Burn It

Burn It
Genre	Drama
Written by	Matt Greenhalgh
Directed by	John Duthie Adam Rowley
Starring	Chris Coghill Iain McKee William Ash Chelsee Healey Kieran O'Brien Lisa Faulkner
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Location(s)	Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Running time	29 minutes
Production company(s)	Red Production Company
Release
Original network	BBC Three
Original release	9 February – 10 November 2003

Burn It was a drama series, with touches of dark comedy, following the lives of three twenty-somethings in present-day Salford.

The series followed Carl, Andy and Jon as three self-proclaimed Generation X-ers going through life without any real responsibilities to worry them. However, whilst this was understandable in the Madchester era of the late 1980s, is it acceptable now as they approach thirty? When does the party end?

To a soundtrack of North West England bands and musicians, including New Order, The Stone Roses and The Charlatans to name but a few, the show displayed a lazy world of drinking, drug consumption, and casual sex. However, the show was careful to show the consequences of such lifestyle choices and searingly touched on suicide, unwanted pregnancies, apathy and disillusionment.

According to Red Production Company a DVD release is not possible due to difficulty in clearing copyrights for music used.

Burn It was first shown on the free-to-air British digital channel BBC Three, and then repeated some months later on the terrestrial channel BBC2. There were two series of Burn It: series one consisted of ten approximately 30-minute episodes and ran from 9 February 2003 to 8 April 2003; the second series spanned eleven episodes and ran from 8 September 2003 to 10 November 2003.

Burn It was written by Matt Greenhalgh and produced by Red Production Company, an organisation most notable for its many cutting-edge, northern dramas such as Clocking Off, Conviction [1], New Street Law and Linda Green.

Lisa Faulkner and Chris Coghill met whilst filming, and subsequently married in April 2005 at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, London.

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