London's Burning

London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall. It was broadcast between 1988 and 2002 in the United Kingdom and was 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 through 14. Jack Rosenthal's original two-hour TV movie, directed by Les Blair, was broadcast... on ITV on 7 December 1986. The Bradford City stadium fire was one inspiration for the screenplay. Unlike the final years of the London's Burning TV series, the movie was a black comedy that also examined serious issues. The TV show was a weekly episodic drama that began on 20 February 1988. Paul Knight was the show's producer. Knight appointed writers such as Anita Bronson, David Humphries, Simon Sharkey, and Tony Hoare. Directors included Gerry Poulson, Gerry Mill, John Reardon, Keith Washington, and Alan Wareing.
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