Who is UK TV's hottest man in uniform?

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Heroic deeds, screaming sirens and more testosterone than the Russian cabinet, The Smoke blazes its way onto Sky 1 HD this Thursday - with Jamie Bamber leading the way as tormented firefighter Kev Allison.

The London-set action drama is more Luther than London's Burning and if you like a man in uniform, you'll love watching Kev and colleagues in action.

He's undeniably red hot, but who else in UK TV had us reaching to dial 999?

The What's on TV team have chosen our 10 sexiest UK men in uniform. What do you think of our selection?

Check out the photo gallery here, then vote for your favourite here.

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.