Sirens episode synopses

3 June 2011

Episode One

 

Up, Horny, Down by Tony Basgallop

Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas  and Richard Madden  star as a team of world-weary paramedics forever forced to deal with humanity at its stupidest in  Sirens.

To the outside world Stuart (Thomas), Ashley (Madden) and newbie Rachid (Novak) look like angels of mercy; to their colleagues, they're a trio of pedantic know-alls; and to the career alcoholics and late night revellers on the swarming streets of Leeds, they're nothing more than glorified taxi drivers with one drop-off point - Accident & Emergency.

It's a typical night for the emergency team, who are  called to a major road traffic collision where a young woman is trapped in an up turned car and not breathing.  Stuart takes the radical decision to give her an open heart massage and somehow manages to jump start the woman's heart.

After handing over the patient at A&E the lads feel the effects of the shock and adrenaline.  Depot Controller Mrs Woodvine (Annie Hulley) insists that they all go to the hospital counsellor as a follow up to the trauma.  Reluctantly they pitch up to find a new counsellor has started - an attractive young woman called Kirsty (Morven Christie).  She tells them: ‘You'll start out fairly euphoric.  You may then grow restless...But ultimately become depressed.' Irritated with Kirsty, Stuart gives his own spin on this - up, horny, down - and, determined to prove he's not like all the other apes, pledges to control his predicted mood swings. Will he succeed?

 

 

Episode Two

Firing Blanks by Brian Fillis

Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas  and Richard Madden  star as a team of world-weary paramedics forever forced to deal with humanity at its stupidest in  Sirens.

To the outside world Stuart (Thomas), Ashley (Madden) and newbie Rachid (Novak) look like angels of mercy; to their colleagues, they're a trio of pedantic know-alls; and to the career alcoholics and late night revellers on the swarming streets of Leeds, they're nothing more than glorified taxi drivers with one drop-off point - Accident & Emergency.

In tonight's episode, Stuart, Rachid and Ashley find their male pride rattled by the lads from the local fire brigade.  As the team make a drop off in A&E, Stuart observes the waiting room is awash with the dregs of humanity and proclaims he's proud that he is ‘biologically incapable of adding to its vile and dirty ranks'. Yes, he's firing blanks.  When Ashley and Rachid tease that he's not getting any anyway, he drops a bombshell; he has a date - with Angie (Charlene McKenna), a student and eco-campaigner he met a few weeks back. As soon as he's alone, Stuart digs out her number and quickly arranges the date.

After a shaky start, things are going well with Angie, but Stuart seems to be behaving in a macho way that neither he nor his friends recognise. Is it Angie's mystique that's having this effect on him or is it something more powerful than that?

 

 

 Episode Three

I.C.E.  by Tony Basgallop

Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas  and Richard Madden  star as a team of world-weary paramedics forever forced to deal with humanity at its stupidest in  Sirens.

To the outside world Stuart (Thomas), Ashley (Madden) and newbie Rachid (Novak) look like angels of mercy; to their colleagues, they're a trio of pedantic know-alls; and to the career alcoholics and late night revellers on the swarming streets of Leeds, they're nothing more than glorified taxi drivers with one drop-off point - Accident & Emergency.

In tonight's episode the paramedics are called out to a young male in a student house who is suffering from drug-induced paranoia. When Rachid goes to talk with a neighbour, he comes across a scary ‘purple job'; a suicide victim who has been dead for some time.

The realisation that ‘Purple Phil' (Felix Scott) wasn't missed for a fortnight sets off an unlikely chain reaction for ladies' man Rachid. Didn't he have any mates?  Family?  A girlfriend?  Convinced he doesn't want to meet his maker in similarly lonely circumstances, Rachid decides there is only one course of action - he needs to settle down. Only thing is, he's got to find the girl to do it with...

 

Episode Four

By Brian Fillis & Damon Thomas

When Woodvine threatens to split up the lads, Stuart's promise that ‘his' crew' will up their game sparks an immediate challenge to his leadership from Rachid. Stuart may believe that the alpha male is the cleverest rather than strongest member of the pack but will Rachid's determination to prove him wrong cost him his crown? Meanwhile, Ashley has an alpha male secret of his own; and Maxine tries to bring out her feminine side to appeal to internet date Derek.

 

Episode Five

By Brian Fillis & Amanda Boyle                                                                                     

In denial about the stresses of his job, Stuart decides to focus on the fact that Maxine's unsettled feelings about fireman Craig are threatening her chances of promotion at work. In order to calm her down, he attempts to find subtle ways to reassure her that Craig's really into her - but is he really the right man to play Cupid, or will he end up creating even more stress for both of them?

 

Episode Six

By Tony Basgallop & Amanda Boyle

In the series finale, Stuart is confronted with a life and death situation which hits closer to home than expected. Having spent the whole of his adult life trying to deny his true feelings, he's going to need a special friend to help him through this troubling time. The question, when Maxine is so wrapped up in Craig, is who? Meanwhile, Ashley is surprised to find he's gained a live-in boyfriend; and Rachid's future as a member of the crew suddenly doesn't look so certain...