The Smoke

What can I say, well first off more please.

The Smoke is brilliant, great cast and good story lines. Asbo – Taron Egerton plays his part so well and its great to see the action between him and Kev – Jamie Bamber develop.

Realistic on screen scenes and shows the type of injuries our firefighters can suffer while doing their dangerous job. We have to remember that while most of us our running out of a burning building, they are going in.

Episodes 1, 6 and 7 are for me the best episodes, the scenes in the tunnel with the tanker were excellent.

Please do series 2, can't wait to watch what happens next.

Read the other comments with interest.

However, I would point out, this is an entertainment programme, not a factual documentary on firefighters.

Chill and enjoy!

Programmes like The Smoke are not meant to reflect real life.

They are there purely to entertain.

I think The Smoke does entertain and not for one moment am I daft enough to think it is a true reflection of our fire service.

I guess there are those out there who believe aliens haven't come to Earth because they think Torchwood exists!!

Or does it?

Jamie Bamber gives a fantastic performance in "The Smoke," which was either a miniseries or a regular series that didn't last long.

I can tell you that firefighters loathed this show so we can assume it was highly inaccurate.

Bamber plays a firefighter, Kev, trapped in a building with a baby and told an aerial ladder is en route. It never comes - the baby dies, and Kev suffers catastrophic burns and is out of commission for a year.

His wife is played by Jodie Whittaker, the next Dr. Who, so it was heavily promoted. She loves her husband and vice versa, but due to his injuries, he can't have sex. In a graphic scene, we see what has been done to his body.

Now he's back on the job and determined to find the people responsible for the fire, which he can't stop watching on his computer.

I thought the firefighters were very unlikeable and acted like children. Very annoying.

Bamber adopted a low-class accent for the role, and he is wonderful. But I can't say I liked the series.

I am sorry but after watching the first episode, I just had to write a short review about this terrible inaccurate representation of the Fire Service. I am an active firefighter for over 25 years, and this kind of stuff makes me cringe.

I am so angry at the makers of this programme, it is complete rubbish. There are so many things wrong in this drama that I don't know where to start. I for one will not be looking at any more episodes.

I hope many more firefighters voice their concerns about this programme.

I could not even rate this as one star.

UK firefighter

Honestly, I found this because of Taron Egerton and I wasn't planning on making it past episode one, but wow. Binged the whole thing. I'm not even a fan of medical/firefighter dramas, but what can I say, I loved it. Unique plot with suspense, excellent acting (especially between Asbro + Kev). All the characters had dimension, which is probably not easy to do with only 8 episodes, and it wasn't predictable, not at all. It's too bad there isn't more.