Steel River Blues

Season 1

2004 · 7 episodes · 7h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode One: Steel River

   1 Sept 2004 · 60 min

   New station officer Bill McGlinchy arrives in Teesside and starts to make his mark on Middlesbrough Fire Station's Blue Watch. Control room operator Julie Priestley passes her firefighter training in the hope she can follow in her father's footsteps, but someone is standing in the way of her fulfilling her dream job.

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   2. Episode Two: Bloody Fridays

   8 Sept 2004 · 60 min

   It's Friday night and it's a busy one for Blue Watch. Their first call is to some nuns trapped in a lift, but all is not as it seems. Julie gets more than she bargained for when she goes on the search for a stripper's missing python.

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   3. Episode Three: Family Fortunes

   15 Sept 2004 · 60 min

   Jeremy brings his troubles to work after finding out his girlfriend has been having an affair. Blue Watch attend an industrial accident and have to think quickly in order to rescue a trapped worker. Unsettling discoveries cause personal and professional problems on the moors.

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   4. Episode Four: What Goes Around

   22 Sept 2004 · 60 min

   The crew are targeted by an act of vandalism, and tragedy strikes when George Barnes has a dramatic experience on his way to an emergency scene. Bill receives visitors from his past.

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   5. Episode Five: Blind Man's Bluff

   29 Sept 2004 · 60 min

   New firefighter Nicky Higgins arrives to replace injured George, and makes quite an impression on her new colleagues. Tony tries to find out who is responsible for his brother's injury. Andy and Dave have personal crises that they must each deal with in their own unique ways.

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   6. Episode Six: Flashpoint

   6 Oct 2004 · 60 min

   As George struggles to come to terms with his injury, Blue Watch are called to a fire on a packed boat. Joanne faces hostility from Tony and decides to confront him. A harrowing experience at a steel works forces Sunill to face personal demons. But will it cost him his life?

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   7. Episode Seven: The Long Drop

   13 Oct 2004 · 60 min

   Bill & Tony call an uneasy truce. George receives bad news and takes drastic action. Will Tony and the rest of Blue Watch save the depressed George? Or will they be too late?