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The Plane Makers is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firkin. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by The Power Game, which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Firkin continued as producer for the first two series, and David Reid took over for series 3.
The Plane Makers: With Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald, Reginald Marsh. The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
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- 1963-02-04
- Drama
- 60
58 x 55 minute episodes. One of the better home-grown British dramas of the 1960s was ATV’s The Plane Makers which told of the life and death struggle in the fictitious Scott Furlong aircraft factory. Created by Wilfred Greatorex. the series was built around the late Patrick Wymark as John Wilder, the company’s bullying managing director.
Apr 28, 2020 · Update: 2nd Nov '20 : Series 2 (29 episodes) uploaded to channel - The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its t...
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January 11, 1965 4:00 PM — 1h. 1 2 28. Set on the "factory floor" of fictitious aircraft manufacturers Scott Furlong, ’The Plane Makers’ focused on the day-to-day running of a multi-million pound company, and in particular the ambitions of ruthless company managing director John Wilder, as played with convincing gusto by Patrick Wymark.
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- February 4, 1963
S1.E9 ∙ Point of Contact. April 8, 1963. When Tom Barnsley, a young operative in Sub Assembly, meets Sue Collins, a secretary from the Projects Office, she invites him to take her away for the week-end. To Tom this is a beginning, but Sue has different ideas. Rate.
The Plane Makers is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firken. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by The Power Game, which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Firkin continued as producer for the first two series, and David Reid took over for series 3.
