| Steel River Blues | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Patrick Harbinson |
| Directed by | Tim Dowd Graeme Harper |
| Starring | Daniel Ainsleigh Satnam Bhogal John Bowler Clare Buckfield Mark Cameron Daniel Casey Charles Dale Joanne Farrell |
| Opening theme | "Steel River Blues" by Chris Rea |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Keith Richardson |
| Producer | Ken Horn |
| Cinematography | Geoff Healey |
| Editor | Terry Warwick |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes |
| Production company | Yorkshire Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1 September – 13 October 2004 |
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Steel River Blues is a British television drama series, created by Patrick Harbinson, that was first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV.[1] Produced by Ken Horn, the series follows the working and private lives of a group of firefighters, known as Blue Watch, who are based in Middlesbrough. Critics were quick to dub the series "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.[2]
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 Midsomer Murders. Other stars included Joanne Farrell, Stuart Graham, Daniel Ainsleigh and Satnam Bhogal.[3] The series title music was an original composition performed by Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter Chris Rea. It was announced in January 2005 that the series would not be recommissioned due to low viewing figures.[4] Subsequently, the series has never been released on DVD.