London's Burning | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Jack Rosenthal |
Starring | James Hazeldine Glen Murphy James Marcus Sean Blowers Richard Walsh Katharine Rogers Samantha Beckinsale Ross Boatman Gerard Horan Mark Arden Michael Garner Rupert Baker Zoe Heyes Steven Houghton Heather Peace Anthony Green Andrew Kazamia Treva Etienne Stephen North Jim Alexander Ben Onwukwe Vanessa Pett Yvonne Edgell Ian Burfield Sam Callis |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 14 |
No. of episodes | 172 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Linda Agran (Movie, Series 1–2) Nick Elliott (Series 3–5) Sarah Wilson (Series 6–8) Sally Head (Series 9–10) Laura Mackie (Series 11–12) David Newcombe (Series 13) Michelle Buck and Damien Timmer (Series 14) |
Producers | Paul Knight (Movie, Series 1–10) David Shanks (Series 11) Angus Towler (Series 13) David Newcombe (Series 12 & 14) |
Editor | Nigel Parkes |
Running time | 60/75/90 minutes |
Production company | London Weekend Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 7 December 1986 25 August 2002 | –
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London's Burning is a British television drama programme, produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. It was based on the 1986 TV movie of the same name, and focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch, at the fictional Blackwall fire station. It began with the movie (pilot), broadcast on 7 December 1986. This was then followed by a total of 14 series, which ran from 20 February 1988 to 25 August 2002.
By 2002, It was one of ITV's longest running TV programmes, after Emmerdale and Coronation Street.[1]