London's Burning - Colin's injury

Colin gets injured. From series 6, episode 10 (1993).
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[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

The Dutch were fond of this show as well. I remember back in the early nineties one of our broadcaster decided to put another season on the air in the summermonths, when it was usual time for reruns. It was a well-watched show. My personal favourites were Bayleaf, Sicknote and Recall, and John Hallam. It was such good acting.

[@andybliss5965]

There was even a Dutch character(in real life Finnish), she came over on an exchange and started getting close to Nick. Though this was 96-98 so slightly past its peak

[@ryang790]

Zorba seemed unemotional alot but damm he really cared about his boys ..and girls..

[@OnafetsEnovap]

Indeed. The closest the show had to having a main character, a protagonist, when it was otherwise built around an ensemble cast.

[@mistofoles]

Colin's performance brought the house down...

[@gemmadakin34]

This is from 93 the year I was born. Xx

[@BenBanjo87]

3:10 *Recall:* "Not again, for God's sake!" There were certainly a lot of injuries to Blue Watch in this era - before this, Nick got hurt in a hospital shout, and not long before there was the warehouse shout where Hallam, Bayleaf and Recall all got injured.

[@aryanrahman7002]

Feel bad for Colin

[@lukedaley17]

Poor Colin

[@winny8420]

They knew Colin wasn’t going to make a full recovery.

[@mistofoles]

Recognise the old lady ? She played the hotel propieteress Mrs Baker in the Only Fools and Horses special "THE JOLLY BOYS OUTING".

[@kdlofty]

She was also the elder version of Rose in Titanic.

[@firstdiamondminer9842]

0:31 it was a jumpscare for me!

[@kdlofty]

The crazy old lady was also the elder version of Rose in the film Titanic.

[@misterhodson3143]

It was also argued that this was when London's Burning lost its spark, when in fact it was at its peak.

[@AirwolfArchive]

Who argued that? Show was at its peak from Series 4-9. Only weak one during that time was potentially 8 in places.

[@270687carl]

@@AirwolfArchive i would of said series 1-8 was the Best of London's Burning .. i personally think LB got silly after series 9

[@AirwolfArchive]

270687carl After, yes. Not before or during. 11-12 were pretty good, as well. But 10 and 13-14 were the real low points of the series.

[@bluesmobilehire4053]

I like the scene where Colin shoots a budgie out an oxygen face mask while trying to revive it. 😂 ah poor Col .

[@firefighterfan2010]

I hope Colin will be ok!👨‍🚒🚒

[@Aberdeen999videos]

he was okay in the end but sadly he was PUD (unfit for duty) meaning he cant return to active duty 😟😟

[@firefighterfan2010]

@@Aberdeen999videos That was sad of him he didn’t return to Blackwall.

[@JAM-lb5my]

Why couldn't they let Colin join the airport FRS? No need to permanently injure him. They killed recall off too, when they could have let the character retire. 😔

[@Jackjack530]

Do you even TV?

[@tomthebomb09]

Yea defo killed off to many of them, atleast they didn’t kill bay leaf :-)

[@BenBanjo87]

​@Stefano Pavone I think Malcolm Cross kind of did too, and maybe Tony Sanderson as well? There weren't many truly happy exits though, for sure.

[@bradleyfinn3452]

@@BenBanjo87And Ethic poor Ethnic was only in the pilot

[@conorcarter3052]

Woah Colin has talent

[@billyweir714]

I remember this episode very well, I loved Colin

[@liamphilbin7256]

kkkkkkkk🪖

[@misterhodson3143]

I can tell you what happened in the following series. Colin got made PUD, and couldn't work again.

[@juanestebanbernalzapata2737]

Why?

[@benetton2725]

What's PUD

[@andywilliams7323]

@@benetton2725 Permanently Unfit for Duty

[@satanicpoet5093]

They were axing cast of left right n center, is such a shame they got rid of the eccentric characters ,it was a slow death for it

[@AirwolfArchive]

No, it wasn’t. The show had another 3 great years after this. Dropping characters didn’t have much to do with it; except Sub Officer John Hallam, whose death had a reverberating effect across the whole brigade. You also have to take into consideration whether the actors *playing* those characters who were dropped wanted to continue *with* the show. Other opportunities might have come along; for career advancement, etc.

[@satanicpoet5093]

Season 1 -10 was brilliant, it can be pin pointed at 11 when it turned for the worst ,and sicknote was a beloved character and they killed him in a Chinese fire work factory fire and had no send off for the fans of his ,he was the last original from the poilet ,gorge is the second,

[@AirwolfArchive]

satanic poet Series 10 was pretty terrible. They didn’t seem to know what direction they wanted to take the show in. They were becoming bored with it, as most of the writers and producers had been working on it for a good decade or so. Series 11, I’ve recently got into properly and the writing is absolutely fantastic, giving Sicknote and the majority of the characters real, developed and compelling storylines, with Richard Walsh (who played Sicknote) playing his first proper/personal Bert ‘arc’ since the series began in 1986. Haven’t seen much of Series 12 yet, but I probably will soon. I know that the show dived and took a turn for the worst in Series 13 and especially 14. Was no longer “London’s Burning”, but a version of “Night & Day”.

[@procta2343]

@@satanicpoet5093 series 10 was it for me, after that it dropped like a rock,

[@procta2343]

@@AirwolfArchive it just came un watchable straight after series 10, when that new gov arrives and nick gets made up, That series onwards was practically unwatchable, best thing was the changed theme, that was about it.

[@Dermot2927]

I hated the way the watch treated Colin. I thought it was a real weakness in the script that they just persistently bullied him and mocked him. Who could have stood such treatment? The pranks they played on him were so exhausting and long-winded for such a little reward. Malcolm at least showed some compassion towards him from time to time. The rest of them just looked like a bunch of idiots, a load of grown men picking on a young lad for years.

[@melcollins1487]

Yep poor Colin but my 3rd name is Colin

[@jodieberry2241]

It was the old women but I fell bad for Collin

[@mummybearkerrigan4801]

Yeah me too

[@adambarlow9175]

bayleaf turns on the hi lo siren 3:19

[@hayleywilliams8750]

TWO TONES

[@adambarlow9175]

hallam calls on a phone saying M2FS Echo 441 3:22

[@BlueTGM40]

I can barely see the eager little sod behind at a HQ desk instead of the front line

[@nickgodfrey1973]

Maybe he could have become a call taker/dispatcher for M2FS... Could have scripted it in for them to hear him on the radio in the appliance ect...

[@BlueTGM40]

@@nickgodfrey1973 ehh, not sure, maybe if Stephen North (actor who played Colin) would do some voice acting work for a while.

[@gemmadakin34]

Colin reminds me of Mike Young from Neighbours. Xx

[@jamesmasztalerz5930]

Ambulance required for member of brigade over, do what, not again for gods sake, pile of rubbish that, what they want an ambulance for, back, Bayleaf puts on the blues and twos and turns the appliance around