Buccaneer (1980)

Adventure · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 6.5 (40 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

7.01 avg 9 episodes 7.7 → 6.3

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Reluctant Hero	7.7	10
2	Albatross	6.9	8
3	Grounded	6.7	7
4	A Kind of Cuckoo	6.8	6
5	Let's Make a Killing	6.8	6
6	The Thin End	7.4	9
7	Somebody's Telling Lies	7.5	6
8	Private Arrangements	7.0	6
9	Intruders	6.3	6