Inside London Fire Brigade
β 8 Β· 2017 Β· Documentary
This three-part documentary series followed the London Fire Brigade over the course of a year as they responded to a staggering range of emergencies. It provides a unique insight into their work, with firefighters filming themselves on the dangerous front line using special fire cameras. It is access on an unprecedented scale to incidents across the whole of London.
Episodes
1. Episode 1Firefighters talk for the first time about the Grenfell fire and their experiences of that tragic night.
2. Episode 2One hundred Firefighters are mobilised to a massive fire at a garden centre near Heathrow.
3. Episode 3In the last programme of the series, crew manager Also hands on that baton to rookie Joe after 26 years on the job.More Like This
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