Sirens
- Director: Amanda Boyle; Victor Buhler; Damon Thomas
- Writer: Brian Fillis; Tom Reynolds; Tony Basgallop
- Producer: Chris Clough
CGiii Comment
For some unknown reason, medical dramas usually prove to be rather popular....oops!
3 paramedics - now known as Emergency Medical Technicians - a monotonous, didactic, philosophising prick, a promiscuous poof, a not-so-bright representation of an ethnic minority...and, a sexually-starved policewoman with a black, gay partner...
It was marketed more as a comedy than the drama that it actually is - and, weirdly, aimed at the wrong audience...the MTV fanbase - with all the unnecessary post-production gimmicks and incongruous music...it falls flat on its face.
There was a potential that soon disappeared amid the 2 dimensional characters (with ineptly-written hidden depths)...less threepenny analysis and more about the actual job would have propelled this series, possibly, onto a second series...alas, by the time it reaches its constricted conclusion all interest has waxed and waned.
Ill-conceived.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
An insight into the lives of three paramedics, who must deal with the stress and tribulations of the job as well as their personal lives.
Cast & Characters
Rhys Thomas as Stuart Bayldon;
Kayvan Novak as Rachid Mansaur;
Richard Madden as Ashley Greenwick;
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ryan Bailey;
Amy Beth Hayes as Sgt Maxine Fox;
Ben Batt as Craig Scruton;
Annie Hulley as Stella Woodvine;
Morven Christie as Kirsty Schelmerdine