i give the cast and crew massive credit for these scenes, it must have cost a lot of money with all these explosions, George certainly got lucky as Jaffa took his place
That poor Dennis gone but not forgotten. Also what made me laugh is when the command officer turned up and said what's the situation mate you can clearly see what the situation is
This did occur for real in London and a cylinder did KO someone but didn’t blow up a Pump. Burning took the incidents to a more sensational level. I doubt anything would get made like this now with all the elf and safety.
Just watching this episode right now. Love to see behind the scenes. The days they had a lot of money on TV. Now this would be computer generated like the later cost cutting episodes were.
Had an opticians go up close to where my nan lived.There were gas cylinders,plus oxygen cylinder that went up,it was on the main shopping street,my nan lived 50 yards ftom it in her house.
They couldn't film this in London London due to Intense Ariel Activity : Civilian and Military aircraft flying above so what was the alternative....... WELL they chose the former RAF RECRUIT TRAINING BASE AT RAF SWINDERBY IN LINCOLNSHIRE... AKA BOMBER COUNTY. Now I'm a 100% GENUINE YELLOW BELLY ( RESIDENT OF LINCOLNSHIRE ALL MY LIFE 1961 TO PRESENT), we are ferociously proud of our heritage and history of the RAF both fighter jets and... And heavy bomber aircraft... Vulcan nuclear bomber, Lancaster bomber, Victor and valiant bomber and more super sonic jets than you can possibly fathom, English electric lightning, tornadoes, and so on. If any of these was hit by any of those gas cylinders just casually en route to say RAF WADDINGTON the catastrophic explosion would wipe out a damning huge chunk of Lincolnshire and more depending on what it was carrying in its bomb bay!!!!, so it's that classic North V South epic battle yet again... ps on a lighter note some of the production crew stayed at my local during filming and what a fine and funny bunch they were to, it's a shame it ended because it was an incredibly popular drama but I guess it's all down to money unfortunately that killed it off
@@rhysrobertstransportationa1668 hi yes your absolutely right ,it's quite surprising what has been filmed in Lincolnshire,tom hanks in the de vinci code filmed in our magnificent cathedral, and going back in time the dam busters at RAF SCAMPTON and at RAF WADDINGTON SEAN CONNERYS JAMES BOND THUNDERBALL, the list is extremely long and distinguished ( Tom Cruise top gun quote sorry couldnt resist that 😂) TBC
Absolution on. This was the Aimans married quarter patch at RAF swinderby. Did my basic there in the early 80s. Loved the area so much, I still live there. Sadly, not very much left there now but it is a thriving housing estate. Those houses sold for about 30k. Well built and maintained!
Very entertaining but massively unrealistic. Never once did they put water directly on or anywhere near the gas bottles. In reality, they'd constantly and absolutely drench all the gas bottles with water to continuously protect them from the heat of the fire and keep them cool to prevent them from continuing to explode.
Not so, this happened with a family owned business back in 2002 after it was a victim of arson. They chose to evacuate the surrounding area and shut the motorway next to it until they believed it was safe to go in, it was on the local news channels that night. Fortunately there were no explosions as the over-pressure relief valves did their jobs.
That's partly to do with the production method, as due to how the fires were made, they can't actually put water on them otherwise they'd instantly go out, there was a behind the scenes making of documentary about the show which was released with it's 4th season I think, which talked all about this. I'm relatively sure it's on RUclips at the moment. Not to say you're wrong about how the situation might be handled. Although my assumption of the situation is that it's far too out of control for them to get nearer and so are trying to control it the best they can from a distance, since they do proceed nearer as the number of bottles lessens
The part I never understood is how that Motorbike started all that, it wasn't from a hot exhaust as it hadn't had time to warm up, so how? Anyone with knowledge?
From what i can recall and it was a LONG time ago, i'm only going off what I saw on the TV. The canister had its value knocked off so leaking the gas. The guy on motorbike kicked started it maybe that was suppose to be spark that ignited the gas. That was my humble take on how it started.
@@Chicken-x6q6d not being a bike fan i couldnt tell you if it was or not. What i seem to remember he was trying to start bike and on the final "kick" we see the gas around the exhaust set alight maybe that was suppose to be as you say backfire.
@@INCDZONE A backfire generally requires a hot exhaust though like the OP said, maybe it was hot already from earlier use. I’m not too familiar with bikes either but I do have a passing familiarity with 2 stroke engines from past experience working with tools which use them and on occasion having to fix them, they are quite prone to fuel leakage into the exhaust because of the way the single piston design works. It’s still a long shot in the dark for it to ignite a propane leak like that but what the hell, it’s a television show where the worst case scenario always happens.
i give the cast and crew massive credit for these scenes, it must have cost a lot of money with all these explosions, George certainly got lucky as Jaffa took his place
The pump that was blown up was one that was stripped down completely, I was there helping to strip it down at Blues and two's in Hampshire.
Wow... It must have been 30 years ago that I watched this on television... I've always remembered these scenes. Thanks for this upload!
Wow, nice upload! I remember watching this when it was a brand new episode, I never thought I'd see it again.
For those that dont know that wasn't Echo 441 that was another Rs the real 441 is at a pumphouse museum
Incredible stunt work and special effects.
That poor Dennis gone but not forgotten. Also what made me laugh is when the command officer turned up and said what's the situation mate you can clearly see what the situation is
Yes. November 1994. One of the best. It's like the blitz out here!
nicely done good job it depicts how it looks like when a real propane storage area is ablaze
This did occur for real in London and a cylinder did KO someone but didn’t blow up a Pump. Burning took the incidents to a more sensational level.
I doubt anything would get made like this now with all the elf and safety.
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30 years ago
Just watching this episode right now. Love to see behind the scenes. The days they had a lot of money on TV. Now this would be computer generated like the later cost cutting episodes were.
If I remember correctly these scenes were filmed in the old married quarters at RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire.
I remember reading in the press it was RAF base but cant remember the name
2:51 - "It's Scase!" "Oh, God!"
30 years ago, was helping hereford and worcester fire brigade when this was shown
Had an opticians go up close to where my nan lived.There were gas cylinders,plus oxygen cylinder that went up,it was on the main shopping street,my nan lived 50 yards ftom it in her house.
Some of the fires must be really hard to film
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They couldn't film this in London London due to Intense Ariel Activity : Civilian and Military aircraft flying above so what was the alternative....... WELL they chose the former RAF RECRUIT TRAINING BASE AT RAF SWINDERBY IN LINCOLNSHIRE... AKA BOMBER COUNTY. Now I'm a 100% GENUINE YELLOW BELLY ( RESIDENT OF LINCOLNSHIRE ALL MY LIFE 1961 TO PRESENT), we are ferociously proud of our heritage and history of the RAF both fighter jets and... And heavy bomber aircraft... Vulcan nuclear bomber, Lancaster bomber, Victor and valiant bomber and more super sonic jets than you can possibly fathom, English electric lightning, tornadoes, and so on. If any of these was hit by any of those gas cylinders just casually en route to say RAF WADDINGTON the catastrophic explosion would wipe out a damning huge chunk of Lincolnshire and more depending on what it was carrying in its bomb bay!!!!, so it's that classic North V South epic battle yet again... ps on a lighter note some of the production crew stayed at my local during filming and what a fine and funny bunch they were to, it's a shame it ended because it was an incredibly popular drama but I guess it's all down to money unfortunately that killed it off
@@grahammaguire404 they used the site for a lot of other scenes like the coach crash and appliance crash
@@rhysrobertstransportationa1668 hi yes your absolutely right ,it's quite surprising what has been filmed in Lincolnshire,tom hanks in the de vinci code filmed in our magnificent cathedral, and going back in time the dam busters at RAF SCAMPTON and at RAF WADDINGTON SEAN CONNERYS JAMES BOND THUNDERBALL, the list is extremely long and distinguished ( Tom Cruise top gun quote sorry couldnt resist that 😂) TBC
Absolution on. This was the Aimans married quarter patch at RAF swinderby. Did my basic there in the early 80s. Loved the area so much, I still live there. Sadly, not very much left there now but it is a thriving housing estate.
Those houses sold for about 30k. Well built and maintained!
Very entertaining but massively unrealistic. Never once did they put water directly on or anywhere near the gas bottles. In reality, they'd constantly and absolutely drench all the gas bottles with water to continuously protect them from the heat of the fire and keep them cool to prevent them from continuing to explode.
what would happen is as above however. in some cases firefighters would retreat until safe to continue firefighting.
Incomiiiiing!
Not so, this happened with a family owned business back in 2002 after it was a victim of arson. They chose to evacuate the surrounding area and shut the motorway next to it until they believed it was safe to go in, it was on the local news channels that night. Fortunately there were no explosions as the over-pressure relief valves did their jobs.
That's partly to do with the production method, as due to how the fires were made, they can't actually put water on them otherwise they'd instantly go out, there was a behind the scenes making of documentary about the show which was released with it's 4th season I think, which talked all about this. I'm relatively sure it's on RUclips at the moment.
Not to say you're wrong about how the situation might be handled. Although my assumption of the situation is that it's far too out of control for them to get nearer and so are trying to control it the best they can from a distance, since they do proceed nearer as the number of bottles lessens
this episode was in 2 parts if my memory serves me correctly first half the explosion the second half the aftermath
@@jasinere35 yeah the second half covered all the first half anyway though
Rip fire engine
I remember this episode well
This episode was bloody horrific and scary
Bit cheeky going to peoples windowz to fight the fire
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@@nickpond9337 "2 Pints of Lager and a packet of Billy Whizz Please"
The part I never understood is how that Motorbike started all that, it wasn't from a hot exhaust as it hadn't had time to warm up, so how? Anyone with knowledge?
From what i can recall and it was a LONG time ago, i'm only going off what I saw on the TV. The canister had its value knocked off so leaking the gas. The guy on motorbike kicked started it maybe that was suppose to be spark that ignited the gas. That was my humble take on how it started.
@@johnbower7452 hi it must have been a mot failure and an accident waiting to happen...and im full of 💩😂... hope that puts a smile on your face 👍
@@INCDZONE Was it a 2 stroke engine? They are renowned for backfires, that's the only thing I can think of.
@@Chicken-x6q6d not being a bike fan i couldnt tell you if it was or not. What i seem to remember he was trying to start bike and on the final "kick" we see the gas around the exhaust set alight maybe that was suppose to be as you say backfire.
@@INCDZONE A backfire generally requires a hot exhaust though like the OP said, maybe it was hot already from earlier use. I’m not too familiar with bikes either but I do have a passing familiarity with 2 stroke engines from past experience working with tools which use them and on occasion having to fix them, they are quite prone to fuel leakage into the exhaust because of the way the single piston design works. It’s still a long shot in the dark for it to ignite a propane leak like that but what the hell, it’s a television show where the worst case scenario always happens.
So is this based on a true incident ?
based on the texas canister storage facillity
NO IT WASN'T! IT WAS BASED ON CALOR HAS HOLDINGS, MITCHAM, S. LONDON. I SHOULD KNOW AS I WAS THERE!
Who was burnt?
@@Gregthebaka 🍊🍊
why do thry not hove their visors down
Yes, finally this shout is on RUclips!
Proper tv