EndedBBC One1980-04-27

Buccaneer

Name: Buccaneer
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Released: 1980-04-27
Rating: 6
Cast: Bryan Marshall, Clifford Rose, Pamela Salem, Carolyn Courage, Mark Jones

Action & Adventure Drama~50 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC One

Countries

First aired

1980-04-27

Last aired

1980-07-20

Language

Rating

6.0 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

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.