Global warming isn't the sexiest subject for TV, but the Beeb have managed to pull it off.\r\n
\r\nRupert Penry-Jones, Marc Warren, Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell star in this new drama set in the real-life context of climate change.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-43.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Bradley Whitford leads the cast as scheming oil industry lobbyist, Mack.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-16.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Rupert Penry-Jones stars as conflicted family man Tom McConnell, whose beliefs are being challenged by...<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-28.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
... Neve Campbell's Holly Dernay, a passionate environmentalist.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-8.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Marc Warren turns in a stellar performance as shadowy good guy, Philip Crowley.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
A team of geologists are murdered in the Saudi desert but one - Masud - survives.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-41.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Meanwhile in London, Tom McConnell is named as CEO of Arrow Oil.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-40.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
But the celebrations are interrupted by Mika - a climate change activist who alleges Arrow Oil have rendered her Inuit homeland uninhabitable.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-20.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Arrow's head of renewables, Holly Dernay looks on as Tom suffers his first 'green' attack.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-50.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
To stem bad publicity, Tom and Mack plan to raise the profile of Holly's division.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-19.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Tom wonders if it might be worth looking in to green power, but Mack shoots him down.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-15.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Mack resorts to dirty tricks to discredit environmental expert - who just happens to be an old friend of Tom's.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-49.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Elsewhere, government fixer Philip Crowley is asked to pacify the green lobby and get the USA signed to Kyoto 2.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
And scientist Masaud has managed to return to the UK but is in hiding.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-21.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Tom is still being harrassed by Mika.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
As he calls a press conference to announce Arrow's renewables plan...<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-57.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
... she hands him evidence of Arrow's part in the destruction of her homeland.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-52.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
And then makes the ultimate sacrifice in protest.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-37.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Tom rushes to help her...<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-61.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
... as does Holly. But nothing can be done.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-30.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Holly and Tom decide to attend her funeral.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-10.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
And discover that her claims were right.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-6.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
But now the pair are in a race against time.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-59.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
They must act quickly.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-7.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"},{"captionHeading":"","caption":"
Before Mack does what he must to secure the future of Arrow Oil.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/21/BBC-Burn-Up-Wk-30-Jul08-29.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Burn Up"}];