Buccaneer is a short-lived television series, made by the BBC in 1979–80, and broadcast over 13 weeks in April–July 1980. The series, about a developing air freight business, starred Bryan Marshall, Pamela Salem and Clifford Rose, and was produced by Gerard Glaister. The aircraft that "starred" in the series was a Bristol Britannia of Redcoat Air Cargo, registration G-BRAC, which wore the markings of "Redair", the name of the fictional airline in the series. Only one series was produced due to the Bristol Britannia G-BRAC crash near Boston, Mass., on 16 February 1980, shortly after the completion of filming. Of the eight passengers, seven were killed, and only one survived, albeit seriously injured.
Air Date: 1980-04-27
Tony Blair, a moonlighting pilot with Redair, makes a dramatic exit from a West African country in the midst of a rev...
Air Date: 1980-05-04
Charles Burton has effectively bought out Redair and proposes to have Tony, Kim and Ray as Directors as well as himse...
Air Date: 1980-05-11
Burton gets angry about the delay and his shipping deal is beginning to look a bit out of the ordinary. Tony searches...
Air Date: 1980-05-18
Burton's murky past starts to interest Monica while Tony discovers that Janet is staying in the UK permanently. The n...
Air Date: 1980-05-25
Suspicion about Burton's big deal grows and how he is going to make so much money out of shipping electronics equipme...
Air Date: 1980-06-01
Tony is in an African prison and Ray gets him out. Together, they broker a deal to offload the suspicious cargo. Moni...
Air Date: 1980-06-08
Burton's Africa deal has cost him and his cronies a fortune and Redair's board is in rebellion. Tony and Monica grow ...
Air Date: 1980-06-15
Redair has a contract shipping cheetahs out of Africa for a British Lord with a safari park. Tony is offered a fortun...
Air Date: 1980-06-22
Redair has double booked the aircraft, with one being a potentially lucrative new contract. Tony's medical indicates ...
Air Date: 1980-06-29
Ray's wife thinks he's having an affair after his run-in with the intruder. Burton has a plan to exploit Redair's ban...
Air Date: 1980-07-06
Burton is warned that he is sailing close to the wind financially and tells Monica his side of the story regarding th...
Air Date: 1980-07-13
Kim considers her future at Redair and Ray's marriage deteriorates. A cracked window jeopardises the Anglo Oil shipme...
Air Date: 1980-07-20
Burton has persuaded Anglo Oil to overload the Britannia on its final run to ensure the fulfillment of the temporary ...