Buccaneer (1980)

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.

First aired

1980-04-27

Genres

Action & Adventure, Drama

Seasons

1 (13 episodes)

Status

Ended

Created by

Eric Paice, N.J. Crisp

Directed / written by

Eric Paice, N.J. Crisp

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 2 votes