Burnside (TV series)

Burnside
Genre Police procedural
Starring Christopher Ellison
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Executive producer(s) Richard Handford
Running time 50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 6 July 2000 – 10 August 2000
Chronology
Related shows The Bill

Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the National Crime Squad (NCS). Burnside ran for one series of six episodes, structured as three two-part stories.

Contents

Characters

The lead character was the eponymous Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside who had appeared in The Bill almost from its beginning. Burnside disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1993 and returned briefly five years later, when it was revealed that he had been working undercover.[1] The main secondary characters were Detective Sergeant Dave Summers (Justin Pierre) and Detective Constable Sam Phillips (Zoe Eeles). Burnside's NCS team also included the minor characters of DC Pete Moss (John White) and DC Chris Gibson (Paul Gilmore).[2] In addition, several recurring characters appeared throughout the series: Paul Nicholas played Ronnie "The Razor" Buchan, a former London gangster and Burnside's nemesis. Tony Selby played Jim Summers, the father of Dave Summers and Burnside's former boss. Shane Richie played Burnside's regular informant, Tony Shotton.

List of episodes

# Title Writer Director Viewers (in millions) Original Airdate
01 "Back With A Vengeance (Part One)" Lizzie Mickery Ian White 7.45 6 July 2000 (2000-07-06)
Now working for the crime investigation squad, Burnside investigates when a gang of drug dealers start gun running. 
02 "Back With A Vengeance (Part Two)" Lizzie Mickery Ian White 7.39 13 July 2000 (2000-07-13)
Burnside must nail known criminal Billy Holden before the Yardies gang catch up with him. 
03 "Exposed (Part One)" Lizzie Mickery Bruce MacDonald 6.56 20 July 2000 (2000-07-20)
When a group of women are killed one by one, Burnside and his team race against the clock to find the killer before he strikes again. 
04 "Exposed (Part Two)" Lizzie Mickery Bruce MacDonald 6.11 27 July 2000 (2000-07-27)
Burnside#s determination to find the serial killer puts one of his officers in mortal danger. 
05 "Trial By Fire (Part One)" Steve Griffiths Justin Hardy 5.91 3 August 2000 (2000-08-03)
When a trial ends in disaster, Burnside and his team find themselves investigating a Gangland murder. 
06 "Trial By Fire (Part Two)" Steve Griffiths Justin Hardy 5.99 10 August 2000 (2000-08-10)
When the Russian Mafia arrive in London, Burnside becomes hell bent on getting revenge after the death of Tony Shotten. 

Merchandise

DVD's

DVD release name Episodes Years of Series UK Release Date

(Region 2)

 North American Release Date

(Region 1)

 Australian Release Date

(Region 4)

 Worldwide

(Region 0)
Burnside - The Complete Series 1-6 2000 N/A N/A 18 August 2009[3] N/A

Books

Book Year Published Cover Photo Notes
Burnside: The Secret Files[4]
17 July 2000
A Picture of Christopher Ellison and a checker band 3 quarters of the way down.
 Paperback

External links

References

  1. ^ DCI Frank Burnside, The Bill Biographies
  2. ^ Leishman, Frank; Paul Mason (2003). Policing and the Media: Facts, Fictions and Factions. London: Willan Publishing. pp. 77–78. ISBN 190324028X. 
  3. ^ "Burnside - The Complete Series (3 Disc Set)". ezydvd.com.au. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/burnside-the-complete-series-3-disc-set/dp/807762. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
  4. ^ Lock, K.M (2000). Burnside: The Secret Files. HarperCollins Entertainment. ISBN 0007107196. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Burnside-Secret-K-M-Lock/dp/0007107196/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314988597&sr=1-1. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
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