
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.
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Air Date: 1982-01-03
In 1946, Flight Sgt. Russell tries to stay in the RAF as a pilot. A former mentor falls under suspicion of massive il...
Air Date: 1982-01-10
Demobilized from the Air Force, Jack Ruskin hustles to start his own private air service with a few other men.
Air Date: 1982-01-17
Ruskin Air Service's first cargo run is a failure when the cargo of eggs is confiscated. Debts and interest on the ai...
Air Date: 1982-01-24
February. Ruskin Air Services is grounded: locked in the icy grip of winter, Enter Ernie Cade, with a proposition the...
Air Date: 1982-01-31
March 1947, Ruskin is broke. His plane is badly damaged and Cade is putting the screws on. Hardly the time to expand,...
Air Date: 1982-02-07
Spring 1947, With the forces of bureaucracy massing against him in England, Ruskin finds himself in Malta, with no fu...
Air Date: 1982-02-14
Stripped of his pilot's licence and no airline to run, Ruskin, undaunted, embarks on a new 'money earner' - and that'...
Air Date: 1982-02-21
Spring 1948. Dark clouds are gathering over Jennie and Jack's wedding plans, The airline is in deep -and deadly - tro...
Air Date: 1982-02-28
Autumn 1948. With high financial rewards to be made from the Berlin airlift, independent operator Ruskin has nothing ...