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Airline

Airline

1982 1 Seasons 9 Episodes ⭐ 6.5 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Look After Number One

In 1946, Flight Sgt. Russell tries to stay in the RAF as a pilot. A former mentor falls under suspicion of massive illeg

EP 2

Brave New World

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

EP 3

Conscience

Ruskin Air Service's first cargo run is a failure when the cargo of eggs is confiscated. Debts and interest on the aircr

EP 4

Touch and Go

February. Ruskin Air Services is grounded: locked in the icy grip of winter, Enter Ernie Cade, with a proposition the me

EP 5

Fool's Errands

March 1947, Ruskin is broke. His plane is badly damaged and Cade is putting the screws on. Hardly the time to expand, on

EP 6

Captain Clarke Plus One

Spring 1947, With the forces of bureaucracy massing against him in England, Ruskin finds himself in Malta, with no fuel,

EP 7

Not Much of a Life

Stripped of his pilot's licence and no airline to run, Ruskin, undaunted, embarks on a new 'money earner' - and that's w

EP 8

Officers and Gentlemen

Spring 1948. Dark clouds are gathering over Jennie and Jack's wedding plans, The airline is in deep -and deadly - troubl

EP 9

Too Many Promises

Autumn 1948. With high financial rewards to be made from the Berlin airlift, independent operator Ruskin has nothing to

Popular Cast

Roy Marsden

Roy Marsden

Jack Ruskin