London's Burning was a television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television and focused on the lives of Blue Watch firefighters. While the station in the series was named Blackwall, which is the name of a small area in East London, the series was largely filmed around Bermondsey and Rotherhithe in South East London, and real local street names were often used. It was broadcast between 1986 and 2002 on ITV and was also shown in Canada ...
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London's Burning was a television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television and focused on the lives of Blue Watch firefighters. While the station in the series was named Blackwall, which is the name of a small area in East London, the series was largely filmed around Bermondsey and Rotherhithe in South East London, and real local street names were often used. It was broadcast between 1986 and 2002 on ITV and was also shown in Canada on digital television station CBC Country Canada. In the UK, Discovery's entertainment channel, DMAX have also shown repeats of the later series, mainly 11 - 14. It was based on the London Fire Brigade, with the Brigade's Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey being used as the principal location.
Series 1–11 have been released on DVD by Network DVD in the United Kingdom. Series 12 is to be released in late 2009/early 2010 (date tbc) by Network DVD.
Jack Rosenthal's original two hour TV movie, Directed by Les Blair was broadcast on ITV on 7...
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