TV series features the Bays fires

The Peninsula is set to feature in the upcoming television series "In the Line of Fire", to be aired on the Nine Network on Tuesday, December 18, at 8pm.

The new television program will feature the Gosford Rural Fire Service and the New Years Day bush fires that devastated Horsfield Bay and Phegans Bay last year.

The documentary series is an "inspiring, adrenaline-charged" show, according to series producer Ms Ellenor Cox.

"The series looks inside the world of fire fighters battling some of the world's deadliest blazes to save homes and lives," Ms Cox said.

"This series goes behind the scenes and places itself in the centre of the action in the largest fire fighting organisation in the world, the Rural Fire Service of NSW."

The first 30-minute program will feature the hottest day in 70 years for the Gosford area with three blazes threatening more than 1000 homes.

The first episode will also include the Bryant family from Phegans Bay and the bush fire that left them homeless.

Other episodes look at the devastation caused by bush fires in Canberra and in rural NSW.

"It is often said that when pushed to extremes the best is brought out in people and this can certainly be said about the fire fighting community," Ms Cox said.

"Beyond the inspiring efforts of ordinary folk, In the Line of Fire presents a multi-faceted expose on how communities and firefighters pull together in the grip of danger."

The series is narrated by Australian actor Jack Thompson.

The final three episodes of the four-part documentary will be aired at 8pm on January 1, 8 and 15.

"Beyond the jaw-dropping news-flashes of ferocious flames, there are always dramatic human stories to be told," Ms Cox said.

"In this story we meet heroes who battle the blazes head-on, courageous home-owners who manage to save just a few precious belongings, and aircraft pilots who fly into the charred, flaming landscape to halt the fire's spread."

Press release, 7 Dec 2007 Gosford Rural Fire Service Press release, 7 Dec 2007 Essential Viewing Production