This is a guide to all 170 episodes of London's Burning, as well as the 1986 television pilot.
# | Synopsis | Airdate |
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Movie | Pilot. Blue Watch get their first female member. Later, tensions on an estate erupt into a riot. | 7 December 1986 |
Series 1 | ||
Episode 1 | Two robbers cement a yuppie into his toilet. Blue Watch raise money for charity, which is then stolen. | 20 February 1988 |
Episode 2 | Blue Watch conduct a safety inspection at a clothing factory. | 27 February 1988 |
Episode 3 | Charisma gets a girlfriend and is later injured at a chemical fire. | 5 March 1988 |
Episode 4 | Tate suffers a breakdown and goes AWOL. | 12 March 1988 |
Episode 5 | Blue Watch are taken hostage by armed intruders. | 19 March 1988 |
Ding Dong Merrily | It's Christmas, but festive cheer is in short supply at Blackwall. | 25 December 1988 |
Series 2 | ||
Episode 1 | Kevin's brother Micky makes hoax calls to Blackwall. | 22 October 1989 |
Episode 2 | ADO Scase arrives at Blackwall and soon ruffles feathers. | 29 October 1989 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch deal with a leaking nuclear container on a freight train. | 5 November 1989 |
Episode 4 | Blue Watch rescue workmen trapped under scaffolding on the banks of the Thames. | 12 November 1989 |
Episode 5 | 19 November 1989 | |
Episode 6 | Hallam has to testify at the racist officers' disciplinary hearing. | 26 November 1989 |
Episode 7 | It is Bonfire Night and Blue Watch are on high alert. | 3 December 1989 |
Episode 8 | Vaseline drowns during a river rescue. | 10 December 1989 |
Series 3 | ||
Episode 1 | Josie leaves Blue Watch; probationary fireman Colin Parrish joins. | 30 September 1990 |
Episode 2 | Blue Watch tackle a fire on a ship. | 7 October 1990 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch are called to a train derailment. | 14 October 1990 |
Episode 4 | Malcolm rescues a man buried in a collapsed trench at a building site. | 21 October 1990 |
Episode 5 | Two window cleaners are trapped in a high rise cradle. | 28 October 1990 |
Episode 6 | Kate Stevens joins; Blue Watch free a morbidly obese man who suffers a heart attack | 4 November 1990 |
Episode 7 | Bayleaf receives his 20 year service medal. | 11 November 1990 |
Episode 8 | The watch deal with a flooded funeral parlour; Tate gets some shocking news after a routine medical. | 18 November 1990 |
Series 4 | ||
Episode 1 | A light aircraft crashes into a factory in central London after the plane's engines fail. | 29 September 1991 |
Episode 2 | Blue Watch attend a fire at a recording studio; George gets married. | 6 October 1991 |
Episode 3 |
Blue Watch meet their new Station Officer, Nick Georgiadis. |
13 October 1991 |
Episode 4 | The pump crew stand by in Kent; Colin finds romance on a shout. | 20 October 1991 |
Episode 5 | Children on a half-term break are involved in a number of incidents, including a coach crash and a lift accident. | 27 October 1991 |
Episode 6 | Blue Watch deal with an explosion at a marina. | 3 November 1991 |
Episode 7 | Blue Watch are called to a fire at a hotel. | 10 November 1991 |
Episode 8 | The watch hold a charity pram race for Recall and Laura's son Jamie. | 17 November 1991 |
Episode 9 | Blue Watch are called to a huge 20 pump fire at a warehouse. | 24 November 1991 |
Episode 10 | The search for Bayleaf continues and Hallam shows signs of PTSD. | 1 December 1991 |
Series 5 | ||
Episode 1 | A group of youths cause havoc at a fairground and crash the Big Wheel. | 27 September 1992 |
Episode 2 | A child is trapped in a burning car. | 4 October 1992 |
Episode 3 | Kate helps locate a missing girl and Bayleaf climbs a crane to talk down a suicidal man. | 11 October 1992 |
Episode 4 |
The pump crew help a woman who has been locked out of her house; Karen kidnaps Melanie. |
18 October 1992 |
Episode 5 | Nick delivers a harrowing speech at a Chamber of Commerce dinner. | 25 October 1992 |
Episode 6 |
Blue Watch tackle a blaze at an underground garage; Malcolm reaches a decision about his future. |
1 November 1992 |
Episode 7 | A worker on the Thames Barrier suffers a heart attack. | 8 November 1992 |
Episode 8 | 'Blackwall Blaze' play their basketball match and the lads go on a drunken bender at the seaside. | 15 November 1992 |
Episode 9 | A prank on Colin backfires; Blue Watch are called to an explosion at a nightclub. | 22 November 1992 |
Episode 10 | Colin finds a bomb; Bayleaf is finally reunited with Melanie. | 29 November 1992 |
Series 6 | ||
Episode 1 | Blue Watch have two new recruits: Geoff Pearce and Billy Ray; Bayleaf crashes the appliance. | 3 October 1993 |
Episode 2 | Hallam and the Fire Investigation Team investigate a suspected arson. | 10 October 1993 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch are called to a car crash on a multistorey car park and an accident at a refrigerated warehouse. | 17 October 1993 |
Episode 4 | Nick is injured on a shout; Pearce loses control of the situation. | 24 October 1993 |
Episode 5 | Scaffolding collapses at a building site. | 31 October 1993 |
Episode 6 | George takes part in an unlicensed boxing match. | 7 November 1993 |
Episode 7 | Blue Watch tackle a huge fire and explosion at a petrol station. | 14 November 1993 |
Episode 8 | Sicknote has to climb a roof to rescue a mother and her baby. | 21 November 1993 |
Episode 9 | Bayleaf prepares for the verdict on his dangerous driving charge. | 28 November 1993 |
Episode 10 | Colin is injured on a shout. | 5 December 1993 |
Series 7 | ||
Episode 1 | Blue Watch are called to a fire at a young offenders' institution. | 4 September 1994 |
Episode 2 | A blind woman is trapped in a burning library. | 11 September 1994 |
Episode 3 | Scase returns to Blackwall and Pearce helps deliver a baby at a huge car accident. | 18 September 1994 |
Episode 4 | Kevin rescues a policeman stuck in a swamp. | 25 September 1994 |
Episode 5 | 2 October 1994 | |
Episode 6 | Blue Watch deal with a fire at the city farm and Sally gets a visit from the drug squad. | 9 October 1994 |
Episode 7 | Billy chats up a stripper during a safety inspection at a strip club. | 16 October 1994 |
Episode 8 | Hallam trains on the fireboat and Blue Watch deal with an armed woman. | 23 October 1994 |
Episode 9 | Nick rescues a boy trapped down a deep well. | 30 October 1994 |
Episode 10 | A bomb is discovered near the station and Hallam's crew gets trapped in a broken lift in a tower block. | 6 November 1994 |
Episode 11 | Charisma returns to Blackwall and the watch tackle explosions at a gas depot. | 13 November 1994 |
Episode 12 | George is guilty about Jaffa's injury and Billy faces dismissal. | 20 November 1994 |
Episode 13 | Blue Watch are called to a flat full of exotic pets and Nick is still morose about Ariadne's disappearance. | 27 November 1994 |
Episode 14 |
Sicknote arrives at work wearing a hairpiece and Nick flies to Cyprus to find Ariadne. |
11 December 1994 |
Episode 15 | Blue Watch hold their charity raft race and Sally decides to transfer away. | 18 December 1994 |
Series 8 | ||
Episode 1 | A group of drunken youths hijack a double-decker bus, drive it away and crash it into a low railway bridge. | 3 September 1995 |
Episode 2 | The team are called to a fire at a supermarket. | 10 September 1995 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch play a football match and rescue a naked man trapped in his bathroom. | 17 September 1995 |
Episode 4 | A protester gets stuck on a high rise chimney. | 24 September 1995 |
Episode 5 | Kevin gets a new neighbour and Blue Watch tackle a fire at a Chinese restaurant. | 1 October 1995 |
Episode 6 | Pearce goes AWOL after a row about Patti. | 8 October 1995 |
Episode 7 | Ariadne is still in a coma and Jean causes a car crash. | 15 October 1995 |
Episode 8 | Micky assaults Maggie at the station and Blue Watch tackle a huge fire at a warehouse. | 29 October 1995 |
Episode 9 | A letter bomb is sent to an animal testing laboratory. | 5 November 1995 |
Episode 10 | A bomb explodes at a pharmacy and Hallam and Jenny get closer. | 12 November 1995 |
Episode 11 | Blue Watch train on the Brigade helicopter. | 19 November 1995 |
Episode 12 | The watch free a hamster from a tuba and deal with an underground electrical explosion. | 26 November 1995 |
Episode 13 | Bayleaf announces he is leaving the Brigade. | 3 December 1995 |
Episode 14 | A scorned lover douses himself and his rival in petrol and threatens to torch them both. | 10 December 1995 |
Episode 15 | Everyone attends the opening night of Bayleaf's restaurant. | 17 December 1995 |
Series 9 | ||
Episode 1 | An unstable man starts at fire at his ex-wife's house and Sicknote receives his 20 year service medal. | 1 September 1996 |
Episode 2 | A group of men try to rob a security van. | 8 September 1996 |
Episode 3 | Billy moves in with Recall and Jack saves a drowning man in a swimming pool. | 15 September 1996 |
Episode 4 | Sandra learns of John's affair with Jenny and a fire breaks out during the shooting of a music video. | 22 September 1996 |
Episode 5 | Hallam is seriously injured after a fall. | 29 September 1996 |
Episode 6 |
Blue Watch are still in shock after Hallam's death, Pearce ponders his future at Blackwall. |
6 October 1996 |
Episode 7 | Blue Watch deal with a hoax caller at the hospital. | 13 October 1996 |
Episode 8 | The new Sub Officer, Carole Webb, arrives at Blackwall and Recall is elected the new union representative. | 27 October 1996 |
Episode 9 | The crew deal with a suspected chemical spillage. | 3 November 1996 |
Episode 10 | Nick attends a conference and Blue Watch get a new member, Skippy. | 10 November 1996 |
Episode 11 | A courier is superglued to his bike and Skippy talks down a young woman threatening suicide. | 17 November 1996 |
Episode 12 | A taxi driver gets his hand stuck in the drain hole of a urinal and Recall grudgingly defends Pitbull at his disciplinary hearing. | 8 December 1996 |
Episode 13 | Marianne visits Blackwall on an exchange trip and Blue Watch help a thief crushed under a forklift. | 18 December 1996 |
Episode 14 | Pearce applies for another job and Billy gets beaten up by Lauren's pimp. | 29 December 1996 |
Episode 15 | The watch free a man stuck up a tree and unveil a plaque in memory of John Hallam. | 2 February 1997 |
Series 10 | ||
Episode 1 | Blue Watch deal with a flooded art exhibition and a fire on a train at a heritage railway. | 14 September 1997 |
Episode 2 | George returns to Blackwall after his layoff. | 28 September 1997 |
Episode 3 | Nick arrives in the Netherlands and rescues a drowning woman. | 5 October 1997 |
Episode 4 | Blue Watch are called a shout at a used car lot and Sicknote buys a metal detector. | 12 October 1997 |
Episode 5 | The watch rescue a woman trapped under a collapsed advertising billboard. | 26 October 1997 |
Episode 6 | Blue Watch rescue two men stuck on a hydraulic lifting platform. | 2 November 1997 |
Episode 7 | Sicknote, Maggie, Clingfilm and Gregg perform at the talent night. | 9 November 1997 |
Episode 8 | Billy's sister Jo goes missing. | 16 November 1997 |
Episode 9 | Blue Watch rescue a man stuck in a chimney and Carole learns she may be transferred away. | 23 November 1997 |
Episode 10 | Nick saves a man hanging from a ladder and Sicknote joins a protest movement. | 30 November 1997 |
Episode 11 | George and Pearce make a shocking discovery in a flat and Billy gets into a fight. | 4 January 1998 |
Episode 12 | Blue Watch rescue two boys trapped in a rubbish dump and Billy is charged with murder. | 11 January 1998 |
Episode 13 | The watch save a man stuck on a bungee rope and are called to a fire in a science lab. | 18 January 1998 |
Episode 14 | The watch are called to help a man trapped in a telephone booth. | 25 January 1998 |
Episode 15 | The pump crew get caught up in a mini riot and Recall and Jack have a fight. | 1 February 1998 |
Episode 16 | Billy decides to take some leave after a shout at a school. | 8 February 1998 |
Episode 17 | The pump crew are sent to standby at Upham. | 15 February 1998 |
Episode 18 | Gregg is injured during a huge fire at a bus depot. | 22 February 1998 |
Series 11 | ||
Episode 1 |
Nick is promoted to ADO and Blue Watch gets three new members: Dan Barratt, Sally Fields and Joe Walker. |
12 September 1998 |
Episode 2 | Jack and Recall are freed from the blaze, and the inquest into Dan's orders begins. | 19 September 1998 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch free a trapped burglar and meet their new Station Officer, Chris Hammond. | 26 September 1998 |
Episode 4 | Dan and Clingfilm rescue a deaf man and Jean has a surprise for Sicknote. | 3 October 1998 |
Episode 5 | Joe and Sally get closer and Recall joins a dating agency. | 10 October 1998 |
Episode 6 | Chris feels the pressure when a new senior officer arrives at Blackwall. | 17 October 1998 |
Episode 7 | Joyriders cause a car crash. | 24 October 1998 |
Episode 8 | Chris and Nick continue to clash and a cinema fire ends in tragedy. | 31 October 1998 |
Episode 9 | Blue Watch are still in shock when they are called to rescue a man trapped in a silo. | 10 January 1999 |
Episode 10 | Lisa makes hoax 999 calls to Blackwall and the team deal with a fire at a school. | 17 January 1999 |
Episode 11 | Blue Watch rescue a puppy stuck in a pipe. | 24 January 1999 |
Episode 12 | Maggie takes in Joe and Hammond's problems mount up. | 31 January 1999 |
Episode 13 | Dan is trapped on an unstable scaffolding and Jack learns where Linda and Stephen are. | 7 February 1999 |
Episode 14 | Jack suffers a breakdown while on a shout and George faces dismissal. | 14 February 1999 |
Episode 15 | Chris calls the police on Recall and Blue Watch deal with a incident involving a fuel tanker and horses. | 21 February 1999 |
Episode 16 | Sally takes her probationary exams and the team tackle a fire on a ship. | 28 February 1999 |
Series 12 | ||
Episode 1 | A group of students stage a protest on HMS Belfast and Recall is accused of assault at a hotel fire. | 9 January 2000 |
Episode 2 | Rob 'Hyper' Sharpe joins Blue Watch and Fiona proposes to Geoff. | 16 January 2000 |
Episode 3 | Chris rescues a man stuck in a window cleaner's cradle and Geoff finally has an answer for Fiona. | 23 January 2000 |
Episode 4 | The pump crew attend a shout at a mortuary and Sally tries to talk round a woman threatening to commit suicide. | 30 January 2000 |
Episode 5 | Recall attends his disciplinary hearing and the crew are called to help three men trapped under rubble at a building site. | 6 February 2000 |
Episode 6 | Blue Watch deal with a major road traffic accident and its judging day in the best-kept fire station competition. | 13 February 2000 |
Episode 7 | A group of residents protest the demolition of their homes and Chris gets some bad news. | 20 February 2000 |
Episode 8 | Recall is reinstated at Blackwall and Geoff and Fiona's wedding day arrives. | 27 February 2000 |
Episode 9 | Blue Watch's new Station Officer arrives and they are called to an RTA caused by bickering drug dealers. | 5 March 2000 |
Episode 10 | The RTA escalates into an armed stand off involving Dan and Joe and George walks out on Kelly. | 30 April 2000 |
Episode 11 | Blue Watch are called to rescue people trapped on an capsized yacht. | 7 May 2000 |
Episode 12 | Hyper has a surprise announcement for the watch. | 21 May 2000 |
Episode 13 | A magician gets trapped in his own magic cabinet and a young boy gets stuck on a Ferris Wheel at a fairground. | 4 June 2000 |
Episode 14 | Pearce and Pitbull clash over Bruno and Blue Watch deal with a fire at a nightclub. | 11 June 2000 |
Episode 15 | George, Dan and Joe receive their medals and the watch attend an incident at a disused swimming pool. | 18 June 2000 |
Episode 16 | Disaster strikes when Blue Watch deal with a huge blaze at a Chinese warehouse. | 9 July 2000 |
Series 13 | ||
Episode 1 | Blue Watch move to new premises and Fiona goes into labour. | 21 January 2001 |
Episode 2 | Pearce and Recall are still trapped after the explosion. | 28 January 2001 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch deal with a light aircraft crash and George is accused of theft. | 4 February 2001 |
Episode 4 | The team have problems when called to a fire at a foreign embassy and Blue Watch get a new Crew Commander. | 11 February 2001 |
Episode 5 | Melissa makes an immediate impression and George learns he is to be transferred to staff. | 18 February 2001 |
Episode 6 | The watch save a cat trapped under the floorboards and Hyper's quick thinking saves Pearce at a pumping station. | 25 February 2001 |
Episode 7 | Sally is still in shock and finally comes clean about what happened. | 4 March 2001 |
Episode 8 | George is injured on a shout. | 11 March 2001 |
Episode 9 | Bateman confronts Sally and Blue Watch tackle a blaze in a tunnel. | 18 March 2001 |
Episode 10 | The crew are still dealing with the fire in the road tunnel, and Adam gets a shock at a warehouse fire. | 25 March 2001 |
Episode 11 | Eve's christening does not go to plan and a familiar face returns. | 1 April 2001 |
Episode 12 | Pearce is heartbroken about Bruno and Hi Ho takes it badly when a woman they rescued dies in hospital. | 22 April 2001 |
Episode 13 | The Watch buy Pearce a new dog and George finally makes up with Andie. | 29 April 2001 |
Episode 14 | Adam is arrested and a youth club is attacked with a gas bomb. | 6 May 2001 |
Episode 15 | A warehouse worker gets stuck in a freezer and Adam learns the truth from Elaine. | 13 May 2001 |
Episode 16 | Blue Watch rescue a married man left hanging after visiting his lover and an arsonist starts a fire at a hospital. | 20 May 2001 |
Series 14 | ||
Episode 1 | Recall rescues a baby but tragedy strikes moments later. | 7 July 2002 |
Episode 2 | Recall's funeral. | 14 July 2002 |
Episode 3 | Blue Watch get a new recruit. | 21 July 2002 |
Episode 4 | Mick and Frank are still at odds and the two pumps race each other to a shout. | 28 July 2002 |
Episode 5 | The inquiry into Recall's death takes place and Charlie gets a delivery at Blackwall. | 4 August 2002 |
Episode 6 | Sally's nephew turns up at the station and Adam gets mugged. | 11 August 2002 |
Episode 7 | The watch deal with a fire at a block of flats and Frank agrees to be on the boxing team. | 18 August 2002 |
Episode 8 | A Russian satellite is set to hit London and Blue Watch have to prepare. | 25 August 2002 |
See also[]
London's Burning |
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