Airline (UK TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Airline


format = Documentary
picture_format = 4:3 (1998-2000)
16:9 (2001-present)
runtime = 30 minutes
(including adverts)
creator = LWT
starring = Britannia Airways, EasyJet
country = UK
network = ITV
opentheme = "Come Fly with Me"
producer = LWT
(now branded ITV Productions)
first_aired = 6 March 1998
last_aired = present
num_series = 11
imdb_id = 0426641
tv_com_id =

"Airline" is a British television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia and later EasyJet. The show has been broadcast since 1998 on ITV and on syndication on Sky Travel and Sky3. As of November 2007, the series also airs on Sky Real Lives. From time to time, ITV shows the American version of "Airline", which they call "Airline USA" on ITV2.

Starting with the second series in 1999, the programme follows the staff such as: Manager Jane Boulton; Ticket Desk Agent Katrina Leeder; Supervisor Brett Holland, dispatcher, Kevin Reardon; Captain James McBride; stewardess, Janey Stock and passengers of EasyJet, this series is set mainly in Liverpool, London Luton and later Belfast, 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

Narrators

*Charlie Higson (Series 1)
*Tony Robinson (Series 2-3,7-10)
*Veronica Hyks (Series 4-6)

UK Series guide

*Series 1 6x30' First shown 6 March 1998
*Series 2 8x30' First shown 12 January 1999
*Series 3 10X30' First shown 10 September 1999
* "Airline at Christmas" (1999)1x60' (Special filmed during the transition between new and old terminals)- First shown 27 December 1999
*Series 4 14X30 First shown 30 June 2000
*Series 5 12X30' First shown 12 March 2001
*Series 6 18X30' First shown 15 April 2002
*Series 7 12x30' First shown 27 May 2003
*Series 8 12x30' First shown 8 October 2004
*Series 9 12x30 First shown 17 June 2005
*Series 10A 10x30' First shown 8 September 2006
*Series 10B 10X30' (Filmed in 2006) First shown 2 November 2007

Airline USA

*Series 1 18x23' (2004)
*Series 2 26x23' (2004)
*Series 3 26x23 (2005)

Holiday Airline

*Series 10x30' (2001)

ee also

* "Airport"
* "Animal Airport"
* "Bristol Airport"
* "Luton Airport"

External links

*imdb title|id=0426641|title=Airline UK