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Airline is a British television series produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in 1982. The series starred 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 was created by Wilfred Greatorex and lasted for one series of nine episodes broadcast in January & February 1982, with a repeat in the summer of 1984. Other leading cast members were Polly Hemingway, Richard Heffer, Sean Scanlan and Terence Rigby, while noted guest-stars included Anthony Valentine and Walter Gotell. It was partially filmed at the former RAF Rufforth in Yorkshire..

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Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Runtime

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Rating

5/10

Release Date

06 June 2025

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Roy Marsden

Roy Marsden

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Richard Heffer

Richard Heffer

Nicholas Bond-Owen

Nicholas Bond-Owen

Polly Hemingway

Polly Hemingway

John Taylor

John Taylor

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