Steel River Blues

7.0 (1 votes)• 2004• 60m•Ended

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Steel River Blues is a British television drama serial first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. based on the working and private lives of a group of firefighters in Middlesbrough. Critics were quick to dub the new drama "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. 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 ITV's ratings banker, Midsomer Murders. The show's title song was performed by Middlesbrough-born Chris Rea. It was announced in January 2005 that the series would not be recommissioned.

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Starring Cast: Victoria Hawkins, John Bowler, Steven Hillman, Daniel Ryan, Daniel Ainsleigh, Kelly Wenham

Cast

Victoria Hawkins

CRO Sandra Harris

John Bowler

Divisional Commander Mick Hammond

Steven Hillman

Sub Officer Alan Priestley

Daniel Ryan

Firefighter Andy Coulson

Daniel Ainsleigh

Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd

Kelly Wenham

Probationary Firefighter Julie Priestley

Joanne Farrell

Firefighter Nicky Higgins

Satnam Bhogal

Firefighter Sunil Gupta

Sarah Preston

Belinda Moss

Stuart Graham

Station Officer Bill McGlinchy

Michael Nardone

Firefighter Dave Tanner

Daniel Casey

Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes

Nitin Kundra

Firefighter Asif Hussain

Clare Buckfield

LCRO Katy Bell

Mark Cameron

Firefighter Roger Hibbot

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