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Cre:Wilfred Greatorex
P;Michael Ferguson
ExP:David Cunliffe
Mus;Tony Hatch
Aviation advisor:Dick Millward

United Kingdom
Yorkshire
9x50m-e
1982
5 Jan - 28 Feb

Period drama series.
At the end of World War II demobbed pilot
Jack Ruskin tries to start his own airline.

1. LOOK AFTER NUMBER ONE
WR:Wilfred Greatorex
Fit Sgt Jack Ruskin spends the final
days of his wartime flying career
bringing demobbed servicemen home
from India. Meanwhile Sq Ldr Dickie
Marlowe is intent on making his fortune
by black market activities.
Dickie Marlowe.........ANTHONY VALENTINE
Wing Cmdr..............WALTER GOTELL
Gray...................GRAHAM REES
DIR;Michael Ferguson

2. BRAVE NEW WORLD
WR:Wilfred Greatorex
Givvy Street and Jack Ruskin's battle
for survival begins. The anticipated
hero^ welcome fails to materialise, and
Jack must get to grips with post war life.
Chairman...............RONALD LEI GH-HUNT
Frank Shaw.............PETER SCHOFIELD
Mrs Shaw...............JEANNE WATTS
DIR:Michael Ferguson

3. CONSCIENCE
WR:Wilfred Greatorex
Ruskin's air services get off to a
flying start - until a business deal
turns sour, and almost costs Ruskin
and his partner their lives.
Alan Shaw............NICHOLAS OWEN
Sanders..............PAUL FOULDS
Glover...............STEWART BEVAN
DIR:Michael Ferguson

4. TOUCH AND GO
WR:Wilfred Greatorex
February 1947. Ruskin's air services
is grounded locked in the icy grip
of winter. Enter Ernie Cade with a
proposition the men find hard to
refuse.
Harrison.............MICHAEL BROWNING
Dr Hadfield..........ROGER HAMMOND
Kellet.,.............MICHAEL WISHER
DIR:Roger Cheveley

5. FOOL'S ERRAND
WR:Nick McCarty
March 1947 • Ruskin is broke. His plane
is badly damaged and Cade is putting
the screws on.
Alby Clarke..........CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Kellet...............MICHAEL WISHER
Maynard..............RALPH ARLISS
DIR:Roger Cheveley

6. CAPTAIN CLARKE PLUS ONE
WR:Ray Jenkins
Spring 1947. With the forces of
beaurocracy massing against him in
England, Jack finds himself in Malta
with no fuel and no co-operation.
Air Commodore Rupert,KENNETH WATSON
Enquiry Chairman.....LAURENCE PAYNE
Snell................ANTHONY SCHAEFFER
DIR:Michael Ferguson

7. NOT MUCH OF A LIFE
WR:Jane Franklin
Stripped of his pilots license and
no airline to run. Jack undaunted,
embarks on a new money making earner.
Kellet...............MICHAEL WISHER
Alby Clarke..........CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Dr Hadfield..........ROGER HAMMOND
DIR:Peter Duguid, Roger Cheveley

8. OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN
WR:Nick McCarty
Spring 1948:Dark Clouds are gathering
over Jennie and Jack's wedding plans,
The Airline is in deep trouble and
Ruskin must make a decision which will
affect the lives of everyone around him.
Sfarmer................NEIL DICKSON
Kellet.................MICHAEL WISHER
Alby Clarke............CHRISTOPHER GRAY
DIR:Roger Cheveley

9. TOO MANY PROBLEMS
WR:Michael Russell
Autumn 1948: With high financial
rewards to be made from the Berlin
airlift, Ruskin has nothing to operate.
He has lost his license, one of his
planes and most of his crew. Can he
save himself from disaster.
Malton.................DUDLEY JONES
Kellet.................MICHAEL WISHER
Seymour................ROGER LLEWELLYN
DIR:Michael Ferguson