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Airline

Drama

Airline is a British television drama 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.

Jan 3, 19821 seasons9 episodesEndedEN

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Roy Marsden

Jack Ruskin

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Seasons

Series 1

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 2, 1982

Episodes

1–6 of 9

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Ep 1

Look After Number One

Jan 3, 1982

52m

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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Ep 2

Brave New World

Jan 10, 1982

60m

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

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Ep 3

Conscience

Jan 17, 1982

60m

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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Ep 4

Touch and Go

Jan 24, 1982

60m

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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Ep 5

Fool's Errands

Jan 31, 1982

60m

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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Ep 6

Captain Clarke Plus One

Feb 7, 1982

60m

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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