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All eight episodes from the first series of the popular fire-fighting drama. The regular crew are introduced throughout the series as they tackle dangerous situations, including a clothing factory that turns out to be a deathtrap, and when criminals interrupt the station;s Open Day.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Wow, I brought the series on a whim - I used to watch it as a kid and enjoyed it then, but watching it so many years later I didn't realise how good it was. As previously mentioned it had a good mixture of black humour and gritty realism. The only offputting thing about the DVD is where the ad breaks were, there is a pause which can often last up to a minute. It probably could have been put together better and some extras wouldn't go amiss, but the series itself was excellent.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
All I can say is I'm glad they decided to release the series on DVD. IT was one of the best Dramas around and still was until the utter failings of series 13 and 14 which killed off the series. The original series was by all means the better. You get good value for the money this is a 3DVD set (not the 2 disk that amazon says) Disk 1 is the pilot episode and episode 1, Disk 2 is Episodes 2-5 and Disk 3 is the xmas special. Well worth collecting this classic series and relive the old days of good solid dramas.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By Barry
After years of torment seeing Random, less popular series being commissioned ahead of it, one of the greatest shows (in it's original format)ever shown on ITV, London's Burning has finally been released in DVD Format. As one of the Shows biggest fans, I grew up watching the show from Series One, Right through to the disappointing final series in 2002. As a big fan I am obviously biased as to how good the show was but Series 1 will always be the best in my eyes- the stunts and shouts werent as spectacular or as big as later series but the wit, comedy and black humour mixed with the drama and emotion will never be beaten and I throughly reccommend this DVD to people who began watching the series in later years to snap this up and also to people who have never seen it as it is truly memorable TV, who can forget all the original cast? Bayleaf, Tate, Hallam, Josie, George, Kevin, Malcolm, Sicknote, Charisma, Tony and my Favourite Character of all time, Vaseline! I grew up with him as my hero and will never forget the times when his Boots Caught Fire, when He drove over the cat and at Christmas when he drove a Taxi into someones front room!! I associate many good times with watching this Series and I believe many more of you will too, I hope ITV start repeating this series to bring it to a younger audience as it is still well loved. Ladder 49 took this premise to the big screen and did well, Rescue Me however it cant even come close, The British do this best and London's Burning is a flame that will never be extinguished.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Bruce Wayne
ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME HAS FINALLY ARRIVED ON DVD! LONDONS BURNING WAS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME (AND MILLIONS MORE!) UNTIL THE DREADFUL 14TH SERIES IN 2002 WHICH KILLED THE SHOW OFF.
FOLLOWING THE LIVES OF BLUE WATCH IN SOUTH LONDON'S BLACKWALL FIRE STATION, THE SHOW HAD EVERYTHING. FROM HUMOUR TO TRAGEDY, WITH AN ARRAY OF MEMORABLE CHARACTERS, SICKNOTE, BAYLEAF, CHARISMA AND VASELINE TO NAME BUT A FEW!
THE FEATURE FILM FROM 1986 AND THE FIVE EPISODES OF SERIES 1 ALONG WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ARE ALL ON 3 DICS. HOWEVER THE ONE THING I FIND DISAPOINTING IS THE LACK OF SPECIAL FEATURES ESPECIALLY THAT THERE IS NO TRIBUTE TO JAMES HAZELDINE (BAYLEAF) WHO DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. APART FROM THAT ITS A GOOD BUY AND I RECOMMEND TO ALL!
KEEP IT COMING!
By Ross Brood
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If you love fires you will love this, real inside story about fires, it was on time, go on buy it
By Alex 110686
I found this DVD great to watch leaving me wanting to buy the next series straight away. I found although the DVD was still in traditional format as it was filmed back in the late 80s, it still did not detract from the great storylines and had me hooked all the way through, who says a DVD has to be HD hey.
Londons burning is an excellent series and i think this programme would appeal to many who did not watch it the first time round.What a bonus that you can buy them all on dvd now.
The pilot and the first series are brilliant,my favorite character was charisma in the earlier series.If you never used to watch londons burning nows the time to start.
The pilot and the first series are brilliant,my favorite character was charisma in the earlier series.If you never used to watch londons burning nows the time to start.
By Mr. R J C
It had been absolutely years since the last time I saw London's Burning, I sat and watched this and for me it still hasn't lost it's magic, I fell in love with the show all over again, it is really humourous, I was shocked at the racism in it. However I feel that the producers handle it with sympathy and sensitivity. This is a must for all London's Burning fans.
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