TV Show

Airline

Airline is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and lasted for nine episodes broadcast from 3 January to 28 February 1982. Produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV1, the series stars Roy Marsden as Jack Ruskin, a pilot demobbed after the end of the Second World War who starts up his own air freight business.

TV Show Stats +8%

1 seasons

9 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1982

Rating

TV Show

5.0/10

1 votes • HD

Season 1

9 episodes
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Look After Number One
Episode 1

Look After Number One

Episode 1 • Jan 03, 1982

In 1946, Flight Sgt. Russell tries to stay in the RAF as a pilot. A former mentor falls under suspicion of massive illegalities and needs a favor, leading to a brush with smuggling.

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52m
Brave New World
Episode 2

Brave New World

Episode 2 • Jan 10, 1982

Demobilized from the Air Force, Jack Ruskin hustles to start his own private air service with a few other men.

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60m
Conscience
Episode 3

Conscience

Episode 3 • Jan 17, 1982

Ruskin Air Service's first cargo run is a failure when the cargo of eggs is confiscated. Debts and interest on the aircraft loan pile up. A load of tractor parts headed to Palestine goes awry when a fuel stop leads to a change in cargo.

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60m
Touch and Go
Episode 4

Touch and Go

Episode 4 • Jan 24, 1982

February. Ruskin Air Services is grounded: locked in the icy grip of winter, Enter Ernie Cade, with a proposition the men find hard to refuse, Had they known what they were letting themselves in for, they would have remained earthbound.

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60m
Fool's Errands
Episode 5

Fool's Errands

Episode 5 • Jan 31, 1982

March 1947, Ruskin is broke. His plane is badly damaged and Cade is putting the screws on. Hardly the time to expand, one would think, But Ruskin's determination to succeed knows no bounds.

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60m
Captain Clarke Plus One
Episode 6

Captain Clarke Plus One

Episode 6 • Feb 07, 1982

Spring 1947, With the forces of bureaucracy massing against him in England, Ruskin finds himself in Malta, with no fuel, no cooperation and no way out. All seems lost until the winds of fortune change - for the worse.

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