Airline

Airline

1982 · 1 season · 9 eps · ★ 6.5 · Drama

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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.

Created by Wilfred Greatorex

Network: ITV1

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