| Bluewatch returns with a scorhing new series of London's Burning and a hunky new firefighter in the form of Adam Benjamin."Adam's an east-end boy with a finger in all pies.He chats up every woman he comes across."Says actor Sam Callis,who plays him."I used to be a bit of a lad but now I've got a lovely girlfriend(boo)called Osmin who is a computer programmer.She thinks its hilarious that I'm supposed to be this hunky charmer."As the new series begins,the firefighters have swapped their new station for an ultra-modern home.But with bigger and more ferocious fires to deal with,from a terrifying tunnel inferno to a horrific hospital blaze,this series promises dramatic shouts like never before.It's not just the station that's changed.Sally Fields is still trying to cope with her grief following the death of Joe Walker at the end of the last series.Meanwhile,a happy event is just around the corner for Pearce as his wife is about to give birth.As for Sam,he admits that,although he lined up to be the shows new heart-throb,his mates have dubbed him"Fireman Sam" after the cartoon character.San,27,from Sussex says,"It is inevitable.Now everyone calls me fireman sam.I probably derserve it because I've played so many pratical jokes on my friends in the past."Still,he knows that landing the action-packed role more than makes up for being teased.Sam went through tough training with real firefighters to get a feel for the job,then spent four days finding out what it was like to work at a busy London fire station."Going out on fire calls screaming down Oxford Street,weaving in and out of traffic in the middle of London at 2am was great"he says,"But the biggest fire we dealt with was in a telephone box!Making the show is real boys stuff.The first time I went out to fiom a shout,we were all engulfed in flames-it was an amazing experience and I came out of the building with a big grin on my face.I hadn't even thought whether I was scared of heights,but the first piece of filming I did was spending the day 100ft up on a ladder.By then it was too late to say I didn't like it!" |
