London's Burning - Vaseline's death 

Were you London based?

I liked bulstrodes speech to him about learn from it

Yeah one life to save another, it’s a cruel world sometimes, even in the television industry to boot a character off a show

In the line of duty so in service means a compensation payment and full honours service. Actor Mark Arden has loads of work lined up with his comedy partner Stephen Frost.

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You think they make water sets for every fire brigade

True

Scba will work underwater to a certain depth but you need actual diving equipment to goto any real depth

Fire service BA sets are open circuit.

Really I would compare charisma to Reg Hollis.

Vaseline was more like DS Phil Hunter from The Bill with all the womanising

that was more charisma

I think they wanted to cause a shock and seeing as Vaseline was starting to turn it around it was him who was chosen Same as when they killed off John Hallam needed it to be a shock

Jim Rosenthal always said they wanted to shock the Audience and thought his death would send the most ripples through the show and audience.

I think they needed to end the series which a shock death

The CF and the Mk2 Transit did have a very similar base shape to the front. Definitely a Bedford CF though

The doors on the MK2 Transit are curved, tho and the MK2 Transit have similar headlights on the front and with the small Ford Logo in the middle of the grill

@Velciraptor1066: They probably have proper gear now similar to scuba to do underwater shouts, but at the time of transmission in the late 80's they didn't which is what the episode highlights with the death by drowning of their colleague and friend, Roland "Vaseline" Cartwright.

I haven't even watched this, but yes, it would, although there are technical modifications owing to differences between atmospheric versus water pressures. Don't forget fire service SCBA is derived from SCUBA in the first place. The automatic lung governed demand valve was invented by the French naturalist Jacques Cousteau. Basically, it would be more difficult to exhale. Draeger is often the most widespread, but nowhere near as good as Interspiro, derived from Spirotechnique, highly professional diving equipment. The main differences being different exhalation resistance & modified visors for seeing underwater to counteract refraction. I hope this helps.

Idk

A few of the London's Burning actors seemed to vanish after they did their time on the show, Two i know of appeared in touch of frost.

@@procta2343 which one's?

@@jackelson3165 Ross Boatman, Sean Blowers and one more Clive Wood

Think he does theatre now.

Possibly because he didn't re-surface with the others.

It malfunctioned unfortunately

This was the 80s b.a was new to them

@@Zackislivid i think b.a was interdused in 1920s or 1930s

@@Iamcool123-q2y yeah ik, that was me 11 months ago i was a mongo

@@Iamcool123-q2y It was,but compressed air BA sets did'nt arrive on the scene until the 1960's.

They are water tight its vasalines cilinder his valve burst because of the PSI in his valve and it water loged and he drownd

BA masks are water tight if under positive pressure

You can just not in the 1980s

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