Two men whose talents usually involve a hose and a ladder will be showing off new skills tonight.

The firefighters from Basildon station are starring in Changing Rooms, alongside two Basildon ambulance women.

The firemen decorated the ambulance mess room, while the ambulance women decorated the fire station's television quiet room with the help of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

The work was actually finished last year, but the BBC1 show was postponed because of the firefighters' pay dispute.

Changing Rooms is being shown at 8.30pm tonight.

Published Monday, June 23, 2003

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