Buccaneer (1980)
- Directed by
- Pamela Salem, Bryan Marshall
- Genre
- action & adventure, drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A television series about an air freight business in the late 1970s. The story follows characters who run the company and face challenges including political turmoil in Africa.
measuredseriousbusinesslikedatedearnestmotivatinglow-keystraightforward
What happens
Buccaneer is a television series, made by the BBC from 1979 to 1980. Created by experienced television writer N. J. (Norman) Crisp, it was broadcast over 13 weeks from April to July 1980. Buccaneer, dealing with a developing air freight business, starred Bryan Marshall, Mark Jones, Pamela Salem and Clifford Rose, and was produced by Gerard Glaister. John Brason, who had previously worked with Glaister on Secret Army, served as script editor. The first episode of Buccaneer concerned people leaving the fictional country of Ximbali. This presaged real-life events when people fled from the former Rhodesia, which had been renamed Zimbabwe. Buccaneer was the first BBC drama series to be broadcast with Ceefax subtitles for the hearing impaired. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Airline (1982)
The Plane Makers (1963)
The Venturers (1975)
The Good Companions (1980)
Great Railway Journeys of the World (1980)
Juliet Bravo (1980)
The Adventure Game (1980)
Deadline Midnight (1960)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.