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. 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.
Cast
Daniel Ainsleigh — Firefighter Jeremy Lloyd
Satnam Bhogal — Firefighter Sunil Gupta
Mark Cameron — Firefighter Roger Hibbot
Daniel Casey — Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes
Charles Dale — Firefighter George Barnes
Joanne Farrell — Firefighter Nicky Higgins
Nitin Kundra — Firefighter Asif Hussain
Michael Nardone — Firefighter Dave Tanner
Daniel Ryan — Firefighter Andy Coulson
Kelly Wenham — Probationary Firefighter Julie Priestley
John Bowler — Divisional Commander Mick Hammond
Stuart Graham — Station Officer Bill McGlinchy
Steven Hillman — Sub Officer Alan Priestley
Clare Buckfield — LCRO Katy Bell
Victoria Hawkins — CRO Sandra Harris
Sarah Preston – Belinda Moss
Episodes
See also
The Smoke
Chicago Fire
Rescue Me
. London’s Burning (TV Series)