The Plane Makers

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The Plane Makers is a 1960s British television drama series set in the aviation industry, focusing on the power struggles and politics within an aircraft manufacturing company.

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instanceOf British television drama series
broadcastFormat episodic serial
characterPlayedBy John Wilder – Patrick Wymark NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts corporate politics
management–labor relations
power struggles in business
firstAired 1963
firstBroadcastDecade 1960s
followedBy The Power Game NERFINISHED
format black-and-white television
genre drama
industrial drama
workplace drama
hasFictionalCompany Scott Furlong NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter John Wilder NERFINISHED
hasTitleTheme aviation and manufacturing
lastAired 1965
mainSetting aircraft manufacturing company
medium television
numberOfSeries 3
originalBroadcastRegion United Kingdom terrestrial television GENERATED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ITV NERFINISHED
portrays boardroom conflicts
design and production of airliners
trade union negotiations
productionCompany ATV NERFINISHED
productionEra 1960s British television
protagonistOccupation aircraft company executive
setInIndustry aviation industry
sharesCharacterWith The Power Game – John Wilder NERFINISHED
starredActor Ann Firbank NERFINISHED
Barbara Murray NERFINISHED
Jack Watling NERFINISHED
Norman Tyrrell NERFINISHED
Patrick Wymark NERFINISHED
Reginald Marsh NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult viewers
theme class and social mobility
corporate ambition
technological progress in aviation
timePeriodSetting contemporary 1960s Britain

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Patricia Haines notableWork The Plane Makers
Ursula Howells notableWork The Plane Makers