Two. 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. Cast Main Chris Coghill as Carl Redmond: A 29-year-old self employed builder who asks himself about his choices in life. After finishing a 7-year relationship, he tries to find new dates, but falls in love with Emma. Kieran O'Brien as Andy Grimshaw: An unlucky postman who lives an unstable life of ups and downs with Emma. He decides to marry Emma, but does not know that she slept with his friend Carl. William Ash as Jon Marr: A guy tortured by the memory that left his newborn daughter for adoption with his ex-girlfriend 14 years earlier. He meets the girl's adoptive family and has the chance to do the right things this time. Lisa Faulkner as Emma Wainwright: Andy's girlfriend, who is tired of his irresponsible and unstable relationship. After sleeping with her friend Carl, she is confronted by Andy with a request for marriage and has to choose between telling the truth or burying forever. Mel B as Claire McAdams: Emma's humorous and sarcastic best friend and Jon's love interest. Chelsee Healey as Katie Marshall: Tina and Jon's daughter, who hates the father for the past. Marsha Thomason as Tina Marshall: Katie's mother. At first, she hates Jon's appearance after 14 years, but decides to give him a chance as a father. Iain McKee as Paul Marshall: Tina's husband and Katie's adoptive father. Recurring Jessica Harris as Kelly: The 18-year-old daughter of one of a Carl's clients, with whom he has a relationship. Tracie Bennett as Bev Ursula Holden Gill as Helen Episode Series One Episode One The responsibilities of potential fatherhood are weighing down on each in a different way: Carl's girlfriend is desperate for commitment and so announces she is pregnant to Carl in order to ensure he does not split up with her. However, he then finds out she is on her period and thus not pregnant and leaves her for lying to him. Jon is torturing himself over the daughter he gave up for adoption when he was 17, whilst Emma sets him up on a blind date with her friend Claire. Andy, having ribbed Carl about becoming a parent, discovers that it