Airline (1998 TV series)
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| Airline | |
|---|---|
| Created by | LWT |
| Starring | Britannia Airways easyJet |
| Opening theme | "Come Fly with Me" |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer | ITV Productions |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 6 March 1998 – present |
Airline is a British television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff members of Britannia and later easyJet. The show has been broadcast since 1998 on ITV and on syndication on Sky Travel and Sky Three. From time to time, ITV shows the American version of Airline, which they call Airline USA on ITV2.
The original series of the show followed Britannia Airways based at Manchester and London-Gatwick. The programme showed a lot of the action on-board the aircraft, with people such as Captain Peter Clack, BJ Albrich, Pat Baines, a lion, Kathy Duffy (and her boyfriend Matthew) and Gerrie-Anne [a girl who was left at Manchester airport] (and her father [the man who wanted an airline employee to be reprimanded and sacked]). The show was then narrated by Charlie Higson.
Since the second series was broadcast in 1999 the programme has been following the staff such as Jane Boulton and passengers of easyJet, featured mainly at its hubs at Liverpool, London Luton and later Bristol and Newcastle airports. However, it occasionally follows passengers with interesting or unusual stories to their final destinations. Tony Robinson replaced Charlie Higson as voiceover. Some easyJet staff members appearing on the show have become very well known as a result, particularly Leo Jones, Jane Boulton, Kevin Reardon, Captain James McBride, Janey Stock and Katrina Leeder.
Celebrities who have been seen on the show include Nick Knowles, Ricky Tomlinson and the British pop group Bucks Fizz. Some celebrity lookalike passengers include Sharon Stone and Sting.
Britannia Airways was featured in the first series of the ITV fly on the wall Docusoap Airline show is being Replayed on Sky Three and Sky Travel form BSkyB.
Britannia Airways is now called Thomsonfly
Airline will air on Sky Real Lifes channel when is Launches on Wednesday 7th November.
New Series of Airline
New Series of Airline starting on Friday 26th October at 8:30pm on ITV1 will Replay on ITV2 on 29th October.
UK Series guide
- Series 1 6x30' (1999)
- Series 2 8x30' (1999)
- Series 3 10X30' (2000)
- Series 4 14X30' (2001)
- Series 5 12X30' (2002)
- Series 6 18X30' (2002)
- Series 7 12x30' (2003)
- Series 8 12x30' (2004)
- Series 9 12x30 (2005)
- Series 10 10x30 (2006)
- Series 11 (2007)
- The 10th series films easyJet throughout its 10th anniversary year, where celebrations include the crowning of their 100 millionth passenger and, coincidentally, Airline itself marks its 100th episode.
- Airline at Christmas
See also
External links
- Airline UK at IMDb
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