensemble drama without any single starring part, though perhaps the best-known actor was Daniel Casey, who was previously a co-star in ITV's ratings banker, Midsomer Murders. The show's title song was performed by Middlesbrough-born Chris Rea.

It was announced in January 2005 that the series would not be recommissioned.

Cast

V Victoria HawkinsCRO Sandra Harris J John BowlerDivisional Commander Mick Hammond S Steven HillmanSub Officer Alan Priestley D Daniel RyanFirefighter Andy Coulson D Daniel AinsleighFirefighter Jeremy Lloyd K Kelly WenhamProbationary Firefighter Julie Priestley J Joanne FarrellFirefighter Nicky Higgins S Satnam BhogalFirefighter Sunil Gupta S Sarah PrestonBelinda Moss S Stuart GrahamStation Officer Bill McGlinchy M Michael NardoneFirefighter Dave Tanner D Daniel CaseyLeading Firefighter Tony Barnes

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N Nitin KundraFirefighter Asif Hussain C Clare BuckfieldLCRO Katy Bell M Mark CameronFirefighter Roger Hibbot