Airline - Complete Series - 3-DVD Set ( Air line )

Airline - Complete Series - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Air line
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
450 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Duguid
Michael Ferguson

Written By:
Wilfred Greatorex
Nick McCarty

Actors:
Richard Heffer ..... Peter Witney (9 episodes, 1982)
Sean Scanlan ..... Jock McEvoy (9 episodes, 1982)
Polly Hemingway ..... Jennie Shaw (9 episodes, 1982)
Roy Marsden ..... Jack Ruskin (9 episodes, 1982)
Terence Rigby ..... Ernie Cade (4 episodes, 1982)
Peter Schofield ..... Frank Shaw / ... (4 episodes, 1982)
Jeanne Watts ..... Mrs. Shaw (4 episodes, 1982)
Michael Wisher ..... Kellett (3 episodes, 1982)
Christopher Gray ..... Alby Clarke (3 episodes, 1982)
Robert Boyd ..... Tommy (2 episodes, 1982)
Alan Downer ..... Rabbi (2 episodes, 1982)
Roger Hammond ..... Dr. Hadfield (2 episodes, 1982)
Kathleen Worth ..... Receptionist (2 episodes, 1982)

Synopsis:

1946. The war is over... but not for everyone. Demobbed pilot Jack Ruskin (Roy Marsden The Sandbaggers) has developed a passion for aviation and he's determined to keep flying. Unable to find work with an established civilian airline, and armed with only his demob suit and a seventy-pound gratuity, he decides to launch his own air freight company with wartime colleague Peter Witney. Boasting just one plane, Ruskin Air Services is born amid the austerity of post-war Britain... and it's not only the Great Freeze that threatens to keep Jack's fledgling business on the ground. Airline vividly brings to life the faltering and sometimes perilous progress of the independent airline operators of the Forties, encompassing landmark events such as the Berlin Airlift and capturing the excitement of the earliest passenger services. Richard Heffer (Colditz) and Terence Rigby (Beiderbecke) also star in this highly original series, devised and written by Wilfred Greatorex (The Power Game).

Newly-discharged from the RAF after World War II, Jack Ruskin, a blunt no-nonsense Yorkshireman, decides to set up his own airline, Ruskin Air Services. Something of an idealist, Jack is prepared to bend every rule in the book to achieve his goal of flying a Dakota once again. He soon does a deal with Ernie Cade, a notorious spiv who can lay his hands on any item of war surplus - for the right price - and then enlists Peter Witney as co-pilot and Jock McEvoy as maintenance engineer. But his long absences start to put a strain on his relationship with Jennie, his girlfriend.

Drama following the adventures of Jack Ruskin, a de-mobbed pilot attempting to make a living from his one-plane airline business in the post-war 1940s.
Season 1
Look After Number One S1, Ep1 Jan. 3, 1982
Brave New World S1, Ep2 Jan. 10, 1982
Conscience S1, Ep3 Jan. 17, 1982
Touch and Go S1, Ep4 Feb. 24, 1982
Fool's Errand S1, Ep5 Jan. 31, 1982
Captain Clarke Plus One S1, Ep6 Feb. 7, 1982
Not Much of a Life S1, Ep7 Feb. 14, 1982
Officers and Gentlemen S1, Ep8 Feb. 21, 1982
Too Many Problems S1, Ep9 Feb. 28, 1982

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 March, 2012.