Steel River Blues (2004)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This British TV series follows a group of firefighters in Middlesbrough. It shows their work on the job and their personal lives off duty.

ensembleearthyworkplace dramagrittyeveryday heroismsteady-pacedunderstatedblue-collar

What happens

Steel River Blues is a British television drama series, created by Patrick Harbinson, that was first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. 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. 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. The series title music was an original composition performed by Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter Chris Rea. The series was filmed in both Teesside and Leeds. It was announced in January 2005 that the series would not be recommissioned due to low viewing figures. Subsequently, the series has never been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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