Rent London's Burning: Series 2 (1989)
5.0 of 5 from 2 ratings
6h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
The complete second series of the popular fire-fighting television drama, following the men of Blackwall Fire Station's Blue Watch as they put their lives on the line. In this series, Blue Watch deal with a fire at a hotel, a leaking nuclear container, and Hallam (Sean Blowers) finds out if he's going to be dismissed from the service.
Episode One
Sicknote harps on about the dangers of smoking while Blue Watch prepare for A.D.O. Petrei's retirement. Racism rears its ugly head when Blue Watch are called to a hotel fire, started when a guest tries to cook a meal in her room.
Episode TwoScase shops Malcolm to Tate and Hallam when he discovers one of his practical jokes. Vaseline is summoned to hospital as Marion goes into labour, but then the bells go off and he is called out on a 'shout'.
Episode Three
Panic sets in when Blue Watch are called out to deal with a situation where a nuclear container is leaking fluid.
Episode Four
Josie becomes the first woman to take the Junior Officers course. Blue Watch are forced to race against time to rescue two workers trapped under scaffolding on the banks of the Thames.
Episode Five
Tate faces charges of insubordination, instigated by Scase. A cafe owner deliberately sets fire to his cafe, not knowing that the room upstairs is still occupied.
Episode Six
Sicknote moves in with Charisma, much to his annoyance and Hallam has to testify at the disciplinary hearing of a racially-abusive officer.
Episode Seven
It's nightmare time as Bonfire Night comes around again and Blue Watch have to contend with gang warfare between kids on two rival estates, setting each other's bonfires alight.
Episode Eight
Josie worries when Tate tells her she must exert authority in preparation for her Leading Firewoman exams. Tragedy strikes when the team have to rescue the occupants of a van which has rolled off the edge of Surrey Docks.- Actors:
- Gerard Horan, Glen Murphy, Katharine Rogers, Treva Etienne, Mark Arden, Rupert Baker, James Hazeldine, James Marcus, Sean Blowers, Richard Walsh, Ross Boatman, Ron Aldridge, Terence Bayler, Helen Blizard, Pamela Buckle, A.J. Clarke, Kim Clifford, Virginia Denham, Karen Frawley, Shirley Greenwood
- Directors:
- John Henry Reardon, Gerry Mill, Gerry Poulson
- Producers:
- Paul Knight
- Writers:
- Anita Bronson, Jack Rosenthal, Tony Hoare
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas
