London's Burning - Season 5 - Episode 5

Name: Episode 5
Released: 1992-02-02
Rating: 3.8

1992-02-02 • 45 min • ⭐ 7.6/10

Nick is invited to a posh dinner at the chamber of commerce, but instead of praising them, he holds a furious speech about unsafe cars and reckless driving, recalling the huge accident they had encountered in very graphic details - the hosts are not pleased. Kate is at a boozy party where a young cop chats her up. George and Kelly suffer from Beattie's many noisy kids, while Malcolm has a furious row with Helen at a pub, when he refuses to go to Brussels with her. He pleads with someone in the ladies' but it turns out that it was not Helen who was inside... Bayleaf learns from Karen's mother that they have gone to Spain with Melanie. Kate ends up in bed with Ian, but wakes up full of regrets in the morning. Blue Watch is called to a house fire in the living room, where the stereo has caught fire. Colin rescues the fish who were on dry land after the aquarium burst and puts them into another aquarium without thinking. The little girl who owns the fish gets the shock of her lifetime when she sees her fishies having been butchered by the piranhas who live in the other aquarium... Kelly is fed up with Beattie's kids and askes George to throw them out again. When he refuses, SHE moves out and back in with her own parents. Doctors suggest transplantation for Jamie to Recall and Laura. Nick finds that he has m ade the local headlines with his furious speech against the motor trade. He gets a grilling from ACO Bulstrode and goes to see the widow of the man who had died in the crash. Her grief makes him crumble at last. Jean is fuming with jealousy when Sicknote and Cynthia kiss rather too passionately during rehearsals. Zoe is happy when Colin asks her out but instead of the restaurant she expected, he takes her to a fish & chips van despite the cold weather. She asks him to move in with her, but he can't stand up to his bossy mother. Kate worries about being pregnant after her one night stand with Ian. During a shout at a burning warehouse she absent-mindedly turns off the sprinklers and endangers Kevin's and Malcolm's lives. Nick shouts at her, but she refuses t o tell anyone about her worries.

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About London's Burning

Title: London's Burning

First Air Date: 1986-12-07

Last Air Date: 2002-08-25

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.6/10 (from 5 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 15

Total Episodes: 171

Network: ITV1

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

London's Burning is 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.